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Capt Albert Goodwin "Good" Graves

29 May 1839 – 1 Jun 1901

Birth	29 May 1839
Death	1 Jun 1901
Cemetery	Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney , Collin County , Texas , USA
Added by	Herbert Rickards on 20 Jul 2002
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6548371

Bio

A. G. (GOOD) GRAVES. A. G. (Good) GRAVES died Saturday morning at his home, two miles northwest of McKinney after a long period of ill health. The deceased was born in Missouri in 1839 and came to Texas, this county, in 18[unreadable]. At the breaking out of the civil war, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Sixth Texas Cavalry, Ross' brigade, Gov. Throckmorton's old company which was raised at McKinney. At the reorganization of the company at Corinth he became a lieutenant and soon rose to a captaincy. After the war he returned to McKinney and married the sister of Jack and Thornt Shirley, who survives him. He was a son of the late Isaac Graves and a brother of Mesdames Col. R. DeARMOND and Capt. John H. BINGHAM. Mr. Graves was educated in the University of Virginia and was a man of superior intelligence. His remains were followed by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives to Pecan Grove cemetery where the burial took place Sunday afternoon. [The Democrat, McKinney, Tex., July 4, 1901.]

Inscription

Captain. Albert Goodwin Graves Co.K Ross's Brigade 6th Texas Cav. CSA

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Family

Parents

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

Spouse

• Anna Shirley Graves 1846–1927 FaG

Siblings

• Nathaniel Steven Graves 1837–1859
• Eliza V. Graves Bingham 1841–1927
• Sarah M. Graves DeArmond 1844–1914
• Mollie Estelle Graves Cameron 1857–1941

Children

• Willie I. Graves 1866–1900 FaG
• Lewis Vernon Graves 1873–1940 FaG
• George Goodwin Graves 1878–1954 FaG
• Thornton Shirley Graves 1883–1925 FaG
• Lena Graves 1886–1899 FaG

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