Individual Details

He was born in Iowa and his parents were Charles and Armenia (Daly) Pike. Harvey married Florence Conner on 2 Jan 1914.
Harvey O. Pike, well known farmer in the vicinity of Everson, Whatcom county, may justly bear the title of self-made man, having by hard and unremitting effort worked his way from a modest beginning to an admirable and influential position among the successful men of his locality. The success attained in his enterprises has been due to his persistence, integrity and excellent judgment, which qualities have brought him also the universal esteem and respect of his community. Mr. Pike is a native of the state of Iowa, born on the 6th of October, 1877, and is a son of Charles and Armenia (Daly) Pike, the latter of whom was a native of Ohio. Charles Pike was born and reared in New York state, whence he went to Iowa about 1852. He engaged in farming, which vocation he followed there until 1878, when he went to Minnesota, which was the family home until 1907, at which time he sold his land there and came to Whatcom county. On arriving here he bought thirty acres of land one mile east of Everson, which he cleared of the heavy growth of timber and brush which covered it, and there he spent the remainder of his days, dying April 4, 1925, in the ninety-third year of his age. His wife is still living, at the age of eighty-seven years. They were the parents of nine children, all of whom excepting one are living, namely: Edith, Frank, Sherman, deceased, Roxie, Winifred, Harvey O., Homer and Lloyd.
Harvey O. Pike was about a year old when the family moved to Minnesota and in the public schools of that state he secured his education. He came with his parents to Whatcom county and remained with them until his marriage, when he located on ten acres of land which he had purchased, located about a mile east of Everson, and where they are now living. In the development and cultivation of this place Mr. Pike has been far more than ordinarily successful. His principal field crops are hay, grain and peas, of which he raises fine crops. In other lines of effort he also has met with very gratifying success. He has two and a half acres in berries, of which one acre in 1924 gave the remarkable yield of six tons, and in 1925 one acre of beans yielded seven tons. Having fully demonstrated the adaptability of his land to berries, he is going to plant several acres more to that product. He also gives considerable attention to dairying, keeping ten good grade Holstein cows and ten head of young stock. Mr. Pike also owns twenty acres of land adjoining the home place, and he and his brother Lloyd own a forty-acre farm in partnership, on which land they have a large, bearing cherry orchard.
On January 2, 1914, Mr. Pike was married to Miss Florence Connor, who was born in Ludington, Michigan, a daughter of Thomas and Florence (Hill) Connor, the former of whom was for many years identified with sawmills. Both parents are deceased, the mother dying in 1897 and the father in 1900. They have five children, of which number Mrs. Pike is the youngest. To Mr. and Mrs. Pike have been born five children, namely: Frank, born February 26, 1915; Kenneth, born July 26, 1917; Roland, born July 10, 1920; Edith, born November 2, 1922; and Teddy, born November 2, 1924. Mr. Pike is a member of the Whatcom County Dairymen's Association, while fraternally he is a member of Nooksack Camp, Modern Woodmen of America. He take a good citizen's interest in the public affairs of his locality and is serving as a school director. He is recognized as a splendid citizen, being one of his locality's leading men of affairs progressive in all that the term implies, and is a man of lofty character and sturdy integrity. He has been a consistent advocate of wholesome living and is outspoken in his opposition to everything detrimental to the welfare of his community. Because of his business ability, fine personality and friendly manner, he has won a high place in the esteem and confidence of the entire community in which he lives.
History of Whatcom County, Volume II, by Lottie Roeder Roth, 1926, pps. 323-324.

Birth	6 Oct 1877	Hancock County, Iowa
Marriage	2 Jan 1914	Nooksack, Whatcom County, Washington - Florence Esther Conners
Draft registration	12 Sep 1918	Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington
Census (family)	7 Jan 1920	Nooksack, Whatcom County, Washington - Florence Esther Conners
Draft registration	26 Apr 1942	Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Death	7 Aug 1959	Everson, Whatcom County, Washington
Burial		Nooksack Cemetery, Whatcom County, Washington

Spouse	Florence Esther Conners (1893 - 1992)
Child	Leathea Richmond (1904 - )
Child	Francis Harvey Pike (1915 - 2007)
Child	Kenneth Clair Pike (1917 - 1971)
Child	Roland Morin Pike (1920 - 2008)
Child	Edith Florence "Peggy" Pike (1922 - 2017)
Child	Ted Robert Pike (1924 - 1997)
Child	Marian Ardys "Toots" Pike (1927 - 2013)

Father	Charles Allen Pike (1832 - 1925)
Mother	Armenia Daily (1838 - 1925)
Sibling	Edith May Pike (1861 - 1955)
Sibling	Frank G. Pike (1863 - 1930)
Sibling	Charles Sherman Pike (1865 - 1895)
Sibling	Roxanne Minnie Pike (1868 - 1944)
Sibling	Winifred Jennie Pike (1873 - 1966)
Sibling	William Andrew Pike (1875 - 1970)
Sibling	Homer Daily Pike (1879 - 1991)
Sibling	Lloyd Garret Pike (1882 - 1979)

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