Rev. 27 July 2005, Gen. 118
LATHAM GRAVES AND ELIZABETH
‑‑‑‑‑‑ OF TN & BLOUNT CO., AL
GENERATION 1
Latham Graves (1) was born about
1788 in NC, and died in 1857 in Blount Co., AL. He served in the War of 1812 as a private, 3rd Regt. (Johnson's)
of the East Tenn. Militia. He married
Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1794 in NC, and died after 1880 (since she was
in the census for that year). It
appears that Latham was in Bledsoe Co., TN by about 1814, and that he may have
gone to Alabama by 1823. Although he
was not listed in the 1830 Blount Co., AL census, he could have been in another
county, or have been missed in the census count. He was listed in the 1840 and 1850 censuses of Blount Co.,
AL. The 1840 census showed him with
four boys and five girls. According to
the census records, James and Nancy were born in TN and the remaining children
in AL. By the 1860 census, Latham
Graves was dead, and his widow was listed as head of the household. Letters of administration were issued to
son-in-law Pleasant Anderton, husband of daughter Mary. The administration of
his estate is found in record book A, Blount Co. Probate Office, dated 3 Jan.
1873. “…that the names, residences,
ages and condition of the heirs, and distributees of the estate of the said
decedent so far as your petitioner knows or believes, are as follows, to wit: the widow Elizabeth, James, Thomas, the
heirs of Lewis, decd, Mary intermarried with Pleasant M. Anderton, Nancy,
Margaret, Ann & Elizabeth children of deceased over 21 years old”.
It is believed that Latham Graves
may be related to John Graves who married Betty Beeson, and possibly a son of
James Graves of Randolph Co. and Surry Co., NC.
Their daughters Nancy, Margaret,
Ann, and Elizabeth were listed with their widowed mother in the 1860-1880
censuses for Blount Co., AL, and it is probable that they never married. (R‑1, R‑2, R‑6, R‑7,
R‑12, R‑101)
Children - Graves
2. son
+3. James Graves, Jr., b.c. 1814, m. Lucinda S. Roden, 13 Oct. 1837, d.
after 1880.
4. Nancy Graves, b.c. 1815, d. after 1880.
+5. Thomas Graves, b.c. 1817, m. Cynthia Ann Bishop, c. 1847, d. 30
July 1884.
+6. Lewis Graves, b.c. 1821, m. Olive Stewart, 15 May 1842, d. before
1870.
7. Margaret Graves, b. Aug. 1823, d. after
1900. Lived with former brother-in-law
Anderton in Blount Co., AL in 1900. The
1900 census listed her year of birth as 1821, but her age on other censuses
indicate that 1823 is probably correct.
+8. Mary Graves, b.c. 1825, m. Pleasant Monroe Anderton, c. 1855, d.
after 1880.
9. Ann Graves, b.c. 1828, d. after 1880.
10. Elizabeth Graves, b.c. 1834 (AL), d. after
1880.
11. Johnson Graves, b.c. 1840 (AL).[1] Listed on the 1850 and 1860 censuses.
12. James Graves, b.c. 1843 (AL).[2] Listed on the 1860 census. May be the same person as #26.
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF LATHAM GRAVES (1)
AND ELIZABETH ‑‑‑‑‑‑
James Graves, Jr. (3) was born
about 1814 in TN, and died after 1880, probably in AL. Although information indicated that he was
James Latham Graves, Jr., it is thought that he was referred to as James
Graves, Jr., because James Graves, Sr. (Genealogy 100) also lived in Blount
Co., AL. James Jr. was recorded on the
1880 census living with his daughter Mary and her husband Ephraim Gossett in
Blount Co., AL. He bought his first
land in Blount Co., AL on 29 July 1835.
He married Lucinda S. Roden on 13 Oct. 1837 in Blount Co., AL; in a
ceremony performed by Solomon Allred, Sr., J.P. in Blount Co., AL. She was born about 1821 in AL[3],
and died before 1880.
She was a daughter of Elizabeth
Roden and Andrew Allred (although Elizabeth is not proven). The Allred family goes back to Randolph Co.,
NC, and are related to the Allreds who married McMasters in Randolph Co. Lucinda Allred was listed as Lucinda Roden
on her marriage license. She was raised
by her Roden grandparents, possibly adopted by them.
This family was listed on the 1850
and 1860 censuses in Blount Co., AL; their children were born in Blount Co.,
AL. (R‑2, R‑3, R‑6, R‑101)
Children - Graves
+13. Mary Elizabeth Graves, b. June 1840, m. Ephrain Gossett, 11 Jan.
1879, d. after 1900.
+14. Martha Manila Graves, b. 1 July 1841, m(1) William Henry Harrison
Wise, 16 Dec. 1860, m(2) Harrison Anderson, 21 Oct. 1885, d. 14 June 1939.
15. Thomas Baswell Graves, b.c. 1844.
+16. Basil Jenkins Graves, b. Jan. 1846, m. Susan A. Forester, c. 1872,
d. 1918.
