The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 733 

CHARLES MOREHEAD.

There is great credit due Charles Morehead. a successful agriculturist of
Kittitas county, for what he has achieved in life, as he has attained his
present prosperity practically unassisted, now owning a valuable property of one
hundred and seventy acres four and a half miles west of Ellensburg. He is a
native of Linn county, Iowa, and was born February 11, 1870, his parents being
Joseph Charles and Matilda Jane (Larkin) Morehead, honored pioneers of Iowa.
Subsequently they decided to remove farther west in order to profit by the
opportunities presented in a newer country and became residents of Goldendale,
Washington, in 1870, journeying here by team. The father took up a homestead, to
the cultivation of which he devoted the rest of his active life, but is now
living retired in Goldendale. His birth occurred in 1842, while his wife was
born in Towa in 1843.

Charles Morehead was reared under the parental roof and in the acquirement of
his education attended the public schools. Laying aside his textbooks, he then
took up agricultural pursuits and continued to assist his father in the farm
work until the age of twenty-seven, when he operated the farm at Goldendale for
a time on his own account. From there he went to Lynn, Washington, and purchased
a ranch in 1903, remaining upon that property until he came to Kittitas county
in 1906. He acquired one hundred and twenty acres four and a half miles west of
Ellensburg, to which he has since added a tract of fifty acres, so that his
property now comprises one hundred and seventy acres, which is largely devoted
to the raising of hay and grain. Upon his farm he has built a substantial home
and has also erected commodious barns for the shelter of his stock and grain
and has installed modern equipment, so that his property is now accounted one
of the most valuable of the neighborhood. His place was formerly known as the Ed
Russell farm and upon it them still remains one old building which was there
erected in 1871 and is considered one of the earliest buildings in the valley.

On the 21st of November, 1897, Mr. Morehead was united in marriage to Miss Emma
Crawford, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Crawford, of Goldendale, Washington.
To this union were born three children, a son and two daughters. Orris is in the
United States Marine service. The daughters are Wilma and Elma Doris. Mr. and
Mrs. Morehead enjoy the respect of all who know them and have many friends in
Ellensburg and vicinity. all of whom speak of them in terms of enduring regard.
Politically Mr. Morehead is a republican, following that lead as far as national
issues are concerned but preferring to vote independently in regard to local
politics. Although a loyal American, thoroughly in accord with all measures
undertaken on behalf of the general public. Mr. Morehead has never been a
politician in the commonly accepted sense of the word, giving his undivided
attention to his farming interests, along which line he has met with gratifying
success. By instituting modern and progressive methods he has not only attained
individual prosperity but has contributed in a large measure to the upbuilding
of agricultural interests in his section of the state and his reputation as a
business man as well as a private citizen is without blemish.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.