Justus H. Rathbone, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American activist
Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1839
Place of Birth: Deerfield, New York, United States
Date of Death: 09-Dec-1889
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Justus H. Rathbone
- Justus Henry Rathbone (October 29, 1839 in Deerfield, New York – December 9, 1889 in Lima, Ohio) was the founder of the international fraternal order of the Knights of Pythias.
- He graduated from Colgate University and attended Carlisle Seminary.
- He was a music composer and actor.
- In 1863 he moved to Washington D.C.
- as a government clerk in the United States Treasury Department, where he founded the Knights of Pythias on February 19, 1864.
- Rathbone wrote the ritual for the Knights of Pythias which is based on the mythological friendship of Damon and Pythias, while he was a school teacher at the Eagle Harbor Schoolhouse, in Eagle Harbor, Michigan.
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