Henry Reed Rathbone (July 1, 1837 – August 14, 1911) was present at the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the President and his wife at the time of its occurence. After Booth shot Lincoln, Rathbone momentarily grappled with the assassin before being severely stabbed by him. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... An engagement is an agreement by a couple to enter into marriage at some future time, usually accompanied by a formal or informal announcement to friends and family. ... This article lacks information on the subject matters importance. ...

Henry R. Rathbone was born in Albany New York, and was the son of Jared L. Rathbone, a merchant and businessman, who later became Albany's mayor. At the time of his father's death, Rathbone inherited the very considerable sum of two hundred thousand dollars from his family's estate. His widowed mother remarried Judge Ira Harris, who was appointed U.S. Senator from New York, after William H. Seward, became Lincoln's Secretary of State. As a result of this marriage, Senator Ira Harris, became Rathbone's step-father, and his daughter, Clara Harris, became Rathbone's step-sister. The name Albany is an ancient and literary name for Scotland, north of the Firth of Forth (east) and Firth of Clyde (west). ... Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Ira Harris was a United States Senator from New York from 1861-1867. ... William H. Seward William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. ... A stepfamily is the family one acquires when a parent marries someone new. ... This article lacks information on the subject matters importance. ... A step-sister is a sister to whom you bear no blood relation, but one of whose parents has remarried to one of yours. ...

Rathbone pursued a military career, and by the end of the American Civil War, had attained the rank of Major. The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America between the United States of America, called the Union and the Confederate States of America, a new nation formed by 11 seceding states. ... Major is a military rank denoting an officer of mid-level command status. ...

On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, decided to attend a performance of the play, Our American Cousin, later that evening, at Ford's Theater. The Lincolns invited several people to accompany them, including General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, but all of them declined for various reasons. Mrs. Lincoln finally invited Major Rathbone and Clara Harris, and they accepted. The young couple had recently become engaged. Although technically, brother and sister, they were not related by blood. Good Friday is a holy day celebrated by Christians on the Friday before Easter or Pascha. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Mary Todd Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882) was the sixteenth First Lady of the United States when her husband, Abraham Lincoln, served as the sixteenth President, from 1861 until 1865. ... Our American Cousin is a play in three acts by Tom Taylor. ... Fords Theatre in the 19th century Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. was the site of the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. ... Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ... An engagement is an agreement by a couple to enter into marriage at some future time, usually accompanied by a formal or informal announcement to friends and family. ...

During the play, John Wilkes Booth, surreptitiously entered the Presidential Box, and shot Lincoln with a Deringer pistol. Rathbone grappled with the assassin, and was severely wounded by Booth, who also wielded a large dagger. After stabbing Rathbone in the arm and slashing at his head, the assassin, leapt from the box onto the stage and cried out "Sic semper tyrannis," and escaped. The dying Lincoln was taken across the street to the Petersen House, where Clara Harris remained with Mrs. Lincoln during her vigil, which lasted through the night. Lincoln died at 7:22 A.M., on April 15, 1865. John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor who is most famous for assassinating Abraham Lincoln. ... John Wilkes Booths Deringer A Philadelphia Deringer is a small percussion handgun designed by Norwood (1786-1868) and produced from 1852 through 1968. ... A dagger (from Vulgar Latin: daca - a Dacian knife) is a blade weapon (essentially a double-edged knife) used for stabbing, thrusting or as a secondary defense weapon in close combat. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning Thus always to tyrants. It is the state motto of Virginia (and also that of the USS Virginia), recommended by George Mason to the Virginia Convention in 1776. ... Fords Theatre in the 19th century Fords Theatre at 511 10th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. was the site of the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Rathbone recovered from his wounds, and married Clara Harris on July 11, 1867. They had three children. In 1882, Rathbone was appointed U.S. Consul to Hannover, Germany, and his family accompanied him there. For some time there had been signs of mental instability in Rathbone, which culminated in his murdering his wife, Clara, on December 23, 1883. The children, who were also almost killed by their father, went to live with their uncle, William Harris, in the United States. Henry Rathbone spent the rest of his life in the asylum for the criminally insane in Hildesheim, Germany. He was buried in Hildesheim, next to Clara. His grave, and his wife's, were destroyed in 1952, as they had been abandoned and unattended since her death in 1883, and his death in 1911. July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For modern, semi-diplomatic or colonial consuls, see Consul (representative). ... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... â–¶ (help· info) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...

His eldest son, Henry Riggs Rathbone (1870-1928), was a U.S. Congressman, from Illinois. A Congressman or Congresswoman (generically, Congressperson) is a politician who is a member of a Congress. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 340 km 629 km 4. ...