Grant, Harriet Lucretia, 1814-1892
Biography
Harriet Lucretia Grant was born on September 9 1814 in Litchfield, to parents Charles Grant and Hannah McNeil Grant. She attended the Female Academy from 1829 to 1831. After her time there Harriet became a teacher in and around the Litchfield area. She was listed as living in the household of her brother David McNeil Grant in the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census. She died on January 3 1892 in Litchfield at age 77. She was buried in East Burying Ground Cemetery, also in Litchfield.
Citation:
The Grant Family: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Matthew Grant of Windsor, Conn. - 1601-1898 by Arthur Hastings Grant, 1898, Poughkeepsie, New York: Press of A. V. Haight. http://www.gulbangi.com/5families-o/p352.htm#i8780Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Grant family papers
1914-15-0
Papers relating to the Grant family of Litchfield, including Hannah Grant (1785-1871) and her children Charles William (1810-1881), David McNeil (1812-1885), Harriet Lucretia (1814-1892), and John Mason (1817-1878). The collection is mostly comprised of family correspondence, but also includes various school lessons and papers, family account records, and real estate records.