Sketch of Thomas Graves, Warren County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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Thomas Graves, of Culpepper County, VA., was a soldier and Quarter-
master in the Revolutionary War.  He married the widow Simms, by whom
he had: Thomas N., Elizabeth, Nancy, Lucy and Walter.  Thomas married
Mary Mason, of Virginia, and in 1806 he removed, with his father and
sisters Elizabeth and Nancy, to Barbour County, Kentucky, from whence
in 1820, they came to Warren County, Missouri.  The names of Thomas'
children were: James B., William M., Candice A., Henry B. and Lucy M.
Mr. Graves was Judge of the County Court of both Montgomery and Warren
counties.  James B., his eldest son, moved to Oregon.  William M. dis-
appeared in a mysterious manner while in New Orleans, Louisiana.  
Candice married Usurdus Brainbridge, of St. Charles County.  Henry B.
married Lucinda Howell, and lives in California.  Lucy M. married 
Woodson A. Burton, who settled in Warren County in 1830.  Warren, the
brother of Thomas Graves, settled in Warren County in 1826.  His 
children, whose names were: John, Henry, Mary and Ann, remained in
Virginia.

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