He married first Melissa B. Chadwick on 24 Oct. 1854 in Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY. He married second Augusta Taylor.
He was the son of Samuel Graves and Polly Bostwick.
The following obituary for Hiram appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on 25 Sept. 1902:
Born in Batavia, NY, nearly seventy-eight years ago, he came West in 1849, reaching San Francisco on October 12th of that year. In company with a party of acquaintances from the East he went to Auburn and engaged in mining for some time, but the party finally disbanded and he returned East in 1853. Satisfied that the Pacific Coast held out inducements which the Atlantic slope could not offer, he returned in 1856 and established a wire-working business [California Wire Works] on Clay street in this city, which he conducted until 1870. At different times John Eckfeldt and the late A. S. Hallidie were associated with him as partners. He was secretary of the Masonic Savings and Loan Bank for a number of years, and from 1884 to 1887 was Secretary of the Society of California Pioneers. He was one of the founders of the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association and was its Secretary from 1895 until April 15th of this year. He was also one of the wardens of St. Peter's Episcopal church at Stockton and Filbert streets, and one of its founders as was his father, Samuel. Previously, the families were parishioners of Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco.
From March 4, 1881, until his death he was recorder of California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. In addition, he held the office of Recorder of Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of which order he was the oldest member in the State. He had been high priest of California Chapter Royal Arch Masons, No. 5, subsequently its Treasurer, and served as Commander of California Commandery for two terms. He had also been grand commander of the Grand Commandery of California for three years. In addition to his activity in Masonry he was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the State and took great interest in that order.
When Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine visited San Jose in the middle of last April, Graves was taken ill in that city, his condition, according to the attending physicians, being due to acute dyspepsia, which nearly caused temporary paralysis of the heart. From this attack he made a rapid and complete recovery and laughed over it as the only sickness within his recollection. He was one of the leading spirits in the Shriners' pilgrimage to this city in June and was looking forward to the Knights Templar triennial conclave in 1904, when he expected to meet again many of the Sir Knights whom he welcomed here nineteen years ago, at the conclave so well remembered by San Franciscans, and in which he took a prominent part.
Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it undoubtedly will be held from Masonic Temple." (R‑13)
He was the son of Samuel Graves and Polly Bostwick.
The following obituary for Hiram appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on 25 Sept. 1902:
Born in Batavia, NY, nearly seventy-eight years ago, he came West in 1849, reaching San Francisco on October 12th of that year. In company with a party of acquaintances from the East he went to Auburn and engaged in mining for some time, but the party finally disbanded and he returned East in 1853. Satisfied that the Pacific Coast held out inducements which the Atlantic slope could not offer, he returned in 1856 and established a wire-working business [California Wire Works] on Clay street in this city, which he conducted until 1870. At different times John Eckfeldt and the late A. S. Hallidie were associated with him as partners. He was secretary of the Masonic Savings and Loan Bank for a number of years, and from 1884 to 1887 was Secretary of the Society of California Pioneers. He was one of the founders of the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association and was its Secretary from 1895 until April 15th of this year. He was also one of the wardens of St. Peter's Episcopal church at Stockton and Filbert streets, and one of its founders as was his father, Samuel. Previously, the families were parishioners of Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco.
From March 4, 1881, until his death he was recorder of California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. In addition, he held the office of Recorder of Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of which order he was the oldest member in the State. He had been high priest of California Chapter Royal Arch Masons, No. 5, subsequently its Treasurer, and served as Commander of California Commandery for two terms. He had also been grand commander of the Grand Commandery of California for three years. In addition to his activity in Masonry he was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the State and took great interest in that order.
When Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine visited San Jose in the middle of last April, Graves was taken ill in that city, his condition, according to the attending physicians, being due to acute dyspepsia, which nearly caused temporary paralysis of the heart. From this attack he made a rapid and complete recovery and laughed over it as the only sickness within his recollection. He was one of the leading spirits in the Shriners' pilgrimage to this city in June and was looking forward to the Knights Templar triennial conclave in 1904, when he expected to meet again many of the Sir Knights whom he welcomed here nineteen years ago, at the conclave so well remembered by San Franciscans, and in which he took a prominent part.
Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it undoubtedly will be held from Masonic Temple." (R‑13)
He married first Melissa B. Chadwick on 24 Oct. 1854 in Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY. He married second Augusta Taylor.
He was the son of Samuel Graves and Polly Bostwick.
The following obituary for Hiram appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on 25 Sept. 1902:
Born in Batavia, NY, nearly seventy-eight years ago, he came West in 1849, reaching San Francisco on October 12th of that year. In company with a party of acquaintances from the East he went to Auburn and engaged in mining for some time, but the party finally disbanded and he returned East in 1853. Satisfied that the Pacific Coast held out inducements which the Atlantic slope could not offer, he returned in 1856 and established a wire-working business [California Wire Works] on Clay street in this city, which he conducted until 1870. At different times John Eckfeldt and the late A. S. Hallidie were associated with him as partners. He was secretary of the Masonic Savings and Loan Bank for a number of years, and from 1884 to 1887 was Secretary of the Society of California Pioneers. He was one of the founders of the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association and was its Secretary from 1895 until April 15th of this year. He was also one of the wardens of St. Peter's Episcopal church at Stockton and Filbert streets, and one of its founders as was his father, Samuel. Previously, the families were parishioners of Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco.
From March 4, 1881, until his death he was recorder of California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. In addition, he held the office of Recorder of Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of which order he was the oldest member in the State. He had been high priest of California Chapter Royal Arch Masons, No. 5, subsequently its Treasurer, and served as Commander of California Commandery for two terms. He had also been grand commander of the Grand Commandery of California for three years. In addition to his activity in Masonry he was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the State and took great interest in that order.
When Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine visited San Jose in the middle of last April, Graves was taken ill in that city, his condition, according to the attending physicians, being due to acute dyspepsia, which nearly caused temporary paralysis of the heart. From this attack he made a rapid and complete recovery and laughed over it as the only sickness within his recollection. He was one of the leading spirits in the Shriners' pilgrimage to this city in June and was looking forward to the Knights Templar triennial conclave in 1904, when he expected to meet again many of the Sir Knights whom he welcomed here nineteen years ago, at the conclave so well remembered by San Franciscans, and in which he took a prominent part.
Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it undoubtedly will be held from Masonic Temple." (R‑13)
He was the son of Samuel Graves and Polly Bostwick.
The following obituary for Hiram appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on 25 Sept. 1902:
Born in Batavia, NY, nearly seventy-eight years ago, he came West in 1849, reaching San Francisco on October 12th of that year. In company with a party of acquaintances from the East he went to Auburn and engaged in mining for some time, but the party finally disbanded and he returned East in 1853. Satisfied that the Pacific Coast held out inducements which the Atlantic slope could not offer, he returned in 1856 and established a wire-working business [California Wire Works] on Clay street in this city, which he conducted until 1870. At different times John Eckfeldt and the late A. S. Hallidie were associated with him as partners. He was secretary of the Masonic Savings and Loan Bank for a number of years, and from 1884 to 1887 was Secretary of the Society of California Pioneers. He was one of the founders of the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association and was its Secretary from 1895 until April 15th of this year. He was also one of the wardens of St. Peter's Episcopal church at Stockton and Filbert streets, and one of its founders as was his father, Samuel. Previously, the families were parishioners of Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco.
From March 4, 1881, until his death he was recorder of California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. In addition, he held the office of Recorder of Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of which order he was the oldest member in the State. He had been high priest of California Chapter Royal Arch Masons, No. 5, subsequently its Treasurer, and served as Commander of California Commandery for two terms. He had also been grand commander of the Grand Commandery of California for three years. In addition to his activity in Masonry he was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the State and took great interest in that order.
When Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine visited San Jose in the middle of last April, Graves was taken ill in that city, his condition, according to the attending physicians, being due to acute dyspepsia, which nearly caused temporary paralysis of the heart. From this attack he made a rapid and complete recovery and laughed over it as the only sickness within his recollection. He was one of the leading spirits in the Shriners' pilgrimage to this city in June and was looking forward to the Knights Templar triennial conclave in 1904, when he expected to meet again many of the Sir Knights whom he welcomed here nineteen years ago, at the conclave so well remembered by San Franciscans, and in which he took a prominent part.
Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it undoubtedly will be held from Masonic Temple." (R‑13)
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