Everett in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Rev. Hiram A. Graves

Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, August 8, 2026

1. Rev. Hiram A Graves Marker

Inscription.
Rev. Hiram A. Graves
Born April 14, 1813
Died Nov. 3, 1850

Ordained in Springfield in 1836
and afterwards settled in Lynn
and at a later period preached to
the Central Square Society in East
Boston as their first minister. For
several years he was editor of the
Christian Watchman and Reflector.
An invalid through the greater part
of his life, he was always cheerful,
________such __tive
traits in connection with his suffering
gained for him both admiration
and sympathy and won the strongest
attachment of a large circle of friends.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 42° 25.24′ N, 71° 2.064′ W. Marker is in Everett, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It can be reached from the intersection of Elm Street and Woodlawn Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Plot #85 Choral Ave. within Woodlawn Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 302 Elm Street, Everett MA 02149, United States of America.

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Regionally, this marker is in Greater Boston.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cuba China Philippines (approx. half a mile away); City of Revere Civil War Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); City of Revere (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Battle of Chelsea Creek (approx. 1½ miles away); 1935 (approx. 1½ miles away); Bellingham-Cary Mansion (approx. 1.7 miles away); Chelsea Public Library (approx. 1.9 miles away); Soldiers and Sailors of Ward 2 (approx. 1.9 miles away).

More about this marker. Hiram Atwell Graves graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1834. He followed his father into the ministry, earning the reputation of being a powerful preacher, and taking a strong abolitionist stance. His health was poor, however, and he

Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, August 8, 2026

2. Rev. Hiram A. Graves Marker

gave up the pulpit to take on the less physically demanding post as editor of the Christian magazine, the Watchman and Reflector. His health continued to wane, and he and his family went to the island of Jamaica, hoping the time of rest would bring a cure for his pulmonary illness. It did not, and he returned to die in his father's home in Bristol, Rhode Island, on November 3,1850. He was buried near his parents and his wife in Woodlawn Cemetery, in Everett, Mass., a suburb of Boston.

Also see . . .
1. Graves, Hiram Atwill - McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Graves, Hiram Atwill a Baptist pastor and writer, was born at Wendell, Massachussetts, in 1813. In boyhood he was a precocious student. He graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1834. On account of impaired health he did not pursue a regular course of study for the ministry, but weas ordained in 1837 at Springfield, Mass. He became in 1840 pastor of a church in Lynn, and in 1842 editor of the Christian Reflector, a paper which has since, in conjunction with another, become a journal of extensive influence.

(Submitted on August 10, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)

2. Rev Hiram Atwell Graves - Find-a-Grave.

Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, August 8, 2026

3. Rev. Hiram A. Graves Marker

Hiram Atwell Graves, a 1834 graduate from Middlebury College in Vermont. He followed his father into the ministry, earning the reputation of being a powerful preacher, and taking a strong abolitionist stance. His health was poor, however, and he gave up the pulpit to take on the less physically demanding post as editor of the Christian magazine, the Watchman and Reflector.

(Submitted on August 10, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)

3. Early American Baptist Newspapers - A History of the Baptists, 1890.

The oldest Baptist weekly in America is 'The Watchman', of Boston, established in 1819, with the title, the 'Christian Watchman,' and edited by Deacon James Loring. The question of slavery becoming a subject of warm discussion, the 'Christian Reflector' was begun at Worcester, Mass., edited by Rev. Cyrus P. Grosvenor. This paper was removed to Boston in 1844, under the editorship of Rev. H. A. Graves, where it obtained a large circulation; but, Mr. Graves's health failing, Rev. J. W. Olmstead became its editor, March, 1846, and in 1848 the two papers were united, under the name, 'The Watchman and Reflector,'
Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, August 8, 2026

4. Rev. Hiram A. Graves Marker
Rev. Hiram A. Graves monument, center.
Dr. Olmstead remaining as editor.

(Submitted on August 10, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)

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