GRAFF, Teophiel

1835 - 1921  (86 years)

• Name	GRAFF, Teophiel
  Birth	19 May 1835	Montreal, Quebec, CN   [1]
  	"Teophiel Graff was born near Montreal, Canada, May 19th, 1835."
  CENSUS	5 Aug 1850	St. Charles Co., MO   [2]
  	Named spelled Tuffiel in census Living with father Charles Graf (Graff) Occupation: farmer
  		1850 US Census: District 78, St. Charles Co., MO
  MILI	1863-1865	St. Charles Township, St. Charles Co., MO   [3]
  	Teophiel's name spelled incorrectly as Theofille Birthplace listed incorrectly as Missouri Married, farmer
  		Civil War draft registration: Teophiel Graff
  CENSUS	21 Jul 1870	Brunswick, Chariton Co., MO   [4]
  	Name spelled Dofield vs Teophiel Occupation farmer Value of real estate: the $800 Value of Personal property: $100
  		1870 US Census: Township 56 Range 21, Chariton Co., MO Associated post office: Brunswick, MO
  CENSUS	2 Jun 1880	Cunningham Township, Chariton Co., MO   [5]
  	Name spelled as Tofield Greff Occupation: farmer
  		1880 US Census: E. D. No. 176, Cunningham Township, Chariton Co., KS
  CENSUS	1900	Eureka Township, Kingman Co., KS   [6]
  	Occupation: farmer Cannot read and write Owns farm free of mortgage
  		1900 US Census: E.D. 108, Eureka Township, Kingman Co., KS
  CENSUS	20 Apr 1910	Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS   [7]
  	Occupation: own income Cannot read and write Own home, free of mortgage
  		1910 US Census: E. D. No. 96, Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS
  EVENT	Apr 1913	Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS   [8]
  		Mr. and Mrs. T. Graff ill 1913 "Mr. and Mrs. T. Graff, who have been having a severe attack of the grip for several weeks, are improving in health. Mr. Graff was able to be out on the streets Tuesday for the first time in three weeks."
  EVENT	7 Aug 1913	Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS   [9]
  		T. Graff buys windmill 1913 "T. Graff has purchased a new Perkins windmill which will be erected at his residence on Cedar street."
  EVENT	4 Jun 1914	Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS   [10]
  		Teophiel Graff ill 1914 "Frank Graff was here Saturday on account of the serious illness of his father. The old gentleman came near bleeding to death from a bursted blood vessel in his nose."
  EVENT	7 Oct 1916	Calexico, Imperial Co., CA   [11]
  		Teophiel Graff to winter with son in CA 1916 "Teophiel Graff left, Saturday morning for Calexico, California. He expects to spend the winter there and at Los Angeles."
  EVENT	17 Jan 1918	Turon, Reno Co., KS   [12]
  		Teophiel Graff sick w pneumonia 1918 "Teophiel Graft' who makes his home here with his son, Frank Graff, is quite sick, threatened with an attack of pneumonia."
  CENSUS	5 Jan 1920	Turon, Reno Co., KS   [13]
  	Address: First Ave. Living with family of daughter Aurelia and husband Andrew Swan Year of immigration to US: 1842 Year of naturalization: 1883 Occupation none Cannot read and write
  		1920 US Census: E. D. No. 188, Turon, Reno Co., KS, sht 2A
  EVENT	27 Oct 1921	Turon, Reno Co., KS   [14]
  		Teophiel Graff suffering from cancer 1921 "Teophiel Graff, who has been suffering for some time with cancer of the bladder, is very critically ill at this writing. His son, Jacob Graff, is here from California to assist in caring for him." Teophiel died shortly after this article, on 6 Nov 1921.
  Death	6 Nov 1921	Turon, Reno Co., KS   [1]
  	"He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Swan, on Nov. 6, 1921, aged eighty-six years, five months and eighteen days."
  		Obituary: Teophiel Graff 1921
  Burial	7 Nov 1921	Lerado Cemetery, Reno Co., KS   [1]
  	"Funeral services were held at the U. B. church in Penalosa at two o'clock Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Horner, and burial was in the cemetery at Lerado by the grave of his wife."
  		Headstone: Emily Graff Per his obit, husband Teophiel Graff (d. 1921) was buried next to his wife Emily. Appears his name and details were never carved onto the blank side of Emily's headstone. Plot: B.168.1 and 2
  Person ID	I1838	Main
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	DUROCHER, Emily,   b. 21 Apr 1836, St. Charles Co., MO d. 28 Dec 1915, Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1856	St. Charles, St. Charles Co., MO   [1, 15, 16]
  	"He was united in marriage to Miss Emily Duroche (Durocher) on Jan. 14, 1856 and to this union were born nine children, four of whom died in infancy." "She was married to Teophiel Graff at St. Charles, Mo. Jan. 14, 1856." Married by Catholic priest
  		Marriage record: Teophiel Graff and Emily Durocher 1856 Named in document as Theopile Greffe and Emilie Durochar
  Children	1. GRAFF Frank Teophiel,   b. 6 Nov 1856, Michigan d. 4 Mar 1946, Boone Co., AR (Age 89 years)  [Birth]   2. GRAFF, Zoe,   b. 1860, Missouri  [Birth] + 3. GRAFF, Aurelia,   b. 1867  [Birth]   4. GRAFF, Eugene,   b. 1869  [Birth]   5. GRAFF, Rosa,   b. 1874  [Birth]
  Photos		Teophiel Graff family
  Family ID	F584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 May 1835 - Montreal, Quebec, CN CENSUS - 5 Aug 1850 - St. Charles Co., MO Marriage - 14 Jan 1856 - St. Charles, St. Charles Co., MO MILI - 1863-1865 - St. Charles Township, St. Charles Co., MO CENSUS - 21 Jul 1870 - Brunswick, Chariton Co., MO CENSUS - 2 Jun 1880 - Cunningham Township, Chariton Co., MO CENSUS - 1900 - Eureka Township, Kingman Co., KS CENSUS - 20 Apr 1910 - Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS EVENT - Apr 1913 - Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS EVENT - 7 Aug 1913 - Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS EVENT - 4 Jun 1914 - Penalosa, Kingman Co., KS EVENT - 7 Oct 1916 - Calexico, Imperial Co., CA EVENT - 17 Jan 1918 - Turon, Reno Co., KS CENSUS - 5 Jan 1920 - Turon, Reno Co., KS EVENT - 27 Oct 1921 - Turon, Reno Co., KS Death - 6 Nov 1921 - Turon, Reno Co., KS Burial - 7 Nov 1921 - Lerado Cemetery, Reno Co., KS  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		Crossed the plains in 1853 Account of Teophiel Graff working as a teamster, scout and mail man for various trading companies, driving wagons and mail along the route from Kansas City to Laramie WY to Bridger UT. He's describes several encounters with Indians including a Massacre of US Army troops at Fort Laramie in the fall of 1854 in a dispute over a single sickly cow - "The Indians soon surrounded the soldiers and not one of them escaped. Mr. Graff witnessed the killing and scalping of thirty four people." He also tells of walking 108 miles on foot in winter to deliver mail from Fort Laramie to Fort Vaskett - "He traveled alone and on foot and made one trip a month. Besides the mail, he carried food and bedding, as there were no settlements between the forts. He saw thousands of buffalos in one herd. The animals were on every side of him as far as he could see at times."
  		Early Days in the West "T. Graff Tells More of His Experiences on the frontier in the 50s." In this installment, Theophiel Graff tells of being caught in quicksand moving logs across the Platte river near the Bordo trading post; of being caught in a snowstorm near Fort Laramie, forced to survive in five feet of snow for over a week on the meat from a old dead mule; and encountering a large bear while picking cherries, his gun not to hand to defend himself. He also relates a humorous story he was told about how the Sweetwater River in Wyoming got its name - "...a freighter (wagon pulled by oxen) was approaching the stream with a load of sugar when his thristy oxen, smelling the water, ran to the river, going over the bank and upsetting the sugar into the water."

