Anson Rogers Graves
The Right Reverend Anson Rogers Graves | |
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Western Nebraska | |
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Province | The Episcopal Church ![]() |
Diocese | Western Nebraska |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 4, 1871 |
Consecration | January 1, 1890 |
Personal details | |
Born | Wells, Vermont | January 13, 1842
Died | December 30, 1931 La Mesa, California | (aged 89)
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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]
He was the father of college football player and coach Eliot Graves.[3]
He died at his home in La Mesa, California on December 30, 1931.[4]
References[]
- ^ Graves, Anson R. (1911). The Farmer Boy who Became a Bishop: the Autobiography of the Right Reverend Anson Rogers Graves. Akron, Ohio: The New Werner Company.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. IV. James T. White & Company. 1893. p. 286. Retrieved December 5, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Compendium of History, Reminiscence and Biography of Western Nebraska. Alden Publishing Company. 1909. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Bishop A. R. Graves of Episcopal Church Dies". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. La Mesa, California. Associated Press. January 1, 1932. p. 24. Retrieved December 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
Categories:
- 1842 births
- 1931 deaths
- Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)
- People from Wells, Vermont
- Episcopal bishops of Nebraska