Clara Harris

Clara Harris
Born
Clara Hamilton Harris

(1834-09-09)September 9, 1834
DiedDecember 25, 1883(1883-12-25) (aged 49)
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, German Empire
Cause of deathGunshot wound to the head
Resting placeStadtfriedhof Engesohde (disinterred in 1952)
Spouse
(m. 1867⁠–⁠1883)
ChildrenHenry Riggs Rathbone
Gerald Lawrence Rathbone
Clara Pauline Rathbone
Parent(s)Ira Harris
Louisa Tubbs Harris

Clara Hamilton Harris (September 9, 1834[1] – December 25, 1883) was an American socialite. She and her then fiancé, and future husband, Henry Rathbone, were the guests of President Abraham Lincoln the night he was shot at Ford's Theatre. Rathbone's mental state deteriorated after the assassination, and in 1883, Harris was murdered by him.

  1. ^ Ham, Mrs. Thomas H. (1904). A Genealogy Of the Descendants Of Nicholas Harris, M.D. C.I.F. Ham. p. 18.