An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 316-317 F.A. TWICHELL, County Auditor of King county, Washington, was born in Washington county, Minnesota, November 15, 1860. His father, Ebenezer C. Twichell, was born in Oswego county, New York, and was married to Miss Polly A. Twichell, of the same county and name, thought not related. Their ancestors were English people who emigrated to New England at the time of the Puritan settlement of that country. Ebenezer C. Twichell was a mechanic by trade, but his chief occupation was farming, which he followed in Illinois from 1853 to the fall of 1854. Then he removed to Minnesota, where he passed the rest of his days. His life was characterized by simplicity, honesty and industry. While he affiliated with the Republican party, he never entered actively into the political arena. F.A. Twichell attended the district school of his county until he was thirteen, when he entered the high school at Hastings, Minnesota, employing the unoccupied moments before and after school and on holidays at the usual drudgery of farm work, of which there was always plenty to do. At the age of seventeen he began self-support and also assisted in helping his family, as his father had become an invalid. At the age of eighteen years he began teaching. His first school was a disorderly frontier one, in which the pupils had been masters of the situation. Upon assuming authority therein, he established rules of discipline and etiquette, soon became the ruling influence, and completed his service, which however, entirely satisfied him with school-teaching. He next entered a grocery store as clerk, and remained three years. Then he went into the paper and notion store of W.P. Stanley, of Hastings, -- now of Seattle, -- and in 1884 became the manager of the store, meanwhile reducing the stock preparatory to removing to Seattle, which he did in January, 1885. Mr. Twichell continued in the employ of Mr. Stanley up to March, 1887, and at that time he was appointed Deputy Auditor of King county. He acted as deputy till the fall of 1890, when he received the unanimous nomination of the Republican County Convention for the first place, and was elected Auditor at the November election with a handsome majority. The office also combining that of Recorder, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, and purchasing agent for King county institutions, its routine work necessitated the employing of a force of from fifteen to forty men. Mr. Twichell performed the several duties with such promptness and fidelity that at the convention in 1892 he was the unanimous choice for reelection, and was re-elected by the largest vote and majority of any candidate on the county ticket. He has also served two terms as a member of the City Council of Seattle. He was married in Hastings, Minnesota, in 1884, to Estelle M., daughter of W.F. Stanley. Their only child is Marjorie A. Mr. Twichell affiliates with the subordinate, encampment, canton and Rebekah degree lodges, I.O.O.F., the K. of P., and the A.O.U.W. Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.