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County, occupying a farm near Mulberry, but since the spring of 1898 he has made his home at Garden City on a farm which he purchased at that time. His wife is a daughter of Henry S. Pollard, who married a member of the famous Waller family of Virginia. She is a direct descendant of John L. Waller, a distinguished officer of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Both the Pollards and Wallers are descended from prominent Old Dominion families. Mrs. Graves was born in Todd County, Kentucky, and came with her parents to Missouri when a girl of fifteen years. The education of Waller W. Graves was begun in the public schools of Lafayette County, and continued in the State University until 1880, when he removed with his parents to Bates County. There he devoted two years to the study of law and teaching school. From 1882 to 1885 he continued his legal studies in the office of Parkinson & Abernathy, at Butler, being admitted to the bar in the latter year by Judge James B. Gantt. In 1884 one of his preceptors-Mr. Abernathyhad died, and upon his admission to the bar Mr. Parkinson offered young Graves a partnership, which he accepted. This relation was sustained until October 1, 1893, when Judge Graves formed a partnership with General H. C. Clark, which continued until the subject of this sketch took his place upon the circuit bench, January 1, 1899, having been elected to that office in November, 1898. Before being elected to the circuit bench Judge Graves had filled two other public offices. Governor Marmaduke appointed him school commissioner of Bates County to fill a vacancy, and at the end of his term he was elected to the office. In 1890 he was the candidate of the Democratic party for city attorney of Butler, and was elected by a handsome majority, though the Republican candidate had been victorious at the preceding election. Judge Graves is identified with the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America. He was married June 30, 1892, to Alice Ludwick, a native of Butler, and a daughter of John L. Ludwick, a retired merchant, and an early settler of that place. They are the parents of two children, Ludwick and W. W. Graves, Jr. During his career as a practitioner Judge

Graves participated in the trial of many important cases. In 1897 and 1898 he was associated with Attorney General Crow in the prosecution of the famous cases against the trust companies of St. Louis. The action was brought at the instance of the regularly chartered banks of that city to compel the trust companies to abstain from engaging in the banking business. After a bitter fight the court sustained the contention of the clients of Messrs. Graves and Crow. Another important case was that of the State er rel. Wheeler vs. Hastetter, to determine the right of a woman to hold office in Missouri. Judge Graves appeared for Mrs. Maggie B. Wheeler, who had been elected clerk of St. Clair County. The office was refused her on the ground that under the statutary and constitutional provisions of the State, no woman could hold office in Missouri. Judge Graves carried the case to the Supreme Court, which not only sustained his position and awarded the office to Mrs. Wheeler, but complimented him highly on his brief and the method of its preparation. In such high esteem is Judge Graves held by the bench and bar of Missouri that many of his friends have urged him to become a candidate for the supreme bench in 1901.

Gray, Alexander, lawyer and jurist, was born in Kentucky, and died in St. Louis, August 2, 1823. He served as a captain in the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry Regiment during the War of 1812, and at its close came to Missouri, settling at Cape Girardeau. From there he came to St. Louis, a well educated man, a fine writer, and a remarkably able criminal lawyer. In 1820 he was appointed judge of the St. Louis Circuit Court by Acting Governor Frederick Bates, and held two terms of his court in St. Louis under the Territorial government. At the organization of the State government he was appointed by Governor McNair judge of the circuit court for the circuit north of the Missouri River, and filled that position until his death. He died unmarried and while still a young man.

Gray, Henry Lock, who lived a life of much usefulness in public, as well as private, stations, was a native of Missouri, born February 7, 1846, in St. Charles County, and died at Sturgeon, Missouri, June 26, 1900.