The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 737 

ARTHUR C. FRY.

Arthur C. Fry is living in an attractive modern residence, standing in the midst
of a good ranch property of thirty acres, and his attention is given to the
cultivation of fruit and cereals with results that are most satisfactory. Mr.
Fry was born in Delaware county, Iowa, March 11, 1873, a son of Lewes and Mary
(Meader) Fry, both of whom were natives of England. In childhood days they
crossed the Atlantic to Canada with their respective parents and were married
in the latter country. Subsequently they removed to Iowa, settling in Delaware
county in the early '60s, and there the father devoted his time and attention to
the occupation of farming. He afterward removed to Fayette county, Iowa, and
still later to Buchanan county, that state. He is still living at the advanced
age of eighty-four years but his wife has passed away.

Arthur C. Fry obtained a public school education while spending his youthful
days under the parental roof and when not busy with his textbooks he was trained
to the work of the fields. After his school days were over he concentrated his
entire attention upon farming in Iowa and in fact even prior to this time he
worked for others for fifty cents per day and thus put himself through school.
At the age of twenty-two years he rented land and carried on farming
independently for a time. Later he entered the butchering business at Aurora,
Iowa, and was numbered among the enterprising merchants of that town for
seventeen years. Attracted by the growing northwest, he then made his way to
Washington, arriving at Grandview on the 14th of March, 1911. He first purchased
ten acres of land, to which he has since added a tract of twenty acres, so that
he now holds thirty acres in all. Ten acres is in orchard, having been planted
to apples, with grapes as fillers. He has altogether four acres of grapes. The
balance of his land is devoted to the raising of corn and hay and he also
conducts a small dairy business. His home, which is thoroughly modern in
construction and equipment, was built by him and the barns were also put up by
him. A most progressive spirit has actuated him in all that he has done in
connection with the development of his land, which is now highly cultivated, so
that he derives therefrom a good annual income.

On the 6th of November, 1901, Mr. Fry was married to Miss Cora L. Howe, who was
born in Marengo, Illinois, a daughter of Nelson and Mary A. (Harrison) Howe, the
former born in Ohio, while the latter was a native of West Virginia and a
descendant of William Henry Harrison and a cousin of Benjamin Harrison, both
presidents of the United States. Her people were early settlers of Illinois and
afterward became pioneer farmers of Missouri. The mother of Mrs. Fry passed away
in 1904 but the father is still living and has reached the eightieth milestone
on life's journey.

Mr. Fry exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of
the republican party. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and to the
Methodist church, and his life work has been founded upon high and honorable
principles which recognize his obligations to others and his duties as a
citizen. He stands for all of those forces which make for the uplift of the
individual and the benefit of the community and he is characterized by the
utmost straightforwardness in all of his dealings.

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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.