The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 832 

EDWIN WEBER.

The enterprising and intelligently directed efforts of Edwin Weber have
transformed a tract of twenty acres of wild land into a most productive ranch
property, and occupying an attractive new home which he built in 1916, he is
continuing the further improvement of his place, which annually produces large
crops of fruit and hay.

Mr. Weber is a native of Illinois. His birth occurred in Dixon on the 6th of
March, 1866, his father being Gottlieb Weber. He acquired a public school
education and after his textbooks were put aside began working for wages.
Attracted by the opportunities of the northwest, he made his way to the Puget
Sound about 1887, when he had attained his majority. He took up government land
near Tacoma and later removed to Seattle, where he engaged in the stone and
cement business, he afterward established a logging business, which he carried
on until 1908, when he removed to Grandview and invested in twenty acres of
sagebrush land that gave little indication of ever becoming a fertile and
productive tract. His labors, however, soon wrought a marked transformation and
today he has five acres planted to apples, while the remainder is devoted to the
raising of hay and various crops. The ranch is now in excellent condition,
giving every evidence of the care and supervision of a progressive owner who,
finding joy in his business, puts forth every possible effort to develop his
farm and win success in the conduct of his ranch property.

On the 1st of May, 1889, Mr. Weber was united in marriage to Miss Johanna
Abrahams, who was born in Germany and came to the United States when sixteen
years of age. Their only child, John, died in infancy and they are now rearing
an adopted son, Floyd. Mr. Weber holds membership in the Foresters and he gives
his political endorsement to the republican party but is not ambitious for
office, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business
affairs.

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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.