Rev. 15 Oct. 1994, Gen. 312

 

DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL W. GRAVES AND SARAH URICH

OF NY & IA

 

 

GENERATION 1

 

Samuel W. Graves (1) was born in 1832 in NY state. He married Sarah Urich, daughter of Jonas Urich and Polly Troop. (R-1)

Children - Graves

+2. William S. Graves, b. 1861, m. Nellie Jessie Handy, d. 1941.

 

 

GENERATION 2

 

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL W. GRAVES (1) AND SARAH URICH

William S. (Samuel?) Graves (2) was born in 1861 in IA, and died in 1941 in OK. He married Nellie Jessie Handy, daughter of Floyd Handy and Mary Hall. Nellie was born at Whitewater, WI. Nellie's family lived in WI during the time of the Blackhawk (Indian) Wars.

Either William or his father Samuel died of a farming accident with a horsedrawn threshing machine. (You can see what these threshers looked like in photos at Perkos' Cafe, by the river in Red Bluff - huge machines drawn by a great bunch of horses.) (R-1)

Children - Graves

+3. Paul William Graves, b. 1891, m. Georgia Mae Buttram, d. 1932.

 

 

GENERATION 3

 

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM S. GRAVES (2) AND NELLIE J. HANDY

Paul William Graves (3) was born in 1891 in Britt, IA, and died in 1932 in Ames, IA, during the great depression. He married Georgia Mae Buttram. She was born about 1897 in Saline Co., MO.

Louella Lee Sims and John Thomas Buttram were the parents of Georgia Mae Buttram. There were 10 or 12 children, one of whom was supposedly the mother of James Garner, actor. The name of John Thomas Buttram's father is not known, but the family was living in Marshfield, MO when he was born about 1863. He died in 1926.

Louella Lee Sims was a daughter of Samuel Sims and Sallie or Sarah ------. (R-1)

Children - Graves

4. Carroll Graves

5. Eldon Graves

+6. Dallis Christopher Graves

 

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