Benjamin Arnold Graves

     Benjamin Arnold Graves was born on 11 December 1825 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Roswell Graves and Mary Ann Betts. He married Lurancy Ray on 25 July 1845 in West Salem Twp, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.¹ Benjamin Arnold Graves moved to Grant County, Wisconsin in 1854 and took charge of the County Poor Farm. About 1864 he moved to Crawford County, Wisconsin where he purchased a farm. He served as a Justice of the Peace in Crawford County. He was a member of Company K, 44th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He was left a widower when Lurancy Ray died on 28 March 1903.² He died on 12 February 1905 of pneumonia in Wauzeka, Crawford County, Wisconsin, at age 79.¹ He was buried in Whig Cemetery, Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin^G.¹

Research Note: Sources vary as to marriage date including 1842 and 1853.