Rathbone genealogy

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RATHBONE GENEALOGY. 785
SAMUEL 8 RATHBUN (Samuel 7 , Elijah 6 Samuel , 5 ,
Samuel 4 . John 3 , John-, Richard 1
), born — married
;
Phoebe Packer, . He died in hospital at Philadelphia,
Pa., , 1862; she married, second, Griswold Packer
Rathbun, son of Deacon Elisha Rathbun. Children:
1. John Alden. b. Mar. 12, 1839: in. Hannah A. Ashby, Nov. 19,
1863. 2. Sydney. 3. Charles H. 4. Walter.
CAPTAIN JOHN ALDEN 9 RATHBONE (Samuel5 ,
Samuel 7 , Elijah-, Samuel 5 , Samuel 4 , John a , John 2 Richard , 1
),
born March 12, 1839; married Hannah Emelia Ashby,
daughter of Simeon W. Ashby and Hannah Rathbone and
granddaughter of Deacon Elisha Rathbone. John was a
soldier in the war of the Rebellion, was wounded twice, was
appointed postmaster of Mystic River Bridge; was turned
out under President Johnson's administration, was re-appointed
under President U. S. G rant's admin'stration and remained
in office until the expiration of his term of office. He
was a deacon and well as a captain, by brevet; was in 1888
agent for the Adams' Express Co., at Mystic Bridge. Conn.
He enlisted for three months in Rifle Co. C. Second Connecticut
Volunteers, about the last of April, 186 1 ; was at the
first Bull Run battle; not injured. In Sept.. 1S61, he re-enlisted
as corporal in Co. G, Eighth Regiment. Connecticut
Volunteers, served three years. As the regiment was re-enforced
he enlisted "for the war", he had not been mustered
out. though his time had expired, when the call to arms was
sounded and he led his company to battle at Chapin's farm,
near Petersburg, and the taking of Fort Harrison, where he
received wounds which kept him in the Chesapeake hospital
at Fort Monroe, nearly three months, returning home on
crutches. The same shell from which he was wounded
caused simultaniously the death of General Burnham, a
gallant company officer. His rank when discharged was
first lieutenant, although for more than a year in command
of Co. E, 8th C. V.; the captain was sick, but declined to re-
sign. During these three years he was in active service, first
at Roanoke Island, with General Burnside, at Newbern. N.
C. Fort Macon, Elizabeth City. N. C, at first battle of Fredricksburg,
Antietan, Driggs Bluff, where he just escaped
being taken prisoner by his fleetness and the fog. There
they lost everything. All the summer of 1864. he was in
charge of entrenchments in front of Pete rsburg. Va.. where
the sharn shooters of the enemy picked off many of our best
men. Children: