Rev. 9 Jan. 2003, Gen. 664

DESCENDANTS OF R. B. GRAVES OF HUNT CO. & ERATH CO., TX

GENERATION 1

R. B. Graves (1) was said to have been of French ancestry. He married ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was said to have been American Indian, but there is no known evidence for this. (R‑1)

Children - Graves

+2. Jerushia Clementine Graves, b. 7 April 1846, m. John W. Eakey, 1865, d. 1 May 1940.

3. daughter

4. son

GENERATION 2

CHILDREN OF R. B. GRAVES (1)

Jerushia (or Jerusha) Clementine Graves (2) was born 7 April 1846 in Hunt Co., TX, and died 1 May 1940. She moved with her parents to Erath Co., TX at the age of 6. They settled on ranch property they had bought near Bluff Dale, TX. The property was later sold and became known as the Three Circle Ranch. Her parents died at their home there. They were both buried in the Graves family plot on the ranch, where several older family members were also buried years ago. Jerushia was raised on her father’s ranch.

She married John W. Eakey in 1865. He was born about 1844 in AR, according to the 1880 census. He moved to Erath Co., TX from Grayson Co., TX, immediately after the Civil War. They made their home on the Graves Ranch for several years, and later moved to their own farm in what is known as the Pilot Knob Community. In 1881 she and her family moved to Hamilton, Hamilton Co., TX, where they remained for about ten years. They then returned to Erath Co., TX and lived on a farm one mile east of Stephenville, TX, where he died in 1902. She passed away on May 1, 1940 at the age of 94, at the home of her daughter Frances. They were both buried in East End Cem., Stephenville, Erath Co., TX.

The Eakey name was later spelled Akey.

They were in the 1880 census for Erath Co., TX, ED 153, page 90A, as John W. Eakey, Jerusha A. Eakey, and children John A. and Frances C. (R‑1)

Children - Eakey

5. John A. Eakey, b.c. 1875.

+6. Frances Caroline Eakey, b. 18 Feb. 1880, m. George William Allen, 1901, d. 15 Dec. 1940.

7. W. E. Eakey (son)

8. Ellis Eakey

9. Myrtle Eakey, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Powers.

10. Dora Eakey, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Ford.

11. Vallie Eakey, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Burkett.

GENERATION 3

CHILDREN OF JERUSHIA C. GRAVES (2) AND JOHN W. EAKEY

Frances Caroline Eakey (6) was born 18 Feb. 1880, and died 15 Dec. 1940. She married George William Allen in 1901. He was born 25 Aug. 1877 in Dripping Springs, TN, and died in May 1940 in Stephenville, Erath Co., TX. They were both buried in Indian Creek Cem., Erath Co., TX. (R‑1)

Children - Allen

12. Lela May Allen, b. 21 March 1902, m. Charles Raymond Martin, Feb. 1927, d. 11 April 1982.

13. Odie Lee Allen

14. Laura Belle Allen, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Moore.

15. Clifford Dean Allen

16. Martha Frances Allen, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Rogers.

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