Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Thomas Graham and Jane Purviance




Husband Thomas Graham 1 2 3

           Born: 13 Nov 1837 - Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Father: Alexander Graham (1791-1855) 2 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Rainey (      -Abt 1857) 2 5


       Marriage: 1861 2



Wife Jane Purviance 2

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Children

General Notes: Husband - Thomas Graham


He was born on his father's farm in Connoquenessing township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, was educated in the public schools, and settled on a portion of the old homestead. Politically, he was a Republi-can, and was elected justice of the peace in 1886. He was quite active in public affairs, and was recognized as one of the progressive farmers of his township. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, and an elder in that body.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 185.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1185.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 984.

4 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 185, 184x.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 983.


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