Mitchell Allen Graves

Brief Life History of Mitchell Allen

When Mitchell Allen Graves was born on 19 September 1897, in Richland, Vinton, Ohio, United States, his father, Rev Eli Jackson Graves, was 28 and his mother, Emy Blanche Davis, was 26. He married Mamie Fern Nickols on 6 June 1917, in Vinton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Rural, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1935 and Allensville, Richland Township, Vinton, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 26 May 1954, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Londonderry Cemetery, Londonderry, Liberty Township, Ross, Ohio, United States.

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Mitchell Allen Graves
1897–1954
Mamie Fern Nickols
1897–1995
Marriage: 6 June 1917
Mariam Carlene Graves
1918–2008
Cecil Glendon Graves
1920–1973
Ruth Eileen Graves
1924–2005

Sources (19)

  • Mitchell A Graves in household of Eli J Graves, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mitchel A. Graves, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Mitchell Graves, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

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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