The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1053 WARD H. CRAMER. For almost forty-four years Ward H. Cramer has been identified with some phase or other of the development of the west. He is now engaged in general fanning near Ellensburg, having a ranch of eighty acres which he is successfully cultivating and improving. He was born in Onondaga county, New York, August 25, 1853, a son of Henry V. and Betsy (Lamberson) Cramer, who were also natives of Onondaga county, while both have passed away. The father devoted his life to the occupation of farming. The mother, who was a daughter of John H. Lamberson, a pioneer farmer of Onondaga county, New York, departed this life in 1918, at the notable old age of ninety-nine years. Ward H. Cramer acquired a public school education and then became a student in an academy at Homer, New York. Attracted by the opportunities of the growing west, he made his way to Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the spring of 1875, and after engaged in freighting for the government. In 1884 he removed to Billings, Montana, where he entered the cattle business, and subsequently he purchased land and conducted a cattle ranch, becoming one of the successful cattlemen of that section of the country. His business affairs were wisely and carefully conducted and his annual sales brought him a good financial return. In 1902, however, he disposed of his interests there and afterward traveled to a considerable extent. In 1904 he bought an eighty-acre ranch near Ellensburg and has since engaged in general farming in this locality. In 1904 he began the erection of a fine residence upon his place, has also built a new barn and has added the latest improved farm machinery and all modern equipments and accessories which are features of the model farm of the twentieth century. In 1889 Mr. Cramer was united in marriage to Mrs. Minnie P. Owens. who was born near Ripon, Wisconsin, and removed to Park City, Montana, in 1883. There was one child by Mrs. Cramer's former marriage. Madison S., who is engaged in farming with Mr. Cramer and owns thirty acres of ranch property. Mr. Cramer belongs to the Masonic fraternity. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire office, preferring always to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business interests. By close application and indefatigable industry he has won a place among the leading farmers of Kittitas county and has never had occasion to regret his determination to leave the east in order to become identified with the great western empire. He has felt the stimulus of opportunity in this section and has not only promoted his individual interests but in many ways his activities have proven an element in general development and upbuilding. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.