Graham, Andrew J.

GRAHAM

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/5/2021 at 13:43:19

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.592

GRAHAM, ANDREW J., Indianola, editor; was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1833; his youth was spent on a farm; he received an academical education at Fairfield, Penn., and graduated from the Westminster College, in New Wilmington, Penn., in 1864, and pursued his Theological studies at Monmouth, Illinois, and at Allegheny City, Penn.; he was licensed to preach in April, 1866, and came to Iowa in 1868, and was located in St. Charles, Madison county; in January, 1873, he purchased an interest in what is now The Indianola Herald, as senior editor, and has retained the position since that time; he married Miss Jennie Reed August 31, 1864; she was born in Pennsylvania, and died June 11, 1872; he married for his second wife Mrs. Nannie M. Oliver December 31, 1874; she was born in Iowa; they have one daughter: Jessie; Mrs. Graham has one daughter, Mattie, by a former marriage.