Jeanette Packwood Wedgbury (“Nettie”) was the ninth child of William Wedgbury and Elizabeth Wheatland; she was born near Pontiac in Livingston County, Illinois, on September 13, 1868.  She was probably named for the neighbor’s wife, listed in the 1870 census:  Jennie Packwood.  She lived with her family in this area until 1872 when her father moved the family to the Sugar Creek area of Stockland Township, Iroquois County, Illinois.  When her mother Elizabeth died in 1885, she was seventeen years old and still attending school.  Her father moved her and her little sister Carrie to the town of Sheldon in Iroquois County.  She remained in her father’s home until her marriage.

      Nettie married David Monroe McGraw on January 9, 1892, in Sheldon.  David, also known as “Roe,” was the son of James McGraw and Mary Hill.  He was born on March 4, 1868, in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana.

     Children of Nettie an David were:

      David supported the family by working in the towns or cities that they lived in, including, Lyman in Ford County and Old Town and Bloomington of McLean County.  According to the 1900, 1910, and 1920 census takers, he worked as an (grain) elevator laborer, a railroad ticket agent, and a taxi driver.  Eventually, David and Nettie moved their family to the Detroit, Michigan, area, where Nettie’s sister Minnie lived.  The 1936 obituary of her brother Wesley lists Nettie’s residence as Litchfield, Michigan.  Their children all grew up to adulthood, married, and took up residences from Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.

      David and Nettie returned to Sheldon at some point, because Sheldon was listed as Nettie’s last residence prior to her  death on March 13^th, 1943, and she was laid to rest with her parents and other Wedgbury family members in the Sheldon Cemetery in Iroquois County, Illinois.  David lived on until February 18^th, 1957; he died in Kendallville, Noble County, Indiana, where his son Lester had settled.

Jeanette Packwood Wedgbury          1868 - 1943

 Married:  David Monroe McGraw    1868 - 1957

 Children:

 I.  Clarence Lloyd McGraw  1892 - 1979

      Married:  Genevieve Marie McDermott

      Children:    

      A.  Genevieve Marie McGraw        1921 -

            Married:  Earl Griffith    1920-1998

            Children:  2 sons, 1 daughter, living

       B.  Joseph Monroe McGraw         1929 - 1953

       C.  George William McGraw         1934 - 1934

II.  Eva Nina McGraw           1894 - 1984

      Married:  Ben Othel Spidle  1892 - 1944   

      Children: 

      A.  Verna Frances Spidle    1920 - 1928

      B.  Russell Harrison Spidle  1921 - 1991

           Married:  Mary Lorraine Hartley           

           Children:  1 son, 1 daughter, living         

III.  Vera May McGraw        1898 - 1966

       Married:  Toy Cubert Wilson         1893 - 1945

       Children:

       A.  Frances Lousie Wilson 1921 -

            Married:  Elmer Gerald Eilrich   1915 - 2000

             Children:  4 sons, 1 daughter, living

        B.  Lloyd Hubert Wilson   1925 - 1995

             Children:  1 son, 1 daughter

III.  Minnie Elma McGraw    1899 - 1977

       Married (1):  Sherald Clarence Cook         1900 - 1940

        Married (2):  Clovis Merle Wyers 1908 - 1990

IV.  William Monroe McGraw          1901 - 1985

       Married (1):  Florence May Duncan           1906 - 1963

        Married (2):  Oma Lee Wilson  1908 - 2002       

V.  Lowell Lester McGraw    1906 - 1989

      Married:  Anna May Gill     1908 - 1988

      Children:

       A.  David Allen McGraw   1936 - 2004

             Married:  Living Hickie            1942 -

             Children:  2 sons, 1 daughter, living

        B.  Living Daughter McGraw        1937 -

             Married:  Living Hill     1932 -

             Children:  1 son, 1 daughter, living

Tombstone of

 Jeannette Packwood Wedgbury McGraw

Sheldon Cemetery, Iroquois County, Illinois

Note the alternate spelling of Jeanette.

Picture by R. Renteria, 1993