O. F. GRAVES
O. F. Graves, of the firm of Carl & Graves, was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, N. Y. in 1848; there learned carpenter and joiner's trade; was for seven years engineer on the R. W. & O. Ry.; four years on the N. Y. & O. M. Ry., and one year on the U. P. Ry. In 1875 he opened the sash, blind, and door factory of Graves & Van Doren, at Watertown, and in March, 1880, came to Harlan, Ia., and formed his present partnership. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and V. A. S. orders.
Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 419.
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