Tipton-Franklin-Decatur County IN Archives Biographies.....Graham, Hollingsworth 1832 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   HOLLINGSWORTH GRAHAM, one of the leading farmers of Wild Cat Township, was
born in Lancaster County, Penn., March 11, 1832, and is the third of nine
children born to James and Maria (Marsh) Graham, natives of Maryland and
Pennsylvania, and of Irish and Dutch descent. Our subject, at the age of five
years, removed with his parents to Fairfield, Franklin Co., Ind., where his
father abandoned his trade as wagon-maker and began farming. In 1849, he removed
to Decatur County, Ind., where he had access to the common schools. Upon
reaching his majority, he worked as a farm hand five years, saving $100 per
year, and with this money bought a team and some farming implements, and began
farming on rented land. In February, 1864, he came to Tipton County and
purchased eighty acres of his present home, on which he moved in October, 1865,
and has since been a resident here; he now owns 120 acres, all under
cultivation. Mr. Graham, near the close of the war, was drafted and paid $1,000
for a substitute, causing him to go in debt, but through labor and economy he
paid this debt and added forty acres more to his farm. He was married, September
9, 1859, to Miss Sarah Marsh, of Shelby County, Ind.; she was born June 23,
1844, and is the daughter of John Marsh, a pioneer of Shelby County, Ind. By
this marriage they have six children-Julia A., wife of Perry Behymer; Laura B.,
James L., Harry H., Isaac M. and John H. (deceased). Mr. Graham is a member of
the Democratic party, and has served as Township Trustee one term. He is a
Master Mason and is a liberal supporter of all public enterprises; he is a
strong temperance man, and his wife is a member of the Christian Church.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.

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