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Nathaniel Steven Graves

1 Oct 1837 – 25 Aug 1859

Birth	1 Oct 1837
Death	25 Aug 1859
Cemetery	Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney , Collin County , Texas , USA
Added by	Sherry on 22 Jun 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11546570

Bio

He was shot in a duel defending the honor of one of the Graves women, after her ankle was exposed and someone called out "now there's a well-turned ankle". He called the man out, and in the duel, he was shot. His last words are carved into his gravestone.

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Son of Isaac and Margaret. Born in Orange Co., Virginia "Pa I am bound to die, is Mother coming?"

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Family

Parents

• Margaret Ann Stevens Graves 1811–1908
• Isaac Finks Graves 1815–1886

Siblings

• Capt Albert Goodwin "Good" Graves 1839–1901
• Eliza V. Graves Bingham 1841–1927
• Sarah M. Graves DeArmond 1844–1914
• Mollie Estelle Graves Cameron 1857–1941

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