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Frank Tull Manuscripts: Pages 21 - 30
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William Graham, my father, died at the age of 54. His wife, my mother, was a Frohmann a sister to his brother John's wife. My mother, Harriett Frohmann Graham, had two brothers named Jacob and John Froman. Jacob Froman married a Sherrill (9/19/1816). George Graham, son of Francis, married a Purdy. He had two sons; Joseph and Thomas. Joseph married a Beinia (1828). They had seven sons, but no daughters.
My mother, Harriet Froman Graham, had three sisters; Nancy. Elizabeth and Rachel. Nancy married a Waters, Elizabeth married a Shirley and Rachel never married.
William Graham, my father, had five sons; Wm. Harvey (myself), Isaac, John Reed, Fletcher and Marcus. Isaac died in the Mexican War in 1846. John Reed died in Millville, Ray County Missouri (1868).
Fletcher married Betty Fowler of Ray County, Missouri. William my father, had three daughters; Sarah Jane, Marrsissa. and Fannie. Sarah Jane married John Campbell of Carroll County, Missouri. Fannie married Ambrose Young of Ray County and Marcissa married B. Magill.
Francis Graham, father of William, was my grandfather. Had six daughters; Polly, Ruth, Susan, Jennie, and Mary. Polly married a Mr. Wright. Had sons Wm. Clinton and Nelson. Susan married J. Arber. Anne married James Merger. Jennie married Felix Chamberlain and moved to Ray county, Missouri, in 1841. Nancy married William Dickey.
The following were all related and went to the gold rush in California in 1849:
Wm. Graham, John Reed Graham, W. Harvey, Hiram McCall, John Dunlap, John Braden, Warren Minnis, William Minnis and Robt. Minnis." Signed Harvey Graham,
NOTE: I have proven most of these dates from vast amounts of materials copied from the Washington County, Kentucky, records that are now in my possession.
Anyone who knew this great uncle, Wm. Harvey Graham, would know the extent to which one could rely on the information he has supplied, but attention is called to the fact that if Washington County records were not available to prove a great many of the marriages, a genealogist would be inclined to dispute much of the material originating from this source.
It may be well to mention here, that in dealing with genealogical matters I appreciate the fact that legal records are needed to substantiate claims, but at the same time, one may gain personal satisfaction and valuable knowledge from written evidence handed down by the older generations. One can easily visualize Wm. Harvey Graham writing to his interested niece, Mary William Campbell Mirick, what he knew about his grandparents and uncles and aunts back in Kentucky. He was born near Lebanon, Kentucky, and was quite a grown man when he immigrated to Missouri with his parents in 1839.
Page 22 The same as you and I know who are our claimed relatives and who are our grandparents, so did he know exactly about what he was writing. In the case of his letter, as well as the other article he wrote about his relatives, I have been able to prove many of those marriages from county records. But, had these records been destroyed, there would have been some question in the minds of future descendants as to their accuracy.
While residing in Kentucky, we find he mentions many of the relatives he knew remained in that state. After our family moved to Missouri, they seem to have lost all contact with the Kentucky relatives after the older generations had passed on. Today there are not any of them or their descendants known to me.
From the Graham letter and article, we know Harriet Froman Graham (1800-1868) had brothers Jacob and John Froman. She also had sisters Nancy Elizabeth and Rachel. Nancy married Waters (possibly relative of the well known Philemon Waters.). Elizabeth married a Shirley and Rachel never married. The brother, Jacob Froman. was the oldest child of this family and after much investigation, I discovered the fact he is buried on the Kimberlin farm in the Froman family cemetery not far from Lebanon, Kentucky. Mr. W. H. Ray of Lebanon, Kentucky, wrote me in 1930 concerning the cemetery and obtained dates from the stones that were still standing at that time. Mr. Ray is a Froman descendant but knows nothing about the genealogy of the Froman family. This brother, Jacob Froman was born November 11, 1778 and died September, 1849. This is the reason we know his parents, Isaac and Sarah Harrison Froman, were married at the time Kentucky County, Virginia, was in existence and those records have all been lost. The marriage records I have in my possession prove he married Deliah Sherrill as stated by Wm. Harvey Graham. That was in 1816 and she is buried beside him in the Kimberlin Farm cemetery. The grave marker shows she was born in 1798 and died in 1840. It also is important to mention the fact that many other Froman graves are in this cemetery but the markers have long ago disappeared.
