Dora C Graves1

#20977, (circa 1868 - )
Father*John B Graves2 (c 1847 - )
Mother*Clara McKinney2 (c 1848 - 1931)
Birth*circa 1868She was born circa 1868 at TennesseeG.2 
29 July 1870She appeared on the census of 29 July 1870 in the household of John B Graves and Clara McKinney at Austin P.O., 6th Civil Dist., Wilson Co., TennesseeG, age 2, b. TN; (neis. Sam'l McKinney (55), fam. 32; Thomas McKinney (44), fam. 31.)3 
4 June 1880She appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 in the household of John B Graves and Clara McKinney at 6th Civil Dist., Wilson Co., TennesseeG, age 12, b. TN.4 
20 July 1928She was named in the will of Clara McKinney on 20 July 1928 at Wilson Co., TennesseeG, as Dora C Goodson.5 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census.
  2. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census.
  3. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. John (24), b. TN, silversmith; Clarrissa [sic] (20), b. TN, keeping house.
  4. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. John (33), b. and parents b. TN, dentist; Clarissa (31), b. and parents b. TN, keeping house.
  5. [S1888] Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, online Ancestry.com, Wilson > Wills and Inventories, Vol I-J, 1929-1940, img. 174/654. Typed copy. Last Will of Clara B Graves, 20 Jul 1928, Wilson Co. To daus. Dora C Goodson and sons Leslie Graves and John Graves, each five dollars; to dau. Willard Graves, "in consideration of the fact that she has stayed with me during my declining years," all personal property and farm of 49 acres; names as executrix dau. Willard Graves; witn. W A Jackson and I M Tomlinson. Proved at Wilson County Cort, Jun 1931, recorded 4 Jun 1931.