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] News articles: Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS, (Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS), 10 Nov 1921, p 1 (Reliability: 2). [S662] 1850 US Census, Missouri, (Ancestry.com), 5 Aug 1850, p 27 (Reliability: 2). [S455] Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), US Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865. , (Ancestry.com), 1863-1865, p 166 (Reliability: 2). [S119] 1870 US Census, Missouri , (Ancestry,com), 21 Jul 1870, p 133 (Reliability: 2). [S117] 1880 US Census, Missouri , (Ancestry,com), 2 Jun 1880, E. D. No 176, p 3 (Reliability: 2). [S664] 1900 US Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 1900, E. D. No. 108, sht 2 (Reliability: 2). [S663] 1910 US Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 20 Apr 1910, E. D. No. 96, sht 9A (Reliability: 2). [S661] News articles: Penalosa News, Penalosa, KS , (Penalosa News, Penalosa, KS ), 6 Mar 1913, p 5 (Reliability: 2). [S661] News articles: Penalosa News, Penalosa, KS , (Penalosa News, Penalosa, KS ), 7 Aug 1913, p 5 (Reliability: 2). [S661] News articles: Penalosa News, Penalosa, KS , (Penalosa News, Penalosa, KS ), 4 Jun 1914, p 5 (Reliability: 2). [S141] News articles: Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS, (Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS), 12 Oct 1916, p 5 (Reliability: 2). [S141] News articles: Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS, (Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS), 17 Jan 1918, p 5 (Reliability: 2). [S615] 1920 US Census, Kansas , (Ancestry.com), 5 Jan 1920, p 2A (Reliability: 2). [S141] News articles: Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS, (Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS), 27 Oct 1921, p 5 (Reliability: 2). [S365] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Ancestry.com), 14 Jan 1856, p 109 (Reliability: 2). [S141] News articles: Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS, (Turon Weekly Press, Turon, KS), 7 Jan 1915, p 8 (Reliability: 2).