Originally published in the Sikeston Standard Democrat on 9 April 2006: Grahams mark 60 years of marriage MORLEY -- Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Graham[1] were guests of honor during a 60th wedding anniversary open-house celebration March 5 at Morley Church of Christ. Hosts were their children and grandchildren. Graham and the former Lillian Delene Harris…
Obituary for Mary Matilda Graham
A copy of this obituary was provided to me by Louise Graham Bower. I do not know in which paper it appeared, though it was possibly the Marshall Republican, the same paper that published John Henry Graham’s obituary nineteen months later. Mrs. MARY BOHANNON[1] Mrs. Mary Matilda Bohannon Graham, daughter of the late Neal Bohannon…
Obituary: John Henry Graham
I came across the following obituary and “card of thanks” in the genealogy section of the Searcy County Library. It was originally published in the Marshall Republican, 3 May 1946: John Henry Graham John Henry Graham, age 75, died at his home near Rambo, Searcy County, Wednesday, April 24. He was a well known farmer…
Timeline Thus Far
I thought it might be neat to take some of the dates mentioned in the articles on Graham Ancestry and arrange them in chronological order along with some other significant American historical milestones. Nineteenth Century 4 July 1819. The Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of the Missouri Territory. 15 June 1836. Arkansas…
John Jasper Graham
John Jasper Graham was, by my reckoning, the fifth child of John Henry and Mary Matilda Graham.
Graham Ancestry 