Graham, G. E.

GRAHAM, TUCKER, SMITH, OLDS, TEALE, TURNER, LAMPHERE, LITTLE, NEWTON, LYNCH

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 6/30/2019 at 08:55:18

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 593-94:

"G. E. GRAHAM, general farmer and stock-raiser, residing on section 18, Hamilton Township, was born in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, July 5, 1846, a son of Theodore and Lethia (Tucker) Graham, the father born and reared near St. Louis, Missouri, and the mother born and reared near Cincinnati, Ohio. They were married in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, where they resided many years, living on a farm two and a half miles south of Warren. They were the parents of ten children, four sons and six daughters -- William, proprietor of Graham's Hotel, at Lamoni; Ephraim; Eliza, wife of J. R. Smith, of Lamoni; George Erastus; Lydia, now Mrs. K. Olds, living in La Fayette County, Wisconsin; Lucinda, deceased, wife of Thomas Teale, of Davis City; Dora, deceased, wife of Robert Turner, living near Lamoni; Viola, wife of E. Lamphere, of Mitchell County, Kansas; Benjamin, resides one mile north of Lamoni; Martha, wife of Warren Little, lives six miles south of Lamoni. George E. Graham, our subject, was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of Jo Daviess County. He was a soldier in the late war, enlisting in February, 1864, in Company B, Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry, and was in the engagements of the Atlanta campaign, and was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea, and was at the grand review at Washington. He was honorably discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, being mustered out at Chicago, Illinois. In 1865 his father removed with his family to Decatur County, Iowa, locating on the land where our subject now resides. He first owned a half-interest in the farm, and in 1878 bought his father's interest, the latter then going to Mitchell County, Kansas, where he died in 1882. The mother died in this county in 1875. G. E. Graham was married November 29, 1868, to Miss Ellen Newton, who was born in Ohio, but reared in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, she being a daughter of Nathan and Margaret (Lynch) Newton. They have a family of eight children -- Jenny Alice, Charles Ezra, Nathan Grant, Eddy Ellsworth, Robert Arthur, George Franklin, Ephraim, and Edith Estella. Mr. Graham has one of the best farms in his neighborhood, consisting of 115 acres of rich bottom land, twenty acres being in Hamilton and ninety acres in New Buda Township. His residence is comfortable and convenient, and is surrounded by shade and ornamental trees, and his barn and out-buildings are noticeably good. In politics Mr. Graham is a Republican. He has held the office of township trustee for one term -- three years -- and has also served as a member of the School Board. He is a member of the Grand Army Post, No. 306, of Davis City. He is one of the reprsentative men of Hamilton Township, and by his fair and honorable dealings he has won the respect of all who know him."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)