Person:Richard Graves (6)

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Richard Stanford Graves
b.27 Sep 1816 Granville County, North Carolina
d.10 Oct 1887 Austin, Travis County, Texas
Parents and Siblings
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m. 5 May 1812
  1. Eliza Jeanette Graves1813 - 1880
  2. Cornelia Mebane Graves1814 - 1890
  3. Richard Stanford Graves1816 - 1887
  4. Dr Ralph Lewis Graves1818 -
  5. Elijah Morrison Graves1820 - Bet 1861 & 1865
  6. Henry Scott Graves1821 - 1906
  7. Ariana Stanford Graves1825 - 1869
  8. Mary Annabella Graves1827 - 1852
  9. William Paisley Graves1831 - 1881
  10. Julia Caroline Graves1832 - 1907
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Aug 1842
  1. Richard Stanford Graves, Jr.1844 - 1917
  2. William Elijah GravesAbt 1846 - 1878
  3. Thomas Alexander\Augustus Graves1851 - 1922
  4. Frances Carrie Graves1855 -
  5. John Alexander Graves1857 - 1937
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Facts and Events
Name Richard Stanford Graves
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Sep 1816 Granville County, North Carolina
Marriage 11 Aug 1842 Mississippito Martha Elizabeth Thomas
Death? 10 Oct 1887 Austin, Travis County, Texas

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He was educated at the Univ. of N.C., Chapel Hill, graduating with honors at the age of 18. He was admitted to the Bar, and was a law partner of Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, in Ga., for a while. He was involved in Mississippi politics in the early 1840's.

He served in both branches of the Legislature, was President of the Senate and Ex Officio Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Judge of the Circuit Court, and, for many years, Treasurer of the State of N.C. He was a powerful and impassioned speaker and was spoken of as "the gifted orator from North Carolina."

He moved to St. Louis, Mo. about 1853 or 1854 and became prominent in his profession as both a lawyer and a judge. He spent the last years of his life in TX

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