Tidying Up

Today I published an update to my 2010 article on John Henry Graham and Mary Matilda Bohannon. Updated the link to the National Archives regarding the 1890 census. Added images from the 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 census. Added in the name of the day for all known dates. Added relationship between Mary Matilda Bohannon…

Graham and the Wild Lands

An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition. Abraham Lincoln, 12 February 1861 This year will mark the 150th anniversary of the Homestead…