The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 854 

ERNEST C. PUTERBAUGH.

For fifteen years Ernest C. Puterbaugh has occupied the ranch on which he now
makes his home. he cleared it from the sagebrush, which was the only crop that
nature vouchsafed to it, and he converted the once and land into fertile and
productive fields. Today he is raising large crops and his energy and
enterprise are manifest in the attractive appearance of the place. He dates his
residence in the Yakima valley from 1901, having arrived in this section of the
country when a young man of twenty-nine years. He was born in Carroll county,
Illinois, on the 6th of December, 1871, a son of Henry and Ruth Puterbaugh, the
former a native of Pennsylvania. while the latter was born in Ohio. They became
early settlers of Illinois, where the father took up his abode in 1837, only
five years after the Black Hawk war had settled the question of Indian supremacy
in that state. He devoted his attention to farming, which he carried on
extensively and became one of the prosperous agriculturists of Illinois. Both he
and his wife have passed away.

In the acquirement of his education Ernest C. Puterbaugh passed through
successive grades until he had acquired a high school education, after which he
concentrated his efforts and attention upon farming in connection with his
father. In 1901 he left the middle west and made his way to Washington, after
which he purchased eighty acres of land near where Grandview now stands,
although the town had not been laid out at that time. The sagebrush flourished,
for the land was wild, not a furrow having been turned nor an improvement made
upon the place. In 1904 he brought his wife to the ranch, which he has since
cleared and developed, and now well cultivated fields annually produce large
crops of corn and hay, while his dairy business is also bringing to him
substantial profits, which he likewise derives from the raising and sale of
hogs. He is leading a busy life and his energy constitutes the broad foundation
upon which his success has been built.

On the 6th of April, 1903, Mr. Puterbaugh was married to Miss Anna Shiley, also
a native of Carroll county, Illinois, and a daughter of B. F. and Hannah
(Lenker) Shiley, who were early settlers of that state, where the father devoted
his life to the harness business. Mr. and Mrs. Puterbaugh are the parents of
four children: Shiley, fifteen years of age; Raymond; Claude; and Benewell.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Puterbaugh is an Odd Fellow, loyal to the
teachings and purposes of the order. he does not vote with any political party
but casts an independent ballot, supporting the candidate whom he regards as
best qualified for office. he is now accounted one of the successful ranchers of
the district in which he makes his home and has had no occasion to regret
leaving his native state for the far west.

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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.