O. F. GRAVES
GRAVES, O F: Insurance Agent; b Watertown, NY Mar 22, 1848; s of Thomas S Graves-Pamelia Van Ness; ed Watertown NY; m Celina Forton Mar 17, 1870 Albion NY; 1864 rwy fireman on Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Rwy; NY, 1868-69 engr; 1869 engr UP RR, Cheyenne & Evanston Wyo; 1870-75 engr on NY, Ontario & Western Rwy, Oswego & New York City, NY; 1875-80 contr & builder with father, Watertown NY; 1880-1910 furn dlr, Harlan; 1910-12 Harlan city clk; 1912-15 with Cockerell Engineering Co, Harlan; 1933- ins agt, Harlan; IOOF 267, 1940 is next oldest mbr; AF&AM 321; RAM 107, grand secy 1915-33; R&SM 4; York Rite 49; KT; Episc Ch; Rep; res 307 Court, Harlan.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1113. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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