About Anson Rogers Graves
Lived 1842 – 1931 (aged 89). Anson Rogers Graves was an American cleric.
Anson Rogers Graves (April 13, 1842 – December 30, 1931) was the first bishop of the Missionary District of Western Nebraska in The Episcopal Church.
Biography Anson Rogers Graves was born in Wells, Vermont on April 13, 1842.
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.
He was the father of college football player and coach Eliot Graves.
He died at his home in La Mesa, California on December 30, 1931.
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American Episcopal bishop
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Anson Rogers Graves was born on 13 April 1842 in Wells.
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Anson Rogers Graves died on 30 December 1931 in La Mesa.
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Anson Rogers Graves was a cleric.
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