I was re-reading my previous article on Jesse Graham & Sarah Scott when I had the following conversation with my daughter. “What’s that?” she asked, looking at a photograph of a grave marker. “That’s the grave of my great great grandmother, and your great great great grandmother,” I said. “What’s the coffin look like?” “I…
Tidying Up The Gray Home
Merry Christmas from Graham Ancestry! The following entries have been recently updated: Jesse & Sarah Graham Complete re-write of article Added two new photographs of their grave markers Added two images from the census Expanded the Sources so that you can easily check my work! Who Is Buried In William’s Grave? Added a new detail…
Surprise Packet
I received the other day a surprise packet of Graham family information from Ms. Louise Bower, whom I had met in June at the Graham Family Reunion in Marshall, Arkansas. The packet included photocopies of Louise’s handwritten notes, a photograph of Sarah (Scott) Graham, a copy of Sarah’s death certificate, Mary Matilda (Bohannon) Graham’s obituary,…
Who is Buried in William’s Grave?
I recently returned from a sojourn to Marshall, Arkansas where I attended the North Arkansas Ancestor Fair and the Graham Family reunion for the descendants of Jesse and Sarah Graham. I met a lot of friendly folks and gathered a lot of material for this journal, but at the same time I know there’s more…
The Many Wives of Patrick, Part 3: Mary Frances Graham
It was late January 1903, and Patrick Bohannon had just buried his second wife Mary Frances Wilbanks, whom he called “Fannie” with affection. Patrick soon found solace with Mrs Mary Frances King, née Graham, a young widow who had lost her husband and two sons in the Indian Territory a couple of years earlier. The…
Oh, A King and His Ladies, Part 2: Mary Frances Graham
Mary Frances “Mollie” Graham was born circa June 1879 in Bear Creek Township, Searcy County, Arkansas to parents Jesse and Sarah Graham. The 1880 census recorded Mary, age 1, living on a farm in Bear Creek with her parents and siblings William Graham, Eliza Ann Graham, and John Henry Graham. No data is available for…
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.
The Tale of Two Sarahs
I was doing some research on Mollie Graham in the 1910 census when I saw that her mother Sarah was living with Mollie and her second husband Patrick Bohannon. “Ooh, nice find,” I thought. “I need to add that to my previous blog entry for Jesse and Sarah Graham.” So I pulled up that entry…
Jesse & Sarah Graham
Jesse Graham was born circa 1844 somewhere in Alabama. I have found conflicting information about his parents, so I will not commit to any names yet. Sarah F. Scott was born on 5 June 1844 somewhere in Alabama. Jesse and Sarah were wed circa 1864 in Alabama. While residing in Alabama they had at least…
