Brief Life History of Thomas Clingman
When Thomas Clingman Graves was born in December 1891, in Ruckersville, Greene, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Newton Graves, was 29 and his mother, Jane Allice Durret, was 27. He married Alice Mae Oliver. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Greene, Virginia, United States in 1920. He died on 18 January 1957, in Stanardsville, Greene, Virginia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Stanardsville Public Cemetery, Stanardsville, Greene, Virginia, United States.
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- Thomas C Graves, "United States Census, 1920"
- Thomas C. Graves, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Clingman Thomas Graves, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
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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