Harriet Foote Norton

Harriet Foote Norton

• Father: Ebenezer Foote Norton

• Harriet Foote Norton was born circa 1800 in Connecticut.
• She married Albert Haller Tracy, son of Dr. Philemon Tracy and Abigail Trott, say 1825.
• Albert Haller Tracy and Harriet Foote Norton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Other members of the household included Albert H. Tracy and Francis Walsingham Tracy.
• Harriet Foote Norton became a widow at the 12 September 1859 death of her husband Albert Haller Tracy.
• Harriet Foote Norton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, and three domestic servants.. Other members of the household included Albert H. Tracy and Francis Walsingham Tracy.
• Harriet Foote Norton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, and three domestic servants.. Other members of the household included Albert H. Tracy.
• The following appeared on 18 April 1886 in The New York Times: From the Buffalo Courier, April 16. Mr. Francis W. Tracy having died without children by his wife, Agnes Ethel, this evidently gives full effect to certain conditional provisions of the will of his mother, who died a number of years ago, and under which several of the best of Buffalo's public and charitable institutions will receive splendid legacies. The portions of the will in question are herewith published as a matter of much general interest: "In case of the death of my said son leaving no issue begotten by him of his said wife, Agnes Ethel, and in case no such issue shall be born to him after his decease, or in case all issue by him so begotton by said wife shall die leaving no surviving issue, then, and in that case I give and bequeath as follows: To the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy the further sum of $50,000, of which a portion not exceeding $30,000 shall be used for the purchase of a suitable lot, and the remainder, together with the principal sum of $50,000 provided for in the foregoing fifth article hereof, (not of effect) shall be used for erection upon said lot of a fire-proof building suitalbe for the purposes of said academy, to be known as 'The Albert Haller Tracy Building,' unless before the legacy given in this article shall become payable said academy shall have been provided with a fireproof building or rooms suitable for this purpose, in which case the said legacy shall constitute a fund for the purchase of works of art to be known as 'The Albert Haller Tracy fund.' To the Buffalo General Hospital the sum of $150,000, of which $100,000 shall constitute a building fund, and be expended by the Trustees of said institution in the erection of an additional buildiing, either in pursuance of their present general plan or such other plan or plans as my Executors shall approve, which building shall be known by the title to be approved by my Executors containing the name 'Albert Haller Tracy,' and the remaining sum of $50,000 shall constitute a fund of which the interest shall be used for the general purposes of maintaining said institution. To the Buffalo Orphan Asylum the sum of $20,000. To the Charity Foundation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of Buffalo $20,000."

• Last Edited: 22 Dec 2011