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Jim Graves (1) married Melviny ------. She was born into slavery in 1800 and died in 1913 at the age of 113. (R-1)

Children - Graves

+2. Gabriel Graves, m(1) Edith Carr, m(2) Millie Brown.

3. Orange Graves

4. Pledge Graves

5. Calvin Graves

6. Madison Graves

7. Hattie Graves

8. Ann Graves

9. Ella Graves

CHILDEN OF JIM GRAVES (1) AND MELVINY ------

Gabriel Graves (2) first married Edith Carr. He married second Millie Brown. He owned two farms, Gabe Place and Malone Place. (R-1)

Children - Graves, by Edith Carr

10. Zeta Graves

11. Hattie Graves

12. Lula Graves

13. Gabriel Graves

+14. Maggie Elizabeth Graves, b. 22 Dec. 1867, m. William Marshall Graves.

Children - Graves, by Millie Brown

15. Mary Graves

16. Martha Graves

17. Fannie Graves

+18. Johnny Graves, m. ------.

19. Dora Graves

CHILDREN OF GABRIEL GRAVES (2)

Maggie Elizabeth Graves (14) was born 22 Dec. 1867 in Caswell Co., NC. She married William Marshall Graves. He was born in 1865. He believed in a father-dominated family with the wife and daughters being subservient. The sons provided the labor for their father's farm operation and later became business partners in his sawmill operation. The strong religious influence in the family may have led two of the sons, Gabriel and Henry, to become ministers. They both were active in leadership roles in Graves Chapel, as was their father Marshall. (R-1)

Children - Graves

20. Preston (?) Graves, b. 1886.

21. William Albert Graves, b. 3 Dec. 1888.

22. George Abriel Graves, b. 1889, d. 1940.

23. Gabriel Parker Graves, b. 5 Sept. 1890.

24. Edith Henrietta Graves, b. 1892, d. 1924.

25. Johnny Pleasant Graves, b. 30 June 1894.

+26. Henry Thomas Graves, b. 4 May 1896, m(1) Lucille Watkins, 19 Jan. 1919, m(2) Annie Watlington, d. Aug. 1986.

27. Burley Owen Graves, b. 15 Sept. 1900, d. 19 Sept. 1971.

28. Joseph Ezra Graves, b. 1902, d. 1919.

29. Hattie Graves, b. 1905.

30. Mary Graves, b. 1907.

31. Fannie Graves, b. 16 Jan. 1909, m(1) ------ Gregory, m(2) ------ Brown, d. 10 Feb. 1998.

32. Samuel Vincent Graves, b. 18 Nov. 1911, d. Oct. 1976.

Johnny Graves (18) married ------. He acquired all the schooling he could get in Caswell Co., NC, and graduated from Shaw University in Raleigh, NC around 1904-1905. He taught school in NC for a while and later migrated to NJ where he also taught. He died in NJ at the age of 90. All three of his children graduated from Shaw University, and his daughter taught in Caswell Co. for a while before also moving to New Jersey. For the rest of his life Johnny donated at least $100 per year to Shaw Univ. (R-1)

Children - Graves

33. daughter

34. son

35. son

CHILDREN OF MAGGIE E. GRAVES (14) AND WILLIAM M. GRAVES

Henry Thomas Graves (26) was born 4 May 1896 in Caswell Co., NC, and died in Aug. 1986. He first married Lucille Watkins on 19 Jan. 1919. She died 12 May 1922. He married second Annie Watlington, daughter of George Watlington and Fannie Totten. She was born 6 June 1904. He was licensed to preach in 1924 and ordained in 1933. He preached regularly at Sellars School in the early days of his ministry. He began to pastor the Olive Grove Baptist Church in 1948. (R-1)

Children - Graves, by Lucille Watkins

36. Hattie Mae Sue Graves, b. 1920, d. 1920 at age 4 months.

Children - Graves, by Annie Watlington

+37. Dolphas Lee Graves, m. Ollie Wimple.

38. Lusterene Graves, m. Bennie Rogers. She attended Winston-Salem State Univ.

39. Annie Mae Graves

+40. Thomas Lorenza Graves, m. Shirley Jefferies.

41. Roy Madison Graves

42. Ocie Louise Graves, m. James Bigelow.

42. Viola Marie Graves, m. James Pruitt, d. Feb. 1969. She worked as a beautician for the Dept. of Navy, U.S. Govt. 1 daughter.

44. Ethel Delois Graves, m. Roy Fuller. He received a BA from Bennett College, a Master from Howard Univ., and supervised children's services and social workers in Caswell Co., NC. 2 children.

45. Gladys Wythene Graves, m. James Blackman.

46. Kenneth Matthew Graves, m. Virginia Garland.

+47. Onzer Aron Graves, m. Gladys Wimple, d. 1958.

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