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Rathbone-Harris family of Albany, New York

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Jared Lewis Rathbone (1791-1845) — also known as Jared Rathbone — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., August 2, 1791. Whig. Merchant; bank director; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1838-41. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 13, 1845 (age 53 years, 284 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Rathbone and Lydia (Sparhawk) Rathbone; married, June 26, 1834, to Anna Pauline Noyes Pinney; father of Henry Reed Rathbone and Jared Lawrence Rathbone; grandfather of Henry Riggs Rathbone; second cousin of Daniel Burrows; second cousin once removed of Lorenzo Burrows; second cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; fourth cousin of Ezra Cornell; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Henry Littlefield and Alonzo Barton Cornell.
  Political family: Rathbone-Harris family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Ira Harris (1802-1875) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Charleston, Montgomery County, N.Y., May 31, 1802. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1845-46; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member of New York state senate 3rd District, 1847; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1847-59; U.S. Senator from New York, 1861-67; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 2, 1875 (age 73 years, 185 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Fredrick Waterman Harris and Lucy (Hamilton) Harris; married 1832 to Louisa Clarissa Tubbs; step-father of Henry Reed Rathbone (1837-1911) and Jared Lawrence Rathbone; father of Clara Hamilton Harris (who married Henry Reed Rathbone (1837-1911)) and Amanda Judson Harris (who married Thomas Ewing Miller); grandfather of Henry Riggs Rathbone.
  Political family: Rathbone-Harris family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Ewing Miller (1829-1909) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, June 19, 1829. U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1856-57; postmaster at Columbus, Ohio, 1857-58, 1858-60. Died in Franklin County, Ohio, May 6, 1909 (age 79 years, 321 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Eli Miller and Eleanor G. (Krepps) Miller; brother of John Krepps Miller; married to Amanda Judson Harris (daughter of Ira Harris).
  Political family: Rathbone-Harris family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Reed Rathbone (1837-1911) — Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., July 1, 1837. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; on April 14, 1865, he was seated in the box at Ford's Theater with President Abraham Lincoln; when John Wilkes Booth shot the president, Rathbone attempted to apprehend Booth, and suffered knife wounds; subsequently his mental health deteriorated; U.S. Consul in Hanover, as of 1882-83. On December 23, 1883, he killed his wife, and stabbed himself in a suicide attempt; he was charged with murder, convicted, and found insane; he died more than 25 years later, in the Asylum for the Criminal Insane, Hildesheim, Germany, August 14, 1911 (age 74 years, 44 days). Original interment at Stadtfriedhof Engesohde, Hanover, Germany; reinterment 1952 to unknown location.
  Relatives: Step-son of Ira Harris (1802-1875); son of Jared Lewis Rathbone and Pauline (Pinney) Rathbone; brother of Jared Lawrence Rathbone; married, July 11, 1867, to Clara Hamilton Harris (daughter of Ira Harris (1802-1875)); father of Henry Riggs Rathbone; second cousin once removed of Daniel Burrows; second cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; third cousin of Lorenzo Burrows; fourth cousin once removed of Ezra Cornell.
  Political family: Rathbone-Harris family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jared Lawrence Rathbone (1844-1907) — Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., September 28, 1844. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul General in Paris, 1887-91. Died in San Francisco, Calif., May 2, 1907 (age 62 years, 216 days). Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Menlo Park, Calif.
  Relatives: Step-son of Ira Harris; son of Jared Lewis Rathbone and Pauline (Pinney) Rathbone; brother of Henry Reed Rathbone; married to Maria Alejandra Atherton; uncle of Henry Riggs Rathbone; second cousin once removed of Daniel Burrows; second cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; third cousin of Lorenzo Burrows; fourth cousin once removed of Ezra Cornell.
  Political family: Rathbone-Harris family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Riggs Rathbone (1870-1928) — also known as Henry R. Rathbone — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook County, Ill. Born in Washington, D.C., February 12, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916; U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1923-28; defeated in primary, 1918; died in office 1928. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 15, 1928 (age 58 years, 154 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Clara (Harris) Rathbone and Henry Reed Rathbone; married, December 22, 1903, to Laura Lucille Harney; nephew of Jared Lawrence Rathbone; grandson of Jared Lewis Rathbone and Ira Harris; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Burrows; second cousin four times removed of Ezekiel Cornell; third cousin once removed of Lorenzo Burrows.
  Political family: Rathbone-Harris family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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