The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 320

EDMUND L. DORAN.

Edmund L. Doran was born in Waddington, New York. March 14, 1883, son of Samuel
B. and Jane (Behan) Doran. The father was customs collector at Waddington and
in his younger days owned and operated a carding mill at that point. He departed
this life in 1907 but the mother still makes her home in the Empire state. Mr.
Doran supplemented his high school course by attending business college at
Brockville. Ontario, and started in life as a stenographer. He was employed as
such in Detroit, Michigan, from which city he later moved to Chicago, Illinois,
and was subsequently employed in various western towns and cities from Chicago
to the Pacific coast, but finally returned to Chicago, whence he came to
Toppenish in the fall of 1909.

During part of 1909 and 1910 Mr. Doran was employed as bookkeeper by the Traders
Bank. In the latter part of 1910 he entered the employ of the Toppenish
Commercial Company, Inc., as manager, and a year later bought the controlling
interest in that corporation, since which time he has retained such interest and
as president and manager has had active control of the business. The company
deals largely with city and reservation lands; also has a large fire and life
insurance business.

In 1917 Mr. Doran brought into his office and took the management of a branch of
the Fidelity Abstract & Title Company, with head office at Sunnyside,
Washington.

In 1910 Mr. Doran was united in marriage to Mary E. Stone, of Toppenish, the
only daughter of Mrs. Susan Swasey, formerly Mrs. Susan Stone.

In 1911 Mr. Doran put a thirty acre addition to Toppenish on the market and has
been very successful in disposing of same, and having placed a building
restriction on the property has succeeded in getting but the better class of
residences
.
In 1918 Mr. Doran bought the "Bond" property, a one story brick building on
Toppenish avenue and moved his offices into same.

Mr. Doran belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, having membership
in Yakima Lodge, No. 318. He is also identified with the Knights of Columbus,
Toppenish Council, No. 1699, which indicates his religious faith to be that of
the Catholic church. Mr. Doran's political belief is that of the republican
party, though he is not active in politics, only insofar as the local situation
is concerned, having acted as councilman on the city council, and at present
acting as city treasurer.

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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.