+17. Latham Graves, b. May 1849, m. Mary Jane Kinney, c. 1869, d. 1935.
+18. Daniel Kaiser Graves, b. 23 Jan. 1851, m. Sarah Ann Childers, c.
1872, d. 28 Dec. 1920.
+19. Sylvania A. Graves, b. 18 April 1856, m. Richard S. Gunter, 26
March 1882, d. 25 July 1929.
+20. Margaret Jo Graves, b. March 1858, m. William Warren R. Allred, 13
July 1882, d. 1939.
Thomas Graves (5) was born about
1817 in Bedford Co., TN (or AL according the 1850-1880 censuses), died 30 July
1884, and was buried in Bethel Cem., Franklin Co., AL. He was a farmer.
He married Cynthia Ann Bishop,
daughter of Isaac Bishop and Elizabeth Hamlin (or Hamblin). She was born in Jan. 1826 in Madison Co.,
AL, died 16 July 1914, and was buried in Union Cem., near Haleyville, Winston
Co., AL. Their children were born in
Blount Co., AL.
Thomas moved from Blount Co. to
Franklin Co. after the end of the Civil War.
In 1867, Colbert Co. was cut off from Franklin Co.
They were recorded on the 1850 and
1860 censuses in Blount Co., AL and the 1870 and 1880 censuses in Colbert Co.,
AL. In 1900, Cynthia lived in Lawrence
Co., AL with her daughter Sallie’s family and in 1910 in Marion Co., AL with
her daughter Elizabeth’s family. In
1900, Cynthia stated that five of her six children were living. (R‑1, R‑2, R‑101)
Children - Graves
+21. Isaac Lafayette Graves, b. 27 June 1848, m. Louisa South, 22 Dec.
1870, d. 21 Dec. 1929.
+22. Elizabeth Graves, b. Feb. 1850, m. Virgil A. Nation, c. 1871, d.
after 1930.
+23. Julia A. Graves, b. March 1854, m. Phares W. Nation, 1870-80, d.
after 1910.
24. Zachariah Graves, b. March 1860. Lived with sister Julie Nation in 1900.
+25. Sarah L. Graves, b. June 1863, m. William Bradford, c. 1884, d.
after 1910.
Lewis Graves (6) was born about
1821 in AL, and died before 1870, probably in Blount Co., AL. He married Olive Stewart on 15 May 1842[4]
in Blount Co., AL, in a ceremony performed by Walker Brown, J.P. She was born about 1822 in AL, and died
after 1880. This family was recorded on
the 1850 and 1860 censuses in Blount Co., AL, and his widow and family were on
the 1870 Blount Co., AL census. Listed
in Jesse Graves’ household on the 1850 census in Blount Co., AL was a 72-year
old William Stewart, born in GA; it is possible that he is Olive’s father or
some other kin. Lewis and Olive’s
children were born in AL. In 1880,
Olive was recorded on the census in Choctaw Co., MS living with son A. J.; she
indicated her parents were born in GA.
According to information handed down to R‑10 from Louise Graves,
#122, Lewis migrated from Huntsville, AL to Oklahoma where he married Ollie Kay
Schmaromalia, the daughter of an Indian chief.
(R‑2, R‑6, R‑10, R‑11, R‑12, R‑101)
Children - Graves
+26. James Washington Graves, b. 26 March 1843, m(1) Mary Ann Mitchell,
8 Feb. 1866, m(2) Martha Adelia Edwards, 23 March 1899, d. 4 Jan. 1918.
+27. Albert J. Graves, b. 16 Oct. 1844, m. Anna J. Shepard, 28 Oct.
1869, d. 15 Feb. 1913.
+28. Ulrich Hatchie (or Hatcher) Graves, b. 23 Sept. 1846, m. Margaret
Caroline Bailey, c. 1870, d. 1 Oct. 1911.
29. Martha Graves, b. June 1849, m. Frank T.
(“Babe”) Milligan, c. 1892, d. after 1930.
Recorded with sister-in-law Elizabeth Graves on the 1930 census in
Choctaw Co., MS.
+30. Augustus R. Graves, b. 13 Nov. 1851, m. Julia A. Blanton, 12 Feb.
1874, d. 2 Aug. 1930.
+31. Winston Winfield Graves, b. 6 Oct. 1854, m. Sarah Angeline Bagwell,
c. 1880, d. 25 Jan. 1943.
+32. Thomas Adolphus Graves, b. 16 May 1860, m. Elizabeth Jane Wells, 27
July 1882, d. 1 Dec. 1929.
Mary Graves (8) was born about 1825
in AL, and died after 1880. She married
Pleasant Monroe Anderton about 1855. He
was born in March 1825 in AL, and died after June 1900. They were listed in the
1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses in Blount Co., AL. In 1900, ‘Pleas’ Anderton was recorded with his wife Anna, whom
he married about 1896. Also living with
them was his former sister-in-law Margaret Graves. Their children were born in AL.
