GRAHAM, Michael, Sr. (b.1836 d.1912), Sibley Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Dwight Grabitske Submitted: ========================================================================= Arlington Enterprise Thursday 19 December 1912 DEATHS Michael Graham, Sr. Michael Graham passed away at the home of his son John Graham on Thursday, Dec. 5th, after three weeks illness, from complications of internal ailments. Deceased was born in Ireland in 1836, and remained in his native land until the age of 19 years when he when he came to this country, landing in New York on July 7, 1855, soon afterwards removed to Ohio where he resided for 14 years. While there he met and married in October, 1859, Miss Elizabeth Driscoll, and they came to Jessenland township in 1869 and bought 80 acres of land and went farming. Eight children were born to them of whom seven are living, namely; Mrs. A. Trask, Mrs. Frank McGuire, Mrs. John Craven and Mrs. Ed Kugler of Minneapolis; Mrs. Steven Shaughnessy, John Graham of Jessenland and Michael Graham of Henderson township. His wife preceded him to the grave about twenty years ago. All the children were present for the funeral. - [Henderson] Independent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -