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INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS.
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J. W. GRAVES,
SEGUIN,A prominent druggist of Texas, is the son of the
Rev. H. A. Graves, one of the pioneer ministers of
the Lone Star State..
Mr. Graves was born in Nashville, Tenn., in
1857; came in early infancy to Texas, and grew
to manhood here and has become fully identified
with Texas interests.
When the war between the States ended it left
Mr. Graves' father, like all Southern men, to face
the reverses of fortune. J. W. Graves was an
ambitious boy. By his own efforts he soon
acquired such a common school education as the
State afforded at that time; not long thereafter
graduated in pharmacy, acquired the confidence of
-the people by his studious habits and business
JOHN O.qualifications, and established himself successfully
in the drug business in Seguin.
In 1881 he married Miss Mollie, second daughter
of Hon. John Ireland, who died in 1891. After
his wife's death Mr. Graves sold his interests in
Seguin and identified himself with a large business
house in New Orleans, for which he traveled
through Texas.
Later he became a stockholder and worker for
the Houston Drug Company, which place he
retained until the death of Governor Ireland, of
whose large estate he was made one of the executors,
and in the interest of which he now spends
most of his time in San Antonio.
Mr. Graves has one child, a bright boy of eleven
years, whose name is Ireland Graves.
DEWEES,SAN ANTONIO.
John O. Dewees, for many years identified with
the history of Southwestern Texas, and a leading
citizen and stockman of that part of the State, was
born in Putnam County, Ill., where the town of
Greencastle now stands, on the 30th day of December,
1828. His parents were Thomas and
America Dewees, natives of Kentucky, respectively
of Welsh and English and German and English
descent.
His father was a farmer and stock-raiser, and
died on' his farm, near Hallettsville, in Lavaca
County, Texas, in 1864. His mother died at San
Marcos, Hays County, Texas, May 5th, 1889.
Mr. Dewees came to Texas with his parents in
1849. During the war between the States he joined
Company B., Thirty-second Texas Cavalry, and as
a soldier in the Confederate army participated in
the fight at Blair's. Landing and the twenty-five orthirty severe skirmishes, including the battle of
Yellow Bayou, that marked the retreat of Banks'
army to Lower Louisiana. He has resided in San
Antonio for a number of years past. He has been
engaged in the cattle business from early youth,
and from a small beginning has built up an estate
valued, at a low estimate, from $140,000 to $200,000.
He is regarded as one of the leading stockraisers
and financiers in the section of the State in
which he resides.
February 12th, 1873, he was married to Miss
Anna Irvin at the home of her mother in Guadalupe
County. They have one child, a daughter, Miss
Alice A. Dewees. Mr. Dewees is a fit representative
of the men who have done so much toward the
development of the varied resources of Southwestern
Texas, one of the fairest portions of the
State.
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Brown, John Henry. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, book, 1880~; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6725/m1/773/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.