Lucius Spencer Graves

The 1870 Erie County Census lists the Lucius Graves family in Margaretta Township,with these family members:

Lucius S., age 37, born in New York, occupation farmer
Emily, age 28
William, age 9
Etta, age 6
Anna age 5
A farmhand named John Wick also resided with the Graves family

In the book GENEALOGY OF THE GRAVES FAMILY IN AMERICA, by John Card Graves, we read that Lucius S. Graves was the son of Spencer and Ann Mills Graves, who moved from New York State to the Castalia area of Margaretta Township in Erie County, Ohio.

Lucius Spencer Graves was the youngest son of Spencer and Ann Graves, born on August 24, 1833. Lucius S. Graves married Emily Caswell, a daughter of Calvin Caswell, in 1858. Lucius S. Graves died in October, 1884, and he is buried in the Graves Cemetery.