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Clay Henry McGraw Dies at Buena Vista

Clay Henry McGraw Dies at Buena Vista
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Clay Henry McGraw Dies at Buena Vista

Clay Henry McGraw, sixteen days old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry McGraw1, of Buena Vista, died Saturday evening at 4:30 after suffering with measles since birth. Besides his mother and father he leaves one sister. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock with burial in the family cemetery near Upper Twin creek.”2

Ohio Certificate of Death for Clay Henry McGraw3

  1. This is most likely an editing error. Clay Henry Cooper’s death certificate notes that his mother and father were William McGraw and Lillie Copper. Both the maternal and paternal grandfathers were named Henry though.
  2. Clay Henry Mcgraw. (1917, January 22). Portsmouth Daily Times, p. 4.
  3. “Ohio, United States records, Aug 5, 2018,” images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPK3-9T8Z?view=explore : Dec 3, 2023), image 460 of 3302; Ohio Historical Society (Columbus, Ohio).
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