This oldest brother, Jacob Froman, and wife, Deliah Sherrill, had at least one son whose name was Isaac. Of course he was named for his grandfather. If Jacob and Deliah had other children, it is not known but this son, Isaac, was born June 18, 1817 and died January 14, 1875. He married Elmira Barber (b 1825 - d 1905) and she is buried beside her husband in the Bethlehem Churchyard near Lebanon, Kentucky. This Isaac Froman (b 1817 - d 1875) was a nephew of Harriett Froman Graham and he erected a brick home near Lebanon on his farm that is still known as the Isaac Froman Home.
I believe Mr. W. E. Ray of Lebanon, Kentucky, lives on the old Froman place or a part of it. His mother, Fannie Froman Ray, was a granddaughter of Isaac (b 1817 - d 1875) and Elmira Barber. Her father was Jacob L. Froman. Mr Ray is the only Froman descendant I have ever located near Lebanon or Springfield, Kentucky.
A copy of this settlement of the estate of this Isaac Froman in Washington County, Kentucky, records paper date of 1875, mentions only his wife. Elmira, but I feel sure he was the father of at least two or three children. The 1850 census of Washington County, Kentucky, lists Isaac H. Froman, age 33, born in Kentucky. The children in this family were Jacob L. Froman. age 1, Catherine, age 12, and one Sarah Froman, age 17, who because of her age, was no doubt a younger sister or niece of Isaac Froman. In this 1850 census of the Isaac Froman family, we find his wife, Elmira, was then shown as being 23 years of age and she too, was born in Kentucky.
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There was also one Bently Froman listed in the Washington County census of 1850 who was then 24 years of age and born in Kentucky. His wife, Frances was then 18 and she too was born in the same state. They were the parents of Thomas Froman, age 8/12 months and with them resided one Jacob A. Froman age 30, who must have been a brother of the head of this family.
The Jacob L. Froman, one-year-old son of Isaac, as shown above in the 1850 census, was a resident of near Springfield, Kentucky, until the early 1900's and a man very prominent in his community. He was the grandfather of W. E. Ray from whom the information concerning the cemeteries was obtained. In connec- tion with this family I especially recall correspondence with Mr. C. F. Bosley, of the Peoples Deposit Bank in Springfield, Kentucky, in 1930. I had written the postmaster in that city for any information he could supply me concerning the Froman family and as they are prohibited from giving such information, he gave my letter to Mr. Bosley, who happened to be a man who was born and reared there and know many of the old families of the county. The reply to my letter from Mr. Bosley was everything in his praise of the standing of the Froman family in their community and it was from him I learned W. Y. Ray was a descendant, Mr. Bosley made reference to Isaac Froman who died in 1875. He knew him and also the younger generation or this family.
A very thorough check of the census of Marion County, Kentucky, in 1850 failed to disclose any member of the Froman family residing in that county in that year. They evidently had all moved from Marion County prior to this date. But remember, the county line of Washington County was close to Lebanon, the county seat of Marion, and as these were adjoining counties, we know the Washington County Fromans were relatives of our Marion County ancestors of that family. *************** ***************
Again, referring to the W. Harvey Graham letter concerning his Froman ancestors, you recall he mentions his mother's younger brother, John Froman. About this brother, John Froman, I possess little information. He was still a minor when his father's estate was finally settled in 1823 and his brother. Jacob, was his guardian at that time. For the required bond in this guardianship, you recall Philemon Waters was the signer with Jacob Froman and this causes us to feel Philemon Waters was closely associated with the Froman family if he was not related to them. Who this young brother, John Froman, married or where he resided in later years is not know. He is not otherwise mentioned in the Graham letter and I have never found a record of him in any census report. As this branch of the family resided in Marion County, it is probable he married there and the license was obtained in Marion County. Those records were destroyed during the Civil War when the courthouse was burned. Concerning this John Froman, we have no more information.
