"Mrs. Margaret Smith Graves, who died in this village on the 14th instant, was born in Williamsville, Erie county, New York, in 1821. Her father, Oziel Smith, who died in 1836, was one of the sturdy pioneers of Western New York. Her mother, Phebe Smith, survived until 1890, being in her 101st year at the time of her death. She was a woman of remarkable energy and business ability, managing a large property with signal success until within a few years of her death. Mrs. Graves was married in 1842 to Solomon Graves of Herkimer County in this State, a man of considerable local distinction. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Charlotte S. Stevens, of Williamsville, and by three sons, Edward Oziel Graves, a banker of Seattle, Washington; Dr. Crosby J. Graves, of North Wales, Pa, and Charles A. Graves of this village. She removed to Union Springs, with her son Charles, in 1881, purchasing a beautiful place on the shore of the lake, in which the remainder of her life was passed. Her declining years were spent in peace and comfort in this quiet home, surrounded by loving relatives and friends. Her last illness was very brief and she retained her keenness of intellect and her interest in all worthy things until the very last. Mrs. Graves was a woman of superior intellect, of wide reading and information and of kindly and charitable disposition. Her death will be deplored by many loving friends and by none more than the poor and afflicted, to whom she was always ready to extend both succor and sympathy. Funeral services were held at her former home on the 16th in the presence of the members of the family and her intimate friends, Rev. William H. Casey officiating. The next morning the remains were, in compliance with her express directions, taken to Buffalo and incinerated. As directed by her the ashes were conveyed to Williamsville, the home of her childhood, and deposited in the same grave in which the remains of her father were laid to rest sixty-seven years ago." (26 Mar 1903 edition of the Union Springs NY Advertiser).
Daughter of Oziel E. Smith and Phebe Norton Smith.
Wife of Solomon Graves. Mother of three sons above named and daughter Jessie Graves who died in childhood.
See Margaret's name recorded on the Graves family tombstone that marks her husband's burial site:
Margaret Smith Gravesville Cemetery
Daughter of Oziel E. Smith and Phebe Norton Smith.
Wife of Solomon Graves. Mother of three sons above named and daughter Jessie Graves who died in childhood.
See Margaret's name recorded on the Graves family tombstone that marks her husband's burial site:
Margaret Smith Gravesville Cemetery
"Mrs. Margaret Smith Graves, who died in this village on the 14th instant, was born in Williamsville, Erie county, New York, in 1821. Her father, Oziel Smith, who died in 1836, was one of the sturdy pioneers of Western New York. Her mother, Phebe Smith, survived until 1890, being in her 101st year at the time of her death. She was a woman of remarkable energy and business ability, managing a large property with signal success until within a few years of her death. Mrs. Graves was married in 1842 to Solomon Graves of Herkimer County in this State, a man of considerable local distinction. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Charlotte S. Stevens, of Williamsville, and by three sons, Edward Oziel Graves, a banker of Seattle, Washington; Dr. Crosby J. Graves, of North Wales, Pa, and Charles A. Graves of this village. She removed to Union Springs, with her son Charles, in 1881, purchasing a beautiful place on the shore of the lake, in which the remainder of her life was passed. Her declining years were spent in peace and comfort in this quiet home, surrounded by loving relatives and friends. Her last illness was very brief and she retained her keenness of intellect and her interest in all worthy things until the very last. Mrs. Graves was a woman of superior intellect, of wide reading and information and of kindly and charitable disposition. Her death will be deplored by many loving friends and by none more than the poor and afflicted, to whom she was always ready to extend both succor and sympathy. Funeral services were held at her former home on the 16th in the presence of the members of the family and her intimate friends, Rev. William H. Casey officiating. The next morning the remains were, in compliance with her express directions, taken to Buffalo and incinerated. As directed by her the ashes were conveyed to Williamsville, the home of her childhood, and deposited in the same grave in which the remains of her father were laid to rest sixty-seven years ago." (26 Mar 1903 edition of the Union Springs NY Advertiser).
Daughter of Oziel E. Smith and Phebe Norton Smith.
Wife of Solomon Graves. Mother of three sons above named and daughter Jessie Graves who died in childhood.
See Margaret's name recorded on the Graves family tombstone that marks her husband's burial site:
Margaret Smith Gravesville Cemetery
Daughter of Oziel E. Smith and Phebe Norton Smith.
Wife of Solomon Graves. Mother of three sons above named and daughter Jessie Graves who died in childhood.
See Margaret's name recorded on the Graves family tombstone that marks her husband's burial site:
Margaret Smith Gravesville Cemetery
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