Mary Frances Navarre DeGraff

1832 - 1921  (89 years)

• Name	Mary Frances Navarre DeGraff
  Born	5 Sep 1832	South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Sep 1921
  Buried	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3342	Rossville
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Pierre Frechette Navarre,   b. 8 Feb 1787, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan ,   d. 27 Dec 1863, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Angelique Kechoueckquay Navarre,   b. 1805,   d. 1836  (Age 31 years)
  Married	13 Sep 1834	Berrien County, Michigan
  	This was the Catholic ceremony. They had been married years before in the Indian ceremony.
  Family ID	F1640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Baptiste DeGraff, Jr.,   b. 1832/1833, Canada ,   d. 4 Apr 1915, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 82 years)
  Children	+ 1. Isadore John DeGraff,   b. 20 Dec 1860, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana ,   d. 14 Dec 1932, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma  (Age 71 years) + 2. Alice Ellen DeGraff Mileham,   b. 27 Jul 1861, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan ,   d. 21 Sep 1936, Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona  (Age 75 years) + 3. Joseph F DeGraff,   b. 12 Mar 1865,   d. 25 Oct 1937, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 72 years) + 4. George DeGraff,   b. 17 May 1866, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana ,   d. 28 Mar 1937, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 70 years)   5. Frances DeGraff   6. William DeGraff
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2018 09:38:45
  Family ID	F1638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Sep 1832 - South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- DeGraff, Frances Rossville's Oldest Lady Died Sunday Mrs. Frances DeGraff, widow of the late John DeGraff, died at 1:10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at the advanced age of 89 years and 13 days, after an illness of about three days. Her death was caused by bronchial pneumonia which developed following a severe cold. Mrs. DeGraff, with her husband and family was one of the pioneer settlers of Rossville township, coming here in 1866. She was one of the allottees of the lands given to the Pottawatomie Indians in Rossville township, which at that time was in the Pottawatomie reservation before it was diminished to the present boundary. And at the time of her death she was still in possession of her land, the only allottee remaining from the original reservation. Mrs. DeGraff was born near South Bend, Ind., the daughter of Pater F. Navarre. During her residence of 55 years in Rossville township she had gone thru all the hardships of the first settlers and raised a large family. She is survived by six children, four sons -- Isadore, of Shawnee, Okla., George, of Holton, Kans., Joseph and William of Rossville; and two daughters, Mrs. Ben Mileham, of Topeka and Miss Frances of the home address. Funeral services were held Tues. morning, Sept. 20, at 9:30 in the Catholic church at St. Marys and internment made in the St. Marys cemetery.