Marriage
He was married three times and divorced twice at the time of his death. He married a woman that he met while traveling for his show, and she claimed to be a widow. She later ran off with another man, and his goat, and horse, in January 1879. Routh also had an adopted daughter: Frances Sylvester (?-1949). She may have traveled with him in Europe and she was said to have danced for Queen Victoria.
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