Velma Hisey is the daughter of Bermetta Almeda Edwards and Samuel William Hisey. She was born 19 February 1897 in Graham county, Kansas. She died 28 March 1976 at age 79 in Belleville, Republic, Kansas.

On 11 April 1921, she married Louis Mentor Grahem in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. He is the son of Francis Marion Grahem and Rebecca Jane Hedrick. She was born 15 September 1891 in Valley Falls, Jefferson, Kansas. He died 20 August 1962 at age 70 in Belleville, Republic, Kansas.

Children of Velma Hisey and Louis Mentor Grahem:

1. Harold Grahem was born about 1927 in Kansas.
2. Erma Grahem was born in 1928 in Kansas.

Sources

Louis:

• Birth from his WWI draft card [Name: Louis Mentor Grahem; City: Topeka; County: Shawnee; State: Kansas; Birthplace: Valley Falls, Kansas; Birth Date: 15 Sep 1891; Race: Caucasian (White); FHL Roll Number: 1643921; Marital Status: Single; Registered: 6/5/1917].

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Velma: 1900 census. Allodium, Graham, KS. p. 4.
• Velma: 1910 census. Allodium, Graham, KS. p. 5.
• 1930 census. Belleville, Republic, KS p. 6.