(R‑2)
Children - Anderton
33. Catherine Anderton, b.c. 1856.
34. James Anderton, b.c. 1858.
35. Nancy E. Anderton, b.c. 1862.
36. Mary A. Anderton, b.c. 1865.
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF JAMES GRAVES (3) AND
LUCINDA S. RODEN
Mary Elizabeth Graves (13) was born
in June 1840 in Blount Co., AL, and died after 1900. She married Ephraim Gossett, son of Richard Gossett and Judith
LeMaster, on 11 Jan. 1879 in Blount Co.
He was born in Feb. 1814 in SC.
This family was recorded on the 1880 and 1900 censuses in Blount Co.,
AL. (R‑2)
Children - Gossett
+37. James Robert Gossett, b. 7 Sept. 1880, m. Annie Brown, c. 1900, d.
12 July 1917.
Martha Manila ("Manily")
Graves (14) was born 1 July 1841 in Blount Co., AL, died 3 p.m., Wednesday, 14
June 1939 in Wise Bend, Pontotoc Co., MS, and was buried in Shady Grove Cem.,
not far from Wise Bend. She was living
with her grandson Tavis Wise at the time of her death; she was 97 years, 11
months and 14 days old when she died.
She first married William Henry Harrison Wise, eldest son of George Wise
and Mary Proctor, on 16 Dec. 1860 in Blount Co., AL. He was born 26 Feb. 1841 and died about 1873-79, both in Blount
Co. She was listed on the 1880 census
in Garrison Point, Blount Co., AL with her three surviving children.
She married second Harrison
Anderson on 21 Oct. 1885 in Cullman Co., AL, ceremony performed by Rev. T. D.
Holcomb at the New Prospect Church, Cullman Co., AL. The marriage did not last.
Manila and Harrison separated, and soon afterwards he died. "She wouldn't stay at home with
him," recalled Mrs. Joe Wheeler Wise.
"She wouldn't stay at home and cook. Granny loved to go."
(R‑2, R‑8)
Children - Wise
+38. Levi Johnson Wise, b. 10 April 1862, m(1) Eliza Jane Gunter, 29
Aug. 1880, m(2) Amanda Katherine Williams, 24 March 1909, d. 25 March 1946.
39. child, d. in infancy.
40. child, d. in infancy.
41. child, d. in infancy.
42. George Wise, b.c. 1870, d. early 1880's. Bur. Dosses Creek Cem., near his father.
43. Manuel W. Wise, b.c. 1873, m. Jane Dahlia
Trapp, d. Aug. 1920. She was born Aug.
1881.
Basil Jenkins Graves (16) was born
in Jan. 1846 in Blount Co., AL, and died in 1918. He married Susan A. Forester about 1872. She was born in July 1847 in AL, and died in
Jan. 1925[5]
in Cullman Co., AL. They were both
buried in Dorsey Creek Baptist Church Cem., Cullman Co., AL. In a Civil War pension application in 1920,
Susan Forester Graves was listed as a widow, living with her son Charles. They were recorded on the 1880 Blount Co.,
AL census, the 1900 census in Precinct No. 17, Cullman Co., AL, and in Bremen,
Cullman Co., AL in 1910 and 1920. Their
children were born in AL. James,
Nettie, Amos, Bascom and George were still single in 1920 living with their
mother. In 1930, James was the head of
the household; living with him in Bremen were his sister, Nettie, and brothers,
Joseph and Bascom. (R‑2)
Children - Graves
44. W. D. Graves [son], b.c. 1874.
45. James C. L. Graves, b. Oct. 1876.
46. Nettie M. V. Graves, b. 15 Dec. 1878, probably
never married, d. 25 Nov. 1961. Bur.
Dorsey Creek Cem.
47. Joseph Amos Graves, b. 31 Jan. 1881, d. 3 May
1964. Bur. Dorsey Creek Cem.
48. Charles Graves, b.c. 1882.
49. Bascom C. Graves, b. 3 Jan. 1884, d. 3 March
1960. Bur. Dorsey Creek Cem.
50. Minnie Graves, b. Sept. 1887.
51. George W. Graves, b. Aug. 1890.
Latham Graves (17) was born in May
1849 in Blount Co., AL[6], and died in 1935 according to his
tombstone in Kinney Grove Cem., Cullman Co., AL. He may be the ‘Laith’ Graves listed in the Cullman Co., AL death
records in Sept. 1934. He married Mary
Jane Kinney about 1869. She was born
about 1846 and died between 1900 and 1910.
According to the 1900 census for Cullman Co., AL, she was the mother of
nine children and eight were still living.
In 1910, Latham was a 62-year old widower in Bremen, Cullman Co., AL;
his widowed daughter Callie Hancock and her daughters lived with him. In 1920, Latham was recorded on the census
as a 71-year old widower in the household of his nephew Otto Allred in Bremen,
AL. In 1930, he was recorded as ‘Lathum
Groves’ living in Bremen, AL with daughter Callie and her family. (R‑2, R‑3, R‑8)
Children - Graves
+52. William Dallas Graves, b. 18 Aug. 1869, m. Frances L. Motes, 18
Jan. 1907, d. 12 Nov. 1952.
