The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 275

JULIUS SCHNASE.

Julius Schnase, an orchardist of the Yakima valley, residing in Yakima county
since October, 1912, was born in Germany, August 30, 1859, a son of Adam and
Edmunda Schnase, who came to the United States in 1874, settling in Minnesota,
where the father followed farming until he passed away. His wife also died in
that state.

Julius Schnase was a youth of about fifteen years when the family emigrated to
the new world. He attained his majority in Minnesota and started out in life as
a farm hand, working in the neighborhood of his home at a wage of ten dollars
per month. He afterward took up government land in Minnesota but later sold his
property there for eight hundred dollars and removed to South Dakota in 1881.
Again he entered a claim from the government, locating in Brown county, where he
developed and improved a farm but eventually sold that property and established
his home near Aberdeen. There he remained until October, 1912, when he came to
Yakima county, Washington, having in 1911 purchased a ten-acre orchard six miles
west of Yakima. Here he has devoted his attention to the cultivation of apples
and pears and has been very successful in his fruit raising ventures. In the
midst of his farm he has built a fine home and is most pleasantly and
comfortably situated in life.

In 1882 Mr. Schnase was married to Miss Amelia Knie, a native of Wisconsin and a
daughter of Martin and Adolphina (Reivert) Knie, who were pioneer settlers of
South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Schnase became the parents of a son, Elmer Martin,
who was born in South Dakota, September 12, 1888, and after acquiring a public
school education continued his studies in the Norwestern College at Naperville,
Illinois, since which time he has engaged in farming with his father. On the
26th of December, 1911, Elmer M. Schnase married Maude Hey, of Naperville,
Illinois, who passed away in February, 1912, leaving a little daughter, Maude.
In 1913 he married Olga H. Mitzel, a native of North Dakota, but at that time a
resident of Yakima, and they have become parents of one child, Eunice. The
religious faith of the family is that of the Evangelical Association. In
politics Julius Schnase maintains an independent course, voting according to the
dictates of his judgment. He concentrates his efforts and attention upon his
business affairs and his success is the direct and legitimate result of his
industry and perseverance.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
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