Peter Graff III and Georgia Isabel Brown

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Husband Peter Graff III ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 15 Sep 1886 - Worthington, Armstrong Co, PA 1 3 4
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         Father: Hon. John Francis Graff (1857-1918) 3 5
         Mother: Carrie Louise Brown (      -1902) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 7 Jun 1911 6

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Wife Georgia Isabel Brown ^{7 8}

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           Born:  - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA
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         Father: George Rohrer Brown (      -1899) 7
         Mother: Isabel Patterson (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 M John Francis Graff III ^{6 8}

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           Born: 26 Dec 1912 6 8
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2 F Isabel Patterson Brown Graff ⁸

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           Born: 28 Nov 1914 8
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General Notes: Husband - Peter Graff III

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He was reared to manhood in Worthington, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He received his early education at public school there, later attended Mercersburg Academy, from which he was graduated in 1905, and took his college course at Princeton, being graduated from that university in June, 1909. In September, 1910, he became sole owner of the gristmill at Worthington, one of the oldest milling properties in Armstrong County, and he successfully operated it under the name of the Peter Graff Milling Company. In 1911 he made extensive improvements in the estab-lishment, building an extension 28 by 50 feet in dimensions for warehouse and office purposes.
In 1913 he was elected a member of the town council of Worthington.
He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and Royal Arcanum, and in political sentiment he was a Republican.

He was given every educational advantage by his parents within their ample means. He first attended the public schools of his native village of Worthington, and then entered the Mercersburg Preparatory School, from which he went to Princeton University, whence he was graduated in the class of 1909 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1919 he was elected president of Peter Graff & Company, woolen blanket manufacturers, and treasurer of the Graff Kittanning Clay Products Company, in 1924. He also came into the ownership of the Peter Graff Milling Company. He was a partner with his brother, Edmund D., in the Buffalo Supply Company, and a partner with his brothers, Edmund D., and Richard M., in the Craigsville Supply Company. He was a director of the Armstrong County Trust Company and the Farmers National Bank of Kittanning.
In his political associations Mr. Graff was a loyal and active Republican. He was president of the Town Council of Worthington. During the World War he was one of the most enthusiastic and energetic workers in the government campaigns for monetary support, and was chairman of the Liberty Loan drives in Worthington.
Prominently identified with the Free and Accepted Masons, Mr. Graff was a member of Kittanning Lodge, No. 244; Orient Chapter, No. 247, Royal Arch Masons; Kittanning Council, Royal and Select Masters; Pittsburgh Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar; and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Independent Order of Americans. He is a member of the Kittanning Chamber of Commerce and his clubs were the Princeton Club of Pittsburgh and the Kittanning Country. He was an elder of the Lutheran Church, and superintendent of the Sunday School, which office was held by his grandfather for fifty years and by his father for twenty-five years. [PAH-NW, 21]

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 329.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 17.

3 Paul Graff, History of the Graff Family of Westmoreland County (Philadelphia, PA: Privately published(?), 1891), Pg 76.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 21.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 16.

6 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 330.

7 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 330, 962.

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 22.