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Rufus Lee Graves 1859–1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Jan 1859

Birth Location: Guilford, Nodaway, Missouri, USA

Death Date: 9 Oct 1938

Death Location: Goodland, Sherman, Kansas, USA

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Spouse(s): Ellen Ham

Children(s): Frederick Graves, Glenn Graves, Bessie Graves, John Graves

Rufus Lee Graves was born in 1859 in Guilford, Nodaway, Missouri, USA, the child of Houston Graves And Elizabeth Reynolds. Rufus Lee Graves married Ellen Marie Ham, and had children including Bessie Alice Graves, Frederick Ernest Graves, Glenn Graves, John Houston Marcus Graves. Rufus Lee Graves passed away in 1938 in Goodland, Sherman, Kansas, USA.

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Biography

  • Rufus Lee Graves was born in 1859 in Guilford, Nodaway, Missouri, USA, the child of Houston Graves And Elizabeth Reynolds.
  • Rufus Lee Graves married Ellen Marie Ham, and had children including Bessie Alice Graves, Frederick Ernest Graves, Glenn Graves, John Houston Marcus Graves.
  • Rufus Lee Graves passed away in 1938 in Goodland, Sherman, Kansas, USA.

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Rufus Graves
1859–1938
Birth Place: Guilford, Nodaway, Missouri, USA
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Rufus Graves's Descendants

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Rufus (Lee) Graves (29 Jan 1859–9 Oct 1938) m. Ellen (Marie) Ham (22 Feb 1856–5 Feb 1934)
  1. 1. Frederick (Ernest) Graves 1883–1963 m. Florence Abercrombie 1888–1975 m. Elizabeth McClean 1888–1971
    1. 1. Gladys (Gayle) Graves 1915–2012 m. Arthur (Roscoe) Hill 1907–1967
    2. 2. Beulah (Bernice) Graves 1917–2001
    3. 3. Frederick (Wayne) Graves 1919–1996
    4. 4. Marcus (Ralph) Graves 1921–1988 m. Georgia (Magdalene) DeRose 1920–2018
      1. 1. William (Boud) Graves 1940–1967
      2. 2. Virginia (Ann) Graves 1944–2006
    5. 5. Florence (Virginnia) Graves 1923–2014 m. John Mountjoy 1923–1983
    6. 6. Tyson (Jewell) Graves 1908–1969 m. Lucille (Margaret) Dillon 1919–1993
  2. 2. Glenn Graves 1885–1953 m. Stella (B.) Forbes 1887–1906
  3. 3. Bessie (Alice) Graves 1888–1969 m. George (T.) Liming 1879–1969
    1. 1. Neil (Graves) Liming 1910–1990 m. Fern (Louise) Higgason 1917–1979
      1. 1. Rosalie (Ann) Liming 1934–2009
      2. 2. Cheryl (Lee) Liming 1948–2014
    2. 2. Ellen Liming 1912–1913
    3. 3. Everett (Leland) Liming 1913–1994 m. Minnie (A.) Lohmeyer 1914–1993
      1. 1. Lonnie (Lee) Liming 1948–2014
      2. 2. Norman (Eugene) Liming 1945–1947
    4. 4. Beulah (Alice) Liming 1915–2000 m. John (Garcia) Riedesel 1911–1998
    5. 5. Dorothy (May) Liming 1917–2012 m. William (Louis) Wixon 1917–1995
      1. 1. William (Louis Wixon) Jr. 1939–1995
    6. 6. John (H.) Liming 1919–1997 m. Sylvia (Alma) Jones 1921–
    7. 7. Bessie (Irene) Liming 1922–2007 m. Newton (Gordon) Craig 1923–
  4. 4. John (Houston “Marcus”) Graves 1891–1965

Rufus Graves's Timeline

2 Records

1859
29 Jan 1859
Birth of Rufus Lee Graves in Guilford, Nodaway, Missouri, USA
Guilford, Nodaway, Missouri, USA
1938
9 Oct 1938
Age 79
Death of Rufus Lee Graves in Goodland, Sherman, Kansas, USA
Goodland, Sherman, Kansas, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Jan 1859
    Event Place: Guilford, Nodaway, Missouri, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Oct 1938
    Event Place: Goodland, Sherman, Kansas, USA

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