The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 653

DOLPHUS BECHARD.

Thirteen years have come and gone since Dolphus Bechard arrived in the Moxee
valley and through the intervening period he has been closely associated with
its agricultural and horticultural development. He was born in Quebec, Canada,
April 2, 1864, a son of Moses Bechard, who in 1873 removed with his family to
Illinois. Later he became a resident of Kansas and subsequently returned to
Canada, settling in Alberta, where his remaining days were passed.

Dolphus Bechard accompanied his parents on their various removals and the public
schools of the different localities afforded him his educational privileges. He
came to the Moxee valley in 1905 and made investment in forty-five acres of
land. Four years later he sold that property and he and his brother Felix
invested in twenty-five acres, upon which they have since lived. They have
devoted their attention to the further development and operation of the ranch,
which has been brought under a high state of cultivation and returns to them a
gratifying annual income.

In Alberta, Canada, Dolphus Bechard was married on the 26th of February, 1900,
to Miss Mary Anna Rabie, a daughter of Alphonse and Zelia (Houl) Rabie, both of
whom were natives of Quebec but removed to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, and later
became residents of Alberta, Canada. In 4901 they came to tile Moxee valley,
where the father is still living, but the mother passed away in 1907.

Mr. and Mrs. Bechard are members of the Holy Rosary Catholic church of Moxee,
and his political faith is that of the republican party. He is now well known in
the section of the county in which he lives and is regarded as an energetic and
active business man whose well defined labors are bringing him substantial
success.

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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.