Gaylord Graves

Gaylord Graves was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1]

Biography

Graves was born on May 22, 1804 in Richfield Springs, New York.[2] On June 18, 1824, he married Nancy Tuckerman. They would have five children before her death on January 5, 1845. On March 15, 1848, Graves married Keziah Freeman. She died the following spring. His last wife was Mary Ann.

Graves moved to East Troy, Wisconsin Territory in 1836. He died on August 28, 1889 in Northwood, Iowa.

Career

Graves was a member of the Assembly in 1848. Previously, he had been a member of the Legislature of the Wisconsin Territory in 1846. Other positions Graves held include town supervisor and Walworth County, Wisconsin supervisor. He was a Democrat.

References

  1. ↑ "Graves, Gaylord". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  2. ↑ History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1882. p. 529. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
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