Rev Harvey Jackson “Jack” Gravlee

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Rev Harvey Jackson “Jack” Gravlee

Birth
Walker County, Alabama, USA
Death
31 Oct 1927 (aged 80)
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Plot
Block 24, Lot 98
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He was the son of William Lafayette Gravlee and Martha Cara Fowler and was born in Gravleeton, AL., which no longer exists except as a "historical place". He enlisted on 10 June 1862 [Civil War records] and served as a private with P. M. Musgrove's Battalion under Captain Reed in Company L, 28th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, CSA and was discharged at surrender. He married Nancy Narcissa Gaines on 22 December 1872 in Walker County and they lived on the Gravlee homestead. They had 12 children, 4 of whom died before the age of 2. He was a farmer, raising corn and cotton on the bottom lands of the Mulberry Fork River. In December 1888, he is listed as the new postmaster of the Gravleeton post office. He was later ordained as a minister and served a Baptist church in nearby Sipsey, Alabama for some years. He died from a third stroke as he was trying to see the famous Lindbergh aviator fly over Birmingham.
He was the son of William Lafayette Gravlee and Martha Cara Fowler and was born in Gravleeton, AL., which no longer exists except as a "historical place". He enlisted on 10 June 1862 [Civil War records] and served as a private with P. M. Musgrove's Battalion under Captain Reed in Company L, 28th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, CSA and was discharged at surrender. He married Nancy Narcissa Gaines on 22 December 1872 in Walker County and they lived on the Gravlee homestead. They had 12 children, 4 of whom died before the age of 2. He was a farmer, raising corn and cotton on the bottom lands of the Mulberry Fork River. In December 1888, he is listed as the new postmaster of the Gravleeton post office. He was later ordained as a minister and served a Baptist church in nearby Sipsey, Alabama for some years. He died from a third stroke as he was trying to see the famous Lindbergh aviator fly over Birmingham.

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H. Jackson Gravlee
Feb 18, 1847
Oct 31, 1927
In the middle is the Emblem for his service in the C.S.A. during the War Between the States.

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