Family: James Graves / Emmeline Elliott (F6899)

• Father | Male James Graves

  
  

  Born	Abt 1830	White County, Illinois
  Died	21 Sep 1913
  Buried		Stokes Chapel Cemetery, Crossville, White County, Illinois
  Married	23 Aug 1849  [1]	White County, Illinois  [1]
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  Mother | Female Emmeline Elliott

  
  

  Born	Bef 1829	Illinois
  Died	22 May 1853
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  Father	John Elliott | F187 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Condet | F187 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: James Graves (1482) was born 6 Aug. 1829 (or 1830) in White Co., IL, on the farm adjoining the one where he later lived, died 21 Sept. 1913, and was buried in Stokes Chapel Cem., White Co., IL. He first married Emeline (or Emmeline) Elliott, daughter of John Elliott and Anna Condet, on 23 Aug. 1849. She died 22 May 1853. He married second Nancy Jane Gamron, daughter of Thomas Gamron and Anna Patton of White Co., IL, on 6 Dec. 1855 in White Co., IL. She was born 7 Sept. 1835 (or 27 Sept 1836 according to her tombstone), died 5 Dec. 1904, and was also buried in Stokes Chapel Cem. This family was recorded on the 1860-1880 censuses in White Co., IL. James Graves was "one of the oldest settlers and a very extensive farmer, owning 710 acres of as fine land as there is in the county. Fine buildings and well improved. Mr. Graves is a Democrat and voted his first ballot for Franklin Pierce." (R-231, R-236) From Captain Thomas Graves 1608 Settler of Jamestown, Virginia and his Descendants (ca. 1580-2012) As revised as a result of the findings of the Graves/Greaves DNA Study http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S603] Davis WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS MARRIAGES, 1816-1865, p 30 (Reliability: 3).