+53. Hance Graves, b. March 1874, m. Arzillo Stricklin, c. 1896, d. 14
April 1946.
+54. Henry Steven Graves, b. 26 Aug. 1876, m. Retta Tucker, 20 March
1898, d. 13 Feb. 1949.
55. Dura E. Graves, b. 31 March 1879, m. John
Houston McCarn, 13 Aug. 1897 (Cullman Co., AL), d. 21 Sept. 1927. One child.
56. Elmore Graves, b. 1 Jan. 1885, d. 2 Sept.
1885. Bur. Kinney Grove Cem.
+57. Callie Donie Graves, b.c. July 1884, m(1) Robert F. Hancock, 21
Dec. 1898, m(2) Lawson K. Manning, d. 26 Dec. 1967.
58. Cora Alice Graves, b. May 1886, m. William B.
Hutchison, 11 May 1903 (Cullman Co., AL)[7].
+59. Phanando Wesley Horace Graves, b. 14 Jan. 1893, m. Nannie E.
Dollar, 11 Oct. 1914, d. 6 Aug. 1974.
Daniel Kaiser Graves (18) was born
29 Jan. 1844 in AL, and died 28 Dec. 1920[8]
in Cullman Co., AL. He married Sarah
Ann Childers, daughter of Lewis Childers and Clarinda ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
about 1872. She was born in Jan. 1854
in AL, and died 4 Dec. 1920. They were
both buried in Dorsey Creek Baptist Church Cem., Cullman Co., AL. This family was listed on the 1880 and 1900
censuses in Blount Co., AL and the 1910 and 1920 censuses in Cullman Co.,
AL. In 1910, Sarah stated that six of
her twelve children were living. (R‑2,
R‑8)
Children - Graves
+60. Jonas J. Graves, b. 24 June 1873, m(1) Mollie Jackson, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Nix.
+61. Dock D. Graves, b. 11 March 1875, m. Darcas Swann, d. 31 March
1943.
+62. Dorotha E. Graves, b. 10 Feb. 1877, m. Thomas William Bailey, c.
1895, d. after 1930.
+63. George Richard Graves, b. 11 Aug. 1879, m. Louie Evelyn Morgan, 13
Dec. 1906, d. 13 July 1957.
64. Della Graves, b. 17 July 1881.
65. Canada C. ("Canady") Graves [son],
b. 15 Feb. 1883, d. 29 Dec. 1963. Bur.
Addington Chapel Cem. (Cullman Co., AL).
66. Roberta Graves, b. 15 July 1884.
67. Daisy Graves, b. 11 Feb. 1886. Listed as Dora L. on the 1900 census.
68. James A. Graves, b. 6 May 1888.
69. Inez Graves, b. 4 June 1891.
70. Anna V. Graves, b. June 1893. Listed on the 1900 census.
71. John Gertis Graves, b. 25 Sept. 1894, d. 4
Nov. 1928. Bur. Dorsey Creek Cem.
Sylvania A. Graves (19) was born 18
April 1856 in Blount Co., AL, and died 25 July 1929 in Cullman Co., AL. She married Richard S. ("Buddy")
Gunter on 26 March 1882 in Blount Co., AL.
He was born 15 April 1859 in either Guntersville or Blount Co., and died
29 March 1937 in Cullman Co., AL. He
was the only son of David Gunter and Sarah Latham, and the brother of Eliza
Jane Gunter who married Levi J. Wise.
Sylvania and Buddy were buried in Dorsey Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Cem., Cullman Co., AL.
David Gunter was born 14 Oct. 1830,
probably in Guntersville, AL, and died 19 June 1904. He was supposedly of the family that founded Guntersville. He married Sarah ("Sallie") Latham
around 1854. She was born 15 Feb. 1832
in AL, and died 8 March 1914. David and
Sarah farmed in the Blount Co. (later Cullman Co.) area near Doss Creek all
their lives. They were both buried in
the Valley Springs Cem., Cullman Co., AL.
Recalling Buddy Gunter, Lula Wise
Daniel, daughter of Levi J. Wise's son William, said, "He could wear a
suit of clothes three weeks and they'd never look like they'd been worn."
"He'd come around to visit,
but he'd never help to do anything.
Poppa enjoyed his visits, so Momma didn't say anything. I remember one time Momma came in from
working in the fields and she was hot and tired and she had to get supper
started, and she asked Uncle Buddy to go draw her a bucket of water. He just leaned back and said, 'Sudie, my
hands won't allow it.' I guess that's
why he had the prettiest fingernails of any man I ever saw."
This family was recorded on the
1900 census in Blount Co., AL and the 1910 and 1920 censuses in Cullman Co.,
AL. Widower Richard was recorded with
son George’s family on the 1930 census in Cullman Co., AL. Sylvania and Richard’s children were born in
AL. (R‑2, R‑8, R‑9)
Children - Gunter
72. Calvin David Gunter, b. 18 April 1884, d. 4
Dec. 1952 (Jefferson Co., AL). Bur.
