The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 222

FRANK S. WEED.

A quarter of a century has passed since Frank S. Weed became a permanent
resident of Kittitas county, where he now follows farming in the neighborhood of
Thorp. He was born in New Hampshire, November 7, 1862, a son of W. O. and Sarah
(Bennett) Weed, both of whom passed away before the year 1865, so that Frank S.
Weed was early left an orphan. He was reared in the home of his uncle, W. P.
Ames, who removed to Iowa in 1870 and in 1878 became a resident of Washington,
establishing his home in Klickitat county. There he resided for five years, at
the end of which time he removed to Kittitas county, where he still makes his
home.

Frank S. Weed was a youth of sixteen years at the time he came with his uncle to
Washington. He remained in Klickitat county until 1888 and then went to Tacoma,
while in 1891 he removed to Kittitas county and purchased one hundred and sixty
acres of land two miles south of Thorp. He then began the development and
improvement of his place, upon which he has erected a comfortable and
commodious residence, together with large barns and sheds. In 1915 he suffered
the loss of his barn by fire but immediately rebuilt. He has added modern
improvements and equipments to his place, which is now an attractive one of the
neighborhood.

On the 6th of November, 1887, Mr. Weed was united in marriage to Miss Mary E.
Lusby, a daughter of Meredith Lusby, who was one of the first settlers of
Klickitat county. He was born in Kentucky and was a son of John Lusby, a native
of England. In 1870 he went to California, making the trip over the hot, sandy
plains and through the mountain passes, and in 1876 he arrived in Klickitat
county, casting in his lot with the earliest settlers who were reclaiming this
region for the purposes of civilization. To Mr. and Mrs. Weed have been born
three children: William, who is now engaged in ranching in Kittitas county;
Mildred, the wife of Arthur Ribard, who is also a ranchman of the Kittitas
valley; and Elton M., at home.

Mr. Weed is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and politically is a
republican where national questions and issues are involved but at local
elections casts an independent ballot. He is separated by the width of the
continent from his birthplace. The sterling traits inherited from New England
ancestry, however, he has brought to the west with its countless opportunities
and the years have chronicled his success as he has systematically carried on
his farm work.

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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.