The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 391

NORMAN WOODHOUSE.

Norman Woodhouse, owning a valuable ranch near Wiley City, was born in Beaver
county, Utah, January 13, 1861, a son of Charles C. and Sophia (Kershaw)
Woodhouse. The father was born in Yorkshire, England, and it was his father who
brought the family to the United States at an early date. They landed at New
Orleans and later made their way northward to St. Louis, Missouri, where they
lived for a number of years, and in fact the grandfather, who was a tailor by
trade, passed away in that city. Charles C. Woodhouse, the father, was among the
earliest of the emigrants to Utah. He made two trips across the plains and was
engaged in ranching and in merchandising in that state, spending his last days
in Beaver, Utah.

Norman Woodhouse acquired a public school education and his business training
was received in his father's store. In May, 1884, he came to Yakima county and
purchased one hundred and thirty-four acres of land on the Ahtanum, known as the
Olney ranch. This was one of the first settled ranches in the valley and upon it
were found fine springs. He built a large and attractive residence, also
substantial barns and added all the latest improved machinery and accessories of
a model farm of the twentieth century. He engages in raising hay and grain and
also conducts an extensive dairy business. He established one of the first
cheese factories in the county. He keeps fine Holstein cattle and by reason of
his well directed business interests has become one of the leading farmers of
his section of the valley. In 1912 he built a beautiful home at Wiley City and
retired from the active work of the farm but still owns his ranch property and
derives therefrom a substantial income. He is likewise the owner of the plant
conducted under the name of the Woodhouse Telephone Company, which covers the
Ahtanum valley and part of the Cowiche valley and Wide Hollow. He now supervises
this telephone business and rents his ranch to his sons.

On the 24th of December, 1891, Mr. Woodhouse was married to Miss Isabella Wiley,
a sister of James Wiley, mentioned elsewhere in this work. The children of this
marriage are: Earl, who has a wife and resides upon the home farm; Myron, who is
also upon the home ranch; and Clarke, who is with his parents and acts as
manager of the telephone company.

Mr. Woodhouse votes with the republican party, of which he has always been a
stalwart champion. He and his wife are members of the Congregational church and
are people of the highest respectability. He has won a gratifying measure of
success in the conduct of his business affairs since he became a pioneer
rancher of his district. There have been no esoteric phases in his career. He
has worked persistently and energetically, realizing that industry is the basis
of all honorable success, and it has been by reason of his unwearied industry
that he has gained his present creditable place as a substantial and prosperous
business man of Wiley City.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
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