Editing Henry Rathbone (section)

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|Image =Rathbone, Henry Reed.jpg
|fullname = Henry Reed Rathbone 
|alias =Major Rathbone 
|origin = Albany, New York, United States 
|occupation = U.S. Army officer
|type of villain = Family Murderer
|goals = Become a high-ranking diplomat (failed)<br>Kill his wife and children, then himself (successful with his wife, failed with his children and himself)<br>To stop John Wilkes Booth from killing Abraham Lincoln (failed)
|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Familicide]]<br>[[Domestic Abuse|Domestic abuse]]<br>[[Child Abuse|Child abuse]]<br>Psychological abuse
|hobby = 
}}'''Henry Reed Rathbone''' (July 1, 1837 – August 14, 1911) was a United States military officer and diplomat who was present at the [[assassination of Abraham Lincoln]]. Rathbone was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln President] and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, when [[John Wilkes Booth]] entered the president's box at Ford's Theatre and fatally shot Lincoln in the head. When Rathbone attempted to prevent Booth from fleeing the scene, Booth stabbed and seriously wounded him. 

Wracked with guilt over his perceived inability to stop President Lincoln from being killed, he spent years obsessing over his failure to the point where he drove himself insane. This culminated in him attempting to murder his children, then murdered his wife before attempting to commit suicide on December 23, 1883, while the family was living in Hanover, Germany. He would be committed to an insane asylum, where he spent the rest of his life before passing away in 1911.