The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 788 

GEORGE KNICKREHM.

George Knickrehm, farmer, orchardist and dairyman on the lower Naches, was born
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1864, a son of Frederick and Harriett
(Hemerly) Knickrehm, the latter a native of Pennsylvania. The father was born in
Germany and in his boyhood days came to the United States. At the time of the
Civil war he espoused the cause of the Union and aided in its defense on
southern battlefields. He was the owner of a coal mine in Pennsylvania but in
1876 left that state and removed to Monroe county, Wisconsin. After five years
were there passed he established his home in Beadle county, South Dakota, in
1881 and there took up government land. He had gone to the state in 1880 and the
following year took his family there. He became one of the prominent and
successful farmers and stock raisers of that locality and he and his wife
continued residents of that region until called to the home beyond.

George Knickrehm acquired a public school education in Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin and remained with his father until 1893, when he purchased a farm,
becoming the owner of eight hundred acres of land in South Dakota, which he
continued to successfully cultivate and develop for a number of years. In 1908
he arrived in Yakima county and purchased five acres of land on Lincoln avenue,
devoted to fruit raising. He sold that property in 1912 and made investment in
thirty-eight acres on the lower Naches. He rebuilt the house upon the place and
has made other modern and substantial improvements, transforming the ranch into
one of the attractive properties of the neighborhood. He has three acres
planted to apples and pears and his orchards are in excellent bearing condition.
The remainder is devoted to the raising of hay, corn, and potatoes and he also
conducts a small dairy, keeping registered Holstein cattle for this purpose.

On the 24th of May, 1893, Mr. Knickrehm was married to Miss Monetta C. Osgood, a
native of Galesburg, Michigan, and a daughter of Augustus B. and Elda (Crane)
Osgood. The children of this marriage are four in number: Bertha, Marie,
Marjorie and Frederick, all at home.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Knickrehm is an Odd Fellow and is also connected
with the Modern Woodmen of America. His political endorsement has always been
given to the republican party. He served on his township board in South Dakota
for fifteen years but has never been active as an office seeker, for his
business affairs have made full demand upon his time and energies. He is
successfully conducting his farming interests in the northwest and is a firm
believer in this section of the country. its opportunities and possibilities.
His efforts are well directed and the success which he has achieved is the
direct result of his enterprise and indefatigable labor. for he early realized
that success is the outcome of industry and perseverance.

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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.