The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 810

FRED ARROWSMITH.

Fred Arrowsmith is a successful and prominent rancher of the Sunnyside district
but is much more than that. he is a most progressive citizen and one who has
done effective work for the upbuilding of his district and the state at large,
while in all that he has undertaken he has shown a most progressive spirit. His
ideals of life are high and in matters of citizenship he has taken a most
advanced stand, his labors being particularly effective, far-reaching and
resultant in behalf of war activities.

Mr. Arrowsmith was born in Manchester, England, October 28, 1864, a son of
Thomas H. and Emma P. (Winder) Arrowsmith, who were also natives of that
country. The son attended a private school in England and also studied in
Germany. His father was engaged in the cotton business, but the son did not find
that pursuit congenial and in 1882 he crossed the Atlantic to the United
States, making his way to Euclid, Minnesota, where he worked for wages on a
large farm. He afterward purchased farm land near Warren, Minnesota, and in
1885 he went to Minneapolis, where he became a shipping clerk and was also
active in other lines for eighteen years. He next went to Wisconsin and
purchased one hundred and sixty acres of timber land, after which he operated a
sawmill and engaged in logging and farming. He continued his residence in
Wisconsin until 1911, when he came to Sunnyside, Washington, and traded for
twenty acres of land two miles east of the city. He has since purchased an
additional tract of twenty acres, which he has planted to apples. The remainder
of his ranch is devoted to the raising of cattle and hogs and to the production
of corn and potatoes. His residence is a beautiful and commodious home of ten
rooms, built in attractive style of architecture. and he has large barns and all
modern improvements upon his place.

It was on the 2d of December, 1885, that Mr. Arrowsmith was married to Miss
Fannie M. Searle, a native of Claremont, Minnesota, and a daughter of Oscar and
Almeda (Wallace) Searle. Their children are: Kenneth, who is station agent at
Grandview; Florence, the wife of B. Brower Fitts, a rancher of Sunnyside;
Clarence P., at home, having just been discharged from the Thirty-ninth Coast
Artillery; and Hubert, also at home.

Fraternally Mr. Arrowsmith is connected kith the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and with the Modern Woodmen of America and has served as secretary of
both. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church and in politics he is a
very active republican -- a member of the republican county central committee
and also a precinct committeeman. While a resident of Wisconsin he likewise took
an active part in public affairs, serving in all of the local offices. On
leaving that state he resigned from  the positions of township chairman,
secretary of the school board and justice of the peace. Along political and
other lines he has done everything in his power to promote the development,
progress and substantial upbuilding of the section of Washington in which he
makes his home. He joined the Commercial Club of Sunnyside soon after his
arrival and on the 24th of May, 1918, he became its secretary. He had
previously served as financial secretary for two years, beginning May 18, 1916,
and had done much good work in that connection. It was after he took the
position of financial secretary that the club established its evening luncheons
and he became a very active worker in the organization. In 1913 he was elected
drainage supervisor for Drainage District No. 3, at which time there was an
indebtedness of twelve thousand dollars on the district. he served for five
years, greatly improving the financial condition and doing much good work in
that connection. He was elected chairman of the lower valley statewide
prohibition campaign about 1914 and was very active in bringing about the
success of the movement. He is now largely confining his efforts and attention
to the excellent work being done by the Commercial Club, which has taken a most
active part in all war interests. He is the United States employment agent. The
Commercial Club has handled the War Savings campaign. Mr. Arrowsmith was
appointed United States food administrator for his district. He is the office
secretary for the home service section of the Red Cross, promoted its campaign
and also was active with the Commercial Club in handling all the overseas
Christmas boxes. He is bureau manager for the organization for finding
employment for returned soldiers and sailors. He is probably the only farmer who
is secretary of a commercial club -- a fact indicative of his most progressive
spirit. The Sunnyside Commercial Club has taken active part in the development
of permanent hard surfaced roads. It has an active membership of over ninety men
and is putting on a campaign for a large farmer membership. Mr. Arrowsmith is
recognized as a leader among the farming population of this section of the state
and as a most active public man whose labors are most effective and resultant.
he is actuated in all that he does by marked devotion to the public good and all
-who know aught of his career attest the value of his public work and service.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.