The only Waters family relation known to my mother was cousin Sally Waters Bond. Prior to the civil war, this relation resided in Carroll County with her husband, Dr. Bond, and family. They lived a short distance south of Carrollton in what is known as "the bottom" and moved from there to Craig, Missouri, some years following the close of the civil war. This cousin, Sally Bond, was well known to all of the older relatives of the family and evidently she was a "favorite cousin" to all of them. She and Dr. Bond were the parents of at least four children, who were known by my mother. They were:
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Dr. Jim Bond Carrie Bond who married a Mr. Kellogg of Craig, Missouri. Allie Frank died when a young child. There was also another child who died in infancy.
By my mother, I was informed all of the children except the daughter, Carrie Bond, died prior to the death of cousin Sally Bond, and accordingly, the mother's entire estate was inherited by this one married daughter. The daughter, Carrie Bond Kellogg was the mother of several children, but their names and addresses are unknown to any of my family. I have written several letters to Craig, Missouri, in an effort to obtain some trace of them, but have been unsuccessful.
My impression of this relative, cousin Sally Water Bond, has been that she was a very agreeable individual and much inclined to the aristocratic side of the family. I believe my mother has mentioned the fact her mother visited this relative frequently when they resided in Carroll County and I think it is concerning this cousin Sally Bond I have heard my Mirick cousins tell a story about cousin Sally, owning a dress worn by some member of her family for a big ball given in the honor of Lafayette on his last visit to America.
An interesting letter written by cousin Sally Waters Bond about fifty years ago is in the possession of the Mirick family and I shall quote a copy I made of it several years ago. It is as follows:
"Philemon Waters fought in the revolutionary war in a Virginia regiment, later fought in the war with the Indians and recovered after being scalped by the Indians. The tomahawk with which the Indians failed to kill him, is at the home of Mrs. E. J. Kellogg of Craig, Missouri, as a relic. The whole account of this record is in Archives of Kentucky at Frankfort.
He was my grandfather. Died at Springfield, Kentucky, about 1800. He was related to your grandmother, Harriet Froman .Graham. Both Philemon Waters and Harriet Froman Graham descended from Harrison, the great grandfather of Wm. Henry Harrison, President of the United States, and great grandfather of Benjamin Harrison.
Now you have to complete the chain by finding the relationship to Harriet Froman Graham to Waters."
Signed Sally A. Bond
The Harriet Froman Graham mentioned in the Bond letter was of course the wife of William Graham and the grandmother of Mary William Campbell Mirick, to whom the letter was addressed by Sally Waters Bond. At home like in the future this family connection may be learned and will prove of particular interest because it will unquestionably prove to be a Harrison family connection that may dissolve the origin of the Harrison family that we have in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1827. Recall the fact we have read the Thomas Harrison will and the fact that the Harvey Graham letter says his grandmother was a Harrison, a sister to Eleanor Harrison who married the immigrant George Graham. George being the younger brother of our ancestor Francis Graham of Ireland.
Page 25 This cousin, Sally Bond, had two sisters who were known to my mother. One sister was cousin Mary Waters VanNess, who for many years resided in Kansas City, Kansas. The other sister of this family was a Mrs. Green who resided in Kentucky and was not well known by my family. In years gone by, I have seen letters in the Mirick home from the VanNess family or their descendants in Oklahoma, but I have never been able to contact any of them. When descendants of these relatives are located, it may open an avenue to many interesting family connections and add such to this sketch.
