Background
Graves was born on October 11, 1810 in Berkshire, Vermont.
Graves was born on October 11, 1810 in Berkshire, Vermont.
He moved to Rutland, Wisconsin in 1844. Graves married Marinda Blakesly in 1841. She died the following year.
They would have a son before her death in 1845.
In 1846, Graves married Mary R. Dudley. They would have five children.
Graves died on February 13, 1899 in Evansville, Wisconsin. He was a Baptist. Additionally, he was Clerk and Assessor of Rutland, Surveyor of Dane County, Wisconsin and a justice of the peace.
He was a Republican.
Graves was a member of the Assembly in 1861 and a candidate for the Wisconsin State Senate in 1874.