Ross C. Harvey
One of Grant County's most progressive farming citizens is Ross C. Harvey, whose home is four miles southwest of Marion, located on the Delphi and Hailey Prairie Gravel Road. Mr. Harvey started out as a renter, and with the aid and cooperation of his good wife has acquired more than the ordinary prosperity in material affairs, and has at the same time borne with public spirit his share of community duties.
Ross C. Harvey was born on a farm in Mill Township, Grant County, November 7, 1865, a son of Sidney and Jane (Thomas) Harvey. There were three children in the family, namely: Ellsworth, Ross C., and Julia, the wife of Hubert Kline, ex-recorder of Grant County.
Ross C. Harvey was reared on the home farm in Franklin Township, to which locality the family moved when he was a baby, and he had a district school education. During the summer seasons he worked for his father, attending school in the winter, and thus continued until he was twenty years of age. For some time he rented his father's farm, and has always followed the occupation of agriculture.
On November 1, 1893, he was united in marriage with Rose Burrier, the youngest child of Samuel Burrier. After his marriage, Mr. Harvey and wife rented the Burrier homestead, and lived there for some years, after which he established himself on his present place, the situation of which has already been described. As a farmer Mr. Harvey understands the principles and methods of first-class crop-production and keeps the fertility of his land by feeding his grain and other products to his live stock. He keeps high-grade cattle and hogs, and the annual volume of his production places him among the independent farmer citizens of the county. He is the owner of two hundred acres of valuable farm lands, all in Franklin Township. Seventy acres are located in section twenty-two near Roseburg, and he has one hundred and thirty acres in the farm on which he lives, in sections fourteen and fifteen, his principle farm home being located in section fourteen.
Mr. Harvey has a birthright membership in the Quake Church, while his wife is a Wesleyan in religion. He affiliated with Grant Lode, No. 103, Knights of Pythias, and in politics is a Republican. Mr. Harvey has done much to maintain the reputation of Grant County for good roads. He is superintendent of the Delphi and Hailey Gravel Road, of the Fenstermaker Gravel Road, and of the road from Thirteenth Street to Roseburg Pike.
Submitted by: Gina Reasoner