The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 640
A portrait of Daniel L. Druse appears in this publication.

DANIEL L. DRUSE.

Daniel L. Druse, living in Yakima, is identified with the farming interests of
the valley. He is also a veteran of the Civil war and his record of loyal
citizenship is one of which he has every reason to be proud. He was born in
Boone county. Illinois, August 24, 1842, and has therefore passed the
seventy-sixth milestone on life's journey. His parents were Zina and Sally Ann
(Lawrence) Druse. The father died in Illinois in 1846 and in 1849 the mother
married again, becoming the wife of Charles Dana. In 1856 they removed to
Minnesota, where the death of Mr. Dana occurred three years later. In 1864 his
widow became the wife of Oliver Webb and in 1895 Mr. Druse of this review
brought his mother and stepfather to Yakima county, where she passed away
October 2, 1905, at the advanced age of eighty-six years, while the death of Mr.
Webb occurred in 1897, when he had reached the very venerable age of
ninety-three years. The mother of our subject had three sons: Edmond H., who
formerly lived in Yakima for twelve years but is now a resident of Minneapolis;
Daniel L., of this review; and Charles S. Dana, residing at Red Wing, Minnesota.
Both of the parents of Mr. Druse were natives of New York, the father being of
French descent. The mother was a daughter of John Lawrence, who removed to
Illinois in 1837, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of that state.

Daniel L. Druse, reared under the parental roof, acquired a public school
education in Illinois and Minnesota and when twenty years of age enlisted for
service as a member of the Fifth Minnesota Infantry in August, 1862, He served
for three years or until after the close of the war in September, 1867, and
participated in a number of hotly contested engagements. His valor and loyalty
bore out the family reputation for patriotism, for his maternal grandfather had
served in the War of 1812. When the country no longer needed his aid Mr. Druse
took up farming in Minnesota and there made his home until 1895, when he came to
Yakima. The previous year he had purchased twenty acres of land near the city
and in 1895 he purchased more land. At one time he owned seventy-five acres of
orchard land but has since sold much of this. Throughout the entire period he
has made his home in Yakima and has ever been accounted one of its valued and
representative residents.

On the 6th of September, 1868, Mr. Druse was married to Miss Mary Carey, a
native of Wisconsin, who passed away November 8, 1869, leaving a little
daughter, Mary, who is now dean of the art department of the State Normal School
at Bellingham, Washington. On the 21st of September, 1870, Mr. Druse was
married to Sarah Sackett, a native of Minnesota, who passed away July 30, 1886.
They became the parents of six children: Fannie, who is the wife of A. W.
Schwartze, conducting a fruit ranch on Nob Hill; John L., who was a veteran of
the Spanish-American war and has passed away; Charles E., who is engaged in the
insurance business and resides on Nob Hill; Helen M., who gave her hand in
marriage to J. R. Schwartze, the owner of a fruit ranch in Yakima county; Alice
G., who is the wife of C. L. Booth, also conducting a fruit ranch on Nob Hill;
and Albert Z., who owns and operates a wheat ranch in Yakima county. On the 22d
of July, 1888, Mr. Druse was again married, his third union being with Amanda S.
Dam. Death called her on the 27th of April, 1906, and she is survived by her
husband and two children: Alton S., who is now a member of the Aviation Corps of
the United States army; and Mildred S., the wife of Leslie W. Adams, who
occupies her father's old ranch.

On the 4th of January, 1909, Mr. Druse wedded Laura F. Dorsett, of Yakima, where
they make their Dome. In his political views Mr. Druse has always been a
stalwart republican, giving unfaltering allegiance to the party. He served as
town clerk in Minnesota for seventeen years, has been justice of the peace for
twenty-two years and township assessor for two years. He has discharged his
duties with marked promptness and fidelity, being ever loyal to the trust
reposed in him. Since 1869 he has been a faithful member of the Methodist
church. He was a charter member of the Yakima County Horticultural Union and
these associations indicate the nature and breadth of his interests. He also
maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades as a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic and was at one time commander of Meade Post, No. 9. He also
served as adjutant of the post for more than twelve years. The military history
of America has ever been a creditable one. At no time has this country ever
engaged in war save for the protection of its legitimate interests or the
extension of democracy, and Mr. Druse may well be proud to be numbered among its
military heroes.

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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.