is, Joseph J., over, legismember Congress and vernor of Missouri, was born sun y. Virgiod, 'n 18-8, and died ity, Missouri, April 28, 1872. on a farm and educated in the oes. In 1873 t was elected to 1. geature. In 1854 he removed 11 161, when the excite2 *he Civil Wa»gin, he took ot tae Union was elected onvention. In 22 he was State Schate, and n the wat Army as ex, mel of the he was

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yaleen years of Se went to Soa coli, Massachusetts, and 11 1867 entered Wale sensa Eastlton, Massachusett complete the full course, he was discontinue Psstudies at the last-na titution and can' west to Missouri, finding employment in the St. Joseph Lead Mines, at what is now Ponna Ferre. He had previously worked in the lead mines at Southampton, Massachusetts, and later had worked for the street railway company at Northampton, giving evidence of his mdustry and his ambition to make his own way in the world. When he came to Missouri he began a connection with the great industry founded by the St. Joseph Lead Company, which has continued up to the present time, and he was advanced to the position which he now occupies by successive steps as a reward of real merit. He worked in the mill and shops of the company for two years and was then given the position of cashier, which he fit for seventeen years. In 1887 he became connected with the Doe Run Lead Company at

military authorities at the beginning of the war for use as a military prison, and to it were committed from time to time captured Confederate soldiers, Southern sympathizers placed under arrest, and those charged with being "bushwhackers," spies or mail-carriers, and also deserters, bounty-jumpers, and delinquents from the Union side. Many prominent citizens of Missouri were incarcerated in this prison, among them being men who had occupied high public stations, and who had rendered important services to the country, but whose overt acts or openly expressed sympathy with the Confederate cause occasioned their imprisonment. The discipline maintained in the prison seems to have been severe, and there were many complaints of harsh treatment and of unnecessary hardships imposed upon those who had the misfortune to incur the displeasure of the military authorities then in complete control of the city.

Gravely, Joseph J., lawyer, legislator, soldier, member of Congress and Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, was born in Henry County, Virginia, in 1828, and died in Cedar County, Missouri, April 28, 1872. He was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools. In 1853 he was elected to the Virginia Legislature. In 1854 he removed to Missouri, and in 1861, when the excitement preceding the Civil War began, he took a bold stand for the Union and was elected to the State Convention. In 1862 he was elected to the State Senate, and in the war served in the Union Army as colonel of the Eighth Missouri Cavalry. In 1866 he was elected to the Fortieth Congress from the Fourth Missouri District as a radical Republican, and served to the end of the term. In 1870 he supported the "Liberal" movement, and was nominated for Lieutenant Governor and elected on the ticket with B. Gratz Brown for Governor.

Graves, Alexander, lawyer, soldier and member of Congress, was born in Mississippi, August 20, 1844. When he was seventeen years of age, and at the beginning of the Civil War, he left Centre College, in Kentucky, and entered the Confederate Army. He served until the end under General N. B. Forrest. In May, 1865, he was paroled with Forrest, at Gainesville, Alabama, and entered

Oakland (afterward Alcorn) University, graduating in 1867. He then studied law and graduated at the University of Virginia in 1869, and came to Missouri and settled at Lexington, where he commenced the practice of his profession. In 1872 he was elected city attorney, and two years later prosecuting attorney of Lafayette County. In 1882 he was the Democratic candidate for Congress in the fifth Missouri district and was elected by a vote of 12,695 to 8,672 for John T. Crisp, Independent, and 243 for McCabe, Greenbacker.

Graves, Fayette Parsons, mineoperator, was born January 17, 1849, in Rochester, New York, son of William Henry and Julia (Parsons) Graves. His mother and twin brother died when he was only a few months old, and his father when the son was eight years of age. After the death of his father he went to live with his grandmother, and later lived with his uncle at Burr Oak, Michigan. When he was about twelve years of age he went to Hillsdale, Michigan, where he lived with his aunt. As a boy he attended the public schools of Burr Oak and Hillsdale, and while in Hillsdale he attended for a time private schools and afterward the public high school. When about seventeen years of age he went to Southampton, Massachusetts, and in 1867 entered Williston Seminary at Easthampton, Massachusetts. Unable to complete the full course, he was obliged to discontinue his studies at the last-named intitution and came west to Missouri, finding employment in the St. Joseph Lead Mines, at what is now Bonne Terre. He had previously worked in the lead mines at Southampton, Massachusetts, and later had worked for the street railway company at Northampton, giving evidence of his industry and his ambition to make his own way in the world. When he came to Missouri he began a connection with the great industry founded by the St. Joseph Lead Company, which has continued up to the present time, and he was advanced to the position which he now occupies by successive steps as a reward of real merit. He worked in the mill and shops of the company for two years and was then given the position of cashier, which he filled for seventeen years. In 1887 he became connected with the Doe Run Lead Company at

