Edwards, Rev. Jonathan.  "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of
Washington."  San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900.  p. 680.
 
EDGAR F. GRAVES

     a pioneer of 1878, was born in New York state in 1864. He resided there
until eleven years old, availing himself of the educational opportunities
offered by the public schools. He then went to Michigan and lived in that state
until 1878, meanwhile graduating from the high school at Lowell. His next move
was to Spokane, where for a year he attended the first little school organized
in this city. He then taught a year, after which he followed civil engineering
on the Northern Pacific Railroad for about three years. Returning to Spokane at
the expiration of that period, lie purchased a half-section of railroad land,
upon which he raised stock and farmed for five years. He then moved into the
city, invested in city property and embarked in the real estate and loan
business. He was unusually successful for a number of years, but, speculating a
little too boldly, he was caught by the panic and lost everything. He was,
however, possessed of a brave spirit and remarkable recuperative power in
financial matters and could not long be held down by reverse of fortune. He
purchased a farm on time, also built a fine house. He then set vigorously to
work to retrieve his losses, and so successful has he been that he is now out of
debt entirely and on a good financial footing. He gives most of his attention to
raising timothy hay and stock. In his fraternal affiliations he is identified
with the I, 0. 0. F. He was married, in Spokane county, at Morgan's store, in
1883, to Hallie Davis, also one of the early pioneers of the county. They have
seven children: Emma, Ethel, Grace Greenwood, John W., Edgar Lorenzo, Alice and
Howard D. Mr. Graves' mother was a cousin of General Joe Hooker. Her mother, nee
Moore, was one of the first graduates of Oberlin College.
 
 
 
Census Indexing:
GRAVES  L C  44     W  NY  WA  SPOKANE  NO TWP LISTED  1880 p 51
GRAVES  EGAN F  37  M  W  NY  WA  SPOKANE  SILVER LAKE PCT  1900 p 157
GRAVES  EDGAR F  45  M  W  NY  WA  SPOKANE  3-WD SPOKANE  1910 p 324
 
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