This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JgB.2ACE/313.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Brandi, Thanks for your response. My father William Madison Graves was raised by Thomas Graves after his father died. Get in touch and let me know how you descended from Thomas Graves. I have a very short line from John Henry. My line all married late in life.