the organization of that corporation, as its secretary and assistant superintendent. Filling these positions, he has since resided at Doe Run, in charge of the works at that place. He is also a director and stockholder in the company, and one of the men to whom it owes, in a large measure, its success. During his thirty years of active and continuous work in connection with the lead mining interests of this region, he has devoted his spare time and means to making a collection of specimens of various minerals. This collection, which is now one of the finest in the West, also contains a great variety of relics, curios, ancient coins, weapons, etc., from Oriental countries, implements of the stone age and prehistoric evidences of the existence of man. Indian war relics, rare books, manuscripts and autographs, and over 6,000 postage stamps-some of which are exceedingly rare -constitute a part of the collection. Egypt, Spain, Cuba, China and the Philippine Islands have also contributed to what constitutes a wonderfully attractive and instructive museum of antiquities. Exhibits from this collection were attractive features of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago and the expositions at Atlanta and Omaha. The collection will undoubtedly be represented also at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition in 1901, and at the Louisiana Centennial Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1903, in the interest of southeast Missouri and St. Francois County. In gratifying his tastes in this direction Mr. Graves has shown the same energy and thoroughness which he has evidenced in the conduct of his business affairs. Aside from this indulgence, he has given his time wholly to the industrial interests which he represents, and has never taken an active part in public affairs, the only office which he has held having been that of postmaster at Doe Run, which he filled from 1887 to 1891. He has been known, however, as a staunch Republican and one who took an active interest in promoting the welfare of his party. At the National Convention of the Republican League Clubs held in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1900, he was elected vice president of the league for Missouri. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His career as a Mason began in 1874, when he became a member of Samaritan Lodge, No.

424, in Bonne Terre. At the organization of Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, at Doe Run, in 1892, he became master of that lodge and served as such during the years 1892 and 1893. He was exalted in Midian Chapter, No. 71, Royal Arch Masons, in 1892, at Ironton, Missouri, and was created a Knight Templar in De Soto Commandery, No. 56, at De Soto, Missouri, in 1895. He served as district deputy grand master and district deputy grand lecturer for the sixteenth district of Missouri in 1894 and 1895, and also served as grand sword-bearer in the Masonic Grand Lodge of Missouri in 1894 and 1895. December 6, 1871, Mr. Graves married Miss Mary E. Woodside, of Bonne Terre, Missouri. Of a family of three sons and two daughters born to them, only two are now living. These are Dr. John B. Graves, engaged in the practice of his profession at Doe Run, and Mrs. J. V. Braham, who resides in Bonne Terre, Missouri. They have also an adopted daughter whom they received from the Missouri Children's Home Society. Mr. and Mrs. Graves are members. of the Congregational Church of Bonne Terre, Missouri. As there is no Congregational Church at Doe Run, their affiliation there is with the Methodist Episcopal Church, all of their children having united with that denomination. Mr. Graves, however, prefers to divide his attendance between these two churches, and feels at home with either, or in any of the churches of Doe Run.

Graves, Waller Washington, lawyer and judge of the Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit, was born in Lafayette County, Missouri, December 17, 1860, son of Abram L. and Martha E. (Pollard) Graves. His father was born near Palmyra, Missouri, in 1837. The latter's father, who was a native of North Carolina, removed early in life to Kentucky, where he married. In 1836 he came to Missouri and engaged in the mercantile business near Palmyra, where his son, Abram L. Graves, was born. Abram L. Graves, whose life was devoted to farming, was a prominent Democrat, held numerous local offices, and was a man of wide influence. Being a strong Southern sympathizer, he was forced into the Missouri State Guard in the early days of the Civil War, but spent most of his time in Colorado until the struggle was ended. In 1880 he removed to Bates