Seventh Generation


5254. John Vernon Gragg was born on 21 September 1884 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.17314 John died of a coronary occlusion on 8 November 1934 at the age of 50 at the Dula Clinic in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 9 November 1934.17315

John Vernon Gragg and Lillie Pearl Moore were married on 26 May 1907 in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC.17316 Lillie Pearl Moore, daughter of D. Pinkney Moore and Maggie Dickson, was born in 1891 in North Carolina. Lillie died in Collettsville, Caldwell Co., NC on 11 January 1919 of pneumonia following influenza and was buried in a Globe Baptist Church Cemetery in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC on 12 January 1919 .17317,17318,17319,17320

Death Notice, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, Mon., Jan. 20, 1919, Page 3

Mrs. J. V. Gragg.

Lenoir, Jan. 19, - The death of Mrs. John Vernon Gragg occurred Saturday at her home in Collettsville from influenza-pneumonia. Interment took place the following day at the family burying grounds in the Globe. Mrs. Gragg was 30 years old. She is survived by a husband who is a prominent merchant of Collettsville, and three children, all of whom were ill with influenza that the time of her death. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Moore, of the Globe, one of the most prominent families in the county.

John Vernon Gragg and Lillie Pearl Moore had the following children:

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Howard Vernon Gragg was born on 24 November 1908 in Caldwell Co., NC. Howard died in Durham, Durham Co., NC on 2 April 1951 and was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Park in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 4 April 1951 .17321

Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Wed., Apr. 4, 1951, Page 17

Howard V. Gragg

Lenoir, April 3. - Howard V. Gragg, 42, of Lenoir, died yesterday in a Durham hospital. Funeral will be held at First Baptist Church here Wednesday at 11 a.m. Surviving are his wife, a son, two brothers, his stepmother, three half brothers, and a half sister.

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Arnold Moore Gragg.

John Vernon Gragg and Fannie Leonard were married on 16 May 1920 in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.17322 Fannie Leonard, daughter of C. T. Leonard and Minnie , was born circa 1902 in North Carolina.

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