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 HERRINGSHAWS I.IBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 1867-69 he was a representative from Missouri to the fortieth congress; and in 187073 was lieutenant-governor of Missouri. He died April 28, 1872, in Cedar county, Mo. Graves, Abbott Fuller, painter, artist, was born April 15, 1859, in Weymouth, Mass. Among his well-known floral paintings are

Chrysanthemum Show; Peonies; Grandmoth-

Window and

his most noted figure comThe Silent Partner; Next of Kin; Saved from the Wreck; A Dawn of Hope; The Light in the Window; and A Laer's



positions are

bor of Love. Graves, Mrs. Adelia Cleopatra, educator, author, poet, was born March 17, 1821, in Kingsville, Ohio. For thirty-one years she filed

the

chair of literature

in

the

Mary

Sharp college of Winchester, Tenn. In 1841 she was married to Prof. Z. C. Graves, president of Soule college, and founder and president of the Mary Sharp college. She is the author of Life of Columbus; Poems for Children; Seclusarval, or the Arts of Romanism; and Jephtha's Daughter, a drama. Graves, Alexander, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 29, 1844, in Mississippi. He entered the confederate army; and served throughout the war. In 1873 he was elected city attorney of Lexington; and in 1874 was elected prosecuting attorney of Lafayette county. In 1883-85 he was a representative from Missouri to the fortyeighth congress as a democrat. Graves, Anson, Rogers, clergyman, bishop, 13, 1842, in Wells, Vt. When five years of age he moved with his parents Illinois; to received the rudiments of his education in the common schools; and subsequently he graduated from the Rutland high school and Hobart college. He has received the degrees of S.T.D. and LL.D. In his jun-

was born April

ior year he took both the White and Cobb prizes. essay After graduating in 1866 he

studied law and taught school; but after two years he entered the General Theological seminary. After twelve years of work as a clergyman in the episcopal church in parishes east and west, he became rector of the Gethsemane church of Minneapolis, Minn.; and in 1890 was consecrated missionary

protestant episcopal bishop of western Nebraska. Graves, Benjamin F., lawyer, jurist. In 1851-81 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Michigan; and in 1873-75 and 1879-81 served as chief justice. Graves, Charles Burleigh, lawyer, jurist,

was born Nov.

13,

years

was

1841, in Richmond, Ind.

attorney; and for twelve judge of the district court. Since

He has been county

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1905 he has been associate justice of the state supreme court of Kansas. Graves, Charles HinmaUj diplomat, soldier, was born in 1839 in Sprmgfield, Mass. He served throughout the entire civil war; and for six years afterward in the regular army; attained the rank of colonel of volunteers; and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel in the United States army. He has been a member of the Minnesota state senate; and mayor of Duluth, Minn. Since 1905 he has been United States minister to Sweden at Stockholm. Graves, Edward Oziel, government official, banker, was born Aug. 3, 1843, in Gravesville, N.Y. In 1883-85 he was assistant treasurer of the United States; and in 1885-89 was chief of the bureau of engraving and printing. He is president of the Washington national bank of Seattle. Graves, Frank Hyde, capitalist, lawyer, was bom June 15, 1857, in Hancock county, 111. Since 1884 he has practiced law at Spokane, Wash. He was one of the stockholders in the Le Roi mine, which he sold for four million dollars.

Graves, Frank Pierrepont, educator, auwas bom in 1869 in New York City. He is president of the university of Washington. He is the author of Burial Customs of the Ancient Greeks; and The State Universthor,

ity Ideal.

Graves, Frederick Rogers, clergyman, theowas born in 1858 in Auburn, N.Y. In 1881-85 he was a minister in China; in 1887-93 was professor in the theological school of Wu-Chang; and since 1893 has been protestant episcopal bishop of Shanghai, China. Graves, Henry Solon, educator, scientist, author, was born May 3, 1871, in Marietta, Ohio. He was educated at Phillips academy; logian, bishop,

and

He

in 1892 graduated from Yale university. then took special studies in forestry at

Harvard university; and also at the Munich university of Germany. In 1898-1900 he was assistant chief of the division of forestry in the United States department of agriculture; since 1900 has been professor of forestry at Yale forest school. He is the author of The White Pine; The Woods-man's Handbook; The Woodlot; The Forests of the Black Hills; Practical Forestry in the Adirondacks; and Practical Forestry by Private

Owners. Graves, Herman Throop, pioneer, was bom Dec. 12, 1824, in Batavia, N.Y. In 1854 he was appointed assistant coiner in the San Francisco mint. In 1869 he was one of the organizers of the Masonic saving and loan bank. In 1884 he was elected secretary of the Society of the California pioneers. Graves, James Robinson, clergyman, author, was bom April 10, 1820, in Chester, Vt. In 1845 he became pastor of the Second baptist church of Nashville, Tenn.; and in 1848 he originated the Southwestern publishing house. He is the author of The Great Iron