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Anna Graft (Morningstar)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Preble County, Ohio, United States
Death: June 27, 1888 (70)
Miami County, Indiana, United States
Place of Burial: Mexico, Miami County, Indiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Washington Morningstar and Elizabeth Morningstar (Swisher)
Wife of Abraham Graft
Mother of George Graft; David Graft; John T. Graft; Elizabeth Anna Fike; Lydia Turnipseed and 2 others
Sister of Eliza Eikenberry (Morningstar); Mary M Flora; Susannah Flora; Katharine Eikenberry; Solomon Morningstar, Sr and 3 others

Managed by: Jim Wile
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About Anna Graft

Anna (Morningstar) Graft Daughter of George Washington and Elizabeth (Swisher) Morningstar _______________________________________ Sources, Citations, Notes:

History of Miami County, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present : Brant & Fuller, Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]. p. 692.

"He [Abraham Graft] came with his parents to Preble County, Ohio, where he was married March 3, 1839, to Anna, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Swisher) Morningstar. She was born in Preble County, Ohio, May 15, 1818. Her father was born in Virginia, October 23, 1779, and her mother in Maryland in August, 1782. They were married in Maryland, April 16, 1805, and shortly afterward moved to Preble County, Ohio, where they resided until death, which occurred as follows: The mother, October 16, 1851, and the father, May 16, 1851. They were the parents of nine children, viz: Elizabeth, Mary, Susanna, Catherine, Solomon, Jones [James], Anna, Julia A., and Lydia...."

Excerpted from the biographical sketch of Abraham Graft, pp. 691-692.

Link to view original publication in full at archives.org:

https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico00bran/page/692/mode/2u...

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Anna Graft's Timeline

1818
May 15, 1818
Preble County, Ohio, United States
1839
October 24, 1839
Preble County, Ohio, United States
1842
April 7, 1842
Preble County, Ohio, United States
1843
May 14, 1843
Jefferson Township, Miami County, IN, United States
1848
February 5, 1848
Preble County, Ohio, United States
1851
November 22, 1851
Miami, Miami County, Indiana, United States
1856
October 20, 1856
Mexico, Miami County, Indiana, United States
1858
1858
Miami, Miami County, Indiana, United States
1888
June 26, 1888
Age 70
Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico, Miami County, Indiana, United States