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Samuel Allison Graham

Samuel Allison Graham

Male 1848 - 1931  (83 years)    Has 53 ancestors and 74 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Samuel Allison Graham 
    Birth 18 Mar 1848  Biggsville, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Oct 1931  Afton, Union, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Orient, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 7 Siblings 
    Person ID I351032  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2001 

    Father William Mills Graham, esq.,   b. 26 Sep 1801, Chester County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1882, Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Jane Popham,   b. 12 Apr 1809, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1893, Winterset County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 13 Mar 1835  Morgan County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F138329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Grace Thomson,   b. 25 May 1851, Stranraer, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1932, Afton, Union, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jun 1869  United Presbyterian Church, Macksburg, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Allison Graham,   b. 30 Dec 1870   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Thomas Edward Graham,   b. 3 Mar 1872, Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1943, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     3. Robert Culbertson Graham,   b. 18 Aug 1873   d. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Lillie Maude Graham,   b. 30 Jun 1877   d. 2 Dec 1945, Modesto, Stanislaus Co, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +5. Mary Elizabeth Graham,   b. 13 Jun 1879, Pitzer, Madison County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1956, Creston, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +6. Jane Grace "Jennie" Graham,   b. 9 Feb 1883, Pitzer, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1959, Indianola, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +7. Walter Nelson Graham,   b. 13 Oct 1885, Macksburg, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1979, Vivian, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     8. Roscoe Samuel Graham,   b. 19 Jul 1888, Madison County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1968, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F138937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2001 

  • Notes 
    • Lived the last several years of their lives in a small home in Orient, Iowa, adjacent to the home of their youngest daughter, Jennie, and her husband, Claude Bishop.

      My information comes from several sources. First and foremost from a suitcase found in my mother's house which was "to be deposited into a suitable waste disposal site" by order of Judge Michael Gamble of the Lynchburg Circuit Court issued in 1994 at the request of my brother, Creighton Sloan.

      That suitcase which I found and rescued contained the numerous old photos such as the photos of my grandmother Mary Graham when she was a little girl in 1882 and her mother in 1864. I scanned and posted those photos on my web site in 1995 and that was the seed which started this, when people started writing me letters about them.

      http://www.samsloan.com/gg-mom.htm
      http://www.samsloan.com/gg-mom-2.htm

      Next, my brother Creighton sent me some information he had assembled, which was strange because Creighton has been fighting with me and our mother for 30 years and has never before or since sent me a friendly letter.

      I believe that what Creighton sent me was largely based on Philip Graham's book plus updates reflecting current family members and new children born.

      Then, I often get bits and pieces of information from people who see my web site and add a relative or two.

      My grandmother Mary Graham married Wesley Jacobson, who was Swedish. On the Swedish side, I get lots of letters because Wesley Jacobson's grandfather led the first Sewdish settlement in Iowa and they are mentioned in history books, research papers, doctoral thesis and so on, so I am constantly getting new information or inquiries about that.

      However, on the Graham side I believe that all my sources are the same original source, which is Philip Graham's book.

      In about 1959 in the summer I went to a golden wedding anniversary for one of my Graham relatives in Northeastern Iowa. More than one hundred relatives were there. I wish I could remember who it was whose aniversary we were celebrating.

      We had an old family tree in the 1950s. According to this tree, which I never personally saw, we were related to the sister of John Paul Jones, the Scot captain who became American and fought against the British in the War of 1812. However, I have doubts about this. I have tried to backtrack this idea and have gotten nowhere.

      My uncle Newell Jacobson who lived in Florida later told me that he had that family tree. However, Newell died in 1989 and I do not know what happened to the old family tree. I believe it was made by a commercial company and not by a family member.

      The last surviving relative who probably knows the answers to all these questions would be my uncle Alden Jacobson, who lives in Florida. Due to the family feud started by my brother I cannot contact him, but I would not mind if somebody else did.

      My mother is still alive at age 90 but her ability to communicate is gone.

      Sam Sloan



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