GRACEY BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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GRACEY, Edward A. - b: 1860 White Co, TN
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 356
residence: Clinton Twp

Edward A. Gracey is a native of White County, Tennessee, and he was born May 22, 
1860. He received a liberal education and commenced the study of law in the 
office of D. L. Snodgrass, at Sparta, Tennessee, at the age of eighteen years, and 
in 1878 and 1879 attended the law school at Lebanon, Tennessee, and was 
admitted to the White County bar in October, 1880. In February, 1881 he came to 
Clinton, Missouri, and entered the law office of Hon. B. G. Boone and again 
admitted to the bar in August of that year. May 22, 1882, he was appointed a 
justice of the peace and the following November he was elected to this office. 
From his natural talents and studious habits, a bright and promising future is 
sure to be realized. He was married September 6, 1882, to Miss Ollie Blakemore, 
a native of Henry County, Missouri.

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GRACEY, Edward Austin - b: 1861 Sparta, TN
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 331
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

Edward Austin Gracey of Clinton, Missouri, is a leading member of the bar of 
Henry County, and has practiced his profession here for thirty-six years. Judge 
Gracey was born at Sparta, Tennessee, May 22, 1861. His parents were Wayman L. 
and Martha (Hudgins) Gracey, both natives of White County, Tennessee. The 
Graceys are of Irish descent, the great-grandfather of Judge Gracey coming from 
Bambridge, Ireland, to America. On the maternal side, Judge Gracey's ancestors 
came from Scotland. Wayman L. and Martha (Hudgins) Gracey spent their lives in 
Tennessee. The mother died in 1885 and the father departed this life in 1887, and 
their remains rest in the cemetery at Sparta, Tennessee. They were the parents 
of fifteen children, ten of whom are living, as follows: Edward Austin, the 
subject of this sketch; Alice, Sparta, Tennessee; Josie, the widow of W. C. 
Rogers, Sparta, Tennessee; Mary, wife of James Meyer, Sparta, Tennessee; 
Charles, Louisville, Kentucky; Crockett. Chillicothe, Texas; Augusta, unmarried 
and resides in Clinton, Missouri, and Mack and Wayman, twins, reside at Sparta, 
Tennessee; and Ethel, unmarried, Sparta, Tennessee. Judge Gracey was reared in 
Sparta, and received his early education in private schools, and after preparing 
for college entered Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, where he was 
graduated in the class of 1880. He then read law in the office of Judge D. L. 
Snodgrass for a time at Sparta and in 1881 came to Clinton, Missouri, where be 
continued the study of law under the preceptorship of Gen. B. G. Boone, and in 
1882 he was admitted to the bar of Missouri. He has been successfully engaged in 
the practice of law at Clinton since that time and is well known throughout this 
section of the state as an able and conscientious lawyer. September 6, 1882, 
Edward Austin Gracey was united in marriage with Miss Olive Blakemore, a 
native of Henry County, and two children were born to this union: Francis and 
George Wayman, both residing in Clinton. George Wayman is employed as teller in 
the Brinkerhoff-Faris Trust & Savings Company. Judge Gracey's first wife died 
February 10, 1899. On January 29, 1916, he was united in marriage with Caroline 
Coats of Kansas City, Missouri. Judge Gracey is a Democrat and has taken an 
active part in politics for a number of years. He has served two terms as 
prosecuting attorney of Henry County, from 1887 to 1891. For the past nine years 
he has served as a justice of the peace. He is a member of the Baptist Church and 
is one of the widely and favorably known citizens of Henry County.

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