Robert Eugene Graves, son of W.C. and Agnes J. (Schumm) and Patricia Ann
  Jones, daugher of Leo Ausustine and Margaret Elizabeth (Brockman) Jones,
  were married Sept. 1, 1953, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Alva, Oklahoma.
  Pat was born in Alva and lived with her folks and two sisters, Leona and
  Bertha, on the George Mohs farm at Capron, until her dad died in 1938, at the 
  age of 26, of pneumonia. I was raised on the farm that my grandfather home-
  steaded in 1889. The first few months of our married live we lived in the
  O.K. Rooms, Hardtner, then moved back to the farm.
     Our eight children were raised on that farm. Suzanne Lorraine graduated
  from Hartdner High School in 1972 and St. Mary of the plains College, Dodge
  City in 1976 with a degree in Medical Technology. She is married to Bruce
  Reynolds, an Economics and History teacher at Troy, KS.
     Russel William, a 1973 graduate of HHS, is married to Rita (Cathrae), and
  they have two children, Joshua Luke and Mariah Elise. Rus is foreman of the
  DNB Ranch (formerly Carthrae-Wells Ranch), Lake City.
     Mary Ann is married to Austin Dwayne Turnbow, and has one son, Robert
  Eugene. They spent six years in the U.S. Air Force in the U.S. and Germany,
  where Turnbow received his Bachelor of Science degree. Mary Ann will graduate
  from Wichita Business College this spring.
     Laura Marie, a 1975 graduate of South Barber High School, will graduate
  from St. Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City, this spring with a Bachelor
  of Arts degree in Education.
     Roberta Jean, a 1976 graduate of South Barber High School, is a junior in
  St. Mary of the Plains College four year Nursing degree program.
     Charles Mathew, a 1978 graduate of South Barber High School, is interested
  in livestock and is attending Colby Community College, Colby, KS majoring in
  Sheep Technology.
     Cecilia Nanette will be a 1979 graduate of South Barber High School and
  plans to enroll at St. Mary of the Plains College next fall and major in
  physical therapy.
     Leo Patrick, a sophomore at South Barber High School, is interested in
  livestock and farming.
     Pat and I have enjoyed our family, and we've both been involved in church,
  school, and community activities. We are proud to be living in the large 
  southern colonial home built by my grandad, G.L. Graves. This ranch was
  headquarters for relative to meet before the run into Oklahoma. Grandpa
  Graves sold fruit from his orchard to people in Alva and surrounding communities.
  He also built a 15-acre pond in the early 1900's. According to Kansas State
  records, it was the first still water pond to spawn channel catfish in Kansas.
     The German (basement) barn was built around 1900 with much of the material
  being hauled from Harper, Kansas. Community Fourth of July picnics were held
  in the grove of trees north and west of the house in the early 1900's. Over
  the years, several teachers for Crown Point School stayed with Grandma and
  Grandpa (George and Julia) Graves, since the school was just across the road
  east of the house.
     We have spent many hours working together with our family, and we probably
  would not have been able to remain on the farm had it not been for all our
  children, the girls as well as the boys, helping with the farm work.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 201 
     Submitted by: Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Graves