'Squire William Graham and Frances "Fanny" Lyon
Husband 'Squire William Graham 1 2 3
Born: 1753 - Cumberland (later Juniata) Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 4 Apr 1813 1 2 Buried: - Tuscarora Cemetery, Tuscarora, Juniata Co, PA 1
Father: William Graham ( - ) 2 Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Frances "Fanny" Lyon 1 3 4 5 6
AKA: Fanny Lyons 2 Born: 1752 - Ireland 1 Christened: Died: 4 May 1839 1 2 Buried: - Tuscarora Cemetery, Tuscarora, Juniata Co, PA 1
Father: John Lyon ( -1780) 3 4 6 7 Mother: Margaret Armstrong ( -1792/1793) 6 7
Children
1 M John Graham 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M James Graham 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
3 M William Graham 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M Samuel Graham 2 8
Born: - Juniata Co, PA Christened: Died: 1854 - Spruce Hill Twp, Juniata Co, PA 9 Buried:Spouse: Isabell(a) Young Patton ( - ) 2 8 Marr: Spruce Hill Twp, Juniata Co, PA
5 M Alexander Graham 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
6 F Nancy Graham 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: James Turbett ( - ) 2
General Notes: Husband - 'Squire William Graham
He was a farmer, cultivating and improving the extensive land purchase of his father. He also owned a flour-mill and a distillery, and erected the first stone building in that section. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and was known far and wide as 'Squire Graham. He participated in the Revolutionary war, being a captain in the Continental army.
He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, in which he held the positions of elder and trustee. He voted with the Whig party.
General Notes: Wife - Frances "Fanny" Lyon
A native of Ireland, she came to America when she was twelve years old,
1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 383.
2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 963.
3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 900.
4 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 760.
5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 13.
6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 869.
7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 12.
8 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 181.
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—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 964.
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