John Graham and Isabella Sterrett

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Husband John Graham ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Aug 1843 - West Pennsborough Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 3
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         Father: George Graham (1802-1870) 2 3 4
         Mother: Eliza Alter (1805-1870) 3 4

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       Marriage: 12 Jun 1878 3

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   Other Spouse: Harriet McKee (      -Abt 1871) 3 - 10 Nov 1870 3

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Wife Isabella Sterrett ³

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         Father: Brice Innis Sterrett (      -      ) 3
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John Graham

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He was born on the family homestead, attended district schools, and received a commercial education at Eastman's College, Poughkeepsie, New York. After a few months spent in the West he returned to Newville, Cumberland County, bought a store, which he sold two years later, to become book-keeper in the First National Bank in 1870, and resigned in 1876 when, in company with Joseph B. Hurst, he bought the Big Spring tannery, and was also engaged in other business enterprises.
He and his wife were members of Big Spring Presbyterian Church, of which he was trustee. In politics he is a Democrat. In 1882 Mr. Graham was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature, and re-elected in 1884.

1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 450.

2 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 428.

3 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 451.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 587.