The Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Iowa
Wednesday
February 23, 1927
Page 7
Column 4

MRS. RATHBUN
DIES AT HOME
TUESDAY, 5 P.M.

She Was Native of Hancock Coun-
ty, Illinois, Carthage Being
Her Place of Birth in 1856

Mrs. Pauline Thurber Rathbun died at her home, 2001 Bank street, Tuesday at 5:00 p. m. following an illness of five weeks duration.  Her death was caused by a complication of diseases.  She was seventy years old at the time of her death.

Paulina Thurber was born at Carthage, Illinois, August 3, 1846, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thurber.  Her marriage to James R. Bryant took place at Carthage on March 16, 1873. Mr. Bryant preceded his wife in death some years ago.  Four years ago Mrs. Rathbun came to Keokuk with her second husband William Rathbun, whom she married at Memphis, Mo., to keep house for the children of her daughter, Mrs. Dover Drummond, following her death.  Mrs. Rathbun was a member of the Christian church.

Surviving Mrs. Rathbun are her husband, William Rathbun and seven children: William Bryant, W. H. Bryant, Joseph W. Bryant, and L. V. Bryant, all of Keokuk; T. Frank Bryant, of Rutledge, Mo., Charles Bryant, of Memphis, Mo., and James Bryant, of Boulder, Colo; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Ward of Memphis, Mo., Mrs. Laura Roasa, of Granger, Mo., and Mrs. Harriet Ralph, of Memphis, Mo., twenty-eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

The body will be taken to Memphis, Mo., Thursday morning and interment will be in Pleasant Ridge cemetery in Knox county, Mo.

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