Anson Rogers Graves Explained

The Right Reverend
Anson Rogers Graves
Bishop Of:Western Nebraska
Diocese:Western Nebraska
Ordination:June 4, 1871
Consecration:January 1, 1890
Birth Date:13 January 1842
Birth Place:Wells, Vermont
Death Place:La Mesa, California
Signature:Signature of Anson Rogers Graves.png

Anson Rogers Graves (April 13, 1842 – December 30, 1931) was the first bishop of the Missionary District of Western Nebraska in The Episcopal Church.[1]

Biography

Anson Rogers Graves was born in Wells, Vermont on April 13, 1842.[2]

Anson Rogers Graves was consecrated as an Episcopal Church bishop to the Missionary Diocese of The Plate (Western Nebraska) on January 1, 1890, by Daniel Sylvester Tuttle and others. He resigned in 1910.[3]

He was the father of college football player and coach Eliot Graves.[4]

He died at his home in La Mesa, California on December 30, 1931.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Graves, Anson R. . 1911 . The Farmer Boy who Became a Bishop: the Autobiography of the Right Reverend Anson Rogers Graves . . The New Werner Company.
  2. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . IV . James T. White & Company . 286 . 1893 . 2020-12-05 . Google Books.
  3. The Living Church Annual 1944, pg. 380-381
  4. Book: Compendium of History, Reminiscence and Biography of Western Nebraska. 1909. Alden Publishing Company. December 30, 2018.
  5. News: Bishop A. R. Graves of Episcopal Church Dies . . La Mesa, California . Associated Press . 24 . 1932-01-01 . 2020-12-05 . Newspapers.com.