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Diana, Goddess
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| John CYRUS
Lavinia GRAVES |
| Husband: John CYRUS
Birth: 20 Mar 1831, Hancock Co., IL Death: 5 Dec 1891, Calistoga, Napa Co., CA Disposition: buried Pioneer Cemetery, Calistoga, Napa Co., CA Transhumance: 1846, to California by wagon train Father: Enoch CYRUS Mother: Rebecca COOK |
| Marriage: 5 Jun 1856, San Juan Batista, San Benito Co., CA |
| Wife: Lavinia / Lovina GRAVES
Birth: 3 Jul 1834, Steuben, Marshall Co., IL Death: 27 Jul 1906, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA. Transhumance: 1846, to California by wagon train, a member of the Donner Party Father: Franklin Ward GRAVES Mother: Elizabeth COOPER |
| Children — born in Calistoga, Napa Co., CA: |
| 1. Martha Rebecca CYRUS, b. 23 Nov 1857
2. Henry Enoch CYRUS, b. 12 Apr 1859 3. James William CYRUS, b. 10 Feb 1861 4. Mary Anna CYRUS, b. 26 Apr. 1863 5. Sarah Grace CYRUS, b. 11 Dec 1866 6. Rachel Elizabeth "Libbie" CYRUS, b. 27 Jan 1873 |
| Sources:
1. At the Donner Party web site [link died], see entry for Lovina Graves [link died], who was a member of the Donner Party. The Cyrus family was in a wagon train just days ahead of the ill-fated Donner Party. The Cyruses made it safely over the summit. 2. Hubert Howe Bancroft. 1884-1890. California Pioneer Register and Index, 1542-1848. History Co., San Francisco, CA (online at Ancestry.com). On p. 113:
3. Descendants of Thomas Graves [link died] by David F. Graves. |
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