This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bibb, Graves Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.bibb/3721.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Below are some links about David Bibb Graves which mention his parents, a little about his early life, and about his time as governor of Alabama. What little I found using WorldConnect was disappointing and in some cases wrong, so I would advise that you perform the research yourself using census data, marriage information, etc. Graves was born in Hope Hull [not Hope Hill as some indicate], Montgomery County, Alabama, the son of David and Mattie Bibb Graves and a descendant of Alabama's first governor William Wyatt Bibb. Graves' father died when he was one-year old, and he was reared first by his paternal grandfather on an Alabama farm and then by an uncle in Texas. http://www.gravesfa.org/notable.html#Bibb Graves, David Bibb (1873-1942) - also known as Bibb Graves - of Alabama. Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery County, Ala., April 1, 1873. Cousin of William Wyatt Bibb and Thomas Bibb; married to Dixie Bibb Graves [Her maiden name was Dixie Bibb]. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1936. Christian. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla., March 14, 1942. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala. See also http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_graves.html http://www.answers.com/topic/bibb-graves