The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1073 

FREDFRICK C. PALMER.

Frederick C . Palmer, whose name is inseparably interwoven with the business
development of Toppenish, took up his abode in the town when it contained only
two brick buildings and had a population of but three hundred. Today it is a
most progressive city of twenty-five hundred population and is steadily
growing. With its commercial development Mr. Palmer has been most closely
associated and in every possible way he has contributed to its upbuilding and to
the advancement of its civic standards. He was born in Faribault, Minnesota, on
the 5th of February, 1884, a son of George and Sophia Palmer, who in the same
year left Minnesota and removed with their family to Washington, settling at
Goldendale. The father was a carpenter by trade and followed that pursuit in
order to provide for his wife and children. Both Mr. and Mrs. George Palmer have
now passed away. In 1899 they had removed to Yakima and their remaining days
were there passed.

Frederick C. Palmer, whose name introduces this review, acquired his public
school education at Goldendale and at Yakima and afterward pursued a commercial
course. His early practical training in the business world was received as clerk
in connection with a mercantile house of Yakima and in April, 1908, he came to
Toppenish, where he opened a grocery store in the Gilbert block. Later he added
a stock of steel goods, granite ware, crockery and other similar lines and now
has one of the leading stores of the town. It is an L shaped store, with
entrance on Toppenish avenue and also on Washington street. Mr. Palmer began
business in connection with W. l. Moore under the firm style of Moore & Palmer,
and they also carried a large stock of furniture for some time but eventually
disposed of that line. Mr. Palmer purchased the interest of Mr. Moore in 1913
and in February, 1917, incorporated the business under the style of F. C. Palmer
& Company. He is the president and manager, with H. G. Palmer as the treasurer
and J. E. Crane as secretary. H. G. Palmer, however, is now a member of the
hospital corps of the United States Navy. In addition to his commercial
interests Mr. Palmer owns a fine ranch near Toppenish.

On the 25th of May, 1909, Mr. Palmer was married to Miss Inez Faris, of Yakima,
who was born at The Dalles, Oregon, a daughter of Enfield Faris, a pioneer
settler of that region. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have two children: Frederick C.,
Jr., who was eight years of age on the 10th of August, 1918; and Katherine Mary,
born in December, 1914.

Fraternally Mr. Palmer is connected with the Yakima lodge of Elks, with
Toppenish Lodge, No. 179, A. F. & A. M., and has also taken the Scottish Rite
degrees in Yakima, while with the Nobles of Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine at
Tacoma he has crossed the sands of the desert. He belongs to the Commercial Club
and has served on its governing board. His political endorsement is given to the
republican party and his religious faith is that of the Christian church. Alert
and energetic, he has won a prominent position among the foremost business men
of his section, contributing in marked measure to that commercial activity
which is one of the strongest basic elements in the upbuilding of a district.

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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.