Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Elder, E. Orville May 18, 1868 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

Page 470, 471

E. Orville Elder
	Fourteen miles northwest from Pendleton lives the subject of this 
sketch, the son of Sylvester B. and Rebecca (Freed) Elder. He was born in the 
state of Ohio, Hancock county, on June 18, 1868, and lived there for nineteen 
years. The schools of his native state gave him his education as well as a 
great deal of practical training that has borne good fruit since. Having 
obtained a report of Umatilla county sufficiently good to arouse his desire to 
see it, he came direct from his birthplace to Pendleton and began to inspect 
this and adjacent counties. He found it all that he had hoped and even more, 
and at once selected the place where he now lives. He bought it and now owns, 
with his brother, a half-section of land. He gives his whole attention to 
wheat and stock raising, finding that he can best keep up his land in this 
manner and also that it is a first-class method of bringing good financial 
returns. He has a fine quality of stock, and is grading it up to a still 
greater state of perfection, having registered animals. He prefers the short-
horn stock and has some fine animals and takes a great pride in them. There is 
no doubt that in the near future the attention of the farmer will be turned 
more and more to the industry of stock raising, even through this extensive 
wheat region. Mr. Elder is surely a pioneer in this excellent line and it will 
be of inestimable value to this county in the days to come. He finds time to 
take an active part in the local affairs and school matters, and is deeply 
interested in the welfare of the county at large.
	On April 7, 1895, he was married to Miss Mary A. Nicely, the daughter 
of Thomas and Mary E. (Vaughn) Nicely. They have four children: Lillian V., 
Leatha O., Perry O. and Esther E.


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

	Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Oregon Biographies 
Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the
individual featured in the biographies. 

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