Ashland-Wayne County OhArchives Biographies.....D. H.  Graven May 21 1874 - 
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Author: History of Ashland County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman

While comparatively young in years D. H. Graven has, nevertheless, by unremitting 
energy and unfaltering perseverance reached a creditable place in the legal and 
financial circles of Loudonville, for he is the capable cashier of the First
National Bank of 
this city while in his professional relations he enjoys a good and constantly
increasing 
patronage. One of Ohio's native sons, he was born in Hanover township, Ashland
county, 
Ohio, May 21, 1874, a son of Marion and Sarah J. (McCulloch) Graven, both born in 
Holmes county, near Millersburg. The former, who was born February 2, 1847, devoted

his entire life to farming and engaged actively in agricultural pursuits until 1901,
when he 
retired and removed to Loudonville, where he passed away January 9, 1903. His wife,

who was born January 17, 1851, still survives him and makes her home with her son,
D. 
H. Graven, of this review.  Mr. and Mrs. Marion Graven were the parents of three
sons, 
Dr. T. A.,  D. H. and John Elmer.  Dr. T. A. Graven, the eldest son, is a practicing
physician 
of Wooster, Ohio, while the youngest, John Elmer, is deceased.  He was born July 10,

1876, and was graduated from the college at Ada and the Wooster Univeristy. 
Subsquently he became a student in Harvard University but passed away April 15,
1900, 
while in his senior year.
When a lad of nine years D. H. Graven accompanied his parents on their removal from

their home in Ashland county to a farm near Nashville, Holmes county, and there he 
attended the country schools until the winter of 1895, when he put aside his
text-books 
for a year and engaged in teaching school. Resuming his studies in 1896, he pursued
a 
classical couse in Ada College and was graduated therefrom in 1897, when he again 
took up the profession of teaching, becoming teacher of Latin and mathematics at the

Henderson Normal School, Henderson, Texas, where he remained during the scholastic 
year 1898-9.
This work, however, Mr. Graven considered merely as a means to an end, for he had 
already chosen as his vocation in life the profession of the law, and in preparation
for a 
legal career he entered the law department of the Ohio State University of Columbus,

from which he was graduated with the class of 1900. Upon his graduation he entered 
immediately upon the practice of law and from August 1, 1900, to November 1, 1903,
he 
actively engaged in his profession in Columbus. In the latter year he was summoned
to 
Loudonville by the death of his father and has since remained here. Although his 
residence in this city covers a period of only six years, he has been awarded a good

clientage which is constantly growing as his reputation as an able advocate and 
counselor brings him more and more into prominence. He has always remained a 
student of the fundamental principles of his profession and carefully prepares each
case 
before appearing before the court, and while he always has the interests of his
clients at 
heart, he at the same time remains a lawyer loyal to the law.  His well-known
ability and 
integrity have been the means of drawing him into other relations and on the 5th of
July, 
1904, he was appointed cashier of the First National Bank, which place of trust and

responsibility he is today occupying. Mr. Graven is also interested, to some extent,
in real 
estate, and in connection with his brother, Dr. T. W. Graven, of Wooster, Ohio, he
owns 
and operates four hundred and seven acres of farm land in Holmes county.
On the 18th of August, 1903, occurred the marriage of Mr. Graven to Miss Emma
Fisher, 
a native of Loudonville and a daughter of William S. Fisher. Unto this union was
born one 
daughter, Marjorie, whose birth occurred July 18, 1905.
Mr. Graven is a deacon in the First Presbyterian church of Loudonville and is a
popular 
figure in fraternal circles, being treasurer of Sylvan Lodge, No. 240, I. O. O. F.;
worshipful 
master of Hanover Lodge, No. 115, F. & A. M.; a member of Tulonia Lodge, K. P. of 
Loudonville; of Mansfield Chapter, No. 28, R. A. M.; of Mansfield Council, No. 94;
and 
Mansfield Commandery, No. 21, K. T. He also holds membership in the Modern 
Woodmen of America. He is a trustee of Loudonville cemetery and in his political 
allegiance is a stalwart republican, being a member of the republican central
committee.
Realizing that there is no royal road to wealth, Mr. Graven has been a hard worker
all his 
life, utilizing every opportunity that has come his way, and the characteristics
which have 
marked his entire career--indefatigable energy and untiring perseverance--have
brought 
him to his present success and won for him a place among the representative citizens
of 
this community.



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