Fifth Generation

517. Anna CONE was born on 3 May 1773 in East Haddam, Middlesex , Connecticut.^3,5 She died about 1859.³

Anna CONE and Sterling GRAVES were married on 28 Oct 1794.³ Soon after they were married they moved to Westmoreland, and from there to Lewis County in the "Black River Country," New York State, where they took up three hundred acres of wild land and built a log house. The youngest of their nine children writes: "There I was born and spent my youth running around in the woods and going two miles to school." Sterling and Anna (Cone) Graves had seven daughters and two sons. Three of the
daughters died at the age of 87 years and one at 82. One of the sons was a school teacher seven years, then became a minister and joined the Methodist Conference. He got his education evenings by the light of a log fire. He died at the age of 82. Sterling Graves was active in town affairs, being Justice of the Peace and Supervisor.
Sterling GRAVES was born on 2 Jun 1770.³ He died on 19 Aug 1859.³ Anna CONE and Sterling GRAVES had the following children:

1286	i.	Living.
+1287	ii.	Living.
+1288	iii.	Living.