“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  Western 
Historical Company.   1879.


LESTER GRAVES, farmer; P. O. Fort Atkinson; born Oct. 15, 1837, at East 
Hamburg, Erie Co., N.Y.; son of Hiram and Sarah Beebe Graves; came to Wisconsin 
with his parents in 1844, and settled in Koshkonong, where he received his early 
education; is a carpenter, has followed that trade for twenty years; also works twenty 
acres of land in Sec. 33.  Married on January 15, 1862, Mary E. Beach, daughter of 
Joseph Beach and Eliza Chadwick; had three children – Cyrus L., born Dec. 24, 
1862; Sarah E., June 7, 1866; Lelia M., April 28, 1878.  Members of the M. E. 
Church; Republican.



Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)