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Henry Rathbone
US military officer and diplomat (–)
For his son, the congressman from Illinois, see Henry R. Rathbone.
Henry Reed Rathbone (July 1, – August 14, ) was a United Statesmilitary officer and lawyer who was present at the assassination of PresidentAbraham Lincoln; Rathbone and his fiancé Clara Harris were sitting with Lincoln and Lincoln's wife Mary Todd Lincoln when the president was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre.
When Rathbone attempted to apprehend Booth, Booth stabbed and seriously wounded him.
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Rathbone may have played a part in Booth's leg injury. Although he recovered, Rathbone's mental state deteriorated afterwards, and in , he killed his wife, Clara, in a fit of madness, later being declared insane by doctors and living the rest of his life in a lunatic asylum.
Early life and family
Rathbone was born in Albany, New York, one of four children of Jared L. Rathbone, a merchant and wealthy businessman who later became the first elected Mayor