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Free Research > G > Graham > Family StoryUse the free genealogy search to quickly discover your family history or share your own! John Graham (1820-1850)
John Graham married Elizabeth Langley on Nov. 12, 1840 in Union Co., Ark. He was born ca 1820 to possibly William Graham of Union Co. Elizabeth was born April 23, 1823 in PA to James W. Langley and Judith Mattox.
John, Elizabeth, his prents and 4 brothers left Ark. and went to Plymouth, Van Buren Co., Iowa, near Farmington. John and Elizabeth's children were William, Bollen, Lucinda (died young), Jasper Newton and John Wesley Graham. John died of pneumonia in 1850, while building a mill on the Des Moines River. After the death of his parents, the four brothers left home on horseback. Two might have settled in the Carolinas. Elizabeth and Jasper lived with a wealthy uncle and his two spinster daughters for three months and then went back to her mother's home at Chidester, Ark. by steamboat. John Wesley (my g-gf) was born in 1851. He and his brother raised large families in LA and Ark. Elizabeth married Robinson Malcolm Willett in 1852. They had several children. She died in the woods at Danville, Bienville Parish, LA in Oct. 1890, on her way home from her youngest son's home.
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