Edmund Rathbun
(1800-1882)
Mary Dye
(1813-1889)
Daniel Dye Rathbun
(1834-1926)
Catherine Lanning
(1837-1908)
Rufus Edmund Rathbun
(1862-1953)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Emma Myrtle Eldridge

Rufus Edmund Rathbun 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

  • Born: 4 May 1862, Bluff City, Jay, Indiana, United States 1 6 7 8 9 10
  • Marriage (1): Emma Myrtle Eldridge on 13 Oct 1894 in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States 1 2
  • Died: 21 Mar 1953, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States at age 90 1 5 8
  • Buried: 23 Mar 1953, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 1 8 10

   Another name for Rufus was Rufus Edmund Rathburn.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1 Mar 1875, Sedan, Howard, Kansas, United States. 11

• Residence, 11 Jun 1880, Hendricks, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 9

• Occupation: Teaching, 1 Mar 1885, Hendricks, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 12

• Residence, 1 Mar 1885, Hendricks, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 12

• Residence, 8 Jun 1900, Hendricks, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 13

• Residence, 1 Mar 1905, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 14

• Residence, 21 Jun 1920, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 7

• Occupation: Druggist, 1925, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 15

• Residence, 1925, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 15

• Residence, 9 Apr 1930, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 16


Rufus married Emma Myrtle Eldridge, daughter of Isaac F. Eldridge and Icey Tennasee Whitaker, on 13 Oct 1894 in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States.1 2 (Emma Myrtle Eldridge was born on 19 Dec 1867 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States,1 8 10 17 died on 16 Jun 1963 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 1 5 8 and was buried on 19 Jun 1963 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 1 8 10.)

Sources

1 Nell Westlake, Letter from Nell Westlake Dated 29 August 1983 to Earl and Hope Rathbun. Source Medium: Letter

2 1900 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Hendricks, enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 4, p. 4A, dwelling 55, family 56, Rufus and Emma Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 3 Feb 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 473.

3 Genealogical Record for Nellie Emily Rathbun. Source Medium: Other

4 Newspaper Obituary notice for Catherine Lanning Rathbun (Name: Newspaper Obituary Notice, Death of Mrs Rathbun, undated;). Source Medium: Newspaper
Source Quality: Originial

5 Chautauqua County Kansas Genealogy - Death Index No. 2 (Name: Deaths In Chautauqua County, Recorded By Various City and CountyClerks;). Source Medium: Electronic

6 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 17, Spring 1995. Source Medium: Magazine

7 1920 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Sedan, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 13, p. 13A, dwelling 314, family 339, Rufus E. Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 19 Jan 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 522.

8 Tomb stone, Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas.

9 1880 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Hendricks, enumeration district (ED) 70, p. 2, dwelling 21, family 21, Rufus Rathbun; digital images (accessed 17 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 375.

10 Transcribed from Mr. G. Herman Guy's Cemeteries in Chautauqua County,Kansas, Greenwood Cemetery, Chautauqua County, Kansas. Source Medium: Book

This is the main cemetery for Sedan and is located on the east edge of Sean in S2 - t34 - 11R.

11 1875 Kansas State Census, Howard, Kansas, population schedule, Sedan, p. 8, dwelling 9, family 7, line 35, R. E. Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Feb 2012); citing Ancestry.com.

12 Kansas State Census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Hendricks, p. 24, dwelling 4, family 10, line 1, Rufus E. Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry(Ancestry.com : accessed 3 Feb 2012); citing Ancestry.com.

13 1900 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Hendricks, enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 4, p. 4A, dwelling 55, family 56, Rufus Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 473.

14 Kansas State Census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Sedan, p. 99, dwelling 2, family 2, line 4, R. E. Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry(Ancestry.com : accessed 3 Feb 2012); citing Ancestry.com.

15 Kansas State Census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Sedan, p. 5, line 23, R. E. Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry(Ancestry.com : accessed 3 Feb 2012); citing Ancestry.com.

16 1930 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Sedan, enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 11, p. 11A, dwelling 289, family 321, Rufus E. Rathbun; digital images (accessed 19 Jan 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 695.

17 1900 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Hendricks, enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 4, p. 4A, dwelling 55, family 56, Emma Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 473.

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