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Grace Aileen Harrington

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Grace Aileen Harrington

Birth
Death
1 Dec 1958 (aged 85)
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
West Point, Orange County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section XXX, Row Q, Site 596.
Memorial ID
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The stone to the right of hers is inscribed Jno. Berard (memorial # 127111025). There is a ledger entry for a John Berard who died before 1881, but the ledger says "child of John Harrington".
Place of death Newton, Massachusetts per Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980.
Cemetery records state she died at Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts.
Her next of kin was listed as her nephew, Shelby Harrington, who resided in Wesley Hills, Massachusetts.

She was the daughter of Lieut. Henry Moore Harrington who died at the Battle of Little Bighorn and Grace Berard Harrington.
Her father's memorial page states she was born at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota.

In 1906, she graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University with a Bachelor of Science. In 1910, she graduated, earning her Master of Arts, also from Columbia. She was appointed Acting Postmistress at the USMA on October 1, 1927 and became Postmistress on December 19, 1927 to 1946.
Her great-aunt, Blanche Berard (1824-1901) served as West Point Postmistress from 1871 to 1897, after the death of her mother, Mary Anne Nichols, who served as Postmistress from 1848 to 1871.
The stone to the right of hers is inscribed Jno. Berard (memorial # 127111025). There is a ledger entry for a John Berard who died before 1881, but the ledger says "child of John Harrington".
Place of death Newton, Massachusetts per Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980.
Cemetery records state she died at Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts.
Her next of kin was listed as her nephew, Shelby Harrington, who resided in Wesley Hills, Massachusetts.

She was the daughter of Lieut. Henry Moore Harrington who died at the Battle of Little Bighorn and Grace Berard Harrington.
Her father's memorial page states she was born at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota.

In 1906, she graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University with a Bachelor of Science. In 1910, she graduated, earning her Master of Arts, also from Columbia. She was appointed Acting Postmistress at the USMA on October 1, 1927 and became Postmistress on December 19, 1927 to 1946.
Her great-aunt, Blanche Berard (1824-1901) served as West Point Postmistress from 1871 to 1897, after the death of her mother, Mary Anne Nichols, who served as Postmistress from 1848 to 1871.


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  • Created by: SLGMSD
  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126986848/grace_aileen-harrington: accessed ), memorial page for Grace Aileen Harrington (26 Dec 1872–1 Dec 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126986848, citing United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, Orange County, New York, USA; Maintained by SLGMSD (contributor 46825959).