Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Graham, Byron C. 1853 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

BYRON C. GRAHAM.

    Byron C. Graham, one of the well-known and successful farmers and stockmen
of St. Bridget township, Marshall county, was born in Medina county, Ohio, on
June 20, 1853, the son of Charles Henry and Mary Ann (Fuller-Smith) Graham, who
were natives of the states of Ohio and New York, respectively, and received
their education in their respective localities. The mother was twice married,
her first husband being a Mr. Smith, by whom she was the mother of one child,
Mrs. Mary Jane Wentherby and by Mr. Graham she was the mother of one child,
Byron C. Mrs. Wentherby is now living south of Axtell, where her husband is one
of the successful farmers of the township. After her marriage to Charles Henry
Graham, they continued to live in Medina county, Ohio, for some time, and there
the son Byron C. was born, and there the father died,when the son was but an
infant. . The widow and her two children later came to Kansas and located in
Murray township, Marshall county, near Axtell. The family were always prominent
in the local social life of the community and were held in the highest regard.

    Byron C. Graham, received his education in the local schools of Medina
county, and grew to manhood in the city of Spencer, Ohio, and where he remained
until he was twenty-one years of age. He came to Kansas in 1880 and was employed
on the railroad section for three years, at Axtell. He then purchased a farm of
forty acres south of Axtell, where he engaged in farming for three years. He
later sold the place and in 1895 bought a farm east of Mina, where he remained
until 1903, when he purchased his present farm in St. Bridget township, where he
is now the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of splendid land. This place
he has developed and improved, having placed all the present improvements, and
today his farm is one of the ideal places in the township, with highly
cultivated fields and excellent improvements. The farm is called "Cloverdale Farm."

    On January 20, 1877, Byron C. Graham was united in marriage in Medina
county, Ohio, to Martha Kelly, who was born in that county on January 14, 1859,
and is the daughter of Francis and Mary Kelly, both of whom were natives of the
state of Illinois. They later came to Kansas and in 1881 located in Elk county,
after which they came to Marshall county, where they have lived for many years.

    To Byron C. and Martha Graham have been born the following children : Brita,
Charles, Bert, Etta, Ezra, Nellie, Francis, Minnie, Delpha, Ray, Ruth. Marie and
Donald. Brita Cope lived at Bigelow, Kansas, until her death in June, 1912;
Charles is engaged in general farming near Beattie, Kansas; Bert is also a
farmer south of Beattie: Etta Totten lives northwest of Beattie, where her
husband is engaged in general farming; Ezra is a farmer south of Beattie; Nellie
Pauley lives on a farm south of Beattie; Francis is engaged in general farming
on the farm adjoining that of his father; Minnie Brown resides on the farm east
of her father, where Mr. Brown is engaged in farming and stock raising; Delpha
Burton resides in Richland township, southwest of Mina, where her husband is
engaged in farming; Marie Detwiler lives southwest of Beattie, where Mr.
Detwiler is a successful farmer, and Ray, Ruth and Donald are at home, the
latter being but thirteen years of age and in school.

    Mr. and Mrs. Graham are active members of the Christian church and are
prominent in the social life of the community in which they live and where they
are held in the highest regard and esteem by all who know them. They have ever
taken much interest in the moral, social and educational development of the
district, and have had much to do with the substantial growth of the township
and the county. Politically, Mr. Graham is an independent, but takes keen
interest in the civic affairs of the township and is a strong advocate of
substantial public improvements. He is a member of the Farmers Union, which has
for its purpose the betterment of the home, social and financial conditions of
the farmer, and through its work has accomplished much for the general good of
the agricultural people of this section of Kansas.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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