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1880 Magnolia, Illinois - 1956 llinois. Known for: Decoy carving, printing.
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Bert Graves. An excellent summary of Bert's life was published in a March/April 1997 issue of Decoy Magazine by Donna Tonelli. Subsequent scrutiny can add little or nothing to her research and most... Read full biography
Bert Graves. An excellent summary of Bert's life was published in a March/April 1997 issue of Decoy Magazine by Donna Tonelli. Subsequent scrutiny can add little or nothing to her research and most of what is presented here is a result of her article. Graves was born in rural Magnolia, IL, somewhat... Read full biography
Bert Graves. An excellent summary of Bert's life was published in a March/April 1997 issue of Decoy Magazine by Donna Tonelli. Subsequent scrutiny can add little or nothing to her research and most of what is presented here is a result of her article. Graves was born in rural Magnolia, IL, somewhat removed from the east side of the river and approximately 45 miles NE of Peoria. Through at least his twenties, he, and his brother, like their father, worked as teamsters. This hard-working... Read full biography
Bert Graves. An excellent summary of Bert's life was published in a March/April 1997 issue of Decoy Magazine by Donna Tonelli. Subsequent scrutiny can add little or nothing to her research and most of what is presented here is a result of her article. Graves was born in rural Magnolia, IL, somewhat removed from the east side of the river and approximately 45 miles NE of Peoria. Through at least his twenties, he, and his brother, like their father, worked as teamsters. This hard-working blue-collar lifestyle would remain with him for his entire life. Around 1905, he married the widow Anna Riley Corbin who brought her young son, Bransford, to the union and Graves would raise the boy as his own (see note 1). For a few years after the... Read full biography
Bert Graves. An excellent summary of Bert's life was published in a March/April 1997 issue of Decoy Magazine by Donna Tonelli. Subsequent scrutiny can add little or nothing to her research and most of what is presented here is a result of her article. Graves was born in rural Magnolia, IL, somewhat removed from the east side of the river and approximately 45 miles NE of Peoria. Through at least his twenties, he, and his brother, like their father, worked as teamsters. This hard-working blue-collar lifestyle would remain with him for his entire life. Around 1905, he married the widow Anna Riley Corbin who brought her young son, Bransford, to the union and Graves would raise the boy as his own (see note 1). For a few years after the marriage, Bert would support the family as a carpenter in Peoria. By about 1915, he either bought or (more likely) built for h... Read full biography
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Bert Graves
An excellent summary of Bert's life was published in a March/April 1997 issue of Decoy Magazine by Donna Tonelli. Subsequent scrutiny can add little or nothing to her research and most of what is presented here is a result of her article.
Graves was born in rural Magnolia, IL, somewhat removed from the east side of the river and approximately 45 miles NE of Peoria. Through at least his twenties, he, and his brother, like their father, worked as teamsters. This hard-working blue-collar lifestyle would remain with him for his entire life. Around 1905, he married the widow Anna Riley Corbin who brought her young son, Bransford, to the union and Graves would raise the boy as his own (see note 1).
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