Primary Name: Graves, Henry "Shelley" Sheldon
Filed as: graves_henry_shelley_sheldon
Also known as: Henry Sheldon Graves; Shelley Graves; H. S. Graves
Occupation / Association: Merchant; Fur dealer; Clothing store proprietor; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: March 16, 1873, Chestertown, New York
Died:
Parents:
Spouse: Mary Alice Smith (m. 1903, Juneau, Alaska)
Children: Daughter (name not recorded)
Associated places: Chestertown, New York; Dawson, Yukon Territory; Skagway, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Long Island, New York
Keywords: Henry Shelley Sheldon Graves, H S Graves, Shelley Graves, Juneau Men's Igloo charter member, Goldstein Department Store Juneau, H S Graves clothing store South Franklin Street
Biography
Henry “Shelley” Sheldon Graves was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo.
Graves was born in Chestertown, New York, on March 16, 1873. During the Klondike gold rush in 1898, he traveled from California to Alaska and went to Dawson in the Yukon Territory. After returning to the coast, he spent several years in Skagway, where he operated a men's clothing store.
Graves came to Juneau in the early 1900s. In Juneau in 1903, he married Mary Alice Smith.
He was engaged in the fur business and, for a number of years, worked in the men's department of the Goldstein Department Store. Around 1914, he opened his own men's clothing store, the H. S. Graves store on South Franklin Street, which he operated for nearly four decades.
In January 1953, he sold the business to Bill Matheny. A few months later, in May 1953, Graves and his wife left Juneau to make their home near their daughter on Long Island, New York.
Sources
Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6 Biographical Sketch
Tags: Henry Shelley Sheldon Graves, H S Graves, Shelley Graves, Juneau Men's Igloo charter member, Goldstein Department Store, Franklin Street merchants