The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 824 DAVID JOHNSON. For eleven years David Johnson has been a resident of the Yakima valley and through the intervening period his persistent, earnest and unfaltering labor has been crowned with a substantial measure of success, for he is now profitably engaged in orcharding. He was born in Sweden, June 25, 1866, a son of John and Johanna Anderson. The father is now deceased, while the mother yet remains a resident of her native land. David Johnson was a young man of twenty-one years when he severed home ties and came to the new world, for the reports which he had heard concerning the opportunities offered in America attracted him to this country with the belief that he might more quickly secure success on this side of the Atlantic. He made his way first to Sioux City, Iowa, where he followed the plasterer's trade, which he had previously learned in Sweden. He was thus actively identified with industrial interests at that place for twenty-one years and then determined to seek a home in the Pacific northwest. In 1908, therefore, he came to Washington, making the trip in company with Charles G. Johnson, who though of the same name and a native of Sweden, is not a relative. They traveled to Yakima county and David Johnson invested in nine acres of land on Selah Heights. This he planted to apples and pears and his orchards are now in excellent hearing condition. He also raises Italian prunes and the crops which he annually gathers bring to him a very gratifying income. His prosperity is further evidenced in the fact that in 1918 he erected a fine new residence upon his ranch. On the 21st of November, 1890, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Betty Brunsell, a native of Sweden, who came to America in 1888, making her way to Sioux City, Iowa. The children of this marriage are: Ruth, who died at the age of twenty-two years; David Jonathan, at home; and Elsie, who completes the family. In his political views Mr. Johnson maintains an independent course voting for men and measures rather than party. He belongs to the Grange and is deeply interested in all that has to do with the agricultural and horticultural development of the region. He and his wife are consistent members of the Swedish Lutheran church and are people whose many admirable traits of character have gained them high regard and warm friendship. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.