To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Texas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Texas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 1/19/20 • Approved: 3/8/21 • Last Updated: 3/11/21 • R256893-G256892-S3
Addie
October 1, 1855 - July 9, 1937
Thomas
February 16, 1842, Caswell County, North Carolina - April 9, 1924, Lilac, Milam County, Texas
*Obituary
THOMAS H. GRAVES
Thomas H. Graves, aged 82 years, died at his home in the Lilac community about midnight Tuesday, following something like a stroke of apoplexy which came on him the Thursday previous.
Decedent was one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of the county. He had lived on his farm near Lilac since the early days of the county, having one of the finest homes and farms in Central Texas. He is the last of three brothers - pioneer settlers of the county, to wit: Thos. H., Fred A. and George S. Graves. Of these three Thomas H. and the eldest; Fred A. died in 1906, and George S. passed to his reward two years ago at his home in Runnels county.
Thomas H. and Fred A. Graves had lived on adjoining farms in the Lilac community for many years, and had meant a great deal to that community. They built the Lilac church and were liberal contributors to every worthy cause and charity. Fred A. finally moved to Rockdale, where he died in 1906, and George S. Went to West Texas, but the elder brother remained on the old home place until the end came this week. Surviving him are his widow, three sons and three daughters, as follows: George, of Cameron; Henry and Paul of the Lilac community; Mrs. Marvin Beatty of Fort Worth; Mrs. Roger Gilleland of Tracy, and Miss Gertrude Graves of Lilac. One sister also survives him - Mrs. Dan G. Davis of Sharp.
The funeral is to be held at the Lilac cemetery this (Thursday) afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, the religious services being conducted by Revs. Copeland and Parker of the Presbyterian church, of which decedent had long been a member.
The Rockdale Reporter(Milam County, Texas), 10 Apr 1924, Thu, Page 3
Family Members
Parents
John Herndon Graves
1807-1889
Julia Ann Hill Graves
1819-1891
Spouse
Addie Tribble Graves
1855-1937
Siblings
Hattie M. Graves Dunlap
1840-1897
Frederick Augustus Graves
1847-1906
Children
George Thomas Graves
1881-1945
Henry I. Graves
1883-1961
Lura Graves Beaty
1885-1979
Paul C. Graves
1887-1971
Estelle Graves Gilleland
1890-1988
Gertrude A. Graves Hargrove
1895-1981
Photo courtesy of: Karen Neal Morey
Contributed on 1/19/20 by ashaw444
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 256893
Location/GPS: View Map