Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Woodford Co. JUDGE RICHARD C. GRAVES, born May 19, 1803, is the fourth son of John and Hannah (Cave) Graves, natives of Culpeper County, Va., and Kentucky when this State was a part of Virginia. His grandmother, Betsey Craig, was a Virginian, and sister of Joseph Craig, an eccentric preacher in early Kentucky. Richard C.'s father, John Graves, born in 1768, early settled in Woodford County, Ky., and died in 1824. Hannah (Cave) Graves, born about 1772 was the daughter of Richard Cave, a Baptist preacher, who died in Woodford County. Richard C. Graves, born five miles south of Versailles, received a good English education, and for twenty-five years was engaged in the manufacture of bagging and rope, quitting in 1858. In 1850 he was State senator, then in 1852 was elected presiding judge of Woodford County. He continued four years in this office, when he was elected police judge, serving six years. He was married, October 10, 1824, to Lucy Mitchum, a native of Woodford County, daughter of James Mitchum (deceased); she died in 1849, and in September 1851, the Judge was married to Mrs. Helen M. (Dillon) Scott of Lexington, Ky. Two children are living, born to the first wife; James M. and Laura Wassan, of Cincinnati. The four children born to the last wife are Richard C., Clifford, Frank and Alice. Judge Graves is a member of the Christian Church, and a Knight Templar. His wife and children are members of the Episcopal Church. His sister Polly was born in Woodford County December 16, 1796, died in Greenburg, Ind., November 28, 1886. Graves Craig Cave Mitchum Dillon Scott Wassan = Lexington-Fayette-KY Culpeper-VA OH IN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/woodford/graves.rc.txt