The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 667

FRANK T. DICKINSON.

Frank T. Dickinson, a well known orchardist of the Yakima valley, was born in
St. Joseph county, Michigan, January 29, 1859, a son of C. F. and J. B.
(ogers)sic Dickinson. The father's birth occurred in Rutland county, Vermont,
while the mother was born in Sandusky, Ohio. Mr. Dickinson went to Michigan in
1833, becoming one of the early residents of that state. He took up government
land and as a pioneer farmer developed his place, which he converted into rich
and productive fields. Both he and his wife continued residents of Michigan
throughout their remaining days.

Their son, Frank T. Dickinson, acquired a public school education and in young
manhood became identified with the lumber business in Wisconsin. Later he
removed to Colorado, where he took up his abode in 1889. While a resident in
that state he was the owner of sawmills and of retail lumberyards and for thirty
years was actively connected with the lumber trade. He disposed of his interests
in Colorado in 1906 and removed to Seattle, where he entered the lumber
brokerage business, in which he continued active for four years. In 1910 he
settled in Yakima county and purchased twenty acres of land in the lower Naches
valley. He has since planted it to apple trees, all of which are now in bearing,
and he has a splendid orchard which he carefully conducts, utilizing the most
progressive methods in the management of his place.

On the 12th of May, 1886, Mr. Dickinson was united in marriage to Miss Minnie
Tyler, who was born in Michigan, a daughter of Ansel and Harriett (Foote) Tyler.
Her father is now deceased but her mother is still living with Mr. and Mrs.
Dickinson, and has reached the notable old age of ninety years. Notwithstanding
her advanced age, she knitted sixty-five pairs of socks for the soldiers and
thus manifested her patriotic devotion to the country in the hour of
international crisis.
Mr. Dickinson is a prominent Mason, belonging to Leadville Lodge, No. 51, A. F.
& A. M., of Colorado; to Leadville Chapter, R. A. M.; Holy Cross Commandery,
No. 5, K. T.; and El Jebel Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Denver. He is also a
thirty-second degree Consistory Mason and he has membership in the Elks lodge at
Victor, Colorado. His political endorsement is given to the republican party.
His wife is a member of the Methodist church and they are both highly esteemed
in the community where they reside, Mr. Dickinson having gained an enviable
reputation as a business man and fruit grower.

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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.