JULIA CHARLOTTE HOOPER-GRAVES was born on 24 July 1856 in Warren County, North Carolina to John DeBeniere Hooper and Mary Elizabeth Hooper. Julia was also a descendant of William Hooper, (her 2nd Great-Grandfather), who represented NC in signing the Declaration of Independence.

Julia lived in Fayette County, North Carolina in 1865, when Sherman's Army passed through during the Civil War. Julia's family returned to Chapel Hill in 1875 (her father had been a Faculty member there in the 1840s & 1850s), and was able to resume his position after reconstruction. Julia married Ralph Henry Graves in 1877 at Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, and they had FIVE children that are known of:

Infant Graves (unknown dates),
Ralph H. Graves, Jr. (1878-1939),
Ernest Graves (1880-1953),
Louis Graves (1883-1965), and
Mary D. Graves-Rees (1886-1950).

Ralph was a Professor of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina.

Julia passed away on 7 November 1844 at Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, and was buried there at the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.

[Additional notes from 1944 Obituary]
The News of Orange County, Hillsboro, N.C., Thursday, 9 November 1944, Page 1:
"Survivors:
Daughter: Mrs. Mary Graves-Rees. Sons: Louis Graves, [Newspaper Editor of The Chapel Hill Weekly] & Col. Ernest Graves [Chief of Engineer's Office, Washington, DC]. 2 Grandchildren: Pembroke Rees [Navy pre-flight School, Athens, Georgia] & Ernest Graves Jr. [Army Engineer Corps, Europe]. Niece: Betsy L. Whitaker [of Denver, Colorado]. Two grandchildren: Pembroke Rees, [training at Athens, Ga in the Navy Pre-flight school] and Lt. Ernest Graves, Jr. [with the army engineer corps in Europe]."

REFERENCES

1. 25 June 1880 Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina Census (ED: 198, Stamped 225A, Sheet 53, Family #62, Line 26), Husband's Household: Ralph H. Graves (Jr.).

2. 11 June 1900 Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina Census (ED: 67, Stamped 180A, Sheet 11, Family #219, Line 3), Head of Household: Julia C. Graves. Note: 4 of 5 children are living (3 children are enumerated on this census: Ernest Graves b. July 1856, Louis Graves b. Mar 1880, & Mary D. Graves b. June 1886).

3. 13 January 1920 Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, Lodger in Mary Moses' Household (sister of the Mildred Moses whom Louis Graves marries a year later).

4. Julia Charlotte Hooper-Graves' Obituary with photo, courtesy of BC Burt, Contributor #46607843.

5. Headstone photo, courtesy of Richard Jordan, Contributor #46497047.