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Name:
Isaac Coplin Graves
Vital Information:
Isaac was born on 23 May 1831 in North Carolina and died on 9 April 1910 in Indiana.
Relation to Me:
Maternal 3x great grandpa
Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities:
Isaac was the fourth child born to William Bube Graves and Elizabeth (?).
He fought on the Union side in the Civil war as part of the 97th Regiment, Indiana Infantry from August 1862 to April 1864.
I have yet to purchase his Pension files, but have found his card and information on Ancestry.com so should have enough information to put in a proper request when my budget allows.
According to the 1870, 1880, and 1900 Census Records, he was a Farmer, owned his home, and was literate.
Beyond these black and white details, I don’t know much more and am hopeful Isaac’s Pension records will be enlightening.
It seems as though the Graves line as a whole is quite well researched and documented (I descend from gen 069), so I’ll admit to becoming a bit passive in my searches. No lineage beyond Isaac’s father, William, has been proven yet, and so we wait.
In Your Research…
Have you come across a line that is well documented through paper trails and genetic testing? Has that line hit a roadblock, or have you been able to follow it back for hundreds of years?
Housekeeping
My theme for the 2025 A to Z Challenge is Kin! The first names of direct lineage kin, to be more specific.
I’m spending the majority of the month focusing on the first names of many of my direct lineage kin. I’ll include their full names, any vital information I’ve found in my research, their relation to me, any fun tidbits/characteristics/experiences, and any commonalities I may have gleaned between myself and them.
In a couple of cases, where I have not identified an ancestor whose first name starts with a particular letter, I will choose a unique middle name, a direct line surname, and/or ancestral lands/places of significance.
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Onward,
Melissa
It’s interesting that the cause of death is listed whereas currently you rarely see that in obituaries (except for famous folks).
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I was thinking the same thing! I do wonder why that was the case for Isaac.
Interesting theme. Hope your research brings you a lot of exciting finds.
Thank you, Liam! I’m enjoying the process thoroughly!
I hope you can get the pension file soon. They are wonderful!
It’s at the top of my priority list for 2025 🙂
I am curius about what else can be found in pension records! Another things we don’t have over here.
The Multicolored Diary
Because Veterans or their Widows were applying for Pension monies, there is a wealth of information that can be found from details about one’s military service and injuries to vital statistics to marriage records, family names and origin stories, whether one could read or write, etc. Such a treasure trove for so many reasons!