Dorsey Creek Cem.
73. George Monroe Gunter, b. 22 June 1886 (Blount
Co., AL), m. Hattie Mildred (Bowling) Golden, 16 May 1909 (Cullman Co., AL), d.
8 Feb. 1939. She was b. 22 June 1888
(Blount Co., AL), d. 13 May 1954. Both
bur. Dorsey Creek Cem.
+74. Mary Jane Gunter, b. May 1888, m. James Thomas Rhodes, 20 Dec.
1919, d. after 1930.
+75. Sarah Lorenda Gunter, b. 11 Sept. 1890, m. Daniel Cephas Stricklin,
8 Aug. 1909, d. 12 Jan. 1946.
76. Grover C. Gunter, b. 8 Feb. 1893, d. 16 May
1981. Bur. Dorsey Creek Cem.
+77. Martha Gunter, b. Sept. 1896, m. Dennis Blalock, 22 Nov. 1922, d.
after 1930.
Margaret Jo Graves (20) was born in
March 1859 in Blount Co., AL, and died in 1939. She married William Warren R. ("Bud") Allred on 13 July
1882 in Blount Co. He was born 6 Sept.
1859 in AL, and died 24 Nov. 1939 in Littlefield, Lamb Co., TX. She was recorded on the 1900 census in Doss
Creek, Blount Co., AL as a 41-year old widow, with the following children, all
born in AL. Only four of her seven
children were living. In 1910, she
headed the family in Cullman Co., AL; in 1920, she was recorded as a 61-year
old widow living with her son Otto’s family in Bremen, Cullman Co., AL. (R‑2, R‑8)
Children - Allred
+78. Hannah Allred, b. June 1883, m. James A. Allred, d. 8 Sept. 1915.
+79. Eldora Josephine Allred, b. 25 Sept. 1885, m. Joseph McLeroy, c.
1904, d. 8 Aug. 1922.
+80. James Otto Allred, b. 29 Nov. 1890, m. Annie B. Calvert, d. 8 March
1979.
81. William N. Allred, b. 19 April 1894, m. Lois
Mosley, d. 13 March 1968. Three
children.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (5)
AND CYNTHIA ANN BISHOP
Isaac Lafayette Graves (21) was
born 27 June 1848 in Blountsville, Blount Co., AL, and died 21 Dec. 1929 in
Russellville, Franklin Co., AL. A
Masonic funeral was held for him in the spring of 1930. He was a farmer. He married Louisa South,
daughter of Patrick Scott South and Elisabeth Murphree, on 22 Dec. 1870 in
Franklin Co., AL. She was born 13 June
1854 in AL, and died 29 March 1924 in Russellville, AL.
Isaac lived in Blountsville, AL
until 1869, when he moved to Franklin Co., AL.
He was a great Biblical scholar, and county commissioner in Franklin
Co., AL. (R‑1, R‑4, R‑101)
Children - Graves
+82. Fernando DeSoto Graves, b. 10 Nov. 1871, m. Laura Elizabeth
Kilgore, 27 Oct. 1897, d. 5 April 1951.
+83. Alonzo Graves, b. 5 Jan. 1874, m. Mattie Florence Landers, 23 April
1905, d. 17 Oct. 1941.
84. Patrick Thomas Graves, b. 26 Nov. 1878, never
married, d. Sept. 1968 (Mobile, AL). He
stated that his father, Isaac, and his grandfather, Thomas, moved from Blount
to Franklin Co., AL, after the end of the Civil War.
+85. Leander Johnson Graves, b. 13 March 1882, m. Mary Harris, c. 1913,
d. 10 April 1965.
+86. George Washington Graves, b. 14 June 1889, m. Lorene Thompson, by
1920, d. June 1967.
Elizabeth (“Betty”) Graves (22) was
born in Feb. 1850 in AL, and died after 1930, probably in Marion Co., AL. She married Virgil A. Nation, son of Absalom
Nation and Louisa ‑‑‑‑‑‑, about 1871. He was born in Aug. 1849 in AL, and died
after 1930. This family was recorded on
the 1880 census in Colbert Co., AL, and the 1900-1930 censuses in Marion Co.,
AL. In 1900 and 1910, Elizabeth stated
that nine of her eleven children were living; her children were born in
AL. Elizabeth’s sister Julia married
Virgil’s brother Phares.
Children - Nation
87. Alice Nation, b. Feb. 1873.
88. Clinton L. Nation, b. May 1875.
89. Marthy H. Nation, b.c. 1877.
90. Anna Louisa Nation, b. April 1880.
91. Rosa B. Nation, b. Feb. 1883.
92. Mary E. Nation, b. June 1885.
93. James L. Nation, b. Jan. 1888.
94. Cora E. Nation, b. Aug. 1890.
95. Virgil M. Nation [daughter], b. Jan. 1894.
96. Laura L. Nation, b. July 1896.
Julia A. Graves (23) was born in
March 1854 in AL, and died after 1910.
