Son of John & Joicey (Freeman) Graves.
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Thomas Graves, Died, at his residence in Essex township, Stark county, Illinois, Dec. 12th, 1885, Thomas Graves, aged 68 years, 11 months and 24 days.
Deceased was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, Dec. 18, 1816. With his parents he moved to Ross county, Ohio, in the year 1821. On attaining his manhood, he emigrated to Stark county, Illinois, in 1840. Oct. 28, 1841, he was married to Nancy Ann Cox, settling on a farm on Indian Creek, where he lived until the year 1850, when he moved to the farm occupied by him at the time of his death. Having witnessed the growth to maturity of his ten children, who survive him (a period of almost 36 years,) he might truly be classed as one of the Stark county's early pioneers and of whom the death roll has been so frequently called during the year 1885.
He had been a great sufferer for years, especially so for the past nine weeks. Being naturally of a very genial disposition, he bore his affliction remarkably well. Few who have met "Uncle Tom," as he was familiarly called, will ever forget the pleasant greeting with which he was wont to welcome his many friends to share his hospitality. No person ever turned from his door unfed or unsheltered. A very able discourse by Rev. Crane, of Galesburg, who took for his text Heb. 11:1, was pronounced at the house, after which the remains were silently and sorrowfully followed by a long procession of friends and relatives to their last resting place in Sheets cemetery.
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Thomas Graves, Died, at his residence in Essex township, Stark county, Illinois, Dec. 12th, 1885, Thomas Graves, aged 68 years, 11 months and 24 days.
Deceased was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, Dec. 18, 1816. With his parents he moved to Ross county, Ohio, in the year 1821. On attaining his manhood, he emigrated to Stark county, Illinois, in 1840. Oct. 28, 1841, he was married to Nancy Ann Cox, settling on a farm on Indian Creek, where he lived until the year 1850, when he moved to the farm occupied by him at the time of his death. Having witnessed the growth to maturity of his ten children, who survive him (a period of almost 36 years,) he might truly be classed as one of the Stark county's early pioneers and of whom the death roll has been so frequently called during the year 1885.
He had been a great sufferer for years, especially so for the past nine weeks. Being naturally of a very genial disposition, he bore his affliction remarkably well. Few who have met "Uncle Tom," as he was familiarly called, will ever forget the pleasant greeting with which he was wont to welcome his many friends to share his hospitality. No person ever turned from his door unfed or unsheltered. A very able discourse by Rev. Crane, of Galesburg, who took for his text Heb. 11:1, was pronounced at the house, after which the remains were silently and sorrowfully followed by a long procession of friends and relatives to their last resting place in Sheets cemetery.
Son of John & Joicey (Freeman) Graves.
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Thomas Graves, Died, at his residence in Essex township, Stark county, Illinois, Dec. 12th, 1885, Thomas Graves, aged 68 years, 11 months and 24 days.
Deceased was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, Dec. 18, 1816. With his parents he moved to Ross county, Ohio, in the year 1821. On attaining his manhood, he emigrated to Stark county, Illinois, in 1840. Oct. 28, 1841, he was married to Nancy Ann Cox, settling on a farm on Indian Creek, where he lived until the year 1850, when he moved to the farm occupied by him at the time of his death. Having witnessed the growth to maturity of his ten children, who survive him (a period of almost 36 years,) he might truly be classed as one of the Stark county's early pioneers and of whom the death roll has been so frequently called during the year 1885.
He had been a great sufferer for years, especially so for the past nine weeks. Being naturally of a very genial disposition, he bore his affliction remarkably well. Few who have met "Uncle Tom," as he was familiarly called, will ever forget the pleasant greeting with which he was wont to welcome his many friends to share his hospitality. No person ever turned from his door unfed or unsheltered. A very able discourse by Rev. Crane, of Galesburg, who took for his text Heb. 11:1, was pronounced at the house, after which the remains were silently and sorrowfully followed by a long procession of friends and relatives to their last resting place in Sheets cemetery.
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Thomas Graves, Died, at his residence in Essex township, Stark county, Illinois, Dec. 12th, 1885, Thomas Graves, aged 68 years, 11 months and 24 days.
Deceased was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, Dec. 18, 1816. With his parents he moved to Ross county, Ohio, in the year 1821. On attaining his manhood, he emigrated to Stark county, Illinois, in 1840. Oct. 28, 1841, he was married to Nancy Ann Cox, settling on a farm on Indian Creek, where he lived until the year 1850, when he moved to the farm occupied by him at the time of his death. Having witnessed the growth to maturity of his ten children, who survive him (a period of almost 36 years,) he might truly be classed as one of the Stark county's early pioneers and of whom the death roll has been so frequently called during the year 1885.
He had been a great sufferer for years, especially so for the past nine weeks. Being naturally of a very genial disposition, he bore his affliction remarkably well. Few who have met "Uncle Tom," as he was familiarly called, will ever forget the pleasant greeting with which he was wont to welcome his many friends to share his hospitality. No person ever turned from his door unfed or unsheltered. A very able discourse by Rev. Crane, of Galesburg, who took for his text Heb. 11:1, was pronounced at the house, after which the remains were silently and sorrowfully followed by a long procession of friends and relatives to their last resting place in Sheets cemetery.
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