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James McIlvaine Graves 1831–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Dec 1831

Birth Location: Monroe Co. TN

Death Date: 1 Jun 1898

Death Location: Brooken Township, Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States of America

Father: Stephen II

Mother: Harriet King

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Talkington

Children(s): Stephen Graves, William Graves, Lavinia (Fox), Joseph Graves, Effa Graves, Elizabeth Graves, Georgia Graves, Carrie Graves, Mary Graves, Harriet Graves, Benjamin Graves, Rebecca Graves, Joseph Graves, Emaline Graves

James McIlvaine Graves was born in 1831 in Monroe Co. TN, the child of Stephen Graves Ii And Harriet King. James McIlvaine Graves married Elizabeth Jane Talkington, and had children including Benjamin Franklin Graves, Carrie C Graves, Effa Myrtle Graves, Elizabeth Clementine Graves, Emaline J Graves, Georgia Ann Graves, Harriet K Graves, Joseph Henry Graves, Lavinia Buchanon Graves Fox, Mary Mattie Graves, Rebecca Catherine Kate Graves, Stephen Graves, William Edward Graves. James McIlvaine Graves passed away in 1898 in Brooken Township, Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James McIlvaine Graves was born in 1831 in Monroe Co. TN, the child of Stephen Graves Ii And Harriet King.
  • James McIlvaine Graves married Elizabeth Jane Talkington, and had children including Benjamin Franklin Graves, Carrie C Graves, Effa Myrtle Graves, Elizabeth Clementine Graves, Emaline J Graves, Georgia Ann Graves, Harriet K Graves, Joseph Henry Graves, Lavinia Buchanon Graves Fox, Mary Mattie Graves, Rebecca Catherine Kate Graves, Stephen Graves, William Edward Graves.
  • James McIlvaine Graves passed away in 1898 in Brooken Township, Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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James Graves's Ancestors

Self
James Graves
1831–1898
Birth Place: Monroe Co. TN
Parents
Stephen Graves II
1810–1878
Blount Co., TN
Harriet King
1811–1873
Viginia, USA
Grandparents
James (Stephen Graves) Sr.
1786–1860
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Winney Ware
1796–1850
Dalington, South Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Stephen Graves
1763–1828
Jean Dunlop
1760–1820
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Silas Graves
1736–1829
Hepzibah Scott
1740–1788

James Graves's Descendants

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James (McIlvaine) Graves (20 Dec 1831–1 Jun 1898) m. Elizabeth (Jane) Talkington (25 Mar 1836–7 Nov 1897)
  1. 1. Stephen Graves 1859–1920 m. Nettie (deliah) Daniel 1860–1900 m. Rebeckia (bartholomew) Mason 1877–1964 m. M (R) Mason 1876–
    1. 1. Elizabeth (E "Lizzie") Graves 1885–1913 m. William (Wallace "Bo") Hamby 1883–1956
      1. 1. Jenell Hamby 1906–1986 m. Florence (Allie) Fitzpatrick 1905–1992 m. Annie (D) Hottel 1910–1981
        1. 1. Jerrell (Everett) Hamby 1932–1985 m. Patricia (A.) Martino 1938–1994
      2. 2. William (Graffman) Hamby 1903–1989 m. Zelda (Mae) Myers 1906–1993
        1. 1. Margaret (Ilene "Margie") Hamby 1928–1995 m. Robert (W) Biggerstaff 1919–
        2. 2. William (Graffman Hamby) Jr. 1929–1994
        3. 3. Bettie (L) Hamley 1932–2013 m. Garrison (Roy) Murray 1932–2016
      3. 3. Nettie Hamby 1909–1980 m. Joseph (Sedors) Presson 1908–1975
        1. 1. William (Junior) Presson 1927–1992 m. Betty (Jane) Craig 1932–2002
      4. 4. Lorene Hamby 1913–
      5. 5. Jessie (Lucille) Hamby 1911–1974 m. Melvin (Leonard 'Spec') Main 1910–1996
    2. 2. Dewitt (T) Graves 1894–1912
    3. 3. William (L) Graves 1890–1956
    4. 4. Jesse (James) Graves 1888–1944
    5. 5. Beulah Graves 1911–1997
    6. 6. Myreta (Irene) Graves 1913–1999
    7. 7. MACK (EDWARD) GRAVES 1917–2010
  2. 2. William (Edward) Graves 1861–1928
  3. 3. Lavinia (Buchanon Graves) (Fox) 1869–1909
  4. 4. Joseph (Henry) Graves 1854–1936
  5. 5. Effa (Myrtle) Graves 1877–1928
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Clementine) Graves 1868–1954
  7. 7. Georgia (Ann) Graves 1872–1916
  8. 8. Carrie (C.) Graves 1874–1960
  9. 9. Mary (Mattie) Graves 1863–1899
  10. 10. Harriet (K.) Graves 1865–1865
  11. 11. Benjamin (Franklin) Graves 1866–1940
  12. 12. Rebecca (Catherine (Kate)) Graves 1857–1936
  13. 13. Joseph (Henry) Graves 1876–
  14. 14. Emaline (J) Graves 1814–1876

James Graves's Timeline

2 Records

1831
20 Dec 1831
Birth of James McIlvaine Graves in Monroe Co. TN
Monroe Co. TN
1898
1 Jun 1898
Age 67
Death of James McIlvaine Graves in Enterprise, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
Enterprise, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Dec 1831
    Event Place: Monroe Co. TN
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1898
    Event Place: Enterprise, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Brooken Township, Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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