The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 563

MANNIE GLEN CRABTREE.

Mannie Glen Crabtree, who is widely recognized as a representative and
successful young agriculturist of Kittitas county, owns and cultivates one
hundred and sixty acres of valuable land six miles northeast of Ellensburg. His
birth occurred in Jewell county, Kansas, on the 24th of April, 1891, his parents
being Albert and Melinda (Dickey) Crabtree, both of whom were natives of
Illinois. They removed to Kansas at an early period in the development of the
Sunflower state and there the mother passed away in 1895. Fifteen years later
the father brought his family to Washington, arriving in Kittitas county on the
9th of March, 1910. He purchased a farm of two hundred acres six miles northeast
of Ellensburg and devoted his time and energies to its further cultivation and
improvement until called to his final rest on the 14th of February, 1914. His
well directed efforts were attended with a gratifying measure of success, so
that he gained a place among the substantial agriculturists and esteemed
citizens of his community.

Mannie Glen Crabtree acquired a public school education in Kansas and after
coming to this state spent a year as a student in the Washington State Normal
School at Ellensburg. He became the active assistant of his father in the
operation of the home place and has remained thereon continuously to the present
time, having purchased one hundred and sixty acres of the property. He raises
both grain and hay, of which he annually gathers excellent crops which find a
ready sale on the market. Enterprising, progressive and industrious, he is
meeting with well deserved prosperity in his undertakings and is numbered among
the representative young farmers of his county.

On the 6th of October, 1916, Mr. Crabtree was united in marriage to Miss Lillie
Katherine Crawford, a daughter of George E. and Dora (Evans) Crawford, one of
the honored pioneers of Kittitas county, of whom a sketch appears on another
page of this history. Fraternally Mr. Crabtree is identified with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his political allegiance is given to the
republican party. Both he and his wife are popular in social circles, enjoying
the warm regard and friendship of those who know them.

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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.