Caldwell County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Graves, Sr., James Q. March 14, 1913
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The Caldwell Watchman, March 21, 1913
J. Q. Graves, Sr., one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Caldwell 
parish, died at his home, two miles north of Columbia last Friday at 2 o'clock. 
Mr. Graves had been in failing health for several months, and Friday morning he 
took a change for the worse, yet he rallied several times for short periods, but 
it became apparent to his family and friends Friday morning that the end was 
very near.

Mr. Graves was a large land owner and a very successful planter in the Ouachita 
River Valley. He came to Louisiana soon after the close of the war of 1865, 
bought land, married and settled down to the business of making himself a name 
and a home in the hearts of his people.

Mr. Graves was born in Orange county, Va., March 31, 1832; at the opening of 
hostilities between the North and South he volunteered in the cause of the 
Confederacy and fought under Jackson and Lee from the beginning to the end, 
being in the battles of Seven Pines, Franklin, Manassas and many other of 
importance. On coming to Louisiana after the surrender, his character for 
sturdiness and rugged honor soon impressed itself upon the people with whom he 
associated himself and he soon won his way to their perfect respect and 
confidence.

His wife, Mrs. Laura E. Graves who survives him is a member of the Blanks family 
which for many years has occupied a preeminently high place in the business and 
social affairs of North Louisiana.

Mr. Graves has held a number of positions of public trust and honor and in them 
all he showed himself an honest, efficient and faithful public servant. He was 
for a number of years a member of the police jury and for most of the time its 
president; later on he was a member and president of the Parish Board of School 
Directors, and during the administrations of Govs. Foster and Heard, he 
represented Caldwell parish on the Tensas Basin Levee Board.

Besides his wife, he leaves a family consisting of two sons and one daughter, 
three other children having preceded him to the grave.

Mr. Graves was a member of the Masonic order and of the Knights of Pythias. He 
was buried her Saturday at 2 o'clock with Masonic honors.

Additional Comments:
Buried in Columbia Hill Cemetery

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