Descendants of Rufus Cogwell Rathbone, III.
Generation No. 1
1. RUFUS COGWELL1 RATHBONE, III. was born January 01, 1862 in Monroe County, MS. He married MARY EMILY EVANS February 19, 1882 in Kinney County, Texas, daughter of LEMUEL EVANS and SARAH JENKINS.
Notes for RUFUS COGWELL RATHBONE, III.:
The family group sheet from where I took this information was compiled by Mrs. L. M. Rathbone 28 July 1982. She listed her sources as the following:
1. Personal knowledge of Lemuel Melson Rathbone, Artie Rathbone Barker, and Allie Mae Rathbone LaBaume.
2. Kinney County, Texas marriage records, book 2, page 9.
3. 1880 census, Medina County, Texas page 3.
4. Monroe County, MS marriage records book for 1858 - 1867, page 112.
5. Texas death records, Mary Emily James, 11-29-1954, Comanche County, Texas, file #53729
6. Index Probate Birth Records, Texas
7. Del Rio Cemetery, personal visit.
8. Interview, 11-10-1975 with Allie Mae LaBaume.
9. Letters, Kathren Prentiss, 3 Jan 1979 and 28 Nov 1978.
10. Marriage book 3, Val Verde County, Texas page 440
11. Marriage book 3, page 186, Val Verde County, Texas.
12. Marriage book 5, page 193, Val Verde County, Texas.
13. Case no. 848, District Court, Val Verde County, Texas.
Notes for MARY EMILY EVANS:
Buried in the Llano Cemetery, Llano County, Texas. A note on the family group sheet from where I took this info shows that death info was provided by either a second or third husband; thrice divorced. The compiler of this family group sheet was Mrs. L. M. Rathbone 28 July 1982.
Children of RUFUS RATHBONE and MARY EVANS are:
2. i. SARAH DELILAH "LILAH"2 RATHBONE, b. January 17, 1884, Texas; d. June 23, 1980, Roswell, Chaves County, NM.
3. ii. LEMUEL MELSON "BUCK" RATHBONE, b. May 21, 1885, Medina County, Texas; d. July 26, 1969, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
iii. CLARA RATHBONE, b. February 09, 1887; d. May 10, 1969, Roswell, Chaves County, NM; m. (1) HUBERT PUGH; m. (2) JOHN HARVEY BASS, September 24, 1902.
Notes for CLARA RATHBONE:
Family group sheet shows that Clara had one daughter. With which husband I do not know at this time.
iv. WEBSTER RATHBONE, b. December 23, 1890; d. October 30, 1918, Lowell near Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.
Notes for WEBSTER RATHBONE:
Family group sheet shows that he never married and died of influenza.
v. JOSIE RATHBONE, b. April 18, 1897, Oklahoma; d. December 16, 1897, Texas.
Notes for JOSIE RATHBONE:
Family group sheet shows that baby Josie died when about 6 months old as the family was moving back from Oklahoma just over the Red River into Texas. From this, I will assume that she was born in Oklahoma.
vi. ARTIE LOUISE RATHBONE, b. February 27, 1899; d. February 21, 1981, Crystal City, Zavala County, Texas; m. (1) G. HENRY BARKER, Aft. 1917; m. (2) C. C. WRIGHT, April 25, 1917, Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas.
Notes for ARTIE LOUISE RATHBONE:
Family group sheet shows that she had one son who died young.
vii. ALLIE MAE RATHBONE, b. November 29, 1901, Bandera County, Texas; m. FRANK LABAUME, October 04, 1922, Sabinal, Texas.
viii. RUFUS WEST "WEST OR W.R." RATHBONE, b. January 20, 1905, Val Verde County, Texas; m. VIOLA LEE THOMPSON.
Notes for RUFUS WEST "WEST OR W.R." RATHBONE:
Family group sheet shows that he had one daughter.
ix. JESSE CLARENCE RATHBONE, b. September 17, 1906; d. October 22, 1918, Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas.
Notes for JESSE CLARENCE RATHBONE:
Buried in the Del Rio Cemetery in Val Verde County, Texas.
Generation No. 2
2. SARAH DELILAH "LILAH"2 RATHBONE (RUFUS COGWELL1) was born January 17, 1884 in Texas, and died June 23, 1980 in Roswell, Chaves County, NM. She married ROBERT GREEN MILLER May 18, 1903, son of JACKSON T. MILLER.
Children of SARAH RATHBONE and ROBERT MILLER are:
4. i. LONNIE3 MILLER, b. December 09, 1904; d. May 16, 1982.
ii. ROBERT MILLER, b. January 19, 1907.
iii. WALTER MILLER, b. November 23, 1911.
iv. ELDON MILLER, b. February 02, 1914.
v. RAYMOND MILLER, b. April 29, 1916.
vi. BERTHA MILLER, b. February 21, 1919.
vii. INDIA JOY MILLER, b. April 23, 1921; d. April 30, 1921.
viii. ARTILLIE MILLER, b. May 21, 1922.
3. LEMUEL MELSON "BUCK"2 RATHBONE (RUFUS COGWELL1) was born May 21, 1885 in Medina County, Texas, and died July 26, 1969 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. He married AVA EVA GASS May 19, 1916 in Real County, Texas.
Notes for LEMUEL MELSON "BUCK" RATHBONE:
Buried Forest Oaks in Travis County, Texas.
Children of LEMUEL RATHBONE and AVA GASS are:
i. LEMUEL3 RATHBONE.
ii. VELMA RATHBONE.
Generation No. 3
4. LONNIE3 MILLER (SARAH DELILAH "LILAH"2 RATHBONE, RUFUS COGWELL1) was born December 09, 1904, and died May 16, 1982. He married MYRTLE ESTELLA WILSON February 25, 1925, daughter of B. WILSON and CLARA GARDNER.
Notes for MYRTLE ESTELLA WILSON:
Birth date taken from Certificate of Birth issued for Myrtle Estella Wilson with a signed affidavit by Mrs. Otto F. Speier (Gertrude Gardner) Myrtle's aunt and sister of Clara Gardner Wilson, Myrtle's mother. This certificate was dated April 9, 1943 and was issued in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas.
Marriage Notes for LONNIE MILLER and MYRTLE WILSON:
Date of marriage taken from Marriage License of Myrtle and Lonnie Miller issued in Wilson County, Texas.
Child of LONNIE MILLER and MYRTLE WILSON is:
i. LILLIE MAE4 MILLER, b. May 19, 1931.