The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 480

ISRAEL RABIE.

Israel Rabie, who since 1899 has engaged in farming in Yakima county, was born
in Montreal, Canada, January 11, 1859, a son of Mitchell and Margaret Rabie, the
former of Canadian birth. The mother died in Minnesota but the father passed
away in Canada.

Israel Rabie acquired a public school education and in early life learned the
tinsmith's trade. He afterward went to Nevada in 1877 and there worked in a
sawmill for about two years, when he went to California, where he took up his
abode about 1879. He spent six years in the Golden state at Sacramento and
worked on a farm for a similar period. He afterward removed to Crookston,
Minnesota, where he took up a homestead and also purchased land, concentrating
his efforts and attention upon agricultural pursuits in that locality for
thirteen years. When that period had elapsed he came to Yakima county, where he
arrived in 1899. He purchased twenty acres of land on the Moxee and has
purchased twenty-four acres additional since that time. He also bought twenty
acres, which he gave to one son, and a ten-acre tract, which he gave to another
son. He has engaged extensively and successfully in raising hay, potatoes and
corn and also conducted a dairy business, keeping a large number of good cows
for this purpose. He has now sold his dairy, concentrating his efforts and
attention upon the cultivation of his fields and garden.

In 1886 Mr. Rabie was united in marriage to Miss Philomena Danaharant, of
Minnesota. The children of this marriage are: Albert, who is engaged in
ranching on the Moxee and has a wife and two children; Albertina, the wife of
Ed Pattenande, a rancher on the Moxee, by whom she has five children;
Valentine, who married Nick Seebaat, who also follows ranching on the Moxee, and
has three children; Amanda, who is the wife of Joseph Fortert, a ranchman on the
Moxee, by whom she has four children; Florida, who married Lucian Scharrow, who
also is ranching on the Moxee, and they have three children; Henry, who carries
on farming on his father's ranch and is married and has two children; Thomas, at
home; Uldege, who is attending Wilson's College at Seattle; and two who died in
Minnesota in childhood.

Mr. and Mrs. Rabie are members of the Catholic church at Moxee and Mr. Rabie
gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He is a self-made man
and one whose success is the direct outcome of his persistency of purpose and
unfaltering labors. He has met many difficulties and obstacles as the years have
gone by, but has recognized the fact that these could be overcome by determined
purpose and effort and has worked continuously to gain the substantial place
which he now occupies as one of the prosperous farmers of his district.

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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.