The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 165

FRANK D. CLEMMER.

Frank D. Clemmer, filling the position of county clerk, and ex-officio clerk of
the superior court, of Yakima county, where he has made his home since December,
1K91, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, on the 31st of May, 1868, a son of
Abraham G. and Elizabeth Clemmer. The mother died about 1876, when thirty-five
years of age, and the father afterward married and removed to the west in 1897,
taking up his abode in Yakima. His last days were spent in retirement from
business in the home of his son, Frank D., with whom he continued until called
to his final rest.

Frank D. Clemmer, following the completion of his public school education,
entered the creamery business in Pennsylvania and was connected therewith for
two years. He then turned his attention to barbering, which business he followed
for twenty years. In December, 1891, he arrived in Yakima and became identified
with a barber shop, purchasing an interest in the business of Pat Jordan in
1896. He carried on the business until 1910, when he sold his interests. He was
then called to public office, being elected constable, and he served in that
position for six years or until 1916, when he was elected county clerk and
ex-officio clerk of the superior court. He took the office in January, 1917, for
a two years' term.

On the 2d of November, 1899, Mr. Clemmer was united in marriage with Miss Minnie
I. Sherwood, of Yakima, who was born in Minnesota and is a daughter of C. A.
Sherwood, who came to Yakima in 1892. They have three children; Lenore, Ruth and
Frances.

Mr. Clemmer belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the
encampment and in the subordinate lodge has filled all of the chairs. He was a
delegate to the state convention of the order at Bellingham in 1902. He likewise
has membership with the Woodmen of the World and was a delegate to its national
convention in Denver in 1902 and in Los Angeles in 1905. For eight years he
served as secretary of the local camp of Woodmen and he also occupied the
position of secretary of the Barbers' Union of Yakima for several years. In 1896
he went to San Francisco, where he pursued a course in Heald's Business College,
from which he was graduated in 1897, thus further qualifying for life's
practical and responsible duties. For the past twenty years he has been a member
of the Commercial Club of Yakima and is interested in all of its well defined
plans and projects for the upbuilding of the city and its improvement along all
those lines which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. He votes with
the republican party and his religious faith is that of the First Church of
Christ. He is well known as a substantial and representative citizen of Yakima
and enjoys the high respect, confidence and good will of all with whom he has
been brought in contact.

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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.