Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Graham, Milton O. 1831 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com August 25, 2006, 4:50 am Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881) Milton O. Graham, farmer, Covington, was born in Wabash township, this county, in 1831, and is the son of Washington and Elizabeth (Alkers) Graham, both natives of Kentucky, and among the first of Fountain county's pioneers. Milton O. was raised on a farm, and had a common education. He now has a farm of 175 acres, finely improved, on which in 1875 he built a fine farm residence at a cost of $2,000. He is a staunch republican in political belief, and is a member of the Masonic order. In 1862 he was married to Miss Mary, daughter of James and Sarah Wilson. She is a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and was born in 1840. The issue of this union is seven children: Albert W., Edward, Sarah E., Minta B., Emoline, Geo. B. and Chauncy. Additional Comments: Troy Township Extracted from: HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY, GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES. BY H. W. BECKWITH, OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO. WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS. 1881. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/fountain/bios/graham670nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb