Barbara Jean Osburn (1929-)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Freeman Olin Rathbun Barbara Jean Osburn Born: 3 Dec 1929, Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 2 3 4 Marriage (1): Freeman Olin Rathbun on 10 Aug 1951 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 1 2    Another name for Barbara is Barbara Jean Osborn.1 2 3 4 5   Noted events in her life were: • Residence, 14 Apr 1930, Belleville, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 4 • Residence, 1955, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. 1 • Residence: 560 Contor Circle, 1993, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. 6 • Residence: 560 Contor Ave, 1994, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. 7 • Residence: 110 E. 5th, Aug 2009, Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 8 Barbara married Freeman Olin Rathbun, son of Jesse Adam Rathbun and Tishie Abigail Freeman, on 10 Aug 1951 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States.1 2 (Freeman Olin Rathbun was born on 29 Nov 1920 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States,1 2 5 9 10 died on 11 Oct 1991 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States 1 9 10 and was buried after 11 Oct 1991 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States 1.). The cause of his death was Ulcerted Esophagus.

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

2 Genealogical Record for Olin Freeman Rathbun (Name: 1956;). Source Medium: Other

3 Barbara Jean Rathbun, Genealogical Pedigree Tree for Barbara Jean Osburn. Source Medium: Other

4 1930 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Belleville, enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 6, p. 6B, dwelling 128, family 131, Barbara Osborn; digital images (accessed 26 Jan 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 695.

5 Chautauqua Co., Heritage Association, editor, Chautauqua County, Kansas, Volume 1 (Kansas: Chautauqua County, Heritage Association, 1987), Volume 1: 627; Jesse Adam Rathbun was the youngest son of George Marshall and Tamar Ann Rathbun. He was born August 17, 1880, in Chautauqua County. He met and married Tishie Abigail Freeman while she was visiting relativesin Sedan. Tishie was born February 12, 1880, in Grant City, Missouri. Her parents were George and Anna Jane Freeman.
Jesse and Tishie Rathbun lived all their married lives in Sedan. Six children were born to this union. Freeman Earl was born December 6, 1906. Freeman Hylas arrived on October 19, 1908. Rosa Olive was born January 21, 1911, and John Freeman was born April 26, 1913. A baby girl named Pauline was born March 7, 1915, but lived only a few days. Olin Freeman arrived November 29, 1920. All the boys were given their mother's maiden name as part of their names. Earl and Hylas have Freeman for their first names and John and Olin have Freeman for their middle names.
All of the children attended Sedan public schools but soon after quiting school they moved away from Sedan. Earl, John, and Olin served inWorld War II and Hylas worked in a defense plant in Toledo, Oregon. At the close of the war, Earl and John settled in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Olin stayed at home with his mother, but after her death, he and his wife moved to Idaho Falls.
Earl met and married Hope Jackson in Idaho Falls, they had five children, Jesse Earl, Logan John, Paul Wayne (who lived but a few months), Bererly Ann, and Jeannie. Hylas went to New Mexico where he met and married Myrtle Elizabeth Wells of Van Houten, New Mexico. Myrtle was in Albuquerque attending business college at the time they met. They had three children, Mary Jane, Elizabeth Ann, and Daniel DeLancy. Olive married Jake Hilty and they had one daughter, Lois Rae. John married Norma Stevens, a girl he met in South Dakota while he was in the service. Olin married Barbara Osburn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Osburn of Peru, Kansas, and later moved to Idaho.
The Jesse Rathbun family was very active in the First Baptist Church of Sedan where all of them were members. Jesse worked as a pumper in the oil fields, and a rural mail carrier and ran the village blacksmith, a trade he passed on to his son Hylas. The old blacksmith shop waslocated on the back part of the lot where the Sedan State Bank is now. Jesse was still working as a blacksmith at the time of his death January 20, 1948. Tishie died December 25, 1954. They are both buried in Greenwood
Cemetery in Sedan.

6 Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index (Name: The Generations Network, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA).

7 Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index (Name: The Generations Network, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA), Volume 1.

8 Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index (Name: The Generations Network, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA), Volume 2, Ancestry.com, 2010.

9 Social Security Administration, "Social Secuirty Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 Feb 2010), entry for Olin F. Rathbun, 1991.

10 "U. S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Dec 2013), Olin Rathbun; Ancestry.com.