Notes for: JB Graves Slaten

This is the father of Belinda Jane Rinehart and her sisters. Belinda provided the writings of Minnie Slaten Warren about this family and some other genealogical materials.

His name on his birth certificate is actually JB Graves Slaten. His name was not James B. Slaten or James Buchanan Slaten. That has confused some people, but Belinda has it right. Sometimes a census taker or a person from the military draft wasn't satisfied with just "JB" and something else was written down. But his official and legal name was JB Graves Slaten. He was named after a family friend of his parents. He actually didn't even know his middle name was "Graves" until he ordered his birth certificate and much to his surprise found it there.