Benjamin F. Graves

Birth Date

1802-02-16

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Son of John C. Graves. Studied law and admitted to the bar. Attorney in Fayette County in 1850. Judge of the Fayette County Court from 1850 to 1858 and 1866 to 1874. Mayor of Lexington from 1859 to 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District No. 1, p. 247. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, 3rd Ward, p. 569. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Ward 2, p. 8. George Washington Ranck, History of Lexington, Kentucky: Its Early Annals and Recent Progress, Including Biographical Sketches and Personal Reminiscences of the Pioneer Settlers, Notices of Prominent Citizens, Etc., Etc. (Cincinnati: R. Clarke, 1872), 363-364.

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