Samuel Rathbone (1758-1831)

Lydia Sparhawk (1765-1825)

Jared Lewis Rathbone (1791-1845)

Pauline Noyes Penney (1809-1875)

Henry Reed Rathbone (1837-1911)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Clara Hamilton Harris Henry Riggs Rathbone Gerald Laurence Rathbone Clara Pauline Rathbone Henry Reed Rathbone 1 2 3 4 Born: 1 Jul 1837, Kenwood, Albany, New York, United States 2 3 5 Marriage (1): Clara Hamilton Harris on 11 Jul 1867 in Kenwood, Albany, New York, United States 1 Died: 14 Aug 1911, Hildesheim, , Niedersachsen, Germany at age 74 6 7   General Notes: Major Henry Reed Rathbone was with President Abraham Lincoln when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth. CONC tober   Noted events in his life were: • Residence: Boarding School, 24 Jul 1850, Ossining, Westchester, New York, United States. 3 • Residence, 26 Jul 1850, Kenwood, Albany, New York, United States. 8 • Occupation: Lawyer, 10 Jul 1860, Kenwood, Albany, New York, United States. 9 • Residence, 10 Jul 1860, Kenwood, Albany, New York, United States. 9 • Military: U. S. Army, 14 May 1861-8 Jul 1867. 4 10 On the night of April 14, 1865 he and Clara Harris were picked up at her father's house on H Street in Washington, D.C. by President and Mrs. Lincoln in their carriage, and accompanied them to Ford's Theatre. They sat with the Lincolns during the performance. Rathbone was stabbed in the arm by John Wilkes Booth while Booth was making his escape. • Occupation: U. S. Army, 16 Jun 1870, Washington City, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia, United States. 11 • Residence, 16 Jun 1870, Washington City, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia, United States. 11 Henry married Clara Hamilton Harris, daughter of Ira T. Harris and Louisa Tubbs, on 11 Jul 1867 in Kenwood, Albany, New York, United States.1 (Clara Hamilton Harris was born on 9 Sep 1834 in , , New York, United States 7 12 and died on 23 Dec 1883 in Hanover, Hanover, , Niedersachsen, Germany 6 7.)

1 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, page 54, October 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

2 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 6, Number 1, Page 12, January 1986. Source Medium: Magazine

3 1850 U.S. census, Westchester, New York, population schedule, Ossining, p. 9, dwelling 101, family 113, Henry R. Rathbone; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 614.

4 "U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Apr 2012), Henry Reed Rathbone; Ancestry.com.

5 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, Number 4, October. Source Medium: Magazine

6 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, page 56, October 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

7 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 13, Number 2, Page 26, April 1993. Source Medium: Magazine

8 1850 U.S. census, Albany, New York, population schedule, Albany, p. 183, dwelling 353, family 437, Henry Rathbone; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 472.

9 1860 U.S. census, Albany, New York, population schedule, Albany, p. 189, dwelling 1088, family 1502, Henry Rathbone; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 720.

10 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, page 55, October 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

11 1870 U.S. census, District of Columbia, population schedule, Washington, p. 56, dwelling 419, family 435, Henry Rathbone; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 123.

12 1870 U.S. census, District of Columbia, population schedule, Washington, p. 56, dwelling 419, family 435, Clara H. Rathbone; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 123.