Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - I. H. Graham

I. H. GRAHAM

    I. H. Graham, a farmer, was born in Union County, Ohio, April 26,1842; he is son of J. P. and Eliza (Healey) Graham, natives of Washington County, Penn., who were among the early settlers of Claibourne Township.  Our subject was raised on his father's farm and received a good English education.  He learned the trade of a tanner, which be followed for seven years, during early life, but since that time he has devoted his time exclusively to farming.  He owns a good farm of 106 acres, on which stands a nice brick residence and other improvements, all of which he has accumulated by his own industry.  He is a cultivated gentleman of pleasing manners and a good farmer.  In 1862, he married Emma Lowe, a native of Virginia of English descent, by whom he has three children, viz.: Isaac E., Eliza B. and Emery E.  The parents are members of the Disciples Church, in which Mr. Graham is a Deacon.  During the war, be was a volunteer to assist in repelling Morgan in his raid through Ohio.