Joseph Dratzman Biography


	This biography appears on page 1839-1840 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JOSEPH DRATZMAN, who carries on general farming not far from 
Yankton, in Yankton county, South Dakota, first opened his eyes to the 
light of day on the 6th of August, 1861. His native land is Germany, 
and he was about ten years of age at the time of the removal to the 
United States, and the Dakota schools furnished him his educational 
privileges. He was united in marriage to Miss Annie Hasker, of Yankton 
county, and unto this union two children were born. This wife died, and 
for his second wife Mr. Dratzman chose Mrs. Julia Long, and they too 
have had two children.

	In 1884 the subject purchased a claim in Turner county and 
afterward selling that land he purchased two hundred and forty acres in 
Yankton county about five miles northeast of Utica. He now cultivates 
one hundred and seventy acres of this place and is a prosperous farmer. 
In politics he endorses Democratic principles, and he has served as 
school clerk for several years. He and his family are communicants of 
the Catholic church.