Illinois Family Group Sheet for the John GRAVES Family

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Submitted by: Karen R. Hammer
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Husband: John GRAVES
Birthdate: 6 Mar 1789
Birthplace: Chatham co., North Carolina
Deathdate: 10 Sep 1844
Place of death: Ross co., Ohio
Burial: Tweed Cemetery, Vigo, Liberty twp., Ross co., Ohio
Father: Thomas GRAVES (1734-Abt 1790)
Mother: Martha

Married: 1813
Place: Chatham co., North Carolina

Wife: Joyce Elizabeth FREEMAN
Birthdate: 25 Sep 1795
Birthplace: Mecklenburg co., Virginia
Deathdate: 31 Oct 1875
Place of death: Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Burial: Sheets Cemetery, Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Father: James FREEMAN (Abt 1760-Abt 1798)
Mother: Sarah TOONE (Abt 1765-1832)

CHILDREN

Child 1: Lemuel GRAVES
Birthdate: 22 Dec 1814, Chatham co., North Carolina
Deathdate: 10 Sep 1878, Stark co., Illinois
Burial: Sheets Cemetery, Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Spouses' names: Tacy FRANCIS (1816-1897)
Marriage dates: 29 Nov 1838, Ross co., Ohio

Child 2: Thomas J. GRAVES
Birthdate: 18 Dec 1816, Chatham co., North Carolina
Deathdate: 12 Dec 1885, Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Burial: Sheets Cemetery, Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Spouses' names: Nancy Ann COX (1826-1898)
Marriage dates: 28 Oct 1841, Stark co., Illinois

Child 3: James H. GRAVES
Birthdate: 6 Jan 1818, Chatham co., North Carolina
Deathdate: 5 Jun 1893, Stark co., Illinois
Burial: Sheets Cemetery, Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Spouses' names: Mariah FRANCIS (1821-1901)
Marriage dates: 27 Jan 1842, Ross co., Ohio

Child 4: William GRAVES
Birthdate: 20 Nov 1820, Chatham co., North Carolina
Deathdate: 16 Jun 1908, Stringtown, Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Burial: 18 Jun 1908, Sheets Cemetery, Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Spouses' names: [1] Ann RATCLIFF (1824-1856) [2] Rebecca STRETCH (1833-1905)
Marriage dates: [1] 20 Nov 1842, Chillicothe, Ross co., Ohio [2] 26 Jul 1856, Vinton co., Ohio

Child 5: Benjamin GRAVES
Birthdate: 17 Jan 1823, Ross co., Ohio
Deathdate: 26 Jan 1892, Hoopeston, Vermillion co., Illinois
Burial:
Spouses' names: Jane RATCLIFF (1828-1899)
Marriage dates: 24 Jul 1844, Ross co., Ohio

Child 6: John GRAVES
Birthdate: 7 Dec 1824, Ross co., Ohio
Deathdate: 26 Aug 1841, Jefferson twp., Ross co., Ohio
Burial: Tweed Cemetery, Vigo, Liberty twp., Ross co., Ohio
Spouses' names:
Marriage dates:

Child 7: Tavenor GRAVES
Birthdate: 31 Jan 1826, Ross co., Ohio
Deathdate: 25 Jan 1832, Ross co., Ohio
Burial: Tweed Cemetery, Vigo, Liberty twp., Ross co., Ohio
Spouses' names:
Marriage dates:

Child 8: Sarah Anne GRAVES
Birthdate: 18 Nov 1826, Ross co., Ohio
Deathdate: 17 Sep 1910, Stark co., Illinois
Burial: Toulon Cemetery, Toulon twp., Stark co., Illinois
Spouses' names: Perry WINN (1830-1898)
Marriage dates: 14 Apr 1850, Stark co., Illinois

Child 9: Argelon GRAVES
Birthdate: 13 Jul 1829, Ross co., Ohio
Deathdate: 26 Sep 1856, Stark co., Illinois
Burial: Sheets Cemetery, Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Spouses' names: Lucy Ann BOARDMAN (1830-1902)
Marriage dates: 9 Nov 1848, Toulon, Stark co., Illinois

Child 10: Nathan GRAVES
Birthdate: 21 May 1830, Jefferson twp., Ross co., Ohio
Deathdate: 4 Oct 1890, Stark co., Illinois
Burial: Sheets Cemetery, Essex twp., Stark co., Illinois
Spouses' names: Emily G. BOARDMAN (1837-1901)
Marriage dates: 15 Mar 1851, Stark co., Illinois

Child 11: Joicey Elizabeth GRAVES
Birthdate: 22 Feb 1834, Ross co., Ohio
Deathdate: 9 Apr 1916, Albion, Marshall co., Iowa
Burial: 11 Apr 1916, Toulon Cemetery, Toulon twp., Stark co., Illinois
Spouses' names: [1] Thomas COLWELL (Abt 1832-1863) [2] Michael L. ALDERMAN (1836-1902
Marriage dates: [1] 22 Jul 1852, Stark co., Illinois) [2] 4 Jul 1861, Stark co., Illinois

Child 12: Martha GRAVES
Birthdate: 17 Jan 1837, Ross co., Ohio
Deathdate: 17 Aug 1841, Ross co., Ohio
Burial: After 17 Aug 1841, Tweed Cemetery, Vigo, Liberty twp., Ross co., Ohio
Spouses' names:
Marriage dates:
 
 
Documentation:
* Tombstone Inscriptions, Liberty Twp., Ross county, Ohio, 1998, (Ross County Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 6352, Chillicothe, Ross co., Ohio 45601-6352, 1998.
* New Castle County, Delaware Wills, 1682-1800, Will Book K, pg. 56, Will of John Greave.
* Richard Ratcliff of Lancashire, England & Talbot Co., Md. and his Ancestors and Descendents 1066-1978.
* Stark County, Illinois Essex twp. Cemeteries, (Stark County Genealogical Society).
* 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, Henry Holcomb Bennett, (Madison, Wis.: S.A. Brant, 1902).
* Diary of Eli & Henrietta (Graves) Trimmer, Joyce Mercer, Stark County Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol.9 #4.
* Diary of Eli & Henrietta (Graves) Trimmer, Joyce Mercer, Stark County Genealogy Society Quarterly, Vol. 11, #1Sep. 2002.
* Boardman Genealogy, 1525-1895, Charlotte Goldwait, (1895).
* The Stark County News: Stark County, Illinois.
* History of Stark County, M. A. Leeson.
* History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, (William Bros., Publishers).
* Obituary of J. Elizabeth Graves, William H. Graves.
* Obituary of Thomas Graves, (Stark County News).
* Obituary of Nancy Cox Graves, (Stark County News, Oct. 28, 1841).
* Obituary of William Graves, (Stark County News, June 24, 1908).
* Obituary of Joicey Graves Alderman, (Feb. 22, 1834).
* Obituary of Michael L. Alderman.
* Headstone-J. Elizabeth Graves.
* Headstone-Tacy Graves.
* Headstone-Thomas and Nancy Graves.
* Headstone-James and Mariah Graves.
* Headstone-William and Rebecca Graves.
* Headstone-Argelon and Lucy Graves.
* Headstone-Thomas, Mary, Perry and Sarah Winn.
* Certificate of Death-Thomas Lafayette Graves.
* Headstone-Michael and Joicey Graves Alderman.
* Certificate of Marriage-Thomas L. Graves and Nettie B. Lair.
* Marriage Record-William Graves & Rebecca Stretch, (Vinton County, Ohio).
* Marriage Record for Argelon Graves and Lucy Boardman, (Stark County, Illinois).
* 1840 Federal Census, Illinois, Stark 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.
* 1870 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria County.
* 1880 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria County.
* 1900 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria County.
* 1840 Federal Census, Ohio, Ross County.
* 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Ross County.
* 1860 Federal Census, Ohio, Ross County.
* Freeman Family Record, Val Freeman.
* Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Graves.
* Susan Groff.
* Janet Turnbull.

Notes:
* For additional information and photos on this family, please see
http://www.just1way.org/Graves. [no longer extant]