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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1870 - 1955 (85 years)
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| Name |
Graves, Malvina F. |
| Birth |
27 Oct 1870 |
Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Name |
Mallie |
| Reference Number |
3180 |
| Death |
12 Dec 1955 |
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina |
| Burial |
First Baptist Church of Yanceyville, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina [1] |
| Person ID |
I3140 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Family |
Graves, Barzillai Shuford, b. 5 Jul 1854, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina d. 3 May 1942, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Nov 1894 |
Surry County, North Carolina |
| Reference Number |
23604 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Graves, Mary Elizabeth, b. 16 Mar 1896, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 11 Jan 1977, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F1654 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
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- Malvina F. Graves (1870-1955)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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Given name also seen as Melvina, but is Malvina on her gravestone in the First Baptist Church of Yanceyville Cemetery. The middle initial "F" comes from the 1900 US Census when she was living in the household of her husband in Yanceyville, North Carolina. It may stand for "Franklin".
Charter member (and member number one) of the Caswell County Chapter #1152 United Daughters of the Confederacy, founded in 1894. Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 629 ("Caswell County chapter #1152 United Daughters of the Confederacy").
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Malvina Graves received her education at St. Mary's in Raleigh, also, and became quite an accomplished pianist. She married Barzillai Shuford Graves, of Caswell County, and they have one child, Mary Elizabeth Graves, now studying music in New York. Mrs. Graves has for many years been president of the Daughters of the Confederacy of Caswell County.
Connor, R. D. W., Boyd, William K., de Roulhac Hamilton, Joseph Gregoire. History of North Carolina, Volume V. Chicago, New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919, pp. 128-129.
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First Ladies of Caswell County, Past and Present (1985)
Mrs. Archibald D. Murphey, Mary Lee Varner Carter (Register of Deeds); Mrs. Bartlett Yancey; Janet Harris Cobb (Clerk of Superior Court); Mrs. Bedford Brown; Mary Skipwith Brown (Preservationist); Mrs. Romulus Saunders; Maud Florance Gatewood (Artist, Teacher, and Former chairman of County Commissioners); Mrs. Solomon Lea; Ann Gunn Everitt (Member, Board of Education); Mrs. John Kerr; Bea Gatling Gwynn (Resident M.D.); Mrs Tom Day; Dorothy Yarborough Zimmerman (School Supervisor); Mrs. Henrietta Jeffries (Midwife); Helen Payne (First African-American Home Demonstration Agent); Miss Lizzie Lownes (School Teacher); Helen Little (Member, District Highway Commission); Miss Ida Poteat (Professor); Geneva Williams Warren (Member Governor's Staff and Businesswoman); Mrs. B. S. Graves (Clubwoman).
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The Lady Pioneers of this Generation Who Have Taken Their Places in Business and Organizations at County, State, and National Level While Maintaining Their Homes and Rearing the Next Generation.
Source: Whitlow, Jeannine D., Editor. The Heritage of Caswell County North Carolina 1985. Winston-Salem (North Carolina): Hunter Publishing Company, 1985. Page 680.
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Fruit Punch and Cake Served in Yanceyville to Honor Confederate President Jefferson Davis
"The Caswell County chapter of the U.D.C. was delightfully entertained Thursday afternoon at the [Yanceyville] home of Mrs. B. S. Graves. The chapter met to celebrate the birthday of Jefferson Davis. The meeting was presided over by the vice-president, Mrs. E. A. Allison. Fruit punch and cake was served by the hostess."
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 11 June 1920.
The U.D.C. is the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. B. S. Graves is Mrs. Barzillai Shufford Graves: Malvina F. Graves (1870-1955). Yes, her maiden surname is Graves.
Mrs. E. A. Allison is Mrs. Edgar Archibald Allison (his second wife): Martha Allen Hatchett (1873-1954).
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1900 US Census
Name: Malvina F Graves
Home in 1900: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
1930 US Census
Name: Malvina Graves
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Relation to head-of-house: Wife
Spouse's Name: Baz S Graves
Home in 1930: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina (Main Street)
Death Record
Name: Malvina Graves
Death Date: 12 Dec 1955
Death State: North Carolina
Death Age: 84
Birth Date: abt. 1871
Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005
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