She married Phares Waldo Nation, son of Absalom Nation and Louisa ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
between 1870 and 1880. They were
recorded on the 1880 census in Colbert Co., AL. By 1900, Julie was a widow living in Wolf Spring, Lawrence Co.,
AL. She was also recorded on the 1910
census in Wolf Spring. In 1900, she
stated that four of her six children were living; however, in 1910, she stated
that three of her seven children were living.
Her children were born in AL.
Julia’s sister Elizabeth married Phares’ brother Virgil.
Children - Nation
97. Willie A. Nation [daughter], b. July 1881.
98. Eliza Lou Nation, b. March 1884.
99. Beatrice Nation, b. April 1888.
100. Homer Nation, b. Feb. 1894.
Sarah L. (“Sallie”) Graves (25) was
born in June 1863 in AL, and died after 1910, probably in Lawrence Co.,
AL. She married William Bradford about
1884. He was born in Feb. 1853 in AL,
and died after 1920. This family was
listed on the 1900 and 1910 censuses in Wolf Spring, Lawrence Co., AL. In 1910, Sallie stated that ten of her
twelve children were living; their children were born in AL. By 1920, William had married Lizzie (‑‑‑‑‑‑)
Vickery; they were recorded on the 1920 census still living in Wolf Spring.
Children - Bradford
101. Grover C. Bradford, b. 9 Feb. 1885, d. Jan.
1970. Dates are from the SSDI; last residence was Russellville,
Franklin Co., AL.
102. Hendrix Bradford, b. Feb. 1887.
103. Allen Thurman Bradford, b. Dec. 1888.
104. Bulla Bradford [son], b. July 1890.
105. Noah W. Bradford, b. 15 Aug. 1892, d. April
1982. Dates are from the SSDI; last residence was Rogersville,
Lauderdale Co., AL.
106. Alta Bradford, b. Oct. 1896.
107. Minnie Bradford, b. Oct. 1898.
108. Myrtle Bradford, b.c. 1901.
109. Luda Bradford [daughter], b.c. 1902.
110. William Bradford, b.c. 1905.
111. Ethel L. Bradford, b.c. 1906.
CHILDREN OF LEWIS GRAVES (6) AND
OLIVE STEWART
James Washington (“Bond or Bunyan”)
Graves (26) was born 26 March 1843 in Blount Co., AL, and died 4 Jan. 1918 in
MS. He first married Mary Ann Mitchell,
daughter of William Mitchell and Ellen ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
on 8 Feb. 1866 in Blount Co., AL. She
was born 26 Oct. 1849 in Brooksville, Blount Co., AL, and died 16 Feb. 1896
near Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. This
family was recorded on the 1870 census in Blount Co., AL and the 1880 census in
Choctaw Co., MS; their first four children were born in AL and the rest in
MS. In 1880, the children were recorded
with only their first initials; in 1900, only children Remus, Almeta, James,
Mary, and Savilla were recorded with the family. R‑12 has a copy of James’ Civil War Pension application
dated 1 April 1915 which listed all of his children (initials only) and their
birth dates.
R‑12 wrote that “James
entered the armed forces of The Confederate States of America, serving in
Company “E” of the 50th Regiment of Alabama Infantry. He was “wounded severely” near Shelbyville,
Tennessee, at the “Corn Field Crossing” section of the battlefield on 31
December 1862…During the month of September 1864, James and some kin serving
with him deserted the Confederate Army and turned themselves in to the United
States Military at Nashville, Tennessee.
They received Oaths of Amnesty n 15 September 1864. They were received at the U. S. Army
Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky on 18 September 1864, and were
discharged on 20 September 1864 on condition that they take an Oath of
Allegiance to the United States are remain north of the Ohio River for the
duration of the war. It appears that
James and his kin then traveled to the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. He, his brothers Albert and Ulrich, and
cousin Issac [sic] enlisted in the United States Army for the period of one
year on 4 October 1864 at Covington, Kentucky.
They were assigned to Company “D” of the 26th Regiment of
Kentucky Infantry. James was mustered
out of the U. S. Army on 10 July 1865 at Salisburg, North Carolina. He was paid off in full, and kept his
Enfield rifle and accoutrements – for which he paid six dollars.”
He married second Martha Adelia
Edwards on 23 March 1899[9]
in Choctaw Co., MS. She was listed as
Delia in 1900 and Martha A. on the 1910-1930 censuses in Choctaw Co., MS. She was born 6 April 1863 in MS, and died 8
Dec. 1953. James, Mary Ann, and Martha
were buried in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cem., Ackerman, MS. (R‑2, R‑6, R‑10, R‑11,
R‑12, R‑101)
Children - Graves, by Mary
Mitchell
+112. William Lewis Graves, b. 25 Feb. 1867, m. Eleanor Jane Savage, 8
Nov. 1888, d. 8 Jan. 1962.
+113. Artimissia M. Graves, b. 9 Oct. 1868, m. James A. Savage, 16 Dec.
1889, after 1930.
+114. Albert Johnson Graves, b. 21 Oct. 1870, m. Ava Luella Sharp, 17
Nov. 1894, d. after 1930.
