Revised 4 Feb. 2003, Gen. 111
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN D.
GRAVES OF MD, KY & MO
GENERATION 1
John D. Graves (1) was born in 1776
in Maryland, and died in Franklin Co., KY.
According to one source, he was of English origin. (That probably just means that some ancestor
was from England, rather than that he or his father was born in England.) It goes on to say that he was raised in
Virginia and went to Kentucky in his youth on foot. He had land in Lewis Co., MO as well as KY at the time of his
death. A Summons and Complaint is on
record for a law suit in 1854-56 over the division of his estate. In this paper are references to some of his
children: Susannah, Martha, Eliza, William L., Elias, and John T.
John married four times. The second wife was Catherine Thomison. She was born in Scott Co., Ky., and died in
1827. Another of John's wives was Nancy
‑‑‑‑‑‑, either the third or fourth. John apparently had a total of 19 children.
John was a carpenter, and later a
farmer. (R‑1)
Children - Graves
+2. Richard B. Graves, b.c. 1804, m. Catharine ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+3. Thomas A. Graves, b.c. 1812, m. Mary P. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+4. Susannah Graves, b.c. 1813, m. Joseph Faulkner.
+5. William L. Graves, b.c. 1815, m. Eliza J. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+6. Elias Graves, b.c. 1818, m. Eliza J. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+7. Eliza Graves, b.c. 1820, m. William E. Featherston, d. by 1854.
+8. John T. Graves, b.c. 1824, m. Susan C. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+9. Martha Graves, b. 20 Nov. 1825, m. John Henry Wright, Jan. 1855, d.
27 Dec. 1903.
10. others
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (1) AND
CATHERINE THOMISON
Richard B. Graves (2) was born
about 1804 in VA. He was a farmer. He married Catharine ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1810 in KY. He and his family were in the 1850 census
for 48th District, Lewis Co., MO, house 402, page 354. Eliza was born in KY, and all the other
children were born in MO.
Children - Graves
11. Eliza Sue Graves, b.c. 1832.
12. Susanna F. Graves, b.c. 1836.
13. Martha J. Graves, b.c. 1839.
14. Robert P. Graves, b.c. 1841.
15. Eunity P. Graves, b.c. 1842.
16. Virginia Graves, b.c. 1845.
17. Louisa Graves, b.c. 1845.
18. Matilda B. Graves, b.c. 1847.
19. Nancy Graves, b.c. 1848.
20. Richard Graves, b.c. 1849.
Thomas A. Graves (3) was born about
1812 in VA. He married Mary P. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1818 in KY. She must have died, since he married second
Lucinda ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1814 in KY.
Thomas and his family were in the 1850 census for 48th
District, Lewis Co., MO, house 513, page 362, with wife Mary P. Thomas was in the 1880 census for Lyon, Lewis
Co., MO, page 113C, with wife Lucinda and children James and Mollie. All his children were born in MO.
Children - Graves
+21. William H. Graves, b.c. 1840, m. Jennie F. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+22. Thomas E. Graves, b.c. 1845, m. Annie E. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
23. Laura A. Graves, b.c. 1849.
24. James A. Graves, b.c. 1856.
25. Mollie Graves, b.c. 1859.
Susannah Graves (4) was born about
1813 in KY. She married Joseph Faulkner
(or Faulconer). He was born about 1812
in KY. They were in the 1850 census for
48th District, Lewis Co., MO, house 256, page 341-342, with her
first name spelled Susanna and their surname spelled Faulconer. Living with them in 1850 was Susannah’s
sister Martha. Their first 3 children
were born in KY, and the fourth in VA.
Children - Faulkner
26. John W. Faulkner, b.c. 1840.
27. Levin S. Faulkner, b.c. 1842.
28. Joseph Faulkner, Jr., b.c. 1844.
29. Catharine Faulkner, b.c. 1849.
William L. Graves (5) was born
about 1815 in KY. He married Eliza J. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1819 in KY. They were in the 1850 census for 48th
District, Lewis Co., MO, house 453-454, page 357-358. They were in the 1880 census for LaBelle, Lewis Co., MO, page
150C. He was a farmer. Living with them in 1880 were their widowed son
William and his 2 children, their divorced daughter Elisabeth, their single
daughter Mary, their grandchildren Isaac Day, Thomas Day, Carter A. Campbell,
and Eliza Fible (married), and Eliza’s son Joseph Fible. All their children were born in MO.
Children - Graves
30. Catharine Graves, b.c. 1837.
31. Elizabeth Graves, b.c. 1838. She was divorced and living with her parents
in 1880.
