CHARTER MEMBERS: Who Were These Men? Henry L. Graves

• Henry L. Graves named President of Baylor University in 1846

• Assumed responsibility for Baylor University 1847

• Pastored Independence Baptist Church

• Helped organize Baptist State Convention of Texas

• Submitted his resignation as Baylor President in 1851

•  Remained a member of Baylor Lodge No. 125 until 1857 when he moved to preside over another University 1859

•  Baylor University first Masonry building, Graves Hall, is named for him.

•  He married a distant cousin of Sam Houston’s Wife Margaret Lea Houston

•  Baptist Pastor in Brenham and Schulenburg