115. Ellen Sophroni O. Graves, b. 23 Aug. 1872, d.
1 Nov. 1892. Bur. Bethlehem Bapt. Ch.
Cem.
116. R. Stevie Graves [daughter], b. 15 June 1875,
never married.
+117. Remus Aldolphus Graves, b. 28 Dec. 1878, m. Beulah Estelle Blanton,
6 Dec. 1903, d. 22 Sept. 1957.
+118. D. Almedia Graves, b. 13 June 1882, m. William E. Reed (or Reid),
c. 1903, d. after 1930.
+119. James Lafayette Graves, b. 26 June 1885, m. Hattie Mangum, c. 1912,
d. after 1930.
+120. Mary A. Graves, b. 15 June 1888, m(1) Bowers Mabus, m(2) William
Pinkney Dunn, 1 Feb. 1908, d. 25 March 1969.
+121. Savilla A. Graves, b. 24 Jan. 1893, m. Eligah Reed (or Reid), c.
1912, d. after 1930.
Children - Graves, by Martha
Edwards
122. Verola Louise (“Lou”) Graves, b. 11 Jan. 1900
(MS), never married, d. 29 April 1987.
Dates are from the SSDI; last
residence was Ackerman, MS. Bur.
Bethlehem Bapt. Ch. Cem.
Albert J. Graves (27) was born 16
Oct. 1844 in AL, and died 15 Feb. 1913, probably in Blount Co., AL. He married Anna J. Shepherd on 28 Oct. 1869[10]
in Blount Co., AL. She was born 31 July
1842 in AL (or TN according to the 1870, 1880 and 1900 censuses), and died 14
Oct. 1905, probably in Blount Co., AL.
This family was recorded on the 1870 census in Blount Co., AL, the 1880
census in Choctaw Co., MS, and the 1900 census in Pocahontas, Blount Co.,
AL. In 1900, Anna stated that of her
two children, both were living. They
were incorrectly indexed under the surname “Grover’. Albert was recorded on the 1910 census in Cullman Co., AL living
with his daughter, Margaret. Albert and
Anna were both buried in Rock Springs Cem., Blount Co., AL. (R‑6)
Children - Graves
123. H. M. Graves [daughter], b.c. 1870 (AL).
124. Margaret L. (“Mattie”) Graves, b. 17 Feb. 1878
(AL or MS), m. John B. Plunket, c. 1905, d. 20 June 1926[11]
(Cullman Co., AL). Recorded on the 1910
and 1920 censuses in Holly Pond, Cullman Co., AL. John was b. 12 July 1857 (GA), d. 9 June 1927. Both bur. Holly Pond Cem.
Ulrich Hatchie (or Hatcher) Graves
(28) was born 23 Sept. 1846 in AL, and died 1 Oct. 1911. He married Margaret Caroline Bailey about
1870. She was born in June 1850 in AL,
and died in 1924. This family was
recorded on the 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 censuses in Choctaw Co., MS; their
children were born in MS. In 1900,
Margaret stated that all five of her five children were living. They were both buried in Bethlehem Baptist
Church Cem., Ackerman, MS. (R‑6,
R‑10, R‑11)
Children - Graves
+125. Alonzo Graves, b. Sept. 1870, m. Sallie (or Sally) Prince, 10 Oct.
1897, d. after 1930.
+126. Ernest Lark Graves, b. 31 Oct. 1872, m. Mattie Lee, 23 March 1900,
d. 26 April 1963.
127. John Quincy Graves, b. 9 May 1876, d. 21 Nov.
1902. Bur. Bethelehem Bapt. Ch. Cem.
128. Myrtle Graves, b. Feb. 1879.
+129. Jeptha Graves, b. 20 Jan. 1884, m. Myrtle M. Hunt, c. 1910, d.
1947.
Augustus R. Graves (30) was born 13
Nov. 1851 in AL, and died 2 Aug. 1930, in MS.
On the 1860 census, he was recorded as ‘Joseph’; in 1870, only the
initials ‘A.R.’ were listed. He married
Julia A. Blanton, daughter of Joseph Blanton and Elizabeth Graves (Genealogy
922), on 12 Feb. 1874 in MS. She was
born 2 Nov. 1851 in Snowville Twp., MS, and died 11 Aug. 1903. This family was recorded on the 1880-1910
censuses in Choctaw Co., MS. In 1900,
Julia stated that of her two children, both were living. In 1920, Augustus was recorded in Choctaw
Co., MS living with his son W. T. and his family; single daughter Leona also
lived with them. They were both buried
in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cem., Ackerman, MS. (R-1, R‑11)
Children - Graves
+130. William T. Graves, b. 24 May 1878, m. Naomie Oswalt, after 1910, d.
26 July 1956.
131. Leona J. Graves b. 27 Dec. 1880 (MS), d. 8
Nov. 1965. Bur. Blythe Creek Bapt.
Church Cem.
