She was the daughter of Robert A. Berard and Harriet Mearns Berard of Highland Falls, New York.
On November 15, 1872, she married Henry Moore Harrington at Rutherford, North Carolina.
They were the parents of two children: Grace Aileen, who was born December 26, 1872 at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota and Harry Berard, who was born September 26, 1874 at Fort Rice, North Dakota.
In 2006, Custer's Lost Officer, The Search for Lieutenant Henry Moore Harrington, 7th U.S. Cavalry by Walt Cross was published. For 128 years, Lieut. Harrington was listed as missing in action. His skull was discovered in the anthropological holdings of the Smithsonian Institution. Lieut. Harrington was honored by the Sioux warriors as The bravest man the Sioux ever fought. He graduated from West Point in 1872 and served with General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry for more than four years before his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He was with the 7th Cavalry during the Yellowstone Campaign of 1873 and the Black Hills Expedition of Exploration in 1874. During the Battle of Little Bighorn, Lieut. Harrington was in command of Company C, a unit of Custer's five company battalion. His remains were never located on the battlefield. Several years after the battle, Grace Berard Harrington disappeared. In an interview with Elmo Scott Watson published in 1932, her daughter, Grace Allison Harrington, said, Amnesia it would be called nowadays, but at that time it was ascribed to grief and the uncertainty of what had happened to my father. Several times we heard from Indians that a lady dressed in black had been seen on the battlefield. Other reports came from Indian Territory. We investigated all these rumors and finally after two years we found her in Texas where a severe attack of pneumonia had served to bring her back her memory so that she knew who she was. But she was never able to give any account of her wanderings while she was gone or why she was there.
Source: The Portville Review, Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York, Thursday, June 16, 1932.
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949
Name Grace Harriett Harrington
Sex Female
Age 70
Burial Date 10 May 1919
Burial Place West Point, N.Y.
Death Date 7 May 1919
Death Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Death Place (Original) Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Birth Date 2 Aug 1848
Birthplace U.S.
Marital Status Widowed
Occupation Housewife
Race White
Father's Name Robert A. Berard
Father's Sex Male
Father's Birthplace U.S.
Mother's Name Harriett Means
Mother's Sex Female
Mother's Birthplace U.S.
Certificate Number cn 16333
Cemetery West Point Cem.
Note Resident of City of New York 20 year
On November 15, 1872, she married Henry Moore Harrington at Rutherford, North Carolina.
They were the parents of two children: Grace Aileen, who was born December 26, 1872 at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota and Harry Berard, who was born September 26, 1874 at Fort Rice, North Dakota.
In 2006, Custer's Lost Officer, The Search for Lieutenant Henry Moore Harrington, 7th U.S. Cavalry by Walt Cross was published. For 128 years, Lieut. Harrington was listed as missing in action. His skull was discovered in the anthropological holdings of the Smithsonian Institution. Lieut. Harrington was honored by the Sioux warriors as The bravest man the Sioux ever fought. He graduated from West Point in 1872 and served with General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry for more than four years before his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He was with the 7th Cavalry during the Yellowstone Campaign of 1873 and the Black Hills Expedition of Exploration in 1874. During the Battle of Little Bighorn, Lieut. Harrington was in command of Company C, a unit of Custer's five company battalion. His remains were never located on the battlefield. Several years after the battle, Grace Berard Harrington disappeared. In an interview with Elmo Scott Watson published in 1932, her daughter, Grace Allison Harrington, said, Amnesia it would be called nowadays, but at that time it was ascribed to grief and the uncertainty of what had happened to my father. Several times we heard from Indians that a lady dressed in black had been seen on the battlefield. Other reports came from Indian Territory. We investigated all these rumors and finally after two years we found her in Texas where a severe attack of pneumonia had served to bring her back her memory so that she knew who she was. But she was never able to give any account of her wanderings while she was gone or why she was there.
Source: The Portville Review, Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York, Thursday, June 16, 1932.
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949
Name Grace Harriett Harrington
Sex Female
Age 70
Burial Date 10 May 1919
Burial Place West Point, N.Y.
Death Date 7 May 1919
Death Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Death Place (Original) Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Birth Date 2 Aug 1848
Birthplace U.S.
Marital Status Widowed
Occupation Housewife
Race White
Father's Name Robert A. Berard
Father's Sex Male
Father's Birthplace U.S.
Mother's Name Harriett Means
Mother's Sex Female
Mother's Birthplace U.S.
Certificate Number cn 16333
Cemetery West Point Cem.
