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Graffenried, R. C. De

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1859 in Franklin, Tenn. He was elected county attorney of Longview, Texas; in 1888 was elector on the democratic ticket; made the race for congress in 1890; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.

GRAFTON, CHARLES CHAPMAN, bishop of Fond du Lac, Wis., was born April 12, 1830, in Boston, Mass. He introduced into America the Sisterhood of St. Margaret, East Grinstead, establishing the community in Boston. He also founded the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity. He was consecrated bishop of Fond du Lac in the cathedral at Fond du Lac on April 25, 1889. His writings comprise: Vocation, or the Call of the Divine Master to a Sister's Life; Plain Suggestions for a Reverent Celebration of the Holy Communion; and various essays, sermons, and tracts.