The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 885 EDWARD L. MAINS. Edward L. Mains, actively engaged in the cultivation of a ranch of seventy-eight acres not far from Grandview, is numbered among Washington's native sons, his birth having occurred at Roslyn, December 11, 1891. He is a son of Robert L. and Annie (Bryant) Mains, more extended mention of whom is made on another page of this work. He acquired a public school education and was graduated from the high school of Grandview with its first class in the year 1910. He farmed with his father until the latter's death and he now has thirty-seven acres of his own and also cultivates his mother's place, thus devoting his time and energies to the further development and improvement of seventy-eight acres in all. Upon the ranch he raises hay, corn and potatoes, producing large crops of each, for which he finds a ready sale on the market. On the 26th of February, 1916, Mr. Mains was married to Miss Elizabeth B. Martyn, a native of England and a daughter of David and Johan Martyn. Mr. and Mrs. Mains attend the Presbyterian church and fraternally the former is identified with the Foresters, while his political allegiance is given to the republican party. His time and energies, however, are given in undivided manner to his ranching interests and he is possessed of the spirit of enterprise that has been the dominant factor in the development and upbuilding of the west: When opportunity has come he has recognized it and eagerly utilized it and he has won a creditable place as a successful rancher in his part of the county. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.