Annual report . uccessfnl farmer and gave hischildren, after their comnuMi school education, as thor-ough a training as the academies of the aflord-ed. Xathan was an apt and forward scholar, and atthe age of sixteen was competent to teach others. De-sirous of furtlier knowdedge he passed several yearsalternating between teaching and study. Choosinglaw for a profession he was admitted to tlie bar in18-10. Here he made a favorable commencement inhis legal career. In 1844 he removed to Central, , and was in legal ])art:iership for fifteen years,though in the meantime Mr. Graves enter
Annual report . uccessfnl farmer and gave hischildren, after their comnuMi school education, as thor-ough a training as the academies of the aflord-ed. Xathan was an apt and forward scholar, and atthe age of sixteen was competent to teach others. De-sirous of furtlier knowdedge he passed several yearsalternating between teaching and study. Choosinglaw for a profession he was admitted to tlie bar in18-10. Here he made a favorable commencement inhis legal career. In 1844 he removed to Central, , and was in legal ])art:iership for fifteen years,though in the meantime Mr. Graves entered upon thefinancial career which drew upon the most valuableportion of his time. Tlie Burnet Bank was organizedin 1852 and ^Ir. Graves became its this became The Fourth National ]i> 1872 the charter was relinquished and theinstitution has since been known as the X. Y. StateBanking Company. During all these changes to guide its fortunes, and it main- 23. N A T H A X FITC H G ]t important missionary stations in the f countries through which he passed. On returning I from his tra\els in 1874. Mr. Graves was made Mavor I of Syracuse. He liad always been public spirited and I took much interest in educational matters, and for sev- I cral years was School Commissioner and President of I the Board of Education. f Mr. Graves was an intelligent writer, and possessed [ one of the best private libraries in the State, compris- I ing more than 10,000 vr)lumes collected by himself, ; embracing niany rare and costly works. His library [ w
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