The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 514

DAVID A. RAYL.

David A. Rayl, largely devoting his time and energies to orcharding near Zillah,
comes to the west from Ohio. His birth occurred near Ada, that state, on the 23d
of April, 1877, his parents being Cornelius and Sabina (Wade) Rayl, who were
also natives of the Buckeye state. The father was a son of John Rayl, one of the
pioneers of Ohio, where he reared his family. Cornelius Rayl, after living
through the period of his minority and early manhood in Ohio removed with his
family to Harrison county, Iowa, in 1877 and there purchased land, continuing to
make his home in that district until he was called to his final rest. His widow
still survives and is now living with a daughter in the Yakima valley.

David A. Rayl is indebted to the public school system of Iowa for the
educational opportunities which he enjoyed and on reaching the age of seventeen
years he started out in the business world on his own account. For a time he was
employed at farm labor, and then, feeling that his age and experience justified
his engaging in business on his own account, he rented land in Iowa. In March,
1901, he removed to the northwest, making the Yakima valley his destination, and
here he worked for wages for four years. Carefully saving his earnings, he then
purchased ten acres two miles northwest of Zillah, at which time the tract was
planted to alfalfa. Today he has six and a half acres of that place planted to
apples and pears, while the remainder is devoted to the raising of hay and
diversified crops. He has built a good home upon the place and his labors are
productive of substantial results.

On the 20th of May, 1903, Mr. Ray] was married to Miss Myra Moody, who was born
in Missouri, a daughter of James and A. E. Moody, who removed to the Yakima
valley in 1900 and became identified with its ranching interests, but the father
has since passed away.

Mr. and Mrs. Rayl are members of the Christian church, and in politics he
maintains an independent course. He is not remiss in the duties of citizenship,
however, but gives his aid and support to various measures for the general good.
In the acquirement of success, however, he has had to concentrate every effort
and his undivided attention upon his business affairs and the results which he
has obtained are most gratifying.

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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.