lived on a part of the old homestead. They had several
children.
Alvin Rathburn was a physician and practiced medicine in
Rutland. He was married and had three sons. William P.
Rathburn, a banker, removed to Chattanooga, Tennessee,
where he was successful in accumulating a large property by
investments in iron and coal. He died in Chattanooga.
Joseph Rathburn, son of Alvin, was a physician, as was his
brother, James Rathburn, who removed to Gallia county,
where he died.
John Rathburn, a son of Daniel Rathburn, Sr., was a doctor,
but died young.
Francis Asbury Rathburn was the sixth son of Daniel
Rathburn, Sr., and his wife. He was born March 9th, 1800.
He was never married but lived with his parents, caring for
them with filial devotion in their old age. After the death
of his father in 1852 he moved into the village with his mother,
where she died in 1863. He continued to live in Rutland until
his death, an exemplary man, respected by all who knew him.
Samuel Rathburn was the youngest son of Daniel Rathburn,
Sr., and his wife, Desire Rathburn, and was born in 1802. He
married a Miss Vanden, of Gallipolis, engaging in the mercan-
tile business in that city. He held several offices of public
trust, was probate judge of Gallia county, and maintained an
honorable character, a highly respected citizen, until his death.
THE HUNTERS.
An account of hunting adventures, as described by Mr. John
Warth and reported by Mr. Silas Jones, who was a member
of Mr. Warth's family in 1832. He says that Mr. Warth never
tired of entertaining his guests with narratives of perils and
adventures in his early life, and Mr. Jones reports, as near as
possible, in the actor's own words.
