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George Dyer Gravely

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George Dyer Gravely

Birth
Leatherwood, Henry County, Virginia, USA
Death
27 May 1904 (aged 80)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Martinsville, Martinsville City, Virginia, USA
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George Dyer Gravely was born in the fall of 1823 to Lewis Gravely and Rachel Martha Dyer. George was the namesake of Rachel Martha Dyer's father, George Dyer, a Lt in the Continental Line of the American Revolution. At the age of 30, he married his first cousin, Miss Letitia Gravely. He was a lawyer and served as Clerk of the Henry County Court for two five-year terms (1864-1869 and 1870-1875). His law firm, George D. Gravely and son, included his partner and son George L. Gravely. Other children from the union of George and Letitia Gravely included a professor and a physician. George was 81 at the time of his death.

If you wish to read more about this distinguished family, there is a collection of letters at the Library of Virginia:

Call No: 38550
http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00157.xml Finding Aid
Anson-Greene-Gravely families.
Papers, 1832-1999 (bulk 1900-1940), of the Anson, Greene, and Gravely families of Augusta, Henry, and Norfolk Cos VA, and GA, MD, England and Ireland. The bulk of the collection covers the period 1900 to 1940. Includes correspondence, subject files, photographs, albums, scrapbooks, and publications.
George Dyer Gravely was born in the fall of 1823 to Lewis Gravely and Rachel Martha Dyer. George was the namesake of Rachel Martha Dyer's father, George Dyer, a Lt in the Continental Line of the American Revolution. At the age of 30, he married his first cousin, Miss Letitia Gravely. He was a lawyer and served as Clerk of the Henry County Court for two five-year terms (1864-1869 and 1870-1875). His law firm, George D. Gravely and son, included his partner and son George L. Gravely. Other children from the union of George and Letitia Gravely included a professor and a physician. George was 81 at the time of his death.

If you wish to read more about this distinguished family, there is a collection of letters at the Library of Virginia:

Call No: 38550
http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00157.xml Finding Aid
Anson-Greene-Gravely families.
Papers, 1832-1999 (bulk 1900-1940), of the Anson, Greene, and Gravely families of Augusta, Henry, and Norfolk Cos VA, and GA, MD, England and Ireland. The bulk of the collection covers the period 1900 to 1940. Includes correspondence, subject files, photographs, albums, scrapbooks, and publications.

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