George Marshall Rathbun (1836-1923)

Tamar Ann Garinger (1838-1905)

Marshall Riley Rathbun (1861-1917)

Mary Elizabeth Kline (1869-1944)

Ersa Grace Rathbun (1901-1992)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Cecil Warren Wells Jack Wayne Wells+ James Leon Wells Rex Dean Wells+ 2. Delbert Clarence Ledington Ersa Grace Rathbun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Born: 5 Feb 1901, Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States 1 2 5 6 7 8 Marriage (1): Cecil Warren Wells on 15 Mar 1925 in Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States 1 2 Marriage (2): Delbert Clarence Ledington on 8 Feb 1962 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States 3 Died: 7 Oct 1992, Payette, Payette, Idaho, United States at age 91 5 7 Buried: After 7 Oct 1992, Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States 7 9   Noted events in her life were: • Residence, 19 Apr 1910, Valley, Rice, Kansas, United States. 6 • Residence, Feb 1915, , Reno, Kansas, United States. 10 • Residence, 19 Jan 1920, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 11 • Residence, Mar 1925, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 12 • Occupation: Clerk In A Drug Store Owned By Rufus Rathbun In: Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 3 • Residence, 7 Apr 1930, Bairoil, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States. 3 13 • Residence, 11 Apr 1940, Mackay, Custer, Idaho, United States. 14 Ersa married Cecil Warren Wells, son of Lewis Grant Wells and Maud Ann Warren, on 15 Mar 1925 in Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States.1 2 (Cecil Warren Wells was born on 11 Mar 1896 in Muscotah, Atchison, Kansas, United States,1 2 15 16 17 18 19 died on 26 Oct 1952 in Mackay, Custer, Idaho, United States 1 2 3 18 20 and was buried on 1 Nov 1952 in Mackay, Custer, Idaho, United States 2 18.)   Noted events in their marriage were: • Death of one spouse, 26 Oct 1952, Mackay, Custer, Idaho, United States. 2 Ersa next married Delbert Clarence Ledington on 8 Feb 1962 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States.3 (Delbert Clarence Ledington was born on 4 Sep 1912 in Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States,7 21 22 died on 22 Apr 1989 in Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States 7 23 and was buried after 22 Apr 1989 in Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States 7 24.)

1 Ersa Wells, Letter from Ersa Wells to Mr & Mrs Freeman Rathbun, Date of Import: 12 Jul 1999. Source Medium: Letter

2 Ersa Wells, Leona Hope Jackson Rathbun, Genealogical Record for Ersa Grace Rathbun. Source Medium: Other

3 Ruth Marlow, Marshall Riley Rathbun (Name: Chautauqua Co., Kansas, Volume 1, page 628. Published 1987 by Chautauqua Co., Heritage Association;). Source Medium: Book

4 Newspaper Obituary notice for Orva Rathbun (Name: Undated and un-named newspaper clipping;). Source Medium: Newspaper
Source Quality: Original

5 Social Security Administration, "Social Secuirty Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jul 2011), entry for Ersa R. Ledington, 1992.

6 1910 U.S. census, Rice, Kansas, population schedule, Valley, enumeration district (ED) 178, sheet 3, p. 3B, dwelling 70, family 73, Marshall R. Rathbun Family; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 454.

7 Tomb stone, Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Weiser, Washington County, Idaho.

8 Ruth Marlow, Marshall Riley Rathbun (Name: Chautauqua Co., Kansas, Volume 1, page 628. Published 1987 by Chautauqua Co., Heritage Association;), Article furnished by Hylas and Myrtle Rathbun. Source Medium: Book

9 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Ersa Grace Ledington.

10 Kansas State Census: 1915, Reno, Kansas, population schedule, Reno county, p. 10, dwelling 69, family 71, line 27, Ersa Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Jan 2010); citing Ancestry.com.

11 1920 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Sedan, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 11, p. 11A, dwelling 261, family 283, Ersa G. Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 24 Jan 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 522.

12 Kansas State Census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Sedan, p. 3, family 18, line 8, Ersa G. Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry(Ancestry.com : accessed 24 Jan 2010); citing Ancestry.com.

13 1930 U.S. census, Sweetwater, Wyoming, population schedule, Bairoil, enumeration district (ED) 32, sheet 1, p. 1B, dwelling 21, family 21, Ersa Wills; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2625.

14 1940 U.S. census, Custer, Idaho, population schedule, Mackay, enumeration district (ED) 19-10, sheet 8, p. 8B, household 201, Ersa Wells; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Feb 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 744.

15 United States, Selective Service System., "United States Selective Service System, Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II," database(Ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jul 2011), Cecil Warren Wells; Ancestry.com.

16 "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database and images(accessed 5 Jul 2011), Cecil Warren Wells; Ancestry.com.

17 1900 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Summit, enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 7, p. 7B, dwelling 128, family 131, Cecil W. Wells; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 5 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 473.

18 Tomb stone, Burial: Mount McCaleb Cemetery, Mackay, Custer County, Idaho. Plot: Block 54, Lot 3, S1/2.

19 Cecil W. Wells; Application for Headstone or Marker; National Archives and Records Admistration; digital images, "Application of Headstone or Marker," Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Feb 2013).

20 Cecil W. Wells; Application for Headstone or Marker; National Archives and Records Admistration; digital images, "Application for Headstone or Marker," Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Feb 2013).

21 Social Security Administration, "Social Secuirty Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 September 2008), entry for Delbert C. Ledington, 1989, SS no. 518-28-1992.

22 1940 U.S. census, Washington, Idaho, population schedule, Eaton-Hale, enumeration district (ED) 44-1, sheet 3, p. 3B, household 56, Delbert C. Ledington; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Feb 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 755.

23 Social Security Administration, "Social Secuirty Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Jan 2012), entry for Delbert C. Ledington, 1989.

24 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Delbert Clarence Ledington.