Robert M. Graham and Susan Covode

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Husband Robert M. Graham ¹

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           Born: 6 Jan 1824 - Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Richard Graham (1796-1883) 1 2
         Mother: Annie Mellon (1798-1873) 1

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       Marriage: 24 Aug 1852 1

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   Other Spouse: Lizzie Hague (      -      ) 3 - 12 Jan 1871 3

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Wife Susan Covode ^{1 4}

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           Died: 22 Oct 1859 - Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Father: Hon. John Covode (1808-1870/1871) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Sarah Hay (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Charles M. Graham ¹

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2 M James R. Graham ¹

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3 F Sarah C. "Sadie" Graham ^{1 8 9}

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         Spouse: James Elder Lose (1851-      ) 10
           Marr: 28 Jun 1881 8 9

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General Notes: Husband - Robert M. Graham

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He was reared in Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, attended the old subscription schools of his day and received a good business training in his father's store. From 1846 to 1849 he and Jacob Reed conducted a store at Ligonier. In 1849 Mr. Graham established a store at Oak Grove which he ran successfully until 1877. He also had a branch store at Lockport on the Pennsylvania railroad for several years. In 1878 he moved onto his farm near Oak Grove and devoted his attention for the next three years to farming. Beginning in 1881 he was a resident of Ligonier borough.
He was an active republican, served as justice of the peace in Ligonier township beginning in 1863, was postmaster at Oak Grove for several years and also at Ligonier from 1883 to 1885. He served as United States census enumerator for Ligonier township in 1880, was elected justice of the peace for Ligonier borough in 1886, and was commissioned notary public in 1887. In 1869 he was commissioned as assistant revenue collector of the fifth district.
He and his wife were members of the Ligonier Methodist Episcopal church.
His residence stoods near the site of Fort Ligonier and he had in his possession many relics of that old fort.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 534.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 474.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 535.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 665.

5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 436.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 532.

7 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 224.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1190.

9 Paul Graff, History of the Graff Family of Westmoreland County (Philadelphia, PA: Privately published(?), 1891), Pg 26.

10 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1189.