The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 409

FRED W. BROWN.

Fred W. Brown enjoys a splendid trade in the stationery and jewelry business,
conducting a store of this kind in Sunnyside. He always carries up-to-date goods
and while he sells at reasonable prices he never neglects to see to it that the
highest quality is preserved. He was born in Wood River, Nebraska, April 1,
1878, and is a son of William A. and Jeannette (Ward) Brown, the former a native
of Virginia and the latter of New York. They became early pioneers of Nebraska
and there the father was for many years a successful wagon and carriage maker.
He has now passed away but is survived by his widow, who makes her home with
Fred W. Brown and has reached the age of eighty years.

Fred W. Brown received his education in Nebraska and subsequently took up the
barber's trade, along which line of business he was engaged in his native state
until 1901, when he came to Washington, locating in Walla Walla, where for one
year he followed his trade. In 1902 he came to Sunnyside and opened a barber
shop on his own account, founding the firm of Brown & Fisk, but he later sold
his interest in the business to Mr. Fisk. He then conducted a shop at Yakima for
about three years but afterward sold out and returned to Sunnyside, where he
established his present business, which has grown very satisfactorily and
insures him of a gratifying income. He carries not only jewelry and stationery
but also photos and does photographic developing. His goods are the latest in
design and he sells at reasonable prices because he is a good buyer and knows
the wholesale market. In the conduct of his business he is most obliging and
ever ready to accommodate his patrons as far as in his power. It is therefore
but natural that his business has grown from year to year and today is one of
the best of its kind in the valley.

On the 1st of June, 1906, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Pearl
Williams, of Sunnyside, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Williams, of Mount
Morris, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are well liked young people of Sunnyside,
where they have many friends.

Fraternally Mr. Brown is quite prominent, being a blue lodge and chapter Mason
and also belonging to the Modern Woodmen of America. He holds membership in the
Commercial Club and is in thorough sympathy with its purposes and active in the
realization of the same. Politically he is a republican and steadfast in support
of the party although not a politician in the ordinary sense of the word. He is
a patriotic American of high principles and good business sense and is proving
a valuable addition to the business life of Sunnyside.

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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.