Cephas Graves (1793 - 1847)

Born 28 Feb 1793 in Sunderland, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Miranda (Church) Graves — married 23 May 1816 in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 11 May 1847 at age 54 in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Cephas Graves was born in 1793 and was the son of Elias Graves. ^[1] He died in 1847. ^[1]

Birth

28 February 1773, Sunderland, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3]}

Death

11 May 1847, Sunderland, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3]}

Burial: Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. ^[3]

Marriage

Miranda Church, 23 May 1816. ^{[1] [2]}

Children:

• Charissa Graves, born November 1, 1816; married James Hunt on June 8, 1842. ^[1]
• Alden Graves, born May 29, 1818. ^[1]
• Harrison Graves, born September 2, 1820. ^[1]
• Lora Graves, born September 4, 1822; died August 7, 1847. ^[1]
• Ransom Graves, born October 12, 1824. ^[1]
• Royal Church Graves, born December 19, 1827. ^[1]
• Esther Cowles Graves, born January 25, 1830; married Levi J. Gunn of Greenfield on October 25, 1853; died July 26, 1897. Their son, Walter L., married Sybella W., daughter of Samuel Sheldon Eastman. She (Sybella?) died in 1895. ^[1]
• Edmund Graves, born December 23, 1832. ^[1]
• Elias Frank, born October 25, 1835. ^[1]
• Rosetta, born January 22, 1838; married Apr. 19, 1865, James M. Hall of Greenfield; died October 28, 1868. Their son Rufus M., born July, 1868; died in Taunton, March 8, 1887, at age 18. ^[1]
• Sarah Bridgman Graves, born October 25, 1840; died August 5, 1842. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} John Montague Smith, Henry W. Taft and Abbie T. Montague. History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, Which Originally Embraced Within its Limits the Present Towns of Montague and Leverett 1683-1899, Greenfield, Massachusetts: Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1899. or at Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [online publication], Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current [online publication], Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

• Ancestral couple relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Robin Howery GEDmatch T005171, Margaret (Cockey) Counts GEDmatch T871696 and Rick Watts GEDmatch M092132 sharing a 39 cM segment on chromosome 17 from 9654811 to 33826620.

See also:

• Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [online publication], Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).
• Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [online publication], Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).