OH Family Group Sheet for the William Graves Family #2 *********************************************** Copyright.All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** SUBMITTED BY: Karen R. Hammer e-mail: =========================================== HUSBAND: William GRAVES Birthdate: 20 Nov 1820 , Chatham co., North Carolina date and place of marriage: 20 Nov 1842, Chillicothe, Ross co., Ohio other marriages: Rebecca STRETCH (see below) Death date: 16 Jun 1908 , Stark co., Illinois father: John GRAVES mother:Joyce Elizabeth FREEMAN ............................................................................ WIFE: Rebecca STRETCH Birthdate: 28 Nov 1833 , Ross co., Ohio date and place of marriage: 26 Jul 1856, Vinton co., Ohio Death date: 26 May 1905 , Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois father: Thomas STRETCH mother: Rebecca RAINS ............................................................................ CHILD 1:Cynthia Jane GRAVES Birthdate:26 Sep 1860, Ross co., Ohio married: David Griffith EVANS date and place of marriage: 25 Feb 1879 Death date: 22 Oct 1931, Peoria, Peoria co., Illinois ............................................................................ CHILD 2:Thomas Lafayette GRAVES Birthdate: 20 Jun 1862 married: Nettie Bell LAIR date and place of marriage: 5 Apr 1883, Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois Death date: 25 Aug 1933, Carthage, Miner co., South Dakota ............................................................................ CHILD 3:Ewing Oscar GRAVES Birthdate: 3 Nov 1870, Peoria co., Illinois married: Viella Dell GINGRICH date and place of marriage: 14 Aug 1895, Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois Death date: 14 Apr 1948, Princeville twp., Peoria co., Illinois ............................................................................ CHILD 4:Eugene Austin GRAVES Birthdate: 3 Nov 1870, Peoria co., Illinois married: Emma Jane FOX date and place of marriage:19 Oct 1893, Duncan, Stark co., Illinois Death date: 1 Nov 1956, Austin, Mower co., Minnesota ............................................................................ SOURCES: Certificate of Death - Thomas Lafayette Graves. Certificate of Death-Rebecca Stretch Graves, #22721 Certificate of Death-ElvirtaGraves Knutz Certificate of Death-Lulu Graves, Certificate of Death-Maude Graves Roe Hittle Certificate of Death-Nettie Lair Graves Certificate of Death-Cynthia Graves Evans, (Myrtis Evans, Informant). Certificate of Marriage-Thomas L. Graves and Nettie B. Lair Certificate of Marriage-Wm. Graves & Rebecca Stretch, by John Swaim MG, Page 514, Doc. no 103 of the 1850-1859 marriage book, July 26, 1856 Marriage Records of Ross County, Ohio 1798-1849, Compiled by Robert Casari Headstone-William and Rebecca Graves Headstone-J. Elizabeth Graves Headstone-Viella Gingrich Graves Headstone-Eugene Austin Graves Headstone-Oscar Graves Obituary of William Graves, (Stark County News, June 24, 1908 Obituary of Emma Fox Graves Obituary of Florence Graves Kneer Obituary of Leo Graves Obituary of Viella Gingrich Graves Obituary of Thomas L. Graves, (The Carthage News, Carthage South Dakota. Death announcement published Sept. 1, 1933; Obituary published Sept. 8, 1933.) Obituary of Elvirta Graves Knutz, (The Huron Daily Plainsman, Huron, South Dakota.) Obituary of Leila Evans 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Ross County 1860 Federal Census, Ohio, Ross County 1870 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria County 1880 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria County 1900 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria County 1910 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria County 1920 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria County 1930 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria County 1910 Federal Census, South Dakota, Kingsbury County 1920 Federal Census, South Dakota, Miner County 1850 Federal Census, Illinois, Stark County 1860 Federal Census, Illinois, Stark County 1870 Federal Census, Illinois, Stark County 1880 Federal Census, Illinois, Stark County 1900 Federal Census, Illinois, Stark County History of Ross and HighlandCounties, Ohio, (William Bros., Publishers) Stark County, Illinois Essex Township Cemeteries, (Stark County Genealogical Society) Richard Ratcliff of Lancashire, England & Talbot Co., Md. and his Ancestors and Descendents Diary of Eli & Henrietta (Graves) Trimmer, Joyce Mercer, Location: Stark Co. Genealogical Society Quarterly, V9 #4, p. 11, June 2001,.(1906, 1907 Stark County Genealogical Society, Stark County Genealogy Society Quarterly, SCGS Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 1, Sep. 2002.Trimmer Diaries The county of Ross : a history of Ross County, Ohio, from the earliest days, with special chapters on the bench and bar, medical profession, educational development, industry and agriculture and biographical sketches, by Henry Holcomb Bennett, (Madison, Wis.: S.A. Brant, 1902, 729pgs.) Princeville Township Cemeteries, Peoria County Genealogical Society, Illinois Death Index, Url: http://www2.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/genealogy/forms/idphdeathsrch.html "Graves Death Is Ruled As Accidental", (The Princeville Telephone, Princeville, Illinois) Illinois Statewide Marriage Index ............................................................................ NOTES: Additional information and photographs are available online at http://www.just1way.org/Graves