Brief Life History of Harley Hollister
When Harley Hollister Graves was born on 12 August 1792, in Williston, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, his father, Thaddeus Graves Jr, was 36 and his mother, Amy Belty, was 29. He married Edith Kimball on 16 March 1813, in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bruce Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Berlin Township, St. Clair, Michigan, United States in 1860. He died on 4 November 1864, in Metamora, Metamora Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Thornville, Metamora Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States.
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- Harley H Graves, "United States Census, 1840"
- Harley H Graves, "United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910"
- Unknown in entry for Cornelius Freeland and Rhoda Graves, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1805
The Territory of Michigan was organized as an incorporated territory of the United States on June 30, 1805, with Detroit as the territorial capital.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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