 Adelaide Gregory Graves About 1882-1912 Texas Born Buried in Loosley Cemetery, exact location unknown (image - created using Bing AI) Adelaide was an African American woman born about 1882 in Texas to Austin Gregory and his second wife, Fannie Hanson.
Austin had been born around 1838 in Virginia, probably as a slave, which might explain how he came to be in Texas when he and his first wife, Sarah Richardson, began having children around 1855. After Emancipation, Austin married Fannie Hanson and began a second family. Adelaide married Walter Graves sometime between 1900 and 1911. However, they are not known to have had any children. In 1911, Adelaide was living in New Mexico. She had contracted tuberculosis and may have come to Phoenix in hopes of recovering. She was residing at 1509-1511 East Jefferson Street in Phoenix when she died on June 28, 1912. Her funeral was conducted from the Colored Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church located at 1401 East Adams, just a few blocks from her home, and she was buried in City Loosley Cemetery. According to her newspaper obituary, she was survived by her husband, mother, and five sisters. ©2024 by Donna L. Carr. Last revised 5 January 2024. If you would like assistance researching our interred, you can find more information on our website. You can contact us at [email protected] at any time. Thank you for your interest to preserve the history of Arizona's pioneers!
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