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Presbyterian minister and founder of the Presbyterian Church in Boston, Georgia and Monticello, Florida.
He studied theology at Auburn, NY and was licensed and ordained by the Rutland Association as an evangelist on August 27, 1837,
Son of Cyrus Graves and Roseanna Rose.
Brother of Nathan Graves, Reverend Allan Graves, Abram Graves, Orpah Graves Allen, Ruth Graves and Reverend Joel Spencer Graves.
Husband of Naomi Whedon, sister of his brother Joel's wife Eunice Whedo
Father of Mary Ruth, Charlotte Naomi Whedon Graves Moore, Masy, Samuel A., Charles B. and Laura F. Graves.
Eli died of typhoid fever in Quitman, Brooks, GA at age 63, his wife died 3 years later of heart disease.
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notesJoel Spencer graduated from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Addison County, VT. Joel had liver and lung problems when he came to FL to teach in 1834. His lungs were helped by the warm climate, but it did not help his liver.
He started the Presbyterian churches in Boston, GA between 1845-1848 and Greenfield, GA. He helped his brother Eli start the Presbyterian Church in Monticello, FL.
1864, Arrested by Confederate Pickets in FL. To escape Confederate threats, He went to NY and Larkinsburg, Clay, IL to avoid Confederate threats
1870, Preaching in St. Mary's, Camden Co., GA
About 1880 - Went to Worth Co., GA and started to build another Greenfield Community
Died 11 MAY 1887 and buried in Greenfield, GA
In the spring of 1824 the Freeman's Advocate was started by Truman Haskell, and was, like its predecessor, a federalist sheet, showing that although the war had resulted contrary to the expectations of advocates of that party, the old spirit was still rampant in the region. But the Advocate not only held to the federalist theories but as well was thoroughly anti-Masonic in expression. It was a short lived paper and suspended publication in the later part of 1828.
Our County and its People.
Sarah Ann Haskell was a dressmaker.
Asa Haskell was a cordwainer (shoe maker).
Martha Amanda Haskell was a milliner.
James Edward Hilton was an expressman according to the 1870 census, of Lynn, Essex county, Massachusetts. James and Martha may have had one child who died young.
Marcus L. Bestow was a tanner.
Lawrence World
January 5, 1894Huldah R. Derry, daughter of a Baptist clergyman who labored in revival meetings in Massachusetts, New York and Ohio, was born in Massachusetts, a twin to Deborah Hila in October 1813 and their mother, Polly Haskell Derry died in August 1814. Their father remarried Huldah Lewis in October 1814, as he had twin babies, plus five other children under the age of 11. When Huldah Derry was young, the family moved to Chester County, Ohio where she was educated. She was married to Abraham Blakely and afterward assisted him through school and to the ministry.
In the fall of 1863, the Blakelys went to Lawrence, KS. On the last day of May of the following year her oldest son died of disease contracted in the army and on the following day the second son was killed in Grant's memorable charge at Cold Harbor. Immediately after the raid and destruction of Lawrence by Quantrell, Rev. Blakely went east to solicit money to build a Presbyterian Church and while in New York City was suddenly stricken with death. In the 1865 Territorial Census Huldah was working as a private school teacher.
She was the mother of eight children, two who died in infancy. "Mrs. Blakely was a deeply religious woman and her devotion to right was the cause of much admiration among those who knew her.