Winston Winfield Graves (31) was born
6 Oct. 1854 in Blount Co., AL, and died 25 Jan. 1943 in Ackerman, Choctaw Co.,
MS. He married Sarah Angeline (“Lora”)
Bagwell, daughter of John Bagwell and Sarah Turner, in Oct. 1880 in Choctaw
Co., MS. She was born 14 Aug. 1860 in
Choctaw Co., MS, and died 3 April 1945 in Ackerman, MS. They were both buried in Bethlehem Baptist
Church Cem., Ackerman, MS. This family
was recorded on the 1900-1930 censuses in Choctaw Co., MS. In 1900, Sarah stated that eight of her ten
children were living; in 1910, she stated nine of her 11 children were
living. Their children were born in
MS. (R‑6, R‑11)
Children - Graves
132. Child
133. Frank Graves, Aug. 1881.
134. Ina B. Graves, b. March 1884.
135. Mary A. Graves, b. Dec. 1884.
136. Robert H. Graves, b. 17 Dec. 1886, d. 19 Oct.
1918. Bur. Bethlehem Bapt. Ch. Cem.
137. Willie Day Graves, b. 1 March 1889, d. 14 Dec.
1889. Bur. Bethlehem Bapt. Ch. Cem.
+138. Luther Mack Graves, b. Dec. 1891, m. Gamen (or Gaina) ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
139. Fannie M. Graves, b. Nov. 1893.
140. Katy Graves, b.c. 1897.
141. John Graves, b. Jan. 1898.
142. Bessie Lee Graves, b. 4 Nov. 1902, d. 11 Oct.
1936. Bur. Bethelehem Bapt. Ch. Cem.
Thomas Adolphus Graves (32) was
born 16 May 1860 in AL, and died 1 Dec. 1929 in Choctaw Co., MS. He married Elizabeth Jane (“Lizzie”) Wells,
daughter of Walter Duffy Wells and Nancy Minerva Childress, on 27 July 1882 in
Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. She was born
19 Nov. 1866 in Choctaw Co., MS, and died 27 May 1943 in Ackerman, MS. This family was recorded on the 1900-1920
censuses in Choctaw Co., MS. In 1900,
Elizabeth stated that six of her eight children were living; in 1910, she
stated that eight of her eleven children were living. Their children were born in Choctaw Co., MS. She was recorded as a 65-year old widow on
the 1930 census in Choctaw Co., MS; living with her was her sister-in-law
Mattie Milligan. Thomas and Elizabeth
were both buried in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cem., Ackerman, MS. (R‑10, R‑11)
Children - Graves
+143. Clinton H. Graves, b. 9 Aug. 1883, m. Johnnie M. Cockrell, c. 1915,
d. 9 May 1960.
144. Ollie Minerva Graves, b. 13 Oct. 1885, never
married, d. 19 Dec. 1959 (Choctaw Co., MS).
Bur. Bethlehem Bapt. Ch. Cem.
145. Maybell Graves, b. 30 Jan. 1888, d. 9 Aug.
1893. Bur. Bethlehem Bapt. Ch. Cem.
146. Stella Jane Graves, b. 7 April 1890, d. 21
Sept. 1891. Bur. Bethlehem Bapt. Ch.
Cem.
+147. Henry L. Graves, b. 20 Jan. 1892, m. Mary E. Rainey, c. 1925, d. 18
Oct. 1948.
148. Bertha Ethel Graves, b. 12 Feb. 1894, d.
1929. Bur. Bethlehem Bapt. Ch. Cem.
149. Jewel Graves, b. 7 May 1896, m. James J.
(“Jim”) Savage, d. 1956. Four children.
150. Meek A. Graves, b. 3 Dec. 1898, m. Mary L.
McCain, c. 1929, d. 31 Dec. 1989. Dates
are from the SSDI; last residence was
Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS. She was
b.c. 1912 (MS). Three children.
151. Herbert Graves, b. 17 July 1901, m. Rougene
Poaue, aft. 1930, d. 1944. One child.
152. Madge Lucille Graves, b. 9 Jan. 1904, d. March
1908 (Choctaw Co., MS).
153. Alice J. Graves, b.c. 1908.
154. Thelma P. Graves, b. 8 April 1909, m. Robert
W. Hunt, aft. 1930, d. Feb. 1981. Dates
are from the SSDI; last residence was
Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR. He was b.
Choctaw Co., MS. One child.
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[1] R‑101 thinks this may be a grandson.
[2] Ibid.
[3]According to Aldridge & Allred of the South, Spring 1994, p. 4.
[4] Blount Co., AL Marriage Record, page. 177.
[5] Alabama Deaths, 1908-59, Vol. 6, Roll 2, certificate 2619.
[6]According to 1900 Cullman Co., AL census.
[7]From Cullman Co. marriage records, book 5, page 6.
[8] Alabama Deaths, 1908-59, Vol. 47, Roll 2, Certificate 23277.
[9] Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935.
[10] Blount Co., AL Marriage Record, p. 247.
[11] Alabama Deaths, 1908-59, Vol. 28, Roll 2, Certificate 13703.