Batavia Herald Obituaries, 1895
Batavia, Kane County, Illinois

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1895 Obituaries from the Batavia Herald in Batavia, Kane County Illinois.

GRAVES, Desire, Obituary

An Old and Highly Respected Citizen, Friday, Dec. 6, 1895, at the Home of Her Daughter, Mrs. Eaton.

Mrs. Desire Graves, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. H. EATON, Friday, Dec. 6, 1895, aged 77 years and 8 months. Mrs. Graves was born at Hampton, Washington Co., N. Y.; she being the eldest daughter of Robert and Clarissa Millard. Two sisters, Mrs. Esbon Manville, of Turner, Ill., and Mrs. Truman Jones, of Warrenville, Ill., still survive her. Mr. Millard with his family moved from Whitehall, N.Y., to Ill., locating near Warrenville, DuPage Co., making the entire trip by team; Mrs Graves having married John Wesley Wood in 1834. The children surviving them being, Mrs. C. W. Selden, of Wellsburg, Pa., John W. Wood, of Blue Mound, Kan., Mrs. C. W. Shumway and Mrs. C. H. Eaton, of Batavia, and I. R. WOOD, of Chicago. Mr. Wood being a traveling minister in the early days of Illinois, they underwent many of the hardships known in those days: he having been select ed by the Rock River Conference for the Janesville Circuit. After filling this and other similar positions for a number of years, he finally returned and located at Warrenville. Deceased having married Mr. Jesse Graves in 1867, she removed to Batavia in 1869, where she has resided most of the time since. She was a life long member of the M. E. Church, having united with it at the age of 12 years. A very pleasant meeting, and the last she had the pleasure of attending, was that of the social of the older members of the church, given by the Epworth League at the Batavia M. E. Church, Sept. 20, 1895; having an opportunity of meeting her old friends and of these she was the third eldest. She had been gradually failing since July, finally passing away last Friday morning. Brief service were held at the home of her daughter in Batavia Saturday forenoon, and funeral services at the church in Warrenville, conducted by Rev. J. D. Leek, at the request of the departed. The remains were placed beside those of her parents in the cemetery at Warrenville. She made the selection of the text for her funeral service, which will be found in Mark 14: and 8: "She Hath Done What She Could" [Batavia Herald, (Batavia, IL), Dec. 12, 1895]