The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1069 

PORTER ALLENBAUGH.

Porter Allenbaugh, deceased, was the owner of a valuable property of twenty
acres three and one-half miles west of Grandview, largely devoted to general
farming, and he also had dairying interests here. He made agriculture largely
his life work and through progressive methods, untiring industry and intelligent
study of conditions of soil and climate succeeded so that he gained recognition
as one of the well-to-do ranchers of the valley.

A native of Indiana, Mr. Allenbaugh was born in Porter county, March 2, 1859, a
son of George and Eva Allenbaugh, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the
latter of Germany. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Samuel S.
Allenbaugh, who as a pioneer resided in Illinois about 1848, building the first
house in his part of Cumberland county, that state. George Allenbaugh was
successfully connected with agricultural pursuits in Illinois and also served
throughout the whole period of the Civil war, rendering valuable service to his
country, while his farm was conducted by his wife during his absence. In 1876
the family removed to Elk county, Kansas, and there both parents died in 1879.

Porter Allenbaugh was reared amid farm surroundings, thus early becoming
acquainted with valuable farming methods. In the acquirement of an education he
attended the public schools in his native state as well as in Kansas and
subsequently took up farming in the Sunflower state. He acquired the old
homestead but in 1890 sold it and on the 14th of April of that year arrived in
Yakima county. He at first worked for wages and soon demonstrated his ability as
well as experience and knowledge, becoming manager of a five-hundred acre ranch
on the Ahtanum of which J. R. Patton was the owner. Later he removed to Yakima,
where for six years he worked for H. L. Nicker. He next rented land and in 1896
became manager of a ranch on the Columbia river for a Mr. Tucker. As his means
increased he acquired property and owned several farms, all of which he
conducted to good purpose. In 1916 he came into possession of twenty acres three
and one-half miles west of Grandview, which he cultivated throughout the
remainder of his life, raising corn, potatoes, beans and hay and also giving
some attention to live stock, raising hogs for the market. He conducted an
up-to-date dairy, from which he derived an additional income that was very
gratifying. He was a thoroughly modern and enterprising agriculturist,
energetic and industrious, and made his property very valuable.

In November, 1883, Mr. Allenbaugh was united in marriage to Miss Alice Pitzer,
a native of Ohio and a daughter of Joseph and Emily (Butts) Pitzer, both of
Virginia. Mr. and Airs. Allenbaugh became the parents of four daughters. They
are: Edith, the wife of E. L. Lennington, a rancher of Yakima county; Edna, who
married B. F. Lambert, a resident of Yakima: Anna, who married H. L. Boyd, of
Seattle; and Carrie, the wife of George Godette, also residing in Seattle.

Mr. and Mrs. Allenbaugh occupied an enviable position in the social circle of
their neighborhood, where they were esteemed and respected by all who knew them.
Fraternally he was a member of the Woodmen of the World and also belonged to the
Modern Woodmen of America, while in politics he was a republican. He was at all
times interested in the development and upbuilding of his section of the state
and gave valuable cooperation to measures undertaken on behalf of the general
welfare.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.