The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 793 

FRANK S. VAN DE WALL.

Frank S. Van De Wall, well known as an alfalfa grower, makes his home within a
short distance of Grandview. He was born at Lancaster, Grant county, Wisconsin,
August 14, 1852, a son of Frank and Jane Ann (Russell) Van De Wall. The father
was born in England in 1819 and was a son of Francis Van De Wall, of French
descent, who was born, reared and died in England, however. Frank Van De Wall,
father of Frank S. Van De Wall, came to the United States about 1844 and
established his home in Grant county, Wisconsin, where he became a pioneer
settler, connected with the early development of that region. He was by
profession a photographer. He wedded Jane Ann Russell, a native of Wisconsin,
and they spent their remaining days in that state.

Frank S. Van De Wall of this review acquired a public school education and early
began working for wages. He afterward rented his father's farm and for about
seventeen years he was employed in a warehouse in the responsible position of
manager. Subsequently he bought one hundred and fifty-six acres of farm land in
Wisconsin, which he owned and cultivated successfully until about 1910, when he
came to Grandview, Washington, and bought twenty acres near the town. He also
purchased a three-acre tract for a home nearer the town and thereon built a fine
residence. His farm is all given to the raising of alfalfa, of which he gathers
large crops.

On the 30th of October, 1878, Mr. Van De Wall was married to Miss Elizabeth S.
Ivey, a native of Houghton county, Michigan, and a daughter of Joseph and Susan
(Retallick) Ivey, who were natives of the county of Cornwall, England. The
father settled in Michigan in 1844 and the mother in 1846, joining her husband
after he had prepared a home for her in the new world. They removed to Wisconsin
in 1854 and both have now passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. Van De Wall have been
born seven children: Fred, who for the past seventeen years has lived in Alaska;
Ralph, a practicing dentist of Seattle; Elizabeth, the wife of Oswald Holmes,
residing at Platteville, Wisconsin; two who died in infancy; Hazel, the wife of
Fred S. Williams, a resident of Portland, Oregon; and Velma, the wife of Clyde
O. Garmire, an attorney and farmer who makes his home at Goldendale,
Washington.

Mr. Van De Wall is a republican in his political views. He belongs to the
Foresters and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the
Methodist church, to the teachings of which he is loyal, giving earnest support
to the principles which he has long endorsed and guiding his life thereby in all
of its varied relations.

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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.