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**  Correspondence:
Brian Wiegand, Milwaukee, WI (1998)
His ancester, Mary Caroline HARNEY, is thought to be an illegitimate dau of William Selby Harney, born before his first marriage.
"Caroline" was born 1828 or 29 near Fort Winnebago, Portage, WI.  She died 5 Nov 1888, Green Bay WI.
Caroline's death certificate gives her father as "Gen. William Selby HARNOIS" the French spelling of HARNEY.
History:  Caroline HARNEY probably left Portage with Rev. T.J. Van den BROCK of Little Chute's St. John's Catholic Church. He traveled back and forth baptizing, marrying, and burying the Indians of Fort Winnebago, Green Bay, and Little Chute. Caroline lived in Little Chute for about 20 years. She married John LaFROMBROISE, 4 April 1848. He died very soon after their marriage. She then married Abraham PARENTEAU, 10 June 1850, and moved to Bay Settlement, WI. Caroline lived in Bay Settlement from 1850 to 1870, then moved to Green Bay and lived there until her death in 1888, of heart disease. She is buried in Allouez Cemetery, Green Bay, WI.
Her children: Caroline "Carrie" b. 29 Sep 1851, d. 6 Jul 1910; Abraham Jr. b.14 Nov 1854, d.1881; Christine; John; and William PARENTEAU.
Also see "Harney Update" newsletter, Issue  46, Apr-Jun 1998.
( No other claims of illegitimate children of General William Selby Harney have been proven with documentation, - that I know about.)

References:
Brown, Bernard M. & Fredrick L. Geisler, A Man Time Has Forgotten; The Life and Military Career of Major General William Selby Harney, unpublished.
California Vital Records Index
Census records:
1850 Federal Census MO, St. Louis Co., p.285, General William S. Harney family.
1870 Federal Census MO, St. Louis, ward 6, p.323, John M. Harney family. (Family property was called "Harneywold").
1900 Federal Census MO, St. Louis Co., ED129 18-18, John M. Harney family, except son Ben in NYC. Also ED227 14-18 Frank & Gerald Harney.
1900 Federal Census NY, Manhattan, ED721 11-91 Benjamin Harney, sculptor (also enumerator of census).
1910 Federal Census MO, St. Louis, ED118 443-0261, Gerald B. Harney with his sister's family.
1920 Federal Census MO, St. Louis, ED589 19-11, Frank Harney; also ED589 8-45, Mary Harney, age 75, with Lawrason Whittemore family.
Cochran, Alice Lida, The Saga of an Irish Immigrant Family: The Descendants of John Mullanphy, Arno Press, NY, 1976. ISBN 0-405-09325-X
Correspondence from Harriet Hardaway, St Louis MO (July 1990)
Correspondence from Pauline McKinney to John D.Bowen (21 May 1989)
Frank Lamont Harney spent "some years" in Boston, per "History of St. Louis".
Missouri Vital Records
Social Security Master Death Index, Francis & Charlotte Harney

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