Richard McGRAW & Grace WILSON

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Richard McGRAW
Grace WILSON

PLEASE NOTE: this family group sheet is under construction.

Husband: Richard McGRAW
Birth: 1799/1800, Ireland
Death: Aug 1879, KS
Occupation: farmer

Marriage:

Wife: Grace WILSON
Birth: ca. 1803/4, Ireland
Death: 1853, Ireland
Occupation: homemaker

Children — born in Ireland (data in braces are {year: age} from the censuses):

1. Hugh McGRAW, b. May 1828 {1880: 37; 1900: 72}
2. Andrew McGRAW, b. 1829 {1870: 40; 1880: 50}
3. Patrick "Pat" McGRAW, b. 1829/30 {1870: 40}
4. William McGRAW, b. 1 Jul 1833 {1870: 34; 1880: 42}
5. Henry McGRAW, b. 12 Dec 1835
6. Thomas McGRAW, b. 2 Dec 1836, co. Down, Ireland
7. Elizabeth "Betty/Eliza" McGRAW, b. 1837 {1860: 23}
8. Richard McGRAW, b. ca. 3 Feb 1840
9. James McGRAW, b. 28 Aug 1844 or 1839/40 {1880: 41}
10. Samuel McGRAW, b. 1842/3 {1870: 27}
11. Margaret McGRAW, b. 1844/5 {1870: 25}

If these birthdates are from a family bible, then the census is more wrong than right. If these birthdates are from tombstones, I'd give the census more weight as the more contemporary records.

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Timeline
Year	Location	Event
1799/1800	Ireland	birth of Richard McGRAW
c1803/4		birth of Grace WILSON
		marriage of Richard McGRAW & Grace WILSON
1828	Ireland	birth of son, Hugh
1829	Ireland	birth of son, Andrew
1829/30	Ireland	birth of son, Patrick
1833	Ireland	birth of son, William
1835		birth of son, Henry
1836	Ireland: co. Down	birth of son, Thomas
1837	Ireland	birth of daughter, Elizabeth
1838/9	Ireland	birth of son, James
1840		birth of son, Richard
1842/3	Ireland	birth of son, Samuel
1844/5	Ireland	birth of daughter, Margaret
c1844/5		death of Grace (WILSON) McGRAW
1850 Fed Census		not found
1852		son, Andrew, said to have made crossing
1853/4	Indiana	birth of granddaughter, Mary, d/o Thomas
1854	Congress passes Bill creating Nebraska and Kansas Territories, opens land to settlement
1855	Kansas Territory: Leavenworth Co. formed as original county
1857/8	Iowa	birth of granddaughter, Mary, d/o Andrew
1858		son, Hugh, said to have made crossing
1859	Kansas Territory: Wyandotte Co. formed from Leavenworth and Johnson Cos.
1859 State Census	KT: Leavenworth Co.: Stranger Twp.	son, Patrick McGRAW, head-of-household
1860 Fed Census
1861	Kansas achieves statehood
1865 State Census	KS: Leavenworth Co.: Kickapoo Twp.	Richd McGRAW
1870 Fed Census	KS: Leavenworth Co.: Kickapoo Twp.	Richard McGRAW, head-of-household
1879		Richard McGRAW deceased

Sources:

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Richard MCGRAW
Birth: 1801, , Ireland
Spouse: Grace WILSON
Source: none given

Richard MCGRAW
Spouse: Grace WILSON
Marriage: Abt. 1820, <>, Cork, Ireland
Source: none given

2a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1860 (Broderbund CD-318): not found.

2b. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com): I checked every line of every page of the Stranger Twp., Leavenworth Co., KS, 1860 Census, and didn't find one single McGRAW.

3. Rita Benge, ed. 1996. The 1865 Agricultural Census of Leavenworth County, Kansas. Leavenworth County Genealogical Society, Leavenworth, KS (online at Ancestry.com):

McGraw Richd Steuben (Kickapoo) p. 20

McGraw P Leavenworth-Ward 2 p. 17

McGraw Pat Fort Leavenworth p. 1

Who is P. McGRAW?

4. 1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #243 of 853): Kickapoo P.O., Kickapoo Twp., Leavenworth Co., KS, p. 250A, PN 25, enumerated 24 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1870: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 19

194 191 McGraw Richard 70 M W Farmer 3000 1500 Ireland / / /

______ William 34 M W Farmer Ireland / / /

______ Samuel 27 M W Farmer Ireland / / /

______ Margaret 25 F W Keeping house Ireland / /

______ Mary 3 F W Kansas / /

Hensley William 21 M W Laborer North Carolina /

Mary is surely a grandchild, but whose daughter is she? (The John McGRAW on p. 265 was æ 25, unmarried, and born in MA.)

5. Messages on the McGraw Surname Board (online at Ancestry.com).

6. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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