Henry Rathbone
Diplomat, Military Person
1837 – 1911
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Who was Henry Rathbone?
Henry Reed Rathbone was a United States military officer and diplomat who was present at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Rathbone was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the President and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, when John Wilkes Booth entered the president's box at Ford's Theatre and fatally shot Lincoln. When Rathbone attempted to prevent Booth from fleeing the scene, Booth stabbed and seriously wounded him.
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- Born
- Jul 1, 1837
Albany - Parents
- Spouses
- Clara Harris
(1867/07/11 - 1883/12/23)
- Clara Harris
- Children
- Profession
- Education
- Union College
- Lived in
- Albany
- Died
- Aug 14, 1911
Hildesheim
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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