The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 212 JOHN B. FREDRICKSON. John B. Fredrickson, proprietor of a well appointed drug store in Toppenish, was born in Madison, Wisconsin, March 9, 1886, a son of O. C. and Anna Frederickson, who in the year 1889 came to Washington, settling first at Tacoma, where the father engaged in shipbuilding. He is now residing in Seattle, where he continues in the same line of business. John B. Fredrickson pursued a public school education at Auburn, Washington, and after his textbooks were put aside entered upon an apprenticeship to the drug business at Puyallup, Washington, being employed by the Truedson Drug Company. He remained with that house for three and a half years and then went to Tacoma, where he resided until 1908. He then removed to Roslyn, Washington, where he lived for two years, and for one year was located at Sunnyside. All through these periods he continued in the drug trade and in the fall of 1911 he came to Toppenish, where he entered the Peterson drug store as an employee, there remaining for two and a half years. Mr. Fredrickson then joined R. R. Dasher in the purchase of the Clark Pharmacy, which has since been conducted under the firm style of Fredrickson & Dasher. They occupy a building twenty-five by one hundred and ten feet, having one of the best drug stores of the town. In June, 1908, Mr. Fredrickson was married to Miss Hettie Glascock, a native of Texas but at the time of her marriage a resident of Puyallup, Washington. The children of this marriage are: Verna Estelle, six years of age; and Audrey Lucille, who is in her first year. Mr. Fredrickson belongs to the Woodmen of the World and also to the Improved Order of Foresters and he has membership in the Toppenish Commercial Club. He is interested in all that has to do with the welfare and progress of his adopted city and his cooperation can always he counted upon to further plans and measures for the general good. In business he has never dissipated his efforts over a wide field but has concentrated his attention upon a single line, in which he has developed ability of a high order. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.