An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties, Interstate Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1904

GEORGE MINIELLY. George Minielly is a prosperous and energetic farmer living not far distant from Ellensburg. He is a native of Ontario, Canada, which country is also the birthplace of his father, mother and the other members of his immediate family. His father and mother are still living in their native country, as are also his brothers William and Albert, and his sisters Eliza Price, Clara, Laura and Rozina. His brothers and sisters other than those mentioned are: James, a farmer residing near Ellensburg; Ellen Bryan, Lansing, Michigan; Alice, Detroit, Michigan. One brother, John, passed away in Canada. Mr. Minielly received his education in the common schools of his native country, working in the meantime on his father’s farm. When he reached the age of fifteen he left home and entered the employee of various farmers in his neighborhood, working by the day, until he was nineteen, when he came west to Fairhaven, Washington. He worked in different logging camps thereabouts, and also spent some time on Orcas Island. In 1893 he left the island and went to Indian Territory, later going to Oklahoma and thence to Kansas City. He remained in this city three months, then came west once more and settled temporarily in Tacoma. After teaming there a short time, he crossed the Cascades to Yakima valley and spent the summer laboring on a ranch the following two years he worked on a hay baler. In 1896 he came to Ellensburg and purchased a hay press, which he has since run during haying seasons. In 1899 he bought forty acres of land, four and one-half miles northwest of Ellensburg, and has since made his home on the property.

He was married in Ellensburg, December 25, 1898, to Miss Addie Ellen Ferguson, a native of Washington, who was born on a farm near where she now lives. Her father, James Ferguson, a farmer of Scotch-Irish descent, was born in Illinois, May 11, 1839, and still lives near Ellensburg. Mrs. Minielly's mother is Elizabeth (McEwen) Ferguson, born July 3, 1857, in Kansas, and still lives with her husband on the farm. Mrs. Minielly was educated in the common schools of Kittitas county and was married in her eighteenth year. She has four brothers and a like number of sisters, all of whom, with the exception of J.M. and Mrs. Montgomery, are native Washingtonians. They are: John M., native of Iowa; Margaret O. Montgomery, James H., Lottie REE. Harris, George H., Lillie D., Benjamin F. and Bessie L. Ferguson. The first named, and eldest of the family, was born in 1870; the last named, and youngest, was born in 1889. All reside near Ellensburg. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Minielly are: Myrtle, born October 13, 1899, and Stanley, born March 20, 1900. Both were born on the farm near Ellensburg. Mr. Minielly is fraternally a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and belongs to the Presbyterian church. His wife is a Baptist. In politics, he is a Republican, though not active in the councils of his party. His principal property interest is the valuable farm where he makes his home.

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