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  (b. abt. 1835 Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   d. 20 June 1877 Amherst, Massachusetts, USA )  

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James D. GRAVES was born abt. 1835 in Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA

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James D. GRAVES died 20 June 1877 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA .

Occupation: Painter



Father: Hubbard Graves
Mother: Mary Lyon


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NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

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News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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20 June 1877
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (North Amherst) (South Amherst)
Name: James D. Graves
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Wendell
Death Date: 20 Jun 1877
Death Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 42
Birth Date: 1835
Birth Place: Sunderland
Occupation: Painter
Race:
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Hubbard Graves
Father's Birthplace: Sunderland
Mother's Name: Mary Lyon
Mother's Birthplace: Deerfield
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50128-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186127
Reference ID: v 5 p 84

"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH18-W5T : 10 December 2014), James D. Graves, 20 Jun 1877; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference v 5 p 84; FHL microfilm 186,127."

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