Note Resident of City of New York 20 year
She was the daughter of Robert A. Berard and Harriet Mearns Berard of Highland Falls, New York.
On November 15, 1872, she married Henry Moore Harrington at Rutherford, North Carolina.
They were the parents of two children: Grace Aileen, who was born December 26, 1872 at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota and Harry Berard, who was born September 26, 1874 at Fort Rice, North Dakota.
In 2006, Custer's Lost Officer, The Search for Lieutenant Henry Moore Harrington, 7th U.S. Cavalry by Walt Cross was published. For 128 years, Lieut. Harrington was listed as missing in action. His skull was discovered in the anthropological holdings of the Smithsonian Institution. Lieut. Harrington was honored by the Sioux warriors as The bravest man the Sioux ever fought. He graduated from West Point in 1872 and served with General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry for more than four years before his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He was with the 7th Cavalry during the Yellowstone Campaign of 1873 and the Black Hills Expedition of Exploration in 1874. During the Battle of Little Bighorn, Lieut. Harrington was in command of Company C, a unit of Custer's five company battalion. His remains were never located on the battlefield. Several years after the battle, Grace Berard Harrington disappeared. In an interview with Elmo Scott Watson published in 1932, her daughter, Grace Allison Harrington, said, Amnesia it would be called nowadays, but at that time it was ascribed to grief and the uncertainty of what had happened to my father. Several times we heard from Indians that a lady dressed in black had been seen on the battlefield. Other reports came from Indian Territory. We investigated all these rumors and finally after two years we found her in Texas where a severe attack of pneumonia had served to bring her back her memory so that she knew who she was. But she was never able to give any account of her wanderings while she was gone or why she was there.
Source: The Portville Review, Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York, Thursday, June 16, 1932.
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949
Name Grace Harriett Harrington
Sex Female
Age 70
Burial Date 10 May 1919
Burial Place West Point, N.Y.
Death Date 7 May 1919
Death Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Death Place (Original) Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Birth Date 2 Aug 1848
Birthplace U.S.
Marital Status Widowed
Occupation Housewife
Race White
Father's Name Robert A. Berard
Father's Sex Male
Father's Birthplace U.S.
Mother's Name Harriett Means
Mother's Sex Female
Mother's Birthplace U.S.
Certificate Number cn 16333
Cemetery West Point Cem.
Note Resident of City of New York 20 year
On November 15, 1872, she married Henry Moore Harrington at Rutherford, North Carolina.
They were the parents of two children: Grace Aileen, who was born December 26, 1872 at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota and Harry Berard, who was born September 26, 1874 at Fort Rice, North Dakota.
In 2006, Custer's Lost Officer, The Search for Lieutenant Henry Moore Harrington, 7th U.S. Cavalry by Walt Cross was published. For 128 years, Lieut. Harrington was listed as missing in action. His skull was discovered in the anthropological holdings of the Smithsonian Institution. Lieut. Harrington was honored by the Sioux warriors as The bravest man the Sioux ever fought. He graduated from West Point in 1872 and served with General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry for more than four years before his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He was with the 7th Cavalry during the Yellowstone Campaign of 1873 and the Black Hills Expedition of Exploration in 1874. During the Battle of Little Bighorn, Lieut. Harrington was in command of Company C, a unit of Custer's five company battalion. His remains were never located on the battlefield. Several years after the battle, Grace Berard Harrington disappeared. In an interview with Elmo Scott Watson published in 1932, her daughter, Grace Allison Harrington, said, Amnesia it would be called nowadays, but at that time it was ascribed to grief and the uncertainty of what had happened to my father. Several times we heard from Indians that a lady dressed in black had been seen on the battlefield. Other reports came from Indian Territory. We investigated all these rumors and finally after two years we found her in Texas where a severe attack of pneumonia had served to bring her back her memory so that she knew who she was. But she was never able to give any account of her wanderings while she was gone or why she was there.
Source: The Portville Review, Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York, Thursday, June 16, 1932.
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949
Name Grace Harriett Harrington
Sex Female
Age 70
Burial Date 10 May 1919
Burial Place West Point, N.Y.
Death Date 7 May 1919
Death Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Death Place (Original) Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Birth Date 2 Aug 1848
Birthplace U.S.
Marital Status Widowed
Occupation Housewife
Race White
Father's Name Robert A. Berard
Father's Sex Male
Father's Birthplace U.S.
Mother's Name Harriett Means
Mother's Sex Female
Mother's Birthplace U.S.
Certificate Number cn 16333
Cemetery West Point Cem.
Note Resident of City of New York 20 year
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