Grooms
These five men were married to Constance Hatchaway (of Money County, California) and presumably murdered by her, via beheading. They were all married at Pleasant Lake, California.
Ambrose Harper. In 1869, Constance married Ambrose Harper (of Secret County, California)—the naive but good-intentioned son of successful farmers.
Frank Banks. In 1872, Constance married Frank Banks (of California)—an eastern banker and a pillar of his community.
The Marquis de Doome. In May 1874, Constance married the Marquis de Doome (of Peking, China)—a foreign diplomat.
Reginald Caine. In 1875, Constance married Reginald Caine (of California)—a celebrated railroad baron, gambler, and world-renown gourmand.
George Hightower. In 1877, Constance married George Hightower (of Newport Beach, California)—who at the time was the owner of the house that would later come to be known as The Haunted Mansion. Constance most likely inherited the Mansion after George's death. In the Stretching Room, he is represented in one of the portraits as a stone bust with a hatchet lodged in his head. George in the wedding photo was portrayed by Imagineer Rick Rothschild.
At the dinner show for The Haunted Mansion's 40th anniversary event held at Disneyland in 2009, George referred to himself as master of the Mansion.
George may be a relative of Harrison Hightower III, the doomed adventurer and multimillionaire who built Hotel Hightower in New York (in the backstory of Tokyo DisneySea's Tower of Terror attraction). Harrison was also an associate of the explorer Lord Henry Mystic, the owner of Mystic Manor (Hong Kong Disneyland's variation on The Haunted Mansion).
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