The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 306

RALPH O. WALTON.

Ralph O. Walton is one of the more recent arrivals in Kittitas county, having
resided within its borders only since 1915. He makes his home near Thorp, where
he has nine hundred and twenty acres of land which he is rapidly bringing under
cultivation. He was born in Sturgis, South Dakota, July 5, 1887, a son of Andrew
and Lillian (McLean) Walton. The father was born in Utah but in his boyhood days
became a resident of Iowa, where he resided until he reached young manhood, when
he took up his abode in South Dakota, remaining in the latter state to the time
of his death in 1901. His widow afterward came to Washington with her son, Ralph
O. Walton, their home being established in Tacoma in 1907. Later the mother
removed to California and is now residing in Los Angeles.

Reared in South Dakota, Ralph O. Walton accompanied his mother to Tacoma in
1907, when a young man of twenty years, and there resided until 1912, when he
removed to Auburn, Washington. He thence came to Kittitas county in June, 1915,
and purchased nine hundred and twenty acres of land two miles southwest of
Thorp, of which fifty-five acres is irrigated land, while about one hundred and
forty-five acres is devoted to dry farming. The remainder is in pasture and his
attention is given to the raising of hay and grain and live stock. The farm is
splendidly improved with an attractive residence, good barns and sheds, and a
spirit of neatness, thrift and enterprise pervades the place, indicating the
progressive plans that are at all times followed by the owner in the cultivation
of his farm.

On the 26th of February, 1913, Mr. Walton was united in marriage to Miss Estella
H. Waggoner, a native of Kittitas county and a daughter of John C. and Ella I.
(Pease) Waggoner. The father is a native of Ellington, New York, while the
mother was born at Sauk Center, Minnesota. The latter was a daughter of Benjamin
Pease, who became one of the pioneer settlers of Kittitas county. John C.
Waggoner also arrived in the Kittitas valley before the railroad was built
through this section and he purchased the ranch property upon which Mr. and Mrs.
Walton now reside. At the present writing Mr. Waggoner makes his home in Des
Moines, Washington, having retired from active business life. To Mr. and Mrs.
Walton have been born two children, Garna Louise and Calvin Andrew.

Mr. and Mrs. Walton attend the Christian church and are among the highly
esteemed residents of the community, occupying a prominent position in social
circles. Politically he maintains an independent course. He holds the rank of
corporal in a federalized machine gun company of the Third Regiment of Infantry,
Washington National Guard.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.