Brief Life History of Joseph Henry
When Joseph Henry Graves was born on 28 December 1854, in Tomlinson Township, Scott, Arkansas, United States, his father, James McIlvaine Graves, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Talkington, was 18. He married Ann Taylor Holman on 30 September 1891, in Scott, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Choctaw Nation Reservation, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Brooken, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 October 1936, in Haskell, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Joseph H Granes, "United States Census, 1930"
- Joseph H Graves, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Joseph Henry Graves, "Find A Grave Index"
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1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1862 · Battle of Pea Ridge
By the time the Battle of Pea Ridge happened the Union forces had pushed Confederates through Missouri and Arkansas. This battle was important in securing Missouri for the Union and opening Arkansas for the Union.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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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