Illinois Family Group Sheet for the William Graves Family #2

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Husband: William GRAVES
Birthdate: 20 Nov 1820
Birthplace: Chatham co., North Carolina
Death date:16 Jun 1908
Place of death: Stark co., Illinois
Father: John Graves
Mother:Joyce Elizabeth Freeman
Other spouses: [1] Ann RATCLIFF

Marriage date: 26 Jul 1856
Marriage place: Vinton co., Ohio

Wife: Rebecca STRETCH
Birthdate: 28 Nov 1833
Birthplace: Ross co., Ohio
Death date: 26 May 1905
Place of death: Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois
Father: Thomas Stretch
Mother: Rebecca Rains
Other spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Cynthia Jane Graves
Birthdate: 26 Sep 1860, Ross co., Ohio
Spouses' names: David Griffith Evans
Marriage date: 25 Feb 1879
Death date: 22 Oct 1931, Peoria, Peoria co., Illinois

Child No. 2: Thomas Lafayette Graves
Birthdate: 20 Jun 1862
Spouses' names: Nettie Bell Lair
Marriage date: 5 Apr 1883, Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois
Death date: 25 Aug 1933, Carthage, Miner co., South Dakota

Child No. 3: Ewing Oscar Graves
Birthdate: 3 Nov 1870, Peoria co., Illinois
Spouses' names: Viella Dell Gingrich
Marriage date: 14 Aug 1895, Princeville, Peoria co., Illinois
Death date: 14 Apr 1948, Princeville twp., Peoria co., Illinois

Child No. 4: Eugene Austin Graves
Birthdate: 3 Nov 1870, Peoria co., Illinois
Spouses' names: Emma Jane Fox
Marriage date: 19 Oct 1893, Duncan, Stark co., Illinois
Death date: 1 Nov 1956, Austin, Mower co., Minnesota
 
 
Documentation:
* Certificate of Death - Thomas Lafayette Graves.
* Certificate of Death-Rebecca Stretch Graves, #22721
* Certificate of Death-Elvirta Graves 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 Highland Counties, 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, 729 pgs.)
* 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 online at
http://www.just1way.org/Graves [no longer extant].