Biographical Sketch of George B. Graham, Magnolia, Johnson County, Missouri >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** George B. Graham, president of the Bank of Magnolia, is one of Johnson county's most successful business men and respected citizens. He is a native of Johnson county, a member of a well known and prominent pio- neer family, a son of Robert and Nancy Graham born in 1874. Robert Graham was a son of