Sarah Graves

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Graves was born on 1 May 1791, in Washington, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, her father, William Graves, was 34 and her mother, Lucy Wheeler, was 26. She married Warren Spaulding on 18 November 1811, in Washington, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 11 August 1876, in Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Washington, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Warren Spaulding
1785–1860
Sarah Graves
1791–1876
Marriage: 18 November 1811
Corodon Spaulding
1811–1888
Erastus Gardner Spaulding
1814–1867
Cynthia Caroline Spaulding
1821–1896
Cinthy Spaulding
1823–
George Washington Spaulding
1825–1882

Sources (21)

  • Sally Spaulding in household of Warren Spaulding, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sally Graves, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Sally Graves, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital

In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .

Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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