Individual Details

Buried Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean, IL.

Obituary:
Virginia Graves, the oldest citizen of Bloomington, Ill., in point of years spent there, and mother of Arthur J. Graves, superintendent of the Bloomington Cemetery Association, died recently from an illness of several months' standing. Seventy-seven years a resident of Bloomington, Mrs. Graves was known to almost the entire community and her passing is deeply mourned. Mrs. Graves, born Virginia Hayden, was a teacher in the first private school ever established in Bloomington. Until the time of her marriage her entire attention was given to teaching and she retained an intense interest in school affairs throughout her life. Her marriage to Linus Graves took place in 1847, Mr. Graves preceding her in death after fifty years of married life. Six children - three sons and three daughters - were born of the union, two of the daughters dying in infancy. The survivors are Walter H., living in Portland, Ore.; Linus R., living in Los Angeles, Cal.; Arthur J., residing in Bloomington, and Mrs. J. C. Means, with whom Mrs. Graves had made her home for many years. There are five granddaughters, two grandsons, and four great grandchildren.

Birth	23 Jul 1829	Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
Marriage	1847	Linus Graves
Death	29 Nov 1913	Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois

Spouse	Linus Graves (1815 - 1897)
Child	Frances Rebecca "Fannie" Graves (1849 - 1914)
Child	Walter Haden Graves (1851 - 1919)
Child	Linus Robinson Graves (1859 - 1933)
Child	Arthur James Graves (1861 - 1938)

Father	James Carter/Crenshaw Haden (1782 - 1840)
Mother	Rebecca SWEET HATFIELD (1793 - 1874)