Biography of GRAVES, James Q., M.D., Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 524-525.  Edited by Alc‚e
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.



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Graves, James Quarks, Jr., M. D., is one of the well known younger physicians
of north Louisiana.  His parents were James Quarles, and Laura E. (Blanks)
Graves, the former of whom was born in Virginia, March 31, 1832, and the
latter was a member of the well known Blanks family of Caldwell and Ouachita
parishes, her father having been Joseph Blanks.  The elder Graves enlisted in
the Confederate service and was with the Army of Northern Virginia from Bull
Run to Appomattox receiving 4 wounds 1 of which was a broken leg.  At the
close of the war he came to Caldwell parish, La., and began planting, an
occupation he followed through the remainder of his life.  He became a large
land owner and stock raiser in Caldwell parish near Columbia and was one of
those men who believed in diversified farming and did not depend solely on
cotton.  He was noted for his industry and, economy and taught his sons the
same useful qualities.  For 16 years he was president of the police jury, 4
years president of the school board, and 14 years a member of the Tensas basin
levee board, 12 years of which he was president.  He married in 1871 and of
their 7 children, 1 died in infancy, and the other 6 were:  Daisy, now Mrs. B.
E. Erskin of Columbia;  George Frederick, died 27 years of age;  Robert
Blanks, accidentally drowned, age 32;  James Q., Jr.;  John William, planter
in Columbia;  Laura, died, aged 18.  Mr. Graves died on his Diamond point
plantation, March 14, 1913, a few days before his 81st birthday.  Dr. J. Q.
Graves, Jr., was born March 17, 1878, at Columbia, and spent his youth in
Caldwell parish where he attended public school and in 1897 entered the
Louisiana industrial institute at Ruston, from which he graduated in 1901 with
the degree of B. I. (bachelor of industry).  From 1901 to 1906 he pursued a
course in the medical department of Tulane university, graduating in 1906 with
the degree of M. D.  Receiving at once a certificate from the state board of
medical examiners which entitled him to practice in Louisiana he located at
Columbia and built up a large and lucrative practice there.  In Jan., 1911, he
moved to Monroe where he has since followed his profession.  He is a member of
the Ouachita parish Medical society, the Louisiana State Medical society and
the American Medical association.  He belongs to the Masonic order, the
Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, the Elks.  At Tulane he was a
member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Phi Chi Medical fraternity.  In
the junior year he was vice-president of his class at Tulane.  January 22,
1908, Dr. Graves was married to Alda, daughter of William Harrison Holloman of
Harrisonburg, La., and they have two daughters:  Helen Louise and  Laura
Eleanor.  Dr. Graves and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and their home in Monroe is one of much social
refinement and genial hospitality.

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