The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 309

FRANK R. HENRY.

Fine orchards, large packing houses and every facility for the raising and
shipment of fruit are the visible evidences of the life of well directed energy
and thrift which Frank R. Henry has led. His ranch properties are indeed
attractive, his orchards presenting a scene of rare beauty in blossom time and
bespeaking prosperity when the fruit hangs heavy on the trees.

Mr. Henry was born in Nova Scotia. June 16, 1863, a son of Charles and
Elizabeth (Kitchen) Henry. The father passed away in Nova Scotia but the mother
is still living there. Mr. Henry had engaged in school teaching and farming and
thus provided for the support of his family.

His son, Frank R. Henry, acquired his education in the public schools. In
November, 1889, he crossed the continent to Tacoma, Washington, where for seven
years he served as a conductor on the electric car lines. In March, 1896, he
arrived in the Yakima valley, where in 1893 he had purchased ten acres of land
in the Selah. He was the eleventh farmer to buy land under the project and in
1895 he invested in twelve and a half acres additional, so that he then had
twenty-two and a half acres. When he came the entire district was covered with
sagebrush. He sold his ten acre tract and improved the remaining twelve and a
half acres and in 1900 he bought six acres more. In 1907 he invested in one
hundred and twelve acres in the extension district of the Selah but has sold all
save fifteen acres of that tract. He now has about thirty-two acres in orchard,
largely devoted to the raising of apples, and all of the trees are of his own
planting. He has fine packing houses on both ranches and all modern equipment.
He built a splendid hollow the packing house on the upper ranch, where he also
has a most attractive residence, and his is one of the best orchards in the
Selah valley. His entire place is seeded to alfalfa and he is thus following
intensive farming methods, making his land bring forth two crops-fruit and hay.

In October, 1889, Mr. Henry was married to Miss Mary E. Mitchell, of Nova
Scotia, a daughter of Thomas and Martha Mitchell. Their children are: Myrtle,
the wife of Earl Cebelle, of Auburn, Washington, by whom she has a son five
years of age; and Dell M., who conducts the upper ranch.

Mr. Henry is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and in politics is a
republican where national issues and questions are involved but casts an
independent local ballot. Not only does his memory compass the period of the
entire development of the Selah valley but in the work he has been an active
and helpful factor and his labors have been marked by the attainment of most
substantial success.

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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.