The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 626
A portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman F. Withee appears in this publication.

LYMAN F. WITHEE.

The width of the continent separates Lyman F. Withee from the place of his
birth. Now a resident of the Selah valley of Washington, he was born in
Skowhegan Falls, Maine, May 2, 1859, a son of Hiram and Sarah (Nutting) Withee,
who were also natives of the Pine Tree state, where the father followed the
occupation of farming and thus provided for his family. In 1866 he removed to
the middle west, establishing his home in Jackson county, Wisconsin, where he
cast in his lot with the pioneer settlers who were reclaiming that district for
the purposes of civilization. He there lived for a quarter of a century or
until 1891, when he removed to Clark county, Wisconsin, and while there residing
figured prominently in the public life of the community. He was chosen to serve
in the position of county treasurer and by re-election was continued in that
office for seventeen years -- a most notable record of faithful service. The
record of perhaps no other official in that county has extended over a longer
period and none has been more faultless in honor, fearless in conduct or
stainless in reputation. The death of Mr. Withee occurred about 1908 and his
wife has also passed away.

Lyman F. Withee acquired a public school education and through the period of his
boyhood and youth was trained to farm work, early becoming familiar with the
best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He afterwards went to
Iowa and was associated with the Standard Lumber Company of Dubuque for several
years but in 1908 came to the northwest, making his way to Yakima county,
Washington, where he purchased twenty acres of wild land in the Selah valley,
covered with sagebrush and giving little indication that it could ever be
converted into valuable fruit raising land. Today, however, he has splendid
apple orchards upon his place and is raising fruit of the finest variety and
grade. In 1918 he erected a modern residence of attractive architecture and
supplied with all the comforts and conveniences of the present-day home. He has
also built a concrete warehouse, thirty by fifty feet and two stories in height,
which was erected in 1917. Half of his farm is seeded to alfalfa between the
trees. His place has all the appearance of being in the hands of a painstaking
manager and the beautiful bungalow shows that the same care is practiced by Mrs.
Withee in her duties as a housewife.

On November 15, 1882, Mr. Withee was married to Miss Emma Counrod, a native of
Wisconsin and a daughter of J. P. and Margaret Counrod. Mr. and Mrs. Withee are
consistent members of the Methodist church and the former is a republican in
politics but is not an office seeker. His life has been an active and useful
one, honorable and upright in all relations, and the sterling worth of his
character is attested in the fact that the circle of his friends is constantly
increasing as the circle of his acquaintance widens.

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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.