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Birth: 9 Dec 1792 Virginia
Death: 8 Jan 1866, Champaign
County, Ohio
Father: Thomas GRAFTON (1760-1851)
Mother: Hester Catherine COWDEN
(1762-1838)
Misc. Notes
Misc. Notes
Thomas GRAFTON ( - 1794) & Sally (?)
Thomas GRAFTON
(1760 - 12 Aug 1851) & Hester Catherine COWDEN (13 Jul 1762 - 18 Dec 1838)
Ambrose GRAFTON (9 Dec 1792 - 8 Jan
1866) & Elizabeth KELLEY (16 Nov 1799 - 28 Sep 1881)
Margaret
Brown GRAFTON (2 Aug 1818 - 13 Aug 1854) & John ARNEY (26 May 1816 - 22 Oct
1881)
Jacob
Sylvester ARNEY* (23 Mar 1839 - 13 Feb 1927) & Linia Ann BARNES (1840 -
1880)
Mary Ellen ARNEY (24 Apr 1861 - 9 Sep 1935) & Joshua Newton MACHLAN
(1859 - 1936)
Linnie Ellen MACHLAN* (30 Sep 1884 - 7 May 1974) & Everett Elmer
WALKER (1882 - 1948)
Elsie Maureen
WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)
WAR OF 1812
SERVICE RECORDS: Ambrose Grafton: Private, Capt. John Van Meter’s Company.
Served from 29 Jul to 17 Aug 1813, Also
listed under Capt. Thomas Morgan’s Company. Also with “2 Odd Battalion
(Dawon’s) Ohio Militia. His brother James, and his future father-in-law Sampson
Kelley also served in Ohio.
DATA FROM
1820, 1830, 1840 CENSUS, OHIO, CHAMPAIGN CO.: In all, see notes with his
father, Thomas.
DATA FROM
1850 CENSUS, OHIO, CHAMPAIGN CO., JACKSON TWP:
Ambrose is
age 58 and a farmer. Elizabeth is age 52. Both were born in Virginia. Living at
home are Samson age 20, Harvey age 18, Lysander age 16, Harker age 14, William
age 11, and Emaline age 11. All the children were born in Ohio. The three
oldest sons list their occupation at “farmer”, but all the children have
attended school during the year.
1860 CENSUS,
OHIO, CHAMPAIGN CO., JACKSON TWP:
Ambrose
Grafton is 67, Elizabeth is 60. He is a farmer with $9000 real estate, $2600
other. I’m puzzled by the names living with them, but think it may be his
youngest son William M. (but using his middle name) along with his wife and 3
young children.
FIND A
GRAVE:
Buried in
Hill Cemetery, Champaign County, Ohio
Marriage: 20 Oct 1817
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Spouse: Elizabeth
KELLEY
Birth: 16 Nov 1799 Virginia
Death: 28 Sep 1881 Plymouth, Hancock, IL
Father: Sampson KELLEY (~1773-1828)
Mother: Margaret BROWN (~1775-1814)
Misc. Notes
1880 CENSUS,
ILLINOIS, HANCOCK CO., ST. MARYS TWP:
Elizabeth
Grafton reports her age as 78, position “mother-in-law”, is living with the
family of her daughter Mary (Grafton) Long. Three of her grandsons are also
still living in the house. She was born in Virginia and her parents were both
born in Ireland.
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Ambrose GRAFTON (9 Dec 1792 - 8 Jan 1866) & Elizabeth
KELLEY (16 Nov 1799 - 28 Sep 1881)
Margaret Brown
GRAFTON (2 Aug 1818 - 13 Aug 1854) & John ARNEY (26 May 1816 - 22 Oct 1881)
Joseph GRAFTON (25
Feb 1820 - aft 1843)
Benjamin GRAFTON
(25 Feb 1820 - aft 1844)
Hester Cowden GRAFTON
(18 Nov 1822 - 3 Jul 1905)
Mary GRAFTON (22
Aug 1824 - 18 Sep 1909)
Thomas GRAFTON (18
Oct 1826 - 1 Aug 1901)
Samson GRAFTON (2
Feb 1830 - aft 1855)
Elizabeth GRAFTON
(2 Oct 1828 - 28 Jan 1852)
Harvey GRAFTON (13
Feb 1832 - )
Lysander GRAFTON (11 Apr 1834 - 15 Oct 1874)
Mifflin Harker
GRAFTON (23 Jul 1836 - )
William M GRAFTON
(4 Jul 1839 - )
Sarah Emeline GRAFTON (4 Jul 1839 - 25 Mar
1915)