1 Chautauqua Co., Heritage Association, editor, Chautauqua County, Kansas, Volume 1 (Kansas: Chautauqua County, Heritage Association, 1987), Volume 1; 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.

2 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 Aug 2012), Freeman Hylas and Myrtle Elizabeth Rathbun.

3 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.

4 1920 U.S. census, Colfax, New Mexico, population schedule, Gardiner, enumeration district (ED) 25, p. 9A, dwelling 127, family 164, Myrtle Wells; digital images, ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 10 March 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1075.

5 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 Aug 2012), Myrtle Elizabeth Rathbun.

6 Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit., "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Sep 2012), Myrtle Rathbun; Ancestry.com.

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

8 Social Security Administration, "Social Secuirty Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Jan 2010), entry for Myrtle E. Rathbun, 1988.

9 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 Sep 2012), Myrtle Elizabeth Rathbun.

10 1930 U.S. census, Colfax, New Mexico, population schedule, Van Houten, enumeration district (ED) 6, p. 2B, dwelling 35, family 34, Myrtle E. Wells; digital images, ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 10 March 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1393.

11 Hylas and Myrtle Rathbun (1308 Jefferson; Pasadena, Texas) to Hope Rathbun, letter, 28 Oct 1986; privately held by Rathbun.

12 Social Security Administration, "Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.," database(ancestry.com : accessed 8 March 2009), entry for Freeman H. Rathbun, 1988, SS no. 710-01-1400.

13 1910 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Sedan, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 7, p. 7B, dwelling 112, family 113, Hylas Rathburn; digital images (accessed 25 Jan 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 433.

14 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 Aug 2012), Freeman Hylas Rathbun.

15 Social Security Administration, "Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.," database(ancestry.com : accessed 26 July 2008), entry for Freeman Hylas Rathbun, 1988, SS no. 710-01-1400.