Anson Rogers Graves

Anson Rogers Graves (April 13, 1842 – December 30, 1931) was the first bishop of the Missionary District of Western Nebraska in The Episcopal Church.

[1] Anson Rogers Graves was born in Wells, Vermont on April 13, 1842.

[2] Anson Rogers Graves was consecrated as an Episcopal Church bishop to the Missionary Diocese of The Plate (Western Nebraska) on January 1, 1890, by Daniel Sylvester Tuttle and others.

[3] He was the father of college football player and coach Eliot Graves.

[4] He died at his home in La Mesa, California on December 30, 1931.