BIOGRAPHY

FREDERICK GRAVES - OF PAVILION, NY

Frederick Graves, born in England, was a soldier in the English army in the war of 1776. One of his sons, Frederick Graves, was born in Massachusetts in 1817, and married Margaret Lockrow, of Albany. Her father, Thomas, served in the colonial army in 1776. They had 10 children, namely: Almira, Mary, Sarah, Fannie, Emma, George C., William H., Charles P., Frederick A., and Richard R. George C. Graves was born, in Albany, March 22, 1832. He was educated in the common schools, and married Rebecca J. Upton, of Quebec, Canada, by whom he has had seven children, viz.: Alice J., Ellen R., Estella J., William and Edwin R. (twins), Marietta, and Julietta. Mr. Graves enlisted in 1861 in Co. I, 151st Inf. N. Y. Vols., and after three years' service he was discharged for disability. He is now a pensioner. He has been a resident of Pavilion 30 years. Here his children were born, and here three of them are buried, Alice J., Ellen R., Estella J.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890