Ancestors of Elijah Rathburn

Elijah Rathburn
(1783-1814)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Cynthia Messinger

Elijah Rathburn

Born: 14 Jul 1783, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ¹ ²
Marriage (1): Cynthia Messinger on 11 Mar 1802 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ¹
Died: 20 Jul 1814, Granville, Licking, Ohio, United States at age 31 ³

Other names for Elijah were Elijah Rathbone ⁵ and Elijah Rathbun.¹ ² ⁶

Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1805, Granville, Fairfield, Ohio, United States.

• Military Service: War of 1812: Private 3 Reg't, Ohio Vols and Militia, 1812-1814. ⁴ ⁵

Elijah married Cynthia Messinger on 11 Mar 1802 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.¹ (Cynthia Messinger was born on 27 Sep 1784 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ¹ ⁷ and died on 12 Mar 1877 in Rutland, Meigs, Ohio, United States ¹ ³.)

1 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 10, Number 3, page 41, July 1990. Source Medium: Magazine

2 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 4, Number 3, Page 46, July 1984. Source Medium: Magazine

3 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 11, Number 3, Page 44, July 1991. Source Medium: Magazine

4 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 7, Number 2, Page 25, April 1987. Source Medium: Magazine

5 National Archives and Records Administration, "Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers During the War of 1812," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Jun 2011), Elijah Rathbone; Ancestry.com.

6 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, Page 39, July 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

7 1850 U.S. census, Meigs, Ohio, population schedule, Rutland, p. 100, dwelling 1647, family 1447, Cynthia Piercy; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Jun 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 710.

Elijah Rathburn

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