Another family connection in Carroll County was never known by my mother. That was the Shirley family. A Mr. Si Shirley resided in Carrollton until about 1920 and he was known to my family as cousin Si. I do not believe he had any children and the only possible family connection lies in the fact the Graham letter says one sister of Harriet Froman Graham married a Shirley. How many generations removed from the common ancestor of this Froman connection is not known? ***************
The Hite and Froman genealogy has been given from all records I possess and what little information concerning the Harrisons has been written. Additional work on the Harrison line will no doubt prove a most interesting to all of us and I hope sometime in the near future it can be followed. About the Graham family. I am able to supply considerable information and it shall be given before trans- ferring our interests to the families in Missouri. The Grahams enter into our genealogical line when one William Graham (b 1796 - d 1851), the son of Francis the immigrant, married Harriet Froman in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1821. They remained in Kentucky until 1839 when the moved to Carroll County, Missouri. It was their oldest child, W. Harvey Graham, who wrote the Graham letter of 1897 that has been quoted frequently throughout this article.
The Graham ancestors were of the Scotch clan by that name and from Ireland they came to this county prior to 1780. The Graham letter informs us the three brothers; Francis, George and William were the original immigrants of our Graham family and of this fact we are certain because of many family connections we have in Missouri with descendants of all three brothers. In connection with this matter it may be well to mention the fact a letter written by a distant Graham relative in Bogard, Missouri, in 1910 to the Mirick family, does state the parents of these brothers came to America and names the parents as being John and Nancy Watson Graham who settled in Stanton County, Virginia. This statement was not quoted by our Graham letter and was evidently not known by great uncle Harvey Graham.
The mention of John, and Nancy Watson Graham was by John W. Graham, of Bogard, Missouri, who died several years ago at that place. He also added to his letter that this ancestor, John Graham, was a graduate of Dublin University in Ireland but was a native Scotchman. I am inclined to agree with John F. Graham of Bogard about the parents of the three brothers (Graham) coming to America with the sons because the census reports indicate their sons, George and William were both too young to have been in Kentucky at such an early date if their parents were not with them. Some additional work on this matter may prove the fact the parents were with them but I know the first land grants to any of these Graham brothers was to the oldest brother, Francis, in Kentucky in 1780 and 1788. He was married to Jane Jackson in 1788. It was after 1800 when the other two brothers married in Kentucky and later census reports of Ray County, Missouri, prove they were not born until about 1780. For that reason, I feel the information supplied by John F. Graham of Bogard, Missouri, may prove correct.
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At any rate, the three brothers, Francis, George, and William Graham are recognized as the founders of our immediate Graham family. They were Scotch, but evidently immigrated to this country from Ireland. The Harvey Graham letter informs us they were born in Scotland and that may be correct. Of these brothers, we have no dates of births or when they immigrated to America, but I found Francis to be an owner of land in Kentucky in 1780. Accordingly we may assume he was born prior to 1760 and we know from Nelson County records that he married in 1788. The Graham letter says they were residents of Lebanon, Kentucky, before that town was "laid out" and had to live near forts for pro- tection against the Indians.
Of these three immigrant Graham brothers, my family will be most interested in the oldest brother, Francis. The Harvey Graham letter says he married a Jackson and we know that is correct, for we have a copy of the marriage certificate. This same letter written by Uncle Harvey as he was known to all the family, also lists the children of Francis and Jane Jackson Graham as follows: John Graham married Sarah Froman (11/17/1817) William Graham (b 1796 - d 1851), married Harriet Froman in 1881 (s/b 1821 gem). George Graham married a Purdy and had sons, Joe, and Tom. Joseph married Matrina Benia or Riney and had seven sons (1/26/1828). Polly married Mr. Wright Ruth married Wm. Daughter Susan married J. Arber or Jarber, or Barber Sarah (Sally) married M. Davidson according to records in 1814; evidently married a second time to Mr. Chamberlain. Nancy married David Dickey (1/18/1818).
Most of the above from Washington County records.
Of this generation of the Graham family it is regrettable we have so little informa tion beyond the statements outlined in the Harvey Graham letter but such is the case.
