Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William W. Graves

Full Name: William W. Graves
Birth date: December 12, 1828
Death date: June 22, 1894

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.

Census of 1870 - W.W. Gravis, Grayson County, age 42, born circa 1828 in Virginia, doctor, in household with Annie.
Census of 1880 - W.W. Graves, Whitesboro, Grayson County, age 52, born circa 1828 in Virginia, medical doctor, wife Annie.
FamilySearch . 1880 1870
Obituary, "Dr. W.W. Graves is Dead," The Sunday Gazetteer, 7/1/1894, p. 1, crediting Grayson County Frontier Village. "Dr. William W. Graves was born in Hanover county, Virginia, December 12, 1828." Death date 6/22/1894. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
"Personals," The Sunday Gazetteer, 1/13/1884, p. 4, crediting Grayson County Frontier Village. "Dr. W.W. Graves, representative from Grayson and Cook counties, left Whitesboro for Austin, Saturday week, to be present at the opening of the Legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Confederate States Army, ". . . he enlisted in Company D, Fourth Alabama regiment, as a private; was promoted to position of surgeon in the C.S. Navy in the spring of 1862, under command of Admiral Buchanan, and during the latter part of the war was in charge of the hospital at Mobile." The Sunday Gazetteer, 7/1/1894, p. 1, crediting Grayson County Frontier Village. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, p. 256. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.