The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 278
A portrait of Ellsworth S. Gibson appears in this publication.

ELLSWORTH S. GIBSON.

Ellsworth S. Gibson, secretary of the Yakima Meat Company, was born in Waterloo,
Oregon, on the 24th of August, 1872. His father, James D. Gibson, was a native
of Pennsylvania, and in the year of 1859, crossed the plains to California, and
after residing for a number of months in the Golden state, made his way to Walla
Walla, Washington, in 1860, where he made his headquarters for about ten years,
mining and packing supplies to the mines of the northwest. He later established
his home at Portland, Oregon, and still later removed to Waterloo, that state,
where he married Miss Mary Agnes Keys, a native of Linn county, Oregon, and a
daughter of Elmer Keys, who crossed the plains to Oregon in 1845, and
subsequently went to California during the gold rush in 1849, later returning to
Oregon where he made his home until his death, about 1855. About the time of his
marriage Mr. Gibson entered the grist mill and lumber business and later turned
his attention to the raising of live stock. He afterward went to Wasco county
with his stock, arriving there in the fall of 1877 and remaining in that
district for many years. Eventually, however, he removed to Idaho and is now
living retired at Pleasant Valley, California. The wife and mother passed away
in the year 1891, and he subsequently married Miss Ange McGowan, and they have
one child, John.

Ellsworth S. Gibson acquired a public school education and then pursued a
business course in the Holmes Business College at Portland, Oregon. He afterward
engaged in the stock business and has since been associated with his brother, O.
D. Gibson. He was also for a short time at Auburn, Washington, in the butchering
business, but through the greater part of his active career has been identified
with the important interests controlled by the Gibson brothers, and is now the
secretary of the company. These brothers are proprietors of the Yakima Meat
Company, in which connection they are conducting an extensive packing business,
having made theirs one of the important industries of the city. They also own
and lease large land holdings under the name of Gibson Brothers, Inc., on which
they are extensively engaged in raising cattle, hogs and sheep.

On the 2d of June, 1909, Ellsworth S. Gibson was married to Miss Inez Harer, a
daughter of John H. Harer, of Walla Walla. Their family now numbers three
children, Miles Ellsworth, Stanley and Evelyn Jane.

Mr. Gibson is a representative of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, his
membership being in Yakima Lodge No. 318. He also belongs to the Commercial Club
and to the Business Men's Association and is an esteemed member of the Country
Club. In politics he is a republican. He stands for all that is progressive in
civic affairs and gives hearty endorsement and support to many plans and
measures for the general good. The cooperation of the Gibson brothers in the
conduct and management of their growing and important business has placed them
with the men of leadership in trade circles of the northwest. The sterling worth
of Ellsworth S. Gibson is recognized by all with whom he has been associated. He
is alert and energetic but always courteous in demeanor and obliging and never
allows business interests to so monopolize his time that he has no opportunity
to bear his part in activities that have to do with the welfare and upbuilding
of the community in which he makes his home.

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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.