Re: Louis Rathburn of Mt. Pleasant, Illinois (1867)
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Re: Louis Rathburn of Mt. Pleasant, Illinois (1867)
David Rathbun 11/14/09
I can contribute the following.According to his published obituary (which I believe was written by my father, Gilbert Omar Rathburn) Alonzo Gilbert Rathburn was born November 8, 1867 at Mt. Pleasant, Illinois, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rathburn.He was married to Emma Rager and, most likely, was residing in or near Ely, Iowa (Linn County), when my father was born there on 26 January, 1900.According to the obit, Alonzo farmed in Iowa and Nebraska before moving to Sioux Falls, SD, where he worked for the railroad before retiring to a farm in Harrisburg, SD, where he died.I do remember, however, my father telling me that as a child he had lived in (or near) Hannibal, Missouri.According to the 1920 census, an Alonzo Rathburn lived in (or near) Knox, Nebraska which would seem consistent with what I know of our family history.