The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 433

CHARLES C. WINGER.

Charles C. Winger has a fine ranch near Mabton, where he owns an excellent home
and also has commodious barns, his buildings and the prosperous condition of his
land bespeaking his industry and thoroughness. A native of Switzerland, he was
born June 18, 1880, his parents being Chris and Elizabeth Winger, who in 1883
crossed the Atlantic and settled in Indiana, where the father turned his
attention to agricultural pursuits, so continuing until the early '90s, when he
removed to Athens, Wisconsin. There the family made their home for many years
and the mother there passed away, but the father is now living in Minnesota.

Charles C. Winger began to earn his own livelihood at the early age of eight
years, when he left the parental roof to which he never returned. It is
therefore but natural that his educational facilities were limited, but being of
a studious nature, he has acquired much knowledge in the school of experience
and is today a well informed man. As soon as old enough he began to work for
wages, and, diligently saving his earnings, he was soon enabled to rent land,
thus increasing his annual income. Having been much impressed with the reports
of the favorable opportunities presented in the far west, in 1908 he decided to
migrate to the Pacific coast and in that year came to Yakima county, where he
acquired five acres of land near Grandview. To this he gave his assiduous
attention, improving it greatly and subsequently selling. He then acquired title
to ten acres near Grandview, which he also sold, and bought a forty-acre ranch
which later passed into other hands. He next acquired twenty acres, which are
still his, and he also cultivates thirty acres of land which belong to his
father-in-law, and there he and his family now reside. He has erected a fine
residence and good barns, has installed modern machinery and other facilities
and in every way has proven himself an up-to-date agriculturist of the twentieth
century. He raises hay, grain and corn and in fact devotes himself to general
agricultural pursuits.

In 1903, at the age of twenty-three, Mr. Winger was united in marriage to Miss
Gertrude Corah, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Corah. Her father is now
engaged in farming in Indiana but for a short time resided in the Yakima valley,
purchasing a portion of our subject's ranch, to which he still holds title,
although Mr. Winger is now cultivating this property. To the latter and his wife
have been born three children: Katherine, Carl and Louise.

Mr. and Mrs. Winger are devoted members of the Christian church, in the work of
which they are helpfully interested. In his political affiliations Mr. Winger is
a republican and is steadfast in his support of the party. He is deeply
interested in the cause of education, of the value of which he is thoroughly
convinced, and is now serving as trustee of the school board, doing everything
in his power to improve local school conditions.

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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.