William Grave, only son of Nathan and Margaret (Addleman) Grave, was born Dec.
14, 1828, on the farm where he now resides. He was reared on the home farm and
educated in the country schools. He was married July 2, 1863, to Elizabeth M.,
daughter of John and Betty (Compton) Mills, both now deceased. They were of
English ancestry and members of the Friends' society. They were the parents of
ten children, of whom three are deceased---Rebecca and two who died in
infancy. Those living are---William C., Amos, John, Elizabeth M., Henry F.,
Joseph and George. Mr. Grave and wife had one daughter---Margaret Rosetta,
born in 1864, and one they have taken to raise, Christina Louisa Friesdorff,
now in her twenty-second year, whom they have reared since eight years of age.
She is a member of Friends. Mr. Grave has followed farming through his life.
His wife and daughter are members of the Society of Friends. Our subject's
father was born in Delaware and first married Hannah Howell, by whom he had
five children---Stephen, John L. (deceased), Persey, Elwood and Ann P.
(deceased). His second wife was Margaret Addleman, a native of Chester County,
Pa., and to this union was born six children---Hannah H., Mary H., William,
Alida T., Mahala A. and Lydia J. Nathan Grave settled in Wayne County, Ind.,
on the farm now owned by our subject, in August, 1816. He died in his seventy-
eighth year. His wife died at the age of sixty-six years.
