The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 578

ROCK CHARLES KENDALL.

Horticultural development in the Yakima valley has in recent years been the
means of bringing great prosperity to this district and among the successful
orchardists of this section is numbered Rock Charles Kendall, who has a fine
fruit ranch near Tieton. He was born in Berrien county, Michigan, March 21,
1887, a son of Charles and Ona (Pike) Kendall, who were natives of Ohio and
Michigan respectively. Throughout his active life the father successfully
followed farming and is now a respected resident of Benton Harbor, Michigan. His
wife is also living.

Rock Charles Kendall was reared amid the refining influences of a good home. In
the acquirement of his education he attended the public and high schools and in
order to better prepare himself for a successful agricultural career attended
the State Agricultural College and also the State University at Madison,
Wisconsin. After completing his education he assisted his father with the work
of the home farm for about two years, but at the end of that time removed to
Butte county, South Dakota, where he proved up on a homestead. In 1911 he came
to Yakima county, where he bought twenty acres of land on the Tieton, and so
successful was he in the operation of this land that in 1918 he was enabled to
buy another twenty acres, all of the tract now being planted to apples with the
exception of three acres which is in pears. Twenty acres Mr. Kendall has planted
himself, while the remainder of the trees were planted before he bought the
property. This is now considered one of the finest orchards in the district
owing to the unceasing efforts and care which he has bestowed upon it. He has
ever kept in touch with the latest methods in regard to horticulture and having
closely studied the subject, has proven many theories as of practical value. He
has thus become a leader in his vocation and has set a good example to many
others who follow the same line of occupation. A fine home stands as the
visible evidence of his prosperity and, moreover, he has erected other buildings
necessary for packing and storing the fruit, and also installed modern machinery
and equipment, all of which indicate him to be a thoroughly efficient
horticulturist and successful business man. Besides his property of forty acres
Mr. Kendall rents twenty acres, from which he also derives a gratifying income.

On the 16th of October, 1911, Mr. Kendall was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth Avery, a native of Austin, Minnesota, and a daughter of Dr. H. A. and
Florence (Judson) Avery. To this union have been born two children, Helen
Standish and Margaret Elizabeth.

Mrs. Kendall is a devoted member of the Congregational church, in the work of
which she takes an active and helpful interest. Mr. Kendall is a republican in
his political views, thoroughly in accord with the principles of the party and
ever ready to support its candidates but not an active politician himself.
However, he readily stands for measures that make for public improvement and
gives his valuable aid and support to worthy movements. He is a valued member of
the Yakima County Horticultural Union and has many friends in his neighborhood.

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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.