Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
S. E. GRAVES DEAD.

On Monday morning, February LIST,
1904, at 1870, Spencer: E. Graves passed
away at his home in Schofield. The
sad news of his death caused great sor-
row in Wausau as we'll as all over
Marathon county. Mr. Graves was
among the pioneers of this pinery, living
2 eyer forty years at Schofield, in the
. Weston. His health was always
~ up to about January LIST,
waO NAyas taken i'll, and the trouble
ianndicS 2eed by .his physician as
imnossible advanced age made it
conaict witMyAto wage a successful
steadily weaker use, anu nc gre"
Spencer Elijah O. : came
the 9th DAY of July. IL Do'n "
Leverett, Mass, where H. -,
his parents until eighteen n
he then came to CataraguN
New York, living there until MSl
twenty three years old, when ne car
west. locating at Stevens Point, in
which place he remained until 1868,
coming, during that year, to Schotield,
Marathon county. He was carpenter
and millwright, and one who thorough
~ understood his business He had
charge of the saw mill of Dr. VIM.
Scheduled from the time he reached
Schofeld, and later, of the G. P. Hazel
tine mill. The latter, which was COM
biaed steam and water mill, was con-
structed under the supervision of MIR.
Graves. He had charge of the mill
wright work at the Kelly mill-owned
by n, T. and W. p Kelly, at what is
known as the upper dam, and after
wards operated by b. +. Jones-for
about ten years. He was very thor
ough and reliable man in his. line of
work, and his advice was much sought
after by the lumber manufacturers in
this vicinity in an early day. About
ten or twelve years ago, he laid aside
his tools and plans, and resolved to
take life easier inasmuch as his
office duties demanded his atten-
ton. Mr. Graves was a man of
education, OF good judgment, and
under all circumstances the very per-
sonitidation of kindness and gentleness.
Therefore he was competent to fill
positions of trust with honor and credit
to-hinself and to the satisfaction of the
people OF his town. And their esteem
and respect for deceased was shown in
many ways. Mr. Graves had held the
offices of town clerk and treasurer up
wards OF twenty-five years. He was APP
pointed postmaster in July, 1888, by
President Cleveland which Office he has
held up to the time of his death. He
had been on the school board, and
secretary thereof, for nearly thirty years,
continuously Such is the splendid
record of this truly good man whose
aim was to do the most he could for
the happiness of those about him and
for all with whom he came in contact,
and to the stranger that happened to
come within his gates, his greeting was
none the less cordial His kindly, char
liable deeds had made him widely
known in the county, and there are
many whom he has befrieRded and
helped who will remember him as long
as they live.
Mr. Graves was united in marriage
on the Sth of November, 1857, at Stevens
Point to Matilda England, who died on
the End of June, 1901. He leaves to
mourn his loss, four children, Misses
Mary f. aud Jessie f. Graves, Sche-
field; Mrs r. L. Flaherty, Wausau, and
w. j Graves, of Kelly.
The funeral services will take place
from the home, at Schofield, on Thurs
day morning at 10 Gclock, and the re-
mains will be laid TO rest in the Wau-
sau cemetery