Henry Lee Graves (February 22, 1813 – November 4, 1881) was the president of Baylor University from 1846 to 1851.
Rebecca, from Caswell County, North Carolina, was Graves's first cousin once-removed.
[1][2] From 1835 to 1837, he served as the chair of mathematics at Wake Forest College, then taught at a Baptist high school in Covington, Georgia in 1838.
[1][2][3] The newly founded Baylor University struggled financially, but Graves pressed on and established the departments of mathematics and classics and helped to erect a new building for the school.
[1][2] He resigned his position as president of Baylor in June 1851 after five years of establishing a firm academic foundation for the school.