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Permanent LinkCharles Francis Craver
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State Representative
Republican
| Manufacturer | |
| Poweshiek | |
| 16 | |
| 01/10/1876 - 01/13/1878 | |
| 35 |
Born September 3, 1842, in Franklinville, New Jersey, he came to Iowa from Indiana. In the Civil War he was a member of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry. He was one of the captors of the members of the Confederate cabinet and composed part of the guard which surrounded Jefferson Davis as he was transported away from Augusta, Georgia. Mr. Craver married Angelina Hambleton, June 21, 1866. Craver invented the first successful 12-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain. In 1877 the business Craver, Steele, and Austin operated the Randolph Header Works, being the largest exporter of farm implements for many years, moving to Chicago from Grinnell to expand. In 1907 he went to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and engaged in oil operations.