Calista M. Rathbun b. 1 Jun 1808 Caledonia, Genesee County, New York d. 19 Aug 1881 Amboy, Ashtabula County, Ohio: Our Family History

Calista M. Rathbun

1808 - 1881 (73 years)

Name	Calista M. Rathbun
Birth	1 Jun 1808	Caledonia, Genesee County, New York
	In 1821 Livingston County was split off and Caledonia is now a town in that county.
Gender	Female
Census	13 Aug 1870	Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio
	Calista Cole Event Type: Census Event Year: 1870 Event Place: Ohio, United States Gender: Female Age: 62 Race: White Race (Original): W Birth Year (Estimated): 1807-1808 Birthplace: New York Page Number: 1 Household ID: 4 Line Number: 18 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M593 GS Film number: 000552669 Digital Folder Number: 004093963 Image Number: 00235 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Calista Cole F 62 New York Gilbert Cole M 21 Pennsylvania Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V6-VQX : accessed 19 May 2016), Calista Cole, Ohio, United States; citing p. 1, family 4, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,669.
		Rathbun Calista 1870
Ω Census Census Family	1880	Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio
	Name: Gilbert Cole Event Type: Census Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States Gender: Male Age: 31 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): W Occupation: Farm Laborer Relationship to Head of Household: Self Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self Birth Year (Estimated): 1849 Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States Father's Birthplace: New York, United States Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States Sheet Letter: C Sheet Number: 374 Person Number: 0 Volume: 1 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Gilbert ColeSelfM31Pennsylvania, United States Calista ColeMotherF71New York, United States District: ED 7 Sheet Number and Letter: 374C Household ID: 5420419 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T9 Affiliate Film Number: 0992 GS Film Number: 1254992 Digital Folder Number: 005161792 Image Number: 00071 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ14-MDX : 20 August 2017), Calista Cole in household of Gilbert Cole, Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 7, sheet 374C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,992. Witness Role: Principal: [I610] Gilbert COLE Witness Role: Census Family: [I315] Calista M. RATHBUN
		Cole-Calista-Gilbert-1880
Residence	1878	Buffalo, Erie County, New York
	Calista's residence is noted on her husband Harvey's pension record
		Cole Harvey Death War of 1812 Pension
_UID	1E7BB14227175D4390D027F6E0ED06833DA9
Death	19 Aug 1881	Amboy, Ashtabula County, Ohio
	Blurb of an obituary in the Amboy section of the Ashtabula Sentinel: Mrs. Cole an elderly widow was buried Sunday.
		Rathbun Calista Cole Obituary
Burial	21 Aug 1881	Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio
	Address: City Cemetery
	Burial info: http://www.conneautohio.us/citycemeterypage1.htm The City Cemetery of Conneaut, Ohio is located on Liberty St. just before you get to Route 7. It's on the South side of Liberty Street with two cannons West of the drive. The drive was originally a horse and carriage drive, so it is very narrow and now it is a brick drive into the cemetery and turns to a very narrow dirt drive.

Person ID	I315	Dutcher-Cummings
Last Modified	9 Apr 2026

Father	Joseph Rathbun, b. 28 Jan 1763, Rhode Island d. 29 Sep 1854, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Age 91 years)
Mother	Olive Pearson, b. 23 Sep 1771, Connecticut d. 16 Sep 1851, Ohio (Age 79 years)
Marriage	23 Jul 1787	Schoharie, Schoharie, New York [1]
	Address: High And Low Dutch Reformed Congregation
	Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Church Records of Niskayuna and Schoharie, Book 36 Name: Joseph Rathbun Gender: Male Record Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 23 Jul 1787 Marriage Place: Schoharie, Schoharie, New York, USA Father: Jonathan Rathbun Spouse: Aulif Pearson Citation Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Church Records of Niskayuna and Schoharie, Book 36 AND: Name: Joseph Rathbun Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Aulif Pearson Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 23 Jul 1787 Event Place: High And Low Dutch Reformed Congregation, Schoharie, Schoharie, New York Serial Number - Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51134-1 System Origin: New_York-ODM GS Film number: 534210 Reference ID: "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F63H-JJZ : 12 December 2014), Joseph Rathbun and Aulif Pearson, 23 Jul 1787; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 534,210.

