The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 497

MRS. A. E. ORMSBY.

Mrs. A. E. Ormsby, the owner of ranch property in the vicinity of Outlook, is a
native of Ohio and a daughter of John Alfred and. Elva (Brown) Wright. Her
father was born in Frederick county, Maryland, on the 10th of December, 1839,
and the mother's birth occurred in Ohio. The paternal grandfather, Albert
Wright, was a native of Virginia. John Alfred Wright enlisted for service in the
Civil war, becoming a member of Company E, Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
He rendered valuable aid to his country and after his military services were no
longer required he took up the occupation of farming in Ohio and later followed
the same pursuit in Missouri.

His daughter, Mrs. Ormsby, acquired her education in the public schools of
Missouri and in that state was married to Solon Ormsby, who there passed away in
1896. It was in May, 1911, that Mrs. Ormsby became the owner of ranch property
in the northwest, purchasing forty acres two miles northwest of Outlook. She has
erected an attractive residence upon this place, together with barns and
outbuildings, and she rents the ranch to her brother, James Wright, who is
cultivating it in the raising of hay, corn and potatoes.

Mrs. Ormsby's father lives with her upon the ranch, but her mother passed away
on the 18th of July, 1914. John A. and Elva (Brown) Wright became the parents
of five children: Arthur is a machinist residing at Macomb, Illinois, and is
married and has five children; Mrs. Ormsby is the second of the family; Charles,
who follows ranching near Outlook, wedded Rosie Guder and has two children, Eva
and Ruth; Jessie, a trained nurse, is the wife of Samuel Enoch, who follows
ranching in the same locality; James is also a rancher, renting the land from
his sister, Mrs. Ormsby, he married Sadie Roady, a native of Kansas, and they
have three children, Jessie Margaret, Glen and Bruce. A nephew of Mrs. Ormsby,
Elvyn Allen Wright, the son of her eldest brother, became chief gunner on a
warship and has been on active duty during the war. The boat on which he was
doing duty was torpedoed, but he escaped.

Mrs. Ormsby and her father are members of the Methodist church and he gives his
political allegiance to the democratic party. He is a well preserved man and of
most lovable character. He has long traveled life's journey, being now in the
eightieth year of his age, a man whose well-spent life has ever gained for him
the highest respect of all with whom he has been associated.

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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.