FLEMING TAYLOR DE GRAFFENRIED, JR.

 

 

 

     Fleming Taylor de Graffenried, Jr., b June 18, 1863, d February 19, 1941 and buried in Chilton Cemetery, Falls County, Texas - was a son of Dr. Fleming Taylor and Augusta G. (Townsend) de Graffenried. He married Lillian Gaines (called "Lillie"), b December 22, 1866, d December 3, 1944 and buried in Chilton Cemetery - a daughter of David Young and Isabelle (March) Gaines, who were both buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin. A brother of David Young and William Duvall Gaines was the Honorable Reuben Gaines, who was for many years, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

     Fleming Taylor de Graffenried, Jr. was proprietor of the Chilton Citizen's Bank' and had extensive mercantile pursuits, as well as a cotton gin, milling, farming, and ranching interests in and around Chilton, Texas.

     Fleming Taylor and Lillian (Gaines) de Graffenried, Jr. were the parents of five children:

Tscharner de Graffenried (called "Tes"), b April 5, 1884, d October 1, 1962 and buried in Chilton Cemetery - married Bertha Livingston, and had a daughter, Eloise de Graffenried.

     David de Graffenried, b June 25, 1891 - married Lonye Gray, b July 25,1891, d April 1, 1963 and buried in Chilton Cemetery - had one daughter, Lucy Jane de Graffenried.

     Brian Marsh de Graffenried, b September 25, 1897, d July 20, 1935 and buried in Chilton Cemetery - married Lucile Bowman.

     Gaines de Graffenried, b August 25, 1905 - married ala (Maiden name unknown). Gaines became the Director of The Texas Ranger Museum at Fort Fisher in Waco, Texas.

     Lillian de Graffenried, b January 25,1908.

 

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 116 column 1 and 2.  
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