Benjamin Arnold Graves1

ID#  1537, (1825-1905)
Benjamin Arnold Graves|b. 11 Dec 1825\nd. 12 Feb 1905|p1537.htm|Roswell Graves|b. 18 Mar 1799\nd. 15 Feb 1882|p494.htm|Mary Ann Betts|b. 20 Mar 1801\nd. 15 Jun 1884|p505.htm|Benjamin Graves|b. 25 Jul 1769\nd. 25 Aug 1830|p516.htm|Lucy Arnold|b. 11 Sep 1772\nd. 11 May 1810|p527.htm|Christian Betts|b. 15 Oct 1777\nd. 21 Jun 1853|p915.htm|Elizabeth Birch|b. 10 Jan 1782\nd. 31 Mar 1844|p1523.htm|
2nd great-granduncle of Faye Louise Doyle
     Benjamin Arnold Graves was born on 11 December 1825 at Mercer County, Pennsylvania.2 He was the son of Roswell Graves and Mary Ann Betts. He married Lurancy Ray on 25 July 1845 at West Salem Twp, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Benjamin Arnold Graves moved to Grant County, Wisconsin in 1854 and took charge of the County Poor Farm. About 1864 he moved to Crawford County, Wisconsin where he purchased a farm. He served as a Justice of the Peace in Crawford County. He was a member of Company K, 44th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He died on 12 February 1905 at Wauzeka, Crawford County, Wisconsin, at age 79.2 He was buried at Whig Cemetery, Grant County, Wisconsin.

Research Note: Sources vary as to marriage date including 1842 and 1853.

Last Edited=25 Jan 2011

Citations

  1. [S10] David Taft, Pedigree Resource File Disc 15., CD-ROM (Salt Lake City, UT: LDS Family History Library), Graves family.
  2. [S648] Find a Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2009 - 2013).
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