Eleventh Generation

10049. Rufus Commodore GRAVES was born on 21 September 1889 in Union Co., TN.¹³²⁵ He appeared in the census in 1900 in District 12, Union Co., TN. Page 247 B, CD 12, Union Co., TN, line 64, dwelling 102, family 102
Living with the family of George Rutherford in 1900;
Graves, Commodore, boarder, W, M, Sept 1889, 10, S, TN, TN, TN, farm laborer
He died on 14 March 1960 at the age of 70 in Maynardville, Union Co., TN.¹³²⁵ Rufus was buried in March 1960 in New Loyston Cemetery, Union Co., TN.¹³²⁵

Rufus Commodore GRAVES and Bertha Estel WILSON¹³²¹ were married on 18 August 1914 in Union Co., TN.^{1307,2781,2782} Originally from the Sharps Chapel area, moved to the Burkhart area circa 1920. They owned and operated a grocery store there until their deaths in 1958. Parents of 8 children. Bertha Estel WILSON, daughter of Henry Scott WILSON and Lucy Jane BEELER, was born on 11 July 1890 in Union Co., TN.²⁷⁸³ She appeared in the census in 1900 in District 12, Union Co., TN. Bertha E., daughter, W, F, July 1890, 9, S, TN, TN, Tn, at school She appeared in the census in 1910 in District 5, Union Co., TN. Living with the Robert Brantley family in 1910;
Wilson, Bertha, servant, F, W, 19, S, TN, TN, TN, cook
Bertha died on 29 August 1959 at the age of 69 in Maynardville, Union Co., TN.^2781,2783 She was buried in August 1959 in New Loyston Cemetery, Union Co., TN.²⁷⁸³

Rufus Commodore GRAVES and Bertha Estel WILSON had the following children:

13923	i.	Virgie GRAVES²⁷⁸¹ was born on 8 June 1915 in Sharp's Chapel, Union Co., TN. She died on 24 September 1933 at the age of 18 in Sharp's Chapel, Union Co., TN. Never married.
+13924	ii.	Myrtle Ethel GRAVES.
13925	iii.	Kenneth Lavaughn GRAVES²⁷⁸¹ was born on 28 November 1917 in Sharp's Chapel, Union Co., TN.¹³²⁵ He died on 3 July 1976 at the age of 58 in Maynardville, Union Co., TN.¹³²⁵ He was buried in July 1976 in New Loyston Cemetery, Union Co., TN.¹³²⁵ Never married.
+13926	iv.	William Henry GRAVES.
13927	v.	infant GRAVES was born on 15 March 1923 in Union Co., TN. He/she died on 15 March 1923 at the age of 0 in Union Co., TN.
13928	vi.	Ola GRAVES was born on 14 July 1924 in Union Co., TN.²⁷⁸⁴ She died on 14 July 1924 at the age of 0 in Union Co., TN.²⁷⁸⁴ She was buried in July 1924 in Oak Grove Baptist Cemetery, Union Co., TN.²⁷⁸⁴
13929	vii.	Zola GRAVES was born on 14 July 1924 in Union Co., TN. She died on 14 July 1924 at the age of 0 in Union Co., TN.
+13930	viii.	Sabrina Jane GRAVES.
+13931	ix.	Sallie Marie GRAVES.
+13932	x.	Eula Mae GRAVES.
+13933	xi.	Clarence Lee GRAVES.