Hon. John Francis Graff and Carrie Louise Brown
Husband Hon. John Francis Graff 1 2
AKA: Hon. J. Frank Graff 3 Born: 12 Aug 1857 - Worthington, Armstrong Co, PA 1 2 3 Christened: Died: 6 Jun 1918 - Worthington, Armstrong Co, PA 4 Buried:
Father: Peter Graff (1808-1890) 1 5 6 7 8 9 Mother: Susannah Lobingier ( - ) 9
Marriage: 27 Dec 1881 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 2 4 10
Other Spouse: Martha Greer Stewart (1876- ) 4 10 11 12 - 1 Jun 1904 - Stewart Station, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 10
Wife Carrie Louise Brown 2 4 10
Born: Christened: Died: 1902 4 10 Buried:
Father: Rev. James A. Brown, D.D., LL.D. ( - ) 4 10 Mother:
Children
1 M James Brown Graff, M.D. 2 4 10
Born: 21 Dec 1882 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 2 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Helen Wertz ( - ) 13 Marr: 1 Oct 1912 - Philadelphia, PA 13
2 M Peter Graff III 2 4 10
Born: 15 Sep 1886 - Worthington, Armstrong Co, PA 2 10 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Georgia Isabel Brown ( - ) 14 15 Marr: 7 Jun 1911 16
3 M John Francis Graff, Jr. 2 4
AKA: J. Frank Graff Jr. 10 Born: 28 Dec 1888 - Worthington, Armstrong Co, PA 2 15 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Laura E. Ellis ( - ) 17 Marr: 1 Nov 1919 - Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA 17
4 F Mary Hay Graff 2 4 10
AKA: May F. Graff 18 Born: 25 Sep 1890 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Dr. J. Paul Frantz ( - ) 4
5 M Edmund Dutilh Graff 4 10
AKA: Edmund B. Graff 18 Born: 17 Apr 1895 - Worthington, Armstrong Co, PA 17 Christened: Died: Buried:
6 M Richard Morris Graff 4 10
Born: 30 Jun 1900 - Worthington, Armstrong Co, PA 19 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Francis Graff
He attended the public schools at Worthington, Pennsylvania, prepared for college at Steven's Hall, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and then entered Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, where he was graduated in 1879.
Upon entering business life became manager of the company store connected with the Buffalo Woolen Mills, near Worthington, Pennsylvania. After ten years' service as superintendent he became a partner in the concern. He had numerous interests, in that locality and elsewhere, being a stockholder in the Scott-Graff Lumber Company of Duluth, Minnesota, a director of the Merchants' National Bank of Kittanning, Armstrong County, president of the Althorn Sand Company and director of the P. McGraw Wool Company, both of Pittsburgh, a stockholder in the Safe Deposit Trust Company of Pittsburgh, a stockholder in the First National Bank of Parker, Pennsylvania, a stockholder in the Kittanning Telephone Company, and a stockholder in the First National Bank of Duluth, Minnesota. He was a well-known member of the Republican party, and held local and State offices, being school director at Worthington, justice of the peace, and member of the General Assembly, to whose lower house he was elected in 1900, continuing to serve until 1904, and in 1912 he was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, for four years. He was an elector when Roosevelt was chosen president.
He and his family were members of the Lutheran Church, in which he was a prominent worker, serving twenty-one years as elder and for the same length of time as superintendent of the Sunday school, succeeding his father in the latter incumbency. He was treasurer of the Armstrong County Sunday School Association. Mr. Graff was a high Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner, and was also a member of the Elks, Odd Fellows and Royal Arcanum.
1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 16.
2 Paul Graff, History of the Graff Family of Westmoreland County (Philadelphia, PA: Privately published(?), 1891), Pg 76.
3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 329, 412.
4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 17.
5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 711.
6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 328.
7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 141.
8 Paul Graff, History of the Graff Family of Westmoreland County (Philadelphia, PA: Privately published(?), 1891), Pg 70.
9 Kenneth Lobingier, Genealogy of the Lobingier Family 1374 - 1974 (Mt. Pleasant, PA: Privately published, 1974), Pg 13.
10 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 329.
11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 411.
12 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 146.
13 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 21.
14 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 330, 962.
15 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 22.
16 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 330.
17 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 23.
18 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 412.
19
George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 24.
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