GRAVES, Mary Jane BISHOP, was born in the village of Ithaca, May 13, 1829, the eldest of five children of Joel and Maria BISHOP who were natives of Lansing. They soon, however, removed to Dryden, where Mr. BISHOP engaged in the manufacture of guns. He was a son of Dr. James BISHOP.. In the summer of 1857 she married Jackson GRAVES,( the son of Jacob Graves and Edith Jackson), a teacher in the Pottsville (Pa.) Union Graded School. She and her husband accepted an invitation to open a select school in Dryden, N.Y., in the fall of 1860, and this developed into what was known for ten years as the Dryden Seminary. In the spring of 1861 they bought about three acres of land and erected the building that was eventually occupied by the Dryden Union Graded School According to 1880 Danby Census, they had an adopted son, Charles D. born about 1870. Mary Jane had a sister, Elmira (Almira) born 1837 who possibly married a Hammon. There was also a brother, Benton Bishop, 1834-1896 who is buried in Green Hills Cemetery in Dryden, NY. A sister, Anna , b1836-d1871 married Uriah Clark b1829-d1889 They are also buried in Green Hills. A brother, George 1844-1847 is buried in Old Pioneer Cemetery in Dryden, N Mary Jane, Elmira, Benton, Anna and George are the children of Joel Bishop and Maria Head. Joel is the son of Dr. James Bishop from Lansing. Would like to know the mother. I've been told that Maria is the daughter of Brittain Head, also of Lansing. Would like to know the mother, also. Anna Bishop is my 2nd great grandmother. Thank you for any help that anyone might be able to give. Patty