Family ID	F117	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Living

Children

	1. Milton Rathborn Spears, b. 5 May 1832, Monroe, Ashtabula., Ohio d. 25 Feb 1880, Painsville, Lake Co., Ohio (Age 47 years)
	2. Henry Spears-Rathbun, b. Oct 1833 d. 27 Jun 1913 (Age ~ 79 years)

Family ID F116 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 6 Sep 2022

Family 2 Harvey Cole, b. Abt 1792, New York d. 5 Aug 1862, Kingsville, Astabula County, Ohio (Age ~ 70 years)

Marriage 10 Dec 1840 East Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio [2]

Census 1850 Beaver Twp, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania

Caliela Cole United States Census, 1850 Name Caliela Cole
Event Type Census
Event Year 1850
Event Place Beaver, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender Female
Age 41
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1809
Birthplace New York, U S A
House Number 36
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Harvy Cole M 58 New York, U S A
Caliela Cole F 41 New York, U S A
Erastus Cole M 8 Pennsylvania, U S A
Harriett Cole F 5 Pennsylvania, U S A
Gilbert Spi?Heus M 1 Pennsylvania, U S A
Millon Spi?Heus M 18 Pennsylvania, U S A
Henry Spi?Heus M 16 Pennsylvania, U S A

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HQ-2ZV : 12 April 2016), Caliela Cole in household of Harvy Cole, Beaver, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 36, NARA microfilm publication M432-770 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Witness Role: Family Census: [I608] Erastus COLE
Witness Role: Family Census: [I610] Gilbert COLE
Witness Role: Family Census: [I609] Harriet COLE
Witness Role: Family Census: [I607] Henry SPEARS-RATHBUN
Witness Role: Family Census: [I361] Milton Rathborn SPEARS

Cole-Harvey-Calista-1850

Census 1860 Denmark, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Name: Harvey Cole
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Denmark Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1792
Birthplace: New York
Page: 9

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Harvey ColeM68New York
Calista ColeF52New York
Erastus ColeM18Pennsylvania
Harriet ColeF15Pennsylvania
Gilbert ColeM11Pennsylvania

Household ID: 72
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Affiliate Film Number: 932
GS Film Number: 803932
Digital Folder Number: 005170523
Image Number: 00014

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCP9-2D9 : 12 December 2017), Gilbert Cole in entry for Harvey Cole, 1860.
Witness Role: Family Census: [I608] Erastus COLE
Witness Role: Family Census: [I610] Gilbert COLE
Witness Role: Family Census: [I609] Harriet COLE

Cole-Harvey-Calista-1860

Children

	1. Erastus Cole, b. Abt 1842, PA or OH
	2. Harriet Cole, b. Abt 1845, PA or OH
	3. Gilbert Cole, b. May 1849, Beaver Twp, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania d. 19 Aug 1907, Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio (Age ~ 58 years)

Family ID F168 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

From Rathbone genealogy 1898
by Cooley, John Clark pg 160-163

CALISTA RATHBONE 8 (Joseph 7 , Jonathan 6 , John 5 . John 4 , John 3 . John 2 , Richard 1 ),
born June 1, 1808. She married John Spears about 1830. They were divorced and she married Harbury [Harvey] Cole in Jefferson. Ashtabula Co.. O., Jan. — . 1841; she died in Amboy. Ashtabula Co., O.. Aug. 19. 1881.

Children by first husband:

1. Milton K. Spears, m. Louisa F[G]reen in 1852: she d. 1873: m 2d, Anna -----, Oct., 1876 He d. in the fall of 1880; he had 6 children: (i.) Perard. b. Oct. 4, 1854. (ii.) Curtis, b. April. 1857. (iii.) William M., b. Feb., 1860, (iv.) Martha, b. 1867 Second wife: (v.) Louisa. b. 1877. (vi.) Calista, b. 1879.

Children, by second husband: [Henry went by the Surname Rathburn - he dropped the Spears Name]
2. Henry, m. Sophrona Taft in 1860: they had 3 children: (i. ) Charles, b. June 5. 1864. (ii ) Hattie M.. b. June 4. 1867. (iii.) Jennie B., b. Dec. 28, 1871.

Wm. Erastus. b. Mar. 19, 1886: Raymond W. b. May 28. 1889; Jerrie J., b. April 29. 1894.

I have seen Calista's gravestone and photographed it, the middle initial is "M".)]]
Research Note:
Title: Spears in 1840 Census
Type: Log
For: Record: "Family of John SPEARS and Calista M. RATHBUN"
Date:
Description:
Status: open

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[S46] Rathbun, Joseph - Olive Pearson IGI.
Joseph Rathbun
Aulif Pearson
23 JUL 1787
High And Low Dutch Reformed Congregation, Schoharie, Schoharie, New York
Page: Batch #: M511341, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0534210, Printout Call #: 1205775, Dates: 1732 - 1799
[S43] Marriage: Calista Rathbun - Harvey Cole IGI (Reliability: 3).
Extracted from Local Records
Page: Batch #: M513331, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0890264 V. A-D, Printout Call #: NONE, Dates: 1812 - 1853

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