Family Group of

General Harrison "Bud" Graves b 15 Apr 1881 [per tombstone; 10 Feb 1873 per draft] Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC d 9 Apr 1941 Sweetwater, Monroe CO, TN buried Unicoi Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
General Harrison "Bud" Graves' WW I draft card
newspaper article about Bud Graves killing Henry Smith
Bud Graves' death certificate
photo of Bud Graves in 1941
son of Amanda "Mandy" M. Graves & ("Pole" Napoleon Bryson?) b 9 Feb 1860 d 19 Mar 1948 buried Unicoi Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN>

m 27 Dec 1903 by USG Phillips, JP Cherokee CO, NC TO

Frances Arabella Martha Miranda Lucinda Clementine Spaude Hampton b 15 Nov 1881 Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC d 17 Apr 1963 Monroe CO, TN buried Unicoi Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
photo of Aunt Spaude & husband Bud Graves
photo of Aunt Spaude (Hampton) Graves and children
photo of Aunt Spaude (Hampton) Graves in later years
dau of John Henry Hampton* & Phoeba Jane Roberts* of Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC

issue:
1(M) Allen Graves b 2 Nov 1904 TN d 4 July 1937 buried Unicoi Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m 1 May 1927 Monroe CO, TN TO
Mayme Eller b ca 1912 TN d

2(M) Lloyd Napoleon Graves b 25 Aug 1906 Cherokee CO, NC d 24 Aug 1998 buried Beaty's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m TO
Louella _____ b 5 Oct 1919 d 16 Nov 2006 Beaty's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN

3(F) Ollie Jane Graves b 16 Sep 1908 Tellico Plains, Monroe CO, TN d 12 Oct 1990 buried Unicoi Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
Ollie Jane Graves' birth certificate
m 1 May 1928 Monroe CO, TN TO
John H. Taylor b 17 June 1904 NC d 10 June 2000 buried Unicoi Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN

4(M) Lee Roy Graves b 29 Jan 1910 NC d 1999
m 25 Nov 1940 Monroe CO, TN TO
Beatrice "Bea" Cheeks b ca 1916 d

5(M) Leonard C. Graves b 25 Aug 1913 TN d 18 Jan 1992 US Army, WW II buried Unicoi Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m 26 Jan 1935 Monroe CO, TN TO but divorced
Lena Mae Farmer b ca 1917 d

6(F) Amanda "Mandy" Rachel Graves b 10 Jan 1916 TN d 8 Apr 1999 buried Beaty's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m 3 Sep 1935 Monroe CO, TN TO
Thomas Claude Hunt b 8 Dec 1911 d 25 July 1997 buried Beaty's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN, PFC 235 Combat ENGR BN WW II

7(M) Oliver Henry Graves b 10 Jan 1916 TN d 5 Dec 1996 San Bernardino, San Bernardino CO, CA buried Desert View Memorial Park Cemetery, Victorville, San Bernardino CO, CA
m 30 Mar 1940 Monroe CO, TN TO
Jessie Cheeks b ca 1919 d

8(F) Annie Matt Graves b 1 Jan 1918 TN d 14 June 1994 Cleveland, Bradley CO, TN
m 21 Aug 1941 Monroe CO, TN bdn: Ike Taylor & O. W. Wiliams TO
Luther Williams b ca 1919 d

9(M) Clarence "C. G." Goldman Graves b 8 Dec 1922 TN d 9 Aug 2006 Tullahoma, Coffee CO, TN, US Army WW II, Beaty's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m TO
Ama Lee _____ b d

10(M) Homer Coolidge Graves b 12 Nov 1925 Tellico Plains, Monroe CO, TN d
m 12 May 1950 McMinn CO, TN TO
Helen Arlene Kirkland b 12 May 1932 d 18 Oct 2004 buried Unicoi Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN

Thanks to the following for help with information: Crissy (Graves) Hamby, Rose (Everhart) Taylor, Mary Lee Farmer, Jerry Graves, Bill Allen (deceased), and my mother Beulah (Cline) Nipper!

* great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge

sources: Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge's research on censuses, death and birth certificates, marriage records, draft cards, social security indexes, burial indexes, obituaries, and tombstone inscriptions

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