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William Graves

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William Graves

Birth
Cambridgeshire, England
Death
23 Aug 1918 (aged 82)
Reno County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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William was from the area of Hillrow, Cambridgeshire, England, and was christened in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England. He was the son of Mary Cocksell Graves (died in England) and James Graves (born December 25, 1791, died July 31 1887 in Nebraska at the home of William's sister, Sarah Burton, Culbertson NE). There was another sister, Elizabeth Betsy Clatyon, who also lived in Nebraska.

William arrived in America in April 1853, married Hannah Yardy in Jun 1855 in Buffalo NY, moved to Benton county IN about 1858 where he became a naturalized citizen on Feb. 28, 1861. He moved to Kansas in Feb 1876, settling in Troy twp, Reno county KS.

According to an account written by a granddaughter (Lizzie Graves Campbell), transcribed from a family Bible birth & death record, the children of William & Hannah (Yardy) Graves were:
Arthur James Graves (10 Aug 1856 - 18 Dec 1916)
William Guether Graves (19 Jun 1858 - 9 Sept 1940)
Mary Elizabeth Graves (9 Aug 1860 - 11 Sept 1861)
John Roger "Doc" Graves (3 Jul 1862 - 21 Aug 1951)
Sarah Ann Graves Tharp (4 Mar 1864 - 8 Mar 1962)
Henry Oliver Graves (18 Mar 1866 - 1 Nov 1938)
Mary Rosey "Rose" Graves Lewis Rexroad (20 Jul 1868 - 21 Jan 1925)
Frankie Graves (6 Jul 1871 - 1 Sept 1872)
Albert Graves (22 May 1873 - 4 Jul 1873)
Lillie Kansas Graves Dawson (16 Apr 1874 - 29 Mar 1945)
Charles Everett Graves (27 May 1876 - 19 Jun 1956)
Fanny McElroy Graves Armour (17 Nov 1878 - 31 May 1946)
(infant) Graves (about 1880, stillborn)
William was from the area of Hillrow, Cambridgeshire, England, and was christened in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England. He was the son of Mary Cocksell Graves (died in England) and James Graves (born December 25, 1791, died July 31 1887 in Nebraska at the home of William's sister, Sarah Burton, Culbertson NE). There was another sister, Elizabeth Betsy Clatyon, who also lived in Nebraska.

William arrived in America in April 1853, married Hannah Yardy in Jun 1855 in Buffalo NY, moved to Benton county IN about 1858 where he became a naturalized citizen on Feb. 28, 1861. He moved to Kansas in Feb 1876, settling in Troy twp, Reno county KS.

According to an account written by a granddaughter (Lizzie Graves Campbell), transcribed from a family Bible birth & death record, the children of William & Hannah (Yardy) Graves were:
Arthur James Graves (10 Aug 1856 - 18 Dec 1916)
William Guether Graves (19 Jun 1858 - 9 Sept 1940)
Mary Elizabeth Graves (9 Aug 1860 - 11 Sept 1861)
John Roger "Doc" Graves (3 Jul 1862 - 21 Aug 1951)
Sarah Ann Graves Tharp (4 Mar 1864 - 8 Mar 1962)
Henry Oliver Graves (18 Mar 1866 - 1 Nov 1938)
Mary Rosey "Rose" Graves Lewis Rexroad (20 Jul 1868 - 21 Jan 1925)
Frankie Graves (6 Jul 1871 - 1 Sept 1872)
Albert Graves (22 May 1873 - 4 Jul 1873)
Lillie Kansas Graves Dawson (16 Apr 1874 - 29 Mar 1945)
Charles Everett Graves (27 May 1876 - 19 Jun 1956)
Fanny McElroy Graves Armour (17 Nov 1878 - 31 May 1946)
(infant) Graves (about 1880, stillborn)

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