Edmund Rathbun (1800-1882)

Mary Dye (1813-1889)

David Benjamin Van Garringer (1807-1863)

Tamara Jane Adams (1804-1855)

George Marshall Rathbun (1836-1923)

Tamar Ann Garinger (1838-1905)

Mary Tamar Rathbun (1864-1944)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Denton Blankinship Martin Oliver Blankinship+ Harvey Denton Blankinship+ Mary Isabel Blankinship+ Marshall Hiram Blankinship 2. Micagia C. Hensley Benjamin Franklin Hensley+ Rosa Jane Hensley+ Lewis Mack Hensley Henry Nathaniel Hensley Fredrick George Hensley+ Emma Alice Hensley Mary Tamar Rathbun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Born: 1 Jan 1864, Bluff Point, Jay, Indiana United States 1 3 6 7 8 Marriage (1): Denton Blankinship on 9 Feb 1879 in , Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 1 2 Marriage (2): Micagia C. Hensley on 25 Nov 1890 in Hewins, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 1 Died: 10 Aug 1944, Cedar Vale, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States at age 80 1 3 6 Buried: After 10 Aug 1944, Cedar Vale, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 3 6   General Notes: Mary T. Rathbun's parents moved from Indiana to Missouri and in 1872 they came to Kansas in a covered wagon, driving across the Missouri river on ice four feet thick. They settled on a farm on Moore Prairie, which is between Cedar Vale and Sedan, Kansas. They really endured all the harships of the pioneer life, and used oxen to break the sod. she attended school in a home until the Moore Prairie school house was built. She lived several years near Hewins, Kansas, then in August 1917, shemoved to Cedar Vale where she resided until her death. She accepted the Lord as her Savior at an early age and lived a consistent Christian life in the Baptist church. Later she united with theassembly of God Movement. She always enjoyed the services when she was able to attend, and read her Bible through several times, always enjoying the word of God, and the fellowship of the Christian people.   Noted events in her life were: • Residence, 26 Jul 1870, Union, Worth, Missouri, United States. 9 • Residence, 1 Mar 1875, Sedan, Howard, Kansas, United States. 8 • Residence, 3 Jun 1880, Hendricks, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 10 • Residence, 5 Jun 1900, Harrison, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 7 • Residence, 3 May 1910, Harrison, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 11 • Residence, 1 Mar 1915, Harrison, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 12 • Residence: Maple Street, 5 Jan 1920, Cedar Vale, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 13 • Residence: Maple Street, 5 Apr 1930, Cedar Vale, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 14 • Residence, 1 May 1940, Cedar Vale, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 15 Mary married Denton Blankinship, son of Hiram Blankinship and J. Melvina Henderson, on 9 Feb 1879 in , Chautauqua, Kansas, United States.1 2 (Denton Blankinship was born on 18 Jul 1859 in , Macon, Tennessee, United States,16 17 18 died on 5 Dec 1887 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 1 17 and was buried after 5 Dec 1887 in Hewins, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 17.) Mary next married Micagia C. Hensley on 25 Nov 1890 in Hewins, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States.1 (Micagia C. Hensley was born on 8 May 1844 in , Washington, Indiana, United States,6 7 19 died on 20 Jan 1916 in Hewins, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 1 6 and was buried after 20 Jan 1916 in Cedar Vale, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 6.)

1 Newspaper Funeral Service notice for Mrs. Mary Hensley, 1944. Source Medium: Newspaper

2 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 15, Number 1, Page 18, Spring 1995. Source Medium: Magazine

3 Memorial Service Program for Mary T. Hensley (Name: Memorial Service Record;). Source Medium: Card
Source Quality: Origininal

4 Newspaper Obituary notice for Lewis Hensley (Name: The Sedan Times-Star dated Wednesday, May 18, 1983;). Source Medium: Newspaper
Source Quality: Copy of Original newspaper article

5 Newspaper Obituary for Tamar Rathbun. Source Medium: Newspaper
Source Quality: Original

6 Tomb stone, Burial: Cedar Vale Cemetery, Cedar Vale, Chautauqua County, Kansas.

7 1900 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Harrison, enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 2, p. 2A, dwelling 23, family 23, Mc. C. Hensley family; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 473.

8 1875 Kansas State Census, Howard, Kansas, population schedule, Sedan, p. 2, dwelling 5, family 10, line 26, M. T. Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Oct 2009); citing Ancestry.com.

9 1870 U.S. census, Worth, Missouri, population schedule, Union, p. 2, dwelling 11, family 22, Rathburn Family; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 826.

10 1880 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Hendricks, enumeration district (ED) 70, p. 3, dwelling 24, family 24, Mary T. Blankenship; digital images (accessed 6 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 375.

11 1910 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Harrison, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 7, p. 7B, dwelling 125, family 125, Mchensley family; digital images (accessed 14 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 433.

12 Kansas State Census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Harrison, p. 1, dwelling 4, family 4, line 22, Mary J. Hensley; digital images, Ancestry(Ancestry.com : accessed 27 Jan 2012); citing Ancestry.com.

13 1920 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Jefferson, enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 8, p. 8B, dwelling 18, family 21, Mary T. Hensley; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 24 Jan 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 522.

14 1930 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Cedar Vale, enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 3, p. 3A, dwelling 64, family 70, Mary T. Hensley; digital images (accessed 24 Jan 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 695.

15 1940 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Cedar Vale, enumeration district (ED) 10-9, sheet 4, p. 4A, household 94, Mary Hensley; digital images (http://1940census.archives.gov/ : accessed 23 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1223.

16 1880 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Hendricks, enumeration district (ED) 70, p. 3, dwelling 24, family 24, D. Blankenship; digital images (accessed 6 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 375.

17 Tomb stone, Burial: Ozro Falls Cemetery, Hewins, Chautauqua County, Kansas.

18 1860 U.S. census, Macon, Tennessee, population schedule, p. 74, dwelling 557, family 537, Blankinship family; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1263.

19 1850 U.S. census, Jay, Indiana, population schedule, Indian Creek, p. 345, dwelling 665, family 665, Makegar Hensley; digital images, The Generations Network (ancestry.com : accessed 21 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 161.