Ezra Graves [SEP] occupation
Ezra Graves
Ezra Graves (December 1, 1803 – January 8, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life.
He was born on December 1, 1803, in Russia, Herkimer County, New York, the son of Assemblyman John Graves. He became a tanner and currier. In 1827, he married Maria Card, and they had three children. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835, and practiced in Herkimer.
He was Undersheriff of Herkimer
the graves have been at camp since the death of Hannah and Ezra Chamberlain (the original land owners) the present grave site and memorial was put in by the National Guard in the late 1980s. The grandson of Hannah and Ezra, Orlo Rexford is buried at Camp Meriwether and he has a plaque in his memory placed next to his grandparents. He died in Florida in 1988 at the age of 95. His ashes were brought to the Camp in 1989 and were placed next to the graves of his grandparents, the last