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Dr James Polk Rathbun

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Dr James Polk Rathbun

Birth
Rhode Island, USA
Death
26 Jul 1921 (aged 71)
Seneca, Faulk County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Smiths Corner, Wyoming County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
B3-10
Memorial ID
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Husband of Susan and son of Harry (6-Joseph5-Joshua4- John3,2,1) & Susan James Rathbun. 70y15d

He was an Allopathic physician & surgeon. He went to medicial school at the State University of New York at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and graduated in 1871. Licensed in 1886 in both North & South Dakota; practiced in Seneca, Faulkton & Wecota, SD. In the 1910 census from South Dakota he said he was married for 4 years.

From Find a Grave Contributor:#47001358

History of Faulk County, South Dakota
Captain C. H. Ellis 1909

In April of 1882, D.S.Smith, Alexander LaFoon and T.H. McMullin from Hillsboro, Missouri, arrived at Redfield in Spink county and started out on a tour of observation, the object in view being a permanent location. Although Mr. McMullin was the first to move his family into the new settlement, the town was named after Mr. LaFoon. The long years, and influential and commanding positions filled, placed D.S. Smith of Faulkton, in line to claim the honor of being the first pioneer settler in the county. The LaFoon settlement received important additions from Wisconsin, while a party from Charles city selected the present county seat on the bank of the Nixon and put forth desperate effort to secure for their settlement the honor of becoming the leading town in the new and important county. Among the men of qualities who were members of the LaFoon colony, were: J.H. Bottum, J.W. Johnston, F.A. Seaman, Dr. J.P. Rathbun, I. Allen Cornwell, W.H. Race, Hon. F.M. Byrne, Judge C.H. Derr and J.P. Turner, who have remained, and are active and influential citizens of Faulkton at the present day.
Husband of Susan and son of Harry (6-Joseph5-Joshua4- John3,2,1) & Susan James Rathbun. 70y15d

He was an Allopathic physician & surgeon. He went to medicial school at the State University of New York at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and graduated in 1871. Licensed in 1886 in both North & South Dakota; practiced in Seneca, Faulkton & Wecota, SD. In the 1910 census from South Dakota he said he was married for 4 years.

From Find a Grave Contributor:#47001358

History of Faulk County, South Dakota
Captain C. H. Ellis 1909

In April of 1882, D.S.Smith, Alexander LaFoon and T.H. McMullin from Hillsboro, Missouri, arrived at Redfield in Spink county and started out on a tour of observation, the object in view being a permanent location. Although Mr. McMullin was the first to move his family into the new settlement, the town was named after Mr. LaFoon. The long years, and influential and commanding positions filled, placed D.S. Smith of Faulkton, in line to claim the honor of being the first pioneer settler in the county. The LaFoon settlement received important additions from Wisconsin, while a party from Charles city selected the present county seat on the bank of the Nixon and put forth desperate effort to secure for their settlement the honor of becoming the leading town in the new and important county. Among the men of qualities who were members of the LaFoon colony, were: J.H. Bottum, J.W. Johnston, F.A. Seaman, Dr. J.P. Rathbun, I. Allen Cornwell, W.H. Race, Hon. F.M. Byrne, Judge C.H. Derr and J.P. Turner, who have remained, and are active and influential citizens of Faulkton at the present day.


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