Daughter of John C. and Lucy J. McGraw of Livingston Co., Kentucky and later of Helena, Phillips Co., Arkansas. Widow of Powell Clayton, the latter of whom had served as a Union Army General, Arkansas Governor, United States Senator, and Ambassador to Mexico. Powell Clayton and Adeline McGraw had married in Phillips County on 14 Dec 1865.
Sources: 1850 Census, Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, M432_210, p. 383A; 1860 Census, Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, M653_47, p. 394. In 1860 the family's surname was transcribed incorrectly as McGran, and in 1860 as well as in several other sources her given names appear as Ben A. or Ben Adeline; see Powell Clayton and Ben A. McGraw in the Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957; Passport Application for Adeline Clayton of Washington, D.C., July 10, 1916. Mrs. Clayton listed the purpose of her trip as visiting her daughter Kathleen, whose husband Arthur C. Grant Duff was a diplomat posted in England; "Mrs. Clayton Dies in Oxted, England," Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas: 18 Jan 1917), p. 5; "Mrs. Clayton's Will Filed," Evening Star (Washington, DC: 20 Jan 1917) p. 7. The reader will note that there are a few minor inaccuracies in her obituary, which was distributed widely.
Sources: 1850 Census, Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, M432_210, p. 383A; 1860 Census, Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, M653_47, p. 394. In 1860 the family's surname was transcribed incorrectly as McGran, and in 1860 as well as in several other sources her given names appear as Ben A. or Ben Adeline; see Powell Clayton and Ben A. McGraw in the Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957; Passport Application for Adeline Clayton of Washington, D.C., July 10, 1916. Mrs. Clayton listed the purpose of her trip as visiting her daughter Kathleen, whose husband Arthur C. Grant Duff was a diplomat posted in England; "Mrs. Clayton Dies in Oxted, England," Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas: 18 Jan 1917), p. 5; "Mrs. Clayton's Will Filed," Evening Star (Washington, DC: 20 Jan 1917) p. 7. The reader will note that there are a few minor inaccuracies in her obituary, which was distributed widely.
Daughter of John C. and Lucy J. McGraw of Livingston Co., Kentucky and later of Helena, Phillips Co., Arkansas. Widow of Powell Clayton, the latter of whom had served as a Union Army General, Arkansas Governor, United States Senator, and Ambassador to Mexico. Powell Clayton and Adeline McGraw had married in Phillips County on 14 Dec 1865.
Sources: 1850 Census, Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, M432_210, p. 383A; 1860 Census, Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, M653_47, p. 394. In 1860 the family's surname was transcribed incorrectly as McGran, and in 1860 as well as in several other sources her given names appear as Ben A. or Ben Adeline; see Powell Clayton and Ben A. McGraw in the Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957; Passport Application for Adeline Clayton of Washington, D.C., July 10, 1916. Mrs. Clayton listed the purpose of her trip as visiting her daughter Kathleen, whose husband Arthur C. Grant Duff was a diplomat posted in England; "Mrs. Clayton Dies in Oxted, England," Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas: 18 Jan 1917), p. 5; "Mrs. Clayton's Will Filed," Evening Star (Washington, DC: 20 Jan 1917) p. 7. The reader will note that there are a few minor inaccuracies in her obituary, which was distributed widely.
Sources: 1850 Census, Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, M432_210, p. 383A; 1860 Census, Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, M653_47, p. 394. In 1860 the family's surname was transcribed incorrectly as McGran, and in 1860 as well as in several other sources her given names appear as Ben A. or Ben Adeline; see Powell Clayton and Ben A. McGraw in the Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957; Passport Application for Adeline Clayton of Washington, D.C., July 10, 1916. Mrs. Clayton listed the purpose of her trip as visiting her daughter Kathleen, whose husband Arthur C. Grant Duff was a diplomat posted in England; "Mrs. Clayton Dies in Oxted, England," Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas: 18 Jan 1917), p. 5; "Mrs. Clayton's Will Filed," Evening Star (Washington, DC: 20 Jan 1917) p. 7. The reader will note that there are a few minor inaccuracies in her obituary, which was distributed widely.
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