32. John D. Graves, b.c. 1839.
33. Mary Graves, b.c. 1841. She was single and living with her parents
in 1880.
34. America Graves, b.c. 1843.
+35. Polonzo N. Graves, b.c. 1845, m. Isadore ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
36. Martha Graves, b.c. 1847.
+37. William Z. Graves, b.c. 1849, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
Elias Graves (6) was born about
1818 in KY. He was a miller. He married Eliza J. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1824 in KY. They were in the 1850 census for 48th
District, Lewis Co., MO, house 606, page 368.
All their children were born in MO.
Children - Graves
38. Sarah L. (?) Graves, b.c. 1845 (?).
39. Richard Graves, b.c. 1849.
Eliza Graves (7) was born about
1820 in KY. She married William E.
Featherston. He was born about 1816 in
KY. They were in the 1850 census for District
2, Scott Co., KY. They were actually
listed twice, once in house 287, page 466, 17 Aug. 1850, with him as age 33 and
Eliza age 30, living next door to the family of James Featherston, age 59,
probably his father. The second listing
was in house 445, page 478, 26 Aug. 1850, with him as age 34 and Eliza age 29. Their son George was listed both times.
Children - Featherston
40. George L. Featherston, b.c. 1849 (KY).
John T. Graves (8) was born about
1824 in KY. He married Susan C. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1826 in KY. They were in the 1880 census for Versailles,
Woodford Co., KY (next to Franklin Co., where his father lived), page
441D. All his children were born in
KY. In the 1850 census, there was a
John T. Graves, 25, physician, and Maria B. Graves, 18 (maybe his sister, or
wife), living with the family of Samuel Poindexter, 48, and Matilda Poindexter,
40, in Scott Co., KY, District 2, page 469, house 325. (Scott Co. is next to both Franklin Co. and
Woodford Co.) This was probably this
John, but that is not certain. Both his
children were born in KY.
Children - Graves
41. Fannie D. Graves, b.c. 1863.
42. Frazier Graves, b.c. 1868.
Martha Graves (9) was born 20 Nov.
1825 in Frankfort, Franklin Co., Ky., and died 27 Dec. 1903 in LaBelle, Lewis
Co., Mo. She married John Henry Wright, son of John Wright and Ann Eliza
Poague, on 16 Jan. 1854 in Lewis Co., Mo.
He was born 2 March 1829 in Franklin Co., Ky., and died 17 Jan. 1901 in
LaBelle, Mo. He was a farmer and stock
raiser. Martha was in the 1850 census
for 48th district, Lewis Co., MO, house 256, page 341-342, living in
the household of her brother-in-law and sister Joseph and Susanna Faulconer
(Faulkner). They were in the 1880
census for LaBelle, Lewis Co., MO, page 148D, with all their children living at
home, and all the sons working on the farm.
Strangely, the census did not list the children as sons and daughters
but gave their relationship as “other”.
(R‑1)
Children - Wright
+43. Thomas Jefferson Wright, b. 3 May 1856, m. Ida F. Steele, 13 Dec.
1882, d. 3 July 1928.
+44. Emma Wright, b. 26 May 1860, m. William T. Rudd, 16 June 1886, d.
17 Sept. 1937.
+45. Charles Thomison Wright, b. 23 June 1862, m. Nannie J. Taylor, 6
April 1887, d. 16 Jan. 1952.
+46. Lewis Graves Wright, Sr., b. 27 June 1864, m. Martha Lela Martin, 1
June 1893, d. 29 June 1926.
+47. Richard Morgan Wright, b. 11 Dec. 1866, m. Pearle April Rudd, 14
Jan. 1890, d. 10 July 1931.
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF THOMAS A. GRAVES (3)
William H. Graves (21) was born
about 1840 in MO. He married Jennie F. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1839 in OH. Her father was born in MD and her mother in
KY. They were in the 1880 census for
Dickerson, Lewis Co., MO, page 102A.
All their children were born in MO.
He was a clerk in 1880.
Children - Graves
48. Mary B. Graves, b.c. 1865.
+49. William Thomas Graves, b.c. 1867, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
m(2) Ernestine ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+50. Harry Bruce Graves, b. 8 Dec. 1869, m. Addie Belle Condit, 27 May
1897.
51. Charles Graves, b.c. 1871.
52. Carrie Graves, b.c. 1874.
53. Leta Graves, b.c. 1876.
54. Virginia Graves, b.c. 1878.
55. Jack Graves, b. 1880.
Thomas E. Graves (22) was born
about 1845 in MO. He married Annie E. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1849 in MO. Both her parents were born in KY. They were in the 1880 census for Lyon, Lewis
Co., MO, page 113C. All their children
were born in MO. He was a farmer in
1880.
Children - Graves
56. Jennie B. Graves, b.c. 1868.
57. William M. Graves, b.c. 1870.
58. Lottie Graves, b.c. 1872.
59. Bessie Graves, b.c. 1875.
60. Ada L. Graves, b.c. 1879.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM L. GRAVES
(5) AND ELIZA J. ------
Polonzo (or Purlonzo) N. Graves
(35) was born about 1844 or 1845 in MO.
He married Isadore ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1842 in KY. Her father was born in VA and her mother in
MA. They were in the 1880 census for
LaBelle, Lewis Co., MO, page 146C. He
was a farmer. All their children were
born in MO. He was in the 1920 census
for Lewistown Twp., Lewis Co., MO, ED 58, page 7B, living alone, age 75, listed
as Polonzo.
Children - Graves
61. Ely T. Graves (son), b.c. 1868.
62. William Z. Graves, b.c. 1871.
63. Fanny G. Graves, b.c. 1874.
64. Martha E. Graves, b.c. 1876.
65. Amanda M. Graves, b.c. 1878.
66. Samuel Graves, b.c. 1879.
William Z. Graves (37) was born
about 1848 or 1849 in MO. He married ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He was living with his parents in the 1880 census
for LaBelle, Lewis Co., MO, page 150C, and was widowed. He was a farmer. Both his sons were born in MO.
Children - Graves
67. John Graves, b.c. 1873.
68. Landreth Graves, b.c. 1877.
CHILDREN OF MARTHA GRAVES (9)
AND JOHN H. WRIGHT
Thomas Jefferson Wright (43) was
born 3 May 1856 in Lewis Co., Mo., and died 3 July 1928. He married Ida F. Steele on 13 Dec.
1882. He was a lumber yard owner, a
banker, and had a blacksmith shop. (R‑1)
Children - Wright
69. Floy Lauretta Wright, b. 29 Oct. 1886 (Lewis
Co., Mo.), m. Horace E. Dakin, 5 Oct. 1935, d. late 1970's (Hannibal,
Mo.). No children. She was a school teacher.
Emma Wright (44) was born 26 May
1860 and died 17 Sept. 1937, both in LaBelle, Mo. She married William T. Rudd on 16 June 1886. All their children were born in LaBelle,
Mo. (R‑1)
Children - Rudd
70. John Wright Rudd, b. 25 Jan. 1888, never
married, d. 29 Feb. 1893 (LaBelle, Mo.).
71. Bessie Duffield Rudd, b. 13 May 1890, m. Harry
B. Sykes, 17 April 1938, d. 24 July 1973 (LaBelle, Mo.). No children.
72. Charles Wright ("Jack") Rudd, b. 25
Oct. 1892, never married, d. 1968 (LaBelle, Mo.). He was a salesman.
Charles Thomison Wright (45) was
born 23 June 1862 and died 16 Jan. 1952, both in LaBelle, Mo. He married Nannie J. Taylor on 6 April
1887. He was a lumber merchant. (R‑1)
Children - Wright
73. Flossie Sue Wright, b. 28 April 1889 (LaBelle,
Mo.), never married, d. 11 Sept. 1906 (LaBelle, Mo.).
Lewis Graves Wright, Sr. (46) was
born 27 June 1864 and died 29 June 1926, both in LaBelle, Mo. He was a farmer, realtor, and had a clothing
store. He married Martha Lela Martin on
1 June 1893. All three of their children
were born in LaBelle, Mo. (R‑1)
Children - Wright
+74. Martin Castleman Wright, b. 17 Sept. 1894, m. Myrtle J. Carter, 31
May 1924, d. 7 July 1952.
+75. Lewis Graves Wright, Jr., b. 9 Feb. 1908, m. Trella A. McKenzie, 14
Feb. 1942, d. 29 June 1975.
+76. Russell Hawkins Wright, b. 10 Jan. 1910, m. Lillian Johnson, 29 May
1934.
Richard Morgan Wright (47) was born
11 Dec. 1866 in LaBelle, Mo., and died 10 July 1931. He was a farmer and seed dealer.
He married Pearle April Rudd on 14 Jan. 1890. Both their children were born in LaBelle, Mo. (R‑1)
Children - Wright
+77. Richard Thomas Wright, b. 26 May 1898, m(1) Aurolyn Hone, 19 April
1921, m(2) Irene Lowry, 14 May 1927, d. 3 Dec. 1973.
78. Mary Pearl Wright, b. 17 Dec. 1906, m. Nathan
Cawthon, 27 Nov. 1946, d. 27 Nov. 1954 (San Diego, Calif.). No children.
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