Approved Pension File for Henry R. Rathbone, 12th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Captain); and 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Major) (SC-733243)

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Approved Pension File for Henry R. Rathbone, 12th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Captain); and 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment (Major) (SC-733243)

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Rathbone, Henry Reed, 1837-1911

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Henry Rathbone was born in Albany, New York, one of four children of Jared L. Rathbone, a merchant and wealthy businessman, who later became Albany's mayor, and Pauline Rathbone (née Penney). Upon his father's death in 1845, Rathbone inherited the very considerable sum of two hundred thousand dollars. His widowed mother, Pauline Rathbone, married Ira Harris in 1848. Ira Harris was appointed U.S. Senator from New York after William H. Seward became President Lincoln's Secretary of State. Harris w...