Illinois Family Group Sheet for the Thomas Lafayette GRAVES Family

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Husband: Thomas Lafayette GRAVES
Birthdate: 20 Jun 1862
Birthplace: Ross co., Ohio
Deathdate: 25 Aug 1933
Place of death: Carthage, Miner co., South Dakota
Burial: Pleasant View cemetery, Carthage, Miner co., South Dakota
Father: William GRAVES (1820-1908)
Mother: Rebecca STRETCH (1833-1905)

Marriage date: 5 Apr 1883
Marriage place: Methodist Episcopal Church, Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois

Wife: Nettie Bell LAIR
Birthdate: 16 Jul 1861
Birthplace: Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois
Deathdate: 31 Oct 1935
Place of death: Sioux City, Woodbury co., Iowa
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Huron, Beadle co., South Dakota
Father: Lawson Fuller LAIR (1833-1923)
Mother: Margaret NICKESON (1840-1900)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Leo Elbert GRAVES
Sex: M
Birthdate: 28 May 1885, Peoria co., Illinois
Deathdate: 28 May 1885, Peoria co., Illinois
Burial: Princeville Cemetery, Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois
Spouses' names:
Marriage dates:

Child No. 2: Elvirta May GRAVES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 20 Sep 1890, Peoria co., Illinois
Deathdate: 2 May 1972, Huron, Beadle co., South Dakota
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Huron, Beadle co., South Dakota
Spouses' names: William Frederick Sr. KNUTZ (1886-1966)
Marriage dates: 30 Mar 1910, Huron, Beadle co., South Dakota

Child No. 3: Delbert Dee GRAVES
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 Nov 1891, Peoria co., Illinois
Deathdate: 12 Dec 1918, France
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Huron, Beadle co., South Dakota
Spouses' names:
Marriage dates:

Child No. 4: Maude June GRAVES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 24 Feb 1893, Peoria co., Illinois
Deathdate: 23 Jul 1976, Hillhaven Convalescent Hospital, Oakland, Alameda co., California
Burial: St. Mary's Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda co., California
Spouses' names: [1] Walter ROE (Abt 1874-????) [2] Edward E. HITTLE (????-1953)
Marriage dates:

Child No. 5: Ora Everett GRAVES
Sex: M
Birthdate: 22 Oct 1894, Peoria co., Illinois
Deathdate: 31 Jan 1895, Peoria co., Illinois
Burial: Princeville Cemetery, Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois
Spouses' names:
Marriage dates:

Child No. 6: Lulu Daisy GRAVES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 27 Mar 1898, Peoria co., Illinois
Deathdate: 10 Apr 1986, Huron, Beadle co., South Dakota
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Huron, Beadle co., South Dakota
Spouses' names:
Marriage dates:
 
 
Documentation:
* Certificate of Birth-Unnamed Child of Thomas and Nettie Graves.
* Certificate of Death, Elvirta May Knutz (State of South Dakota).
* Certificate of Death, Lulu Graves (State of South Dakota).
* Certificate of Death, Maude Graves Hittle (State of California).
* Certificate of Death, Thomas L. Graves (State of South Dakota).
* Certificate of Death, Nettie Lair Graves (State of Iowa).
* Certificate of Marriage-Thomas L. Graves and Nettie B. Lair.
* Obituary of Elvirta Graves Knutz (Huron Daily Plainsman, Huron, South Dakota).
* Obituary of Thomas l. Graves (The Carthage News, Sept. 8, 1933, Carthage, South Dakota).
* Headstone of William and Rebecca Graves, Sheets Cemetery, Stark co., Illinois.
* Obituary of Lulu D. Graves (Huron Daily Plainsman, Huron, South Dakota).
* Headstone of Ora Everett Graves, Princeville Cemetery, Princeville, Illinois.
* 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Ross county.
* 1850 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria county.
* 1860 Federal Census, Ohio, Ross county.
* 1860 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria county.
* 1870 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria county.
* 1900 Federal Census, Illinois, Peoria county.
* 1910 Federal Census, South Dakota, Kingsbury county.
* 1920 Federal Census, South Dakota, Miner county.
* International Genealogical Index (R.
* History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, (William Bros., Publishers).
* Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 763-1900.
* Illinois Statewide Death Index, Url:.
http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/genealogy/forms/idphdeathsrch.html.
* Princeville Township Cemeteries, Peoria County Genealogical Society, Peoria, Illinois.
* Probate File of William Lair, Peoria county, Illinois.
* Nickerson Family Association, Burt Derick.
* Personal papers of Lulu D. Graves.

Notes:
* Additional information and photographs are online at
http://www.just1way.org/Graves [no longer extant].