New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
CHOSE POVERTY AND LOVE
Daughter Of General Brarton Bragg
Dies an Humble BrOnr Home.

Mrs Carrie Bragg Graves daughter of Cen
eral Braxton Bragg, one of the best known Con-
federate commanders, died Thursday In little
two story frame house at No. LOIS East 18TH
st She was buried yesterday in ST. Raymond S
Cemetery in West Chester village.
Mrs Graves was the wife of a locomotive
engineer They lived in dilapidated house in
a dirty, squald looking street, without any OF
the comforts or luxury which as a girl she had
known on the magnificent Bragg plantation III
Newbern n. c., where she was born.
Arthur Sherman Graves, a Yankee, from New
Haven. Conn, who. boy Of ten, had run
away from home and had wandered over the
face of the EARTH came to Newbern. There he
met the beautiful Southern girl, whose social
position was high, whose parents were of the
first families of the State, who might have mar
ried the richest man in North Carolina, ana
loved her at once Carrie Bragg returned his
love and the two despite their disparity IN sta
ton. training and environment, were married.
Graves brought her TO New-HaVen. where
they were married on February y. 1854 IN the
First Methodist Episcopal Church OF that city
bv the Rev Dr. Buck. Graves was estranged
from his family and married without their
knowledge. He settled in New-Haven and on-
tanned EMPLOYMENT with the New-Haven Rail-
road in 1SS9 They lived simply, Mrs. Graves
doing all the work about the house and caring
for her children. Graves plodded along earn
,,y enough money to support his wife and their
fast growing family until 1897. when he was
advanced to the position of freight engineer.
Tn 1897 Graves moved to New-York, and since
then the family has lived in The Bronx Nine
cb,dren one of whom is dead, were born to the
c-uole There are now three boys and five girls
living The oldest child is a girl of twenty VINO
is married, and the youngest a boy OF SIX years.
The hard work and the care of her children toio
on the delicateIy reared Southern girl and last
December she developed symptoms or cancer OF
the stomach. Since then she had been slowly
diving Last January she was operated on In
Lebanon Hospital, but relief was afforded
her She suffered intense agonv almost up to
the time of her death. Last Saturday she be
gan to sink Her last hours were comparatively
painless she dying peacefully on Thursday az
ternoon. with her hand in that of her husband.
Mrs Graves was a Catholic. Father Farley, OF
St Lukes Roman Catholic Church, conducted
the services in the little house yesterday. The
children are being brought up as Protestants and
attend st. AIMS Protestant Eplscopal Church'
ST Ann's-ave. and 140th-st
Few mourners followed the last memher or
the famous Southern family of Braggs to her
grave. Besides the husband and the children,
there were few friends of Graves from New
Haven. Even Graves's old father was too feeble
to come from New-HaVen.
The mother of Carrie Bragg Graves died on
the old plantation in 1887. She had been with
her daughter in New-Haven shortly before her
death. The children of Mrs. Graves know little
of their mothers ancestry or of the position
occupied by the Bragg family in the South be-
fore the war They know vaguely that she was
the daughter of great general, but there their
knowledge ceases Their father, the humble
engineer has preferred to leave it so. He spoke
last night of their perfect love and of the many
sacrifices which she had willingly made IN or
der to become his wife. Mrs. Graves was forty
two years old.