The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 677

ROY J. RINGER.

Roy J. Ringer, an enterprising and successful young farmer of Kittitas county,
owns and cultivates eighty acres of valuable land four and a half miles west of
Ellensburg. His birth occurred in Galion, Ohio, on the 2d of February, 1888, his
parents being John H. and Lois (McConnell) Ringer, who removed to Washington in
1901, settling in the Kittitas valley. The father cultivated a tract of rented
land for about seven years and then purchased a farm of eighty acres on the
Yakima river, which he operated until disposing of the property in 1910. In that
year he bought a tract of eighty acres four and a half miles west of Ellensburg,
where he carried on agricultural pursuits continuously and successfully until he
sold the place to his son Roy in 1918. He has become widely recognized as one of
the substantial and esteemed citizens of his community and is now living
retired in Ellensburg, enjoying the fruits of his former toil in well earned
rest.

Roy J. Ringer, who began his education in the public schools of his native
state, continued his studies in Ellensburg, for he was but thirteen years of age
at the time of the removal of his parents to the northwest. Through the
assistance which he rendered in the operation of the home farm he early became
familiar with the duties and labors which fall to the lot of the agriculturist,
and after his textbooks were put aside he continued to aid his father in the
work of the fields until the latter's retirement. He then purchased the home
place and has since been actively engaged in its further cultivation and
improvement. It is a tract of land comprising eighty acres, four and a half
miles west of Ellensburg, which is highly productive and annually yields
excellent harvests as a return for the care and labor bestowed upon it. In the
conduct of his fanning interests Mr. Ringer has manifested a spirit of
progressiveness and energy which augurs well for his continued prosperity.

In 1912 Mr. Ringer was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Nelson, a daughter of
Albert and Minnie (Strande) Nelson. They now have two children, Marvel and
Wilma. The family attend the Christian church. Mr. Ringer gives his political
allegiance to the republican party where national questions and issues are
involved but at local elections usually casts an independent ballot. His aid and
cooperation are ever given on the side of progress and advancement and his many
friends esteem him as a young man of mane commendable qualities.

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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.