• General Notes

  Excerpt from: Kane Co. Illinois Biographical Record, 1898
  Capt. A.C. GRAVES, born 1825 in Cortland Co.NY, the son of Phineas and Anna
  (KENDALL) GRAVES, he a native of Cortland, she of Vt. Phineas removed to
  Will Co. Ill. in 1834 with his family, and brothers Amos and Jesse. In 1837,
  he moved to Dupage Co. Ill, and died 1889 in Kane Co. Capt. GRAVES was the
  2nd of 11 children.
  Kane Co. Biographical Record
  S.Clark Publishing Co. Chicago, Ill.  1898
  Page 253
  Captain A.C.Graves
  Capt. A.C. Graves, a veteran of the war of the Union, and a pioneer of the
  state of 1834, but now living a retired life in the city of Aurora, is well
  known throughout Kane ,  Dupage, and adjoining counties.  He was born in
  Cortland co., NY,  Feb. 15, 1825, and is the son of Phineas and Anna Kendall
  Graves., the former a native  of CORTLAND CO. and the latter of Vermont.
  Pheineas Graves grew to manhood in his native state, where his marriage with
  Ann Kendall occurred.  By occupation he was a farmer, and with that laudable
  desire to better himself he determined to come west.  Accordingly on the
  10th of Feb. 1834, with his family, accompanied by his brothers, Amos and
  Jesse, he left his old home and drove through with teams, being 31 days on
  the road.  He first located in Will Co., three miles from the present
  village of Lockport, where he bought a claim, on which there was a log
  house, and which had 8 or 10 acres broken.  This was known as canal land.
  Three years later he sold out and moved to Du Page Co., located near
  Warrensville, taking up a claim of 160 acres, which he improved and made one
  of the finest farms in the county.  He later sold that farm and purchased
  another in the same township, where he resided a number of years and reared
  his family.  He subsequently sold the farm, and moved to Aurora, where he
  died Dec. 24, 1889, in his 90th year.  His wife passed away Feb. 8, 1887,
  and they were laid to rest side by side in the west side cemetery, where a
  substantial monument marks their last resting place.
  Capt. Graves is the oldest son and second in order of birth of the family of
  eleven children born to Phineas and Anna Graves.  The others are Lucy Ann,
  wife of Samuel Bartholomew, who resides near Turner Junction, DuPage Co.;
  Capt. A.C.;  Mary, widow of Lucius Bartholomew, residing in Batavia, Ill.;
  Juliet, widow of Richard S. Reynolds, residing in Iowa;  Betsy, widow of
  Orlando Stolp, residing in Missouri;  Ellen S., wife of James Vallett of
  Naperville;  Martha, now desceased, was the wife of Norman T. Gazette of
  Chicago;  Emma, wife of Samuel Wright of Denver, Colorado;  Addison B., of
  Lamont, Will Co.;  James D. of Chicago; and A. Judson, of Calhoun Co. Iowa.
  The subject of this sketch came to Illinois with his  parents, a lad of 9
  yrs and was 12 when his family moved to Du Page Co.   There he assisted his
  father in opening up and carrying on the home farm.  His educational
  advantages were limited and were confined to the country district schools.
  After arriving at mature years he settled on a farm of 60 acres connected to
  that of his fathers, which he operated for some years, then sold out and
  moved to Naperville.
  Capt. Graves marred in DuPage Co. Dec. 3, 1847, to Mary A Buck, a native of
  Erie Co., NY, and a daughter of  Stephen Buck, who was one of the pioneers
  of DuPage Co.  She was reared and educated in her native state, and previous
  to her marriage was teacher in the public schools of DuPage Co.  By this
  union are four daughters: Julia E., wife of Judge Gary, of Wheaton, Ill.;
  Anna P., wife of William Judd of Aurora;  Eva Viola, wife of Oscar Hamilton,
  of Aurora;  Bertha, wife of Lemuel Northam of Joliet, Ill.

Details of A C's family with Mary A Buck