Gaston, Joseph. "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912." Vol. 4. Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 499. GEORGE W. EBBERT Sixty year's have elapsed since George W. Ebbert, with his three brothers, arrived in Oregon, and here he has since made his home. His birth occurred in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of August, 1829, his parents being James and Eliza (DeVickman) Ebbert. In 1851 the family residence was established in Van Buren county, Iowa, where the parents passed away. Unto Mr. and Mrs. James Ebbert were born twenty-two children, all of whom are deceased with the exception of four sons and two daughters. Being a member of a large family of small means, the educational advantages of George W. Ebbert were very limited. At a very early age he assumed his share of the responsibility connected with the maintenance of the family, remaining under the parental roof until he was twenty-three. In 1852, the year after the family located in Iowa, he and three of his brothers, James, who lives in Lane county, Oregon, William, who is a resident of Gilman county, this state, and Harrison, whose home is in Salem, decided to come to the northwest. On the 4th of May of that year they started across the plains to Oregon with a wagon and an ox team. On the 4th of August following they reached their destination, having had an uneventful journey. When he first located here George W. Ebbert worked in the mines. but he later withdrew from this and located in the Willamette valley, where he farmed for a time. From there he went to Portland and worked with one of his brothers for two years, at the expiration of which time he went to Lane county. There he was married in 1856, and he and his bride at once settled on a ranch. They began their domestic life in a shanty made of slabs, with the planed side in, continuing to reside there for three years. They subsequently purchased another place located near by, upon which they erected a log house, and there for thirty years they lived comfortably and happy. General farming and stock-raising engaged the attention of Mr. Ebbert, who met with a most gratifying degree of success in both lines of his business. In the ' 80s he disposed of this property and invested the proceeds in a ranch adjacent to Monmouth, which he still owns. He and his wife are now living retired in the village of Monmouth, where they occupy a comfortable residence. Mr. Ebbert chose for his wife Miss Elizabeth Landes, who was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, on the 6th of September, 1840, a daughter of Abraham and Amanda (Levelly Landes. The father was a native of Hardy county, West Virginia, and the mother of Wayne county, Indiana, in which state they were married. They subsequently removed to Iowa, where they resided for sixteen years. In 1854 the parents and nine children started for Oregon with a wagon and ox team. They crossed the Missouri river on the 28th of May, and three months later arrived in Lane county, locating in Eugene, Oregon, on the 2d of September. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Landes numbered thirteen children, two of whom, Nancy Ann and Miranda, passed away in Iowa. The others are as follows: William Henry, deceased; Mrs. Ebbert; Martha Jane, also deceased; Sarah; Mary Ann; Melissa; Winfield S.; Zachariah T.; Catherine; Frances Amanda; and Elmira, deceased. The two last named were born in Oregon. The mother passed away at the family home in Lane county, at the age of fifty-three. The father subsequently married again and went to California, but later returned to Oregon, passing away in the vicinity of Eugene, at the venerable age of ninety-five years. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ebbert there were born the following children: Harriet; Belle; Dempsey, deceased; Melissa; Adna; Idis; Henry; Lulu; and Elbie. Mr. Ebbert's residence in Oregon covers the formative period in the history of the state's development, in the progress of which he has taken a deep interest. He has witnessed the introduction of modern methods and ideas in the promotion of the state's natural resources, as pioneer conditions have receded with the advent of a newer and higher civilization that stamps the nation's progress. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in July 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.