Daniel P. Graves was a farmer of Champaign county, Illinois, where he had removed in 1865 and where he remained until 1882, when he came to this state (South Dakota) and homesteaded a part of the farm now belonging to C. F. Graves. The land was raw prairie when it came into his possession, but he brought it to a high state of cultivation and gathered there from abundant harvests. He died in October, 1908, at the age of seventy-eight years. She and her husband are buried in the Ashton cemetery.
Daniel P. Graves was a farmer of Champaign county, Illinois, where he had removed in 1865 and where he remained until 1882, when he came to this state (South Dakota) and homesteaded a part of the farm now belonging to C. F. Graves. The land was raw prairie when it came into his possession, but he brought it to a high state of cultivation and gathered there from abundant harvests. He died in October, 1908, at the age of seventy-eight years. She and her husband are buried in the Ashton cemetery.
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