Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Graves, Warren ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 January 31, 2008, 3:06 am Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885 Warren Graves, farmer, section 26, Ustick Township, was born April 18, 1830, in Lewis Co., N. Y., where he lived 11 years with his parents, David L. and Polly Graves. The family came in 1841 to Ustick Township. Both parents are deceased. Mr. Graves is the only survivor of four children born to his father and mother. His farm comprises 120 acres of land in a tillable condition. He was united in marriage July 3, 1856, at Sterling, Ill., to Mary, daughter of William Annan, a pioneer settler in Whiteside County. No children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Graves, but they have adopted Hattie, daughter of Henry Canfield, a resident of the city of Morrison. Mrs. Graves is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Additional Comments: Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full- page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/whiteside/bios/graves2344nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb