The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1103 

GEORGE W. EGLIN.

George W. Eglin owns and occupies a beautiful home standing in the midst of a
valuable ranch property of one hundred and twenty acres. He is one of the most
extensive hop growers of this section and has every equipment upon his place
necessary for the care of the crop. Mr. Eglin is numbered among Yakima county's
native sons, his birth having occurred on the old homestead place on the
Ahtanum, December 26, 1875, his parents being Abraham D. and Margaret (Crews)
Eglin. The father was born at Woodstock, Canada, on the 11th of June, 1834, and
the mother's birth occurred in Missouri, August 21, 1837. The paternal
grandfather, Cornelius Eglin, was a native of New York but in young manhood went
to Canada, where he worked as a millwright and carpenter. Later he recrossed the
border into the United States, settling in Indiana, where he engaged in farming
to the time of his death. His son, Abraham D. Eglin, was a lad of but ten years
when the family home was established in Indiana. In l854 he crossed the plains
to the Pacific coast and settled in Oregon, near the present site of the city of
Portland, which at that time, however, was but a tiny hamlet, covering but one
or two streets of the now beautiful Rose City. Mr. Eglin became extensively
engaged in farming and stock raising and was also interested in mining. In 1871
he left Oregon and removed to Yakima county, Washington, taking up a squatter's
right on the Ahtanum, while later he preempted the claim. It was a tract of wild
land upon which not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made. With
characteristic energy he began the development of the ranch, which he converted
into a valuable and productive property. Later in life he retired from active
farming, and took up his abode in Yakima, where he passed away in September,
1911. He had been prominent in the public life of the community as well as in
its agricultural development and had served as county commissioner, to which
office he was elected on the republican ticket, having long been a stalwart
supporter of that party. He was most highly esteemed as a man and citizen and
ranked with the honored and representative pioneer ranchers of the district. His
wife was a daughter of a pioneer settler, her father having crossed the plains
in 1852, at which time he located in Oregon, where he passed away when Mrs.
Eglin was a young girl. She survives her husband and is still living in Yakima.
In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham D. Eglin were thirteen children, eleven of
whom reached adult age, while ten are still living. Benjamin C., born in Oregon,
June 1, 1860, is a resident of Seattle. Lavina, born November 14, 1861, makes
her home in Twisp, Washington. John S., born April 8, 1863, is deceased. Judith
F., born July 25, 1865, is living in Yakima. Warren M., born January 27, 1867,
is also a resident of Yakima. Olive L., born July 25, 1868, is the wife of
Charles Barth, of Yakima. Thomas W., born June 27, 1870, makes his home in the
city of Yakima, as does Charles D., who was born November 1, 1872. The next of
the family is Mr. Eglin of this review. James B., born March 1, 1877, is living
in Yakima. Frank, born October 12, 1878, is a rancher on the Ahtanum.

George W. Eglin is indebted to the public school system of Yakima county for the
educational opportunities which he enjoyed. When not busy with his textbooks he
assisted his father upon the ranch and after his school clays were over
continued with his father in ranching operations, until 1897, when he rented
land from his father and so continued until 1902. In the latter year the father
gave him a part of the ranch and he has since purchased more until he now owns
one hundred and twenty acres in all. Upon this place he has built a fine house
and barn and added all modern equipments and conveniences He conducts a small
dairy and engages in the raising of hay but devotes much of his time and the
greater part of his land to the raising of hops, being one of the prominent
representatives of that industry in this section. He has the most modern
equipment for the care of the crop, including a fine hop house, twenty-six by
fifty feet, and a big twenty-six foot square hop kiln. He also has exceedingly
fine hop trellises in his vineyards.

On the 23d of December, 1897, George W. Eglin was united in marriage to Miss
Hattie Johnson, who was born in Missouri, a daughter of Andrew and Katie
Johnson, who removed to Kansas in 1890 and came to Yakima county in 1892. The
father was a rancher, but both he and his wife have now passed away. To Mr. and
Mrs. Eglin have been born five children. Andrew Lee, born November 20, 1898,
joined the United States navy, returned home ill and passed away on the 20th of
October, 1918. Basil, born May 11, 1902, died on the 3d of August, 1903. Laura,
born November 10, 1905, is at home. Howard, born January 9, 1910, died August
31, 1911. Volney, born December 13, 1911, completes the family.

Mr. Eglin is a republican in politics but has never been an office seeker. He
stands, however, for all that has to do with the upbuilding and progress of the
community in which he lives and is never neglectful of his duties of
citizenship. His life has been devoted to ranching interests from early boyhood
and as the years have passed he has steadily worked his way upward until he is
now the owner of a valuable and attractive ranch property and is one of the most
prominent hop growers of this section.

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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.