Oliver Graves

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Oliver Graves

Birth
Brookfield, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Death
6 May 1896 (aged 83)
Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 22 Lot 37 Section 6
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Farmer. Early settler to Arvada, Colorado. Son of Calvin Graves and Fanny Robinson Graves; husband of Emily Adams, who died, and later, Lucy Palmer Story. Father of John Palmer Graves (Arvada, Colorado and later Long Beach, California [1848-1925]), Edward Oliver Graves (Boulder, Colorado [1858-1931]; and, Mary P. Graves [Smith] (Arvada, Colorado [1854-1925]). Pioneer-came to the Colorado Territory in a covered wagon in 1860 and again in 1861 after a brief return to Illinois to bring his family West. Built his first house-a log cabin-with wife Lucy near Clear Creek. Maternal great great grandfather.
Farmer. Early settler to Arvada, Colorado. Son of Calvin Graves and Fanny Robinson Graves; husband of Emily Adams, who died, and later, Lucy Palmer Story. Father of John Palmer Graves (Arvada, Colorado and later Long Beach, California [1848-1925]), Edward Oliver Graves (Boulder, Colorado [1858-1931]; and, Mary P. Graves [Smith] (Arvada, Colorado [1854-1925]). Pioneer-came to the Colorado Territory in a covered wagon in 1860 and again in 1861 after a brief return to Illinois to bring his family West. Built his first house-a log cabin-with wife Lucy near Clear Creek. Maternal great great grandfather.