The oldest son, John Graham, married Sarah Froman as shown above and they were the parents of one daughter Harriet Graham, who married Hiran McCall in Carroll County, Missouri, in 1840. They resided somewhere north of Bogard, Missouri, and were the parents of several McCall sons who have descendants in Carroll County at this time. I believe one McCall descendant told me these grandparents went to Illinois during the Civil War and died there shortly after the close of the Civil War when they were stricken with cholera or similar epidemic. About the McCall family I know nothing.
The second son of Francis and Jane Jackson Graham was William Graham who married Harriet Froman in Washington County, Kentucky. He was born in Kentucky in 1790 and died in 1851 when returning from California. She was born in 1800 in Kentucky and died in Millville, Missouri, in 1888. In this case, the Graham brothers married Froman sisters and much is to be written concerning the family of William Graham and Harriet Froman Graham, they are the ancestors of my immediate family. For this branch of the family I have many more dates and more complete lines to furnish for this sketch. Presentation of the William and Harriet Froman Graham line will be made after data is given on the Graham's in Kentucky.
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George Graham, the third son of Francis and Jane Jackson Graham, was said to have married a Purdy and had two sons, but no additional information is available for this branch of the family. So far as is known, they remained in Kentucky and all contact was lost with them by my family.
Joseph Graham, the son of Francis and Jane J. Graham, married Marina Reina or Riney. They were married in 1828 in Washington County, Kentucky, and this family was found listed in the U.S. Census of 1850 in Marion County, Kentucky. By this census report, I learned Joseph was born in Kentucky in 1800. His wife, Martha, as shown on the census, was born in 1830, but she must have been his second wife because the seven sons of Joseph Graham were from eighteen to eight years of age and she was too young to have been the mother of the older children of this family. The children of the Joseph Graham family were as follows: Richard age 18, born Kentucky Joseph 16, John 14 Silas 10 Marcus 8 David 12
While corresponding with members of the Graham family in Marion County about 1830 (s/b 1930 gem), I was never able to locate a descendant of this family in that county. I did find descendants of one Mark Graham who was born in Ireland in 1796 and who had a son. Marcus, born in 1837 in Kentucky. There are several descendants of Mark Graham in or near Lebanon, Kentucky, in 1830 but so far as I can deter- mine, they are not related to our Graham family.
Of the daughters of Francis and Jane J. Graham, there was only one known to my mother. This was Polly Graham who married a Mr. Wright. In 1850 she was living with some members of the Graham family in Carroll County, Missouri, and her mentally deficient son was residing with the William Graham family in Carrollton at that time. If I remember correctly, this Polly Graham Wright is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery on the .Campbell - Graham lot but I do not say that with certainty until further investigation is made.
About the daughters of Francis and Jane J. Graham other than the above mentioned daughter Polly I have no information whatever. Who they married is shown in the Harvey Graham letter but any information regarding their families is not available. He mentions being at that home of one or two of them in Missouri, but beyond that statement I can supply no information about them.
In my papers, I find additional information concerning Francis Graham and his wife, Jane Jackson Graham, of Washington County, Kentucky. They were married when Washington County was a part of Nelson County, Kentucky, and for that reason, the marriage certificate is on record in Bardstown, Kentucky, which is the county seat of Nelson County, Kentucky. Francis and Jane Jackson were married April 1, 1788. The Graham letter says Francis was born in Scotland but reared in Ireland. He came from Belfast, Ireland, to America and evidently spent only a short while in Virginia before going to the new territory of Kentucky that was to become the state by that name. Francis owned land in Kentucky territory in 1780 and obviously was a man of some means when he went there. He died in 1814 and the appraisal of his estate clearly indicated he was
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a man of considerable financial worth. Listed by the appraisers of his estate was tools and negotiable papers of considerable value for 1814. Listed by the appraisers were some articles that appear unusual to us in 1942. There were deer skins, several types of axes, one cradle that was used to harvest grain, combination sythe and cradle, pair of stilliards, one loom, sleigh and one side of leather. His live stock consisted of numerous cattle, hogs, sheep and about twenty five head of horses. Even his crops were listed and sold by the estate at public sale. Of these, there were several hundred acres, so he must have been quite a large farm operator. The total of the estate was several thousand dollars and many of the things sold at the sale were purchased by his wife, Jane. Also on the sale list appears the names of many neighbors and relatives, among them the Dickey. Davison and Chamberlain families.
The Harvey Graham letter mentions the fact his grandfather, Francis Graham. died before he could remember and that is true because Harvey Graham was not born until 1821 and his grandfather died in 1810. The wife of Francis Graham died at the home of her son, William Graham in Carroll County after 1839. The William Graham farm was 160 acres located on the N.E. quarter of sec. 23-twp/ 54-range 24 that was bought from L. Bristow November 6, 1839 in Carroll County, Missouri. She was Jane Jackson before her marriage to Francis Graham in 1788 and evidently came to Missouri with her son, William, or possibly had come with the oldest son, John Graham who also lived in Carroll County in a neighborhood not far from where the son, William, lived. The Harvey Graham letter informs us she died at his fathers home and we can assume she is buried in one of the old cemeteries located on the Smithpeter or Sugg farm where many of the grave stones are missing from the old graves. It "would be most interesting to know the ancestory of this Jane Jackson Graham. There were two John Jackson's in Nelson County, Kentucky, in 1788 and both had lands for military service, but to determine which John Jackson was the parent of our Jane Jackson Graham would be most difficult. This connection with the Jacksons will be worthy of more attention in the years to come.
Of the immigrant brothers of Francis, George and William Graham of Ireland, I have considerable information concerning them and many of their descendants in Missouri. George Graham married Ally Harrison,. according to the Graham letter and that is verified by the Washington County, Kentucky, marriage records that indicates they were married on August 16, 1801. Her name was Eleanor Harrison but seems to have had the family name of Ally. Her father, Thomas Harrison, Sr. of Washington County, Kentucky, signed her marriage certificate. It was the will of this Thomas Harrison that has been copied into this sketch. Also, remember the Harvey Graham, letter says this Eleanor Harrison Graham was the sister of his grandmother; Sarah Froman, in Kentucky. In other words, a Graham uncle and nephew married a Harrison aunt and niece.
George Graham's wife, Eleanor, and her sister, Sarah Harrison Froman were from a good line of the Harrison family. Unfortunately, this is not at this time a proven connection with the prominent Harrison family of Virginia, but the fact the names of their brothers, William, Thomas and Cuthbert, were all prominent names of that well known Harrison family, it gives one the idea that future mark on the genealogy of Thomas Harrison, Sr. who died in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1827 will reveal many interesting things for all of us. You will recall there was another sister of this Sarah Harrison Froman who was not mentioned in the will of Thomas Harrison, Sr. in 1827 because she had died in 1818 at which time, her daughter Harriet Froman later the wife of William Graham, went into court for her brother Jacob Froman, to be appointed her Guardian. The only proof we have that Sarah Harrison Froman was the daughter of Thomas Harrison, Sr. is the fact the Harvey Graham letter says she was a
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sister of the wife of his great uncle, George Graham, who we know married Eleanor Harrison. However, all family connections indicate this is correct, but the exact legal proof is not at hand.
When and where George Graham and wife, Eleanor Harrison Graham, were born is not known. Also, we are without dates and place of the death of either, but we do know they went from Kentucky to Ray County, Missouri, and that is probably where they died. Some of their descendants may have that information, but it is not in my possession. If they died in Ray County, Missouri, it is possible the Probate Court Office of Ray County in Richmond, Missouri, may give additional information. It is known this family of Grahams lived west of Richmond, Missouri, not far from the old Stage Coach Inn known as Elkhorn that was some eight miles west of Richmond on the highway to Excelsior Springs, Missouri. I can remember this frame building standing in 1920 but since that time, it has been torn down or destroyed in some other manner.
From a George and Eleanor Harrison Graham, descendant I have obtained some information concerning this branch of the Graham family. This descendant is Fanny Quarles Missis (Mrs. R. B. Minnis) of Carrollton, Missouri. From her I have learned the following information concerning the children of this George and Eleanor Graham They were: 2 1. Elias Graham, born 1812 in Kentucky who married his cousin Catherine Graham, (She being the daughter of the other immigrant Graham brother.
2. Boise Graham, (s/b Rosannah “Rosie” Graham, gem) born ___ who married Edward Sanderson of Ray County but who was from Tennessee. They were the grandparents of Fanny Quarles Minnis who supplied the information for me about the George Graham family.
3. Mary Graham married a Mr. John Brown, a brother to Ashley Brown (Thomas Ashley Brown, gem), and moved to Oregon after the Civil War. (Eugene, Lane Co, OR, gem) 1870 Lane County, Oregon, Census: John Brown, age 59, born in Tennessee, kept a ferry. Mary E. (Graham), age 50, born Kentucky.. John D., 21, Missouri Sarah J., 14, Oregon, (Sarah Jane Brown, m Charles William Beale gem) Marilla C. or Berilla, 11, Oregon (s/b Berrilla, gem) Mary M, 8, Oregon Jackson, 32, Arkansas ("A parolytic pauper") John Brown and Mary E. married 1835 in Ray County, Missouri; arrived in Oregon December, 1852.
4. Margaret, Graham, whom nothing is known by Mrs. Minnis.
5. George Graham, born 1817 in Kentucky and married a Miss Braden of the well-known Braden family of Carroll County, Missouri..
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It is not known which child of the George and Eleanor Graham family was the oldest, but the 1850 census of Ray County, Missouri, shows Elias Graham was born in 1812. This is listed on Page 765, item 1362, of that census. The wife of Elias Graham was born in Missouri in 1813. She was Catherine Graham, the daughter of William and of course this couple were first cousins. The Harvey Graham letter does not mention this family connection so he either did not know it or failed to incorporate it in his letter.
Elias and Catherine Graham were the parents of at least two children. U.S. Census of 1860 lists this family in Ray County at which time they had a daughter, Mary, who was shown to be 24 years of age and another child, .James F. Graham, who was shown to be six months old. Both children were born in Missouri. Elias was then listed as being a merchant with a financial worth of $10,000.00. It was noted the 1850 census of Ray County shows one Delilia Graham, age 20, residing with this family and she must have been a younger sister or niece of one or the other of this Graham family. I do not know if Mary Graham, the oldest daughter of Elias and Catherine Graham, ever married, but I do know the son, James F. Graham, moved to Carrollton, Missouri, when a young man and married a Miss Fanny Eads, the daughter of the well known Capt. Eads of that city. The Carroll County history of 1881 gives a full account of James F. Graham who was an attorney and who died in Carrolton prior to the time I left there in 1920. James F. Graham and wife. Fanny Eads Graham, were the parents of four children I knew in Carrollton. They were:
Eads Graham, who never married Catherine Graham, who married Mr. Hardaway in 19_ and became the mother of two sons. Jack and Eads Hardaway.
Francis Graham who married Mr. Choate. She now resides in Webster Grove, Missouri, at 231 Plant. They are the parents of: Charles Graham, who married Josephine Kennedy and reside in Carrollton, Missouri, in 1942. He is an attorney in that city.
Actual dates can be obtained from this family and Incorporated at a later date.
The second child listed in the family of George and Eleanor Graham is their daughter Bosie Graham (s/b Rosanna “Rosie” Graham, /gem) who married Edward Sanderson. The date of her birth is not known but I am sure the record of her marriage to Mr. Sanderson is on record in the Ray County Court House at Richmond, Missouri. From Mrs. Fanny Quarles Minnis I have obtained the names of the children of Bosie (Rosie) Graham and her husband, Edward Sanderson. They were as follows:
Martha Sanderson, who married John Quarles. John Sanderson, who married Minerva Casey. Frances Sanderson, who married Mr. Allison. Nancy Sanderson, died in infancy. Margaret Sanderson, who married Mr. Patterson.
The dates of births and deaths of this family were not obtained from Mrs. Minnis at the time I discussed this matter with her because she was not well at the time and unable to search for the papers in her possession that would give the desired information.
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