Person Information

Biography

The sister of General George Mason Graham of Louisiana, she became a Nun in 1839 after converting to Catholicism. She served for 48 years at the Georgetown convent, where she served as "directress of the Academy" and Mother Superior. CCS wrote about wishing to visit Sister Bernard after leaving the school.

Letter References

Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward, February 12, 1855

Citations

Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 

The sister of General George Mason Graham of Louisiana, she became a Nun in 1839 after converting to Catholicism. She served for 48 years at the Georgetown convent, where she served as "directress of the Academy" and Mother Superior. CCS wrote about wishing to visit Sister Bernard after leaving the school.

Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
General W.T. Sherman as College President
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
William Tecumseh Sherman
Start Page: 
36
End Page: 
37
Citation Notes: 
18550212CCS_WHS1 and https://books.google.com/books?id=JpgaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=sister+mary+bernard+graham+mother+superior+georgetown&source=bl&ots=XXVmOpvGCW&sig=fcYJZPO43ggnVAtohiHlvdC17TU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAmY_0vbPeAhUJ21MKHYRcBg0Q6AEwBHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=sister%20mary%20bernard%20graham%20mother%20superior%20georgetown&f=false
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=CMl410&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=lStsSZxx4efsRjtUjGgkcg%3D%3D&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=mary%20bernard&gsfn_x=NIC&gsln=graham&gsln_x=1&msypn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msypn=49&msypn_x=1
Title of Webpage: 
Ancestry 1870 United States Federal Census
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Website Last Modified Date: 
Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 11:15
Citation Notes: 
Her birth year is likely 1810 or 1811. In the book " Story of Courage" tagged below in her death record, it explained that Sister Bernard was twenty eight when she joined the Georgetown Convent in 1839 which matches the estimate from this census.
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Story of Courage: Annals of the Georgetown Convent of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
George Parsons Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Start Page: 
354
End Page: 
356
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=SYYuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336&dq=mason+graham+sister+mary+bernard+graham&source=bl&ots=l-ya6ppaFr&sig=3Dp_dOR-4yp-M5-HkX6Md8TTl00&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLh7yRvrPeAhUQuFMKHVbuAS4Q6AEwB3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=mason%20graham%20sister%20mary%20bernard%20graham&f=false