Born: December 11, 1838
Died: August, 1906
Married:
Children: Three sons, including Henry Graves, Jr., owner of Camp Eagle Island in Upper Saranac Lake and a daughter.
New York Times, September 1, 1906
HENRY GRAVES DEAD.
He Was a Well-Known Broker and a Prominent Resident of Orange, N. J.
Members of the family of Henry Graves of Orange, N. J., are on their way to Orange with the body of Mr. Graves, who died on Wednesday at his Summer home at Kineo, on Moosehead Lake, Maine. His death resulted from paralysis.
Mr. Graves was one of the leading men of the Oranges. He had made a fortune and was interested in the civic life of the community. He was born in Boonville, N. Y., on Dec. 11, 1838, of distinguished Colonial ancestry. He came to New York in 1859, and got employment as a clerk with the American Exchange National Bank, leaving it on Jan. 1, 1805, to form a copartnership with John Maxwell and J. Rogers Maxwell under the firm name of Maxwell & Graves, brokers. The firm still occupies offices at 30 Broad Street.
Mr. Graves had been a member of the New York Stock Exchange since 1867, and at the time of his death was a member of the Board of Managers of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, a director in the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the Liberty National Bank, and the Northampton & Bath Railroad. He was a patron of the New York Botanical Gardens and a member and Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Arts Club of Now York, the Essex County Country Club, and the Orange Free Library. He was a charter member of the New England Society of Orange and served as its President for some years. He was also counselor of the society. He leaves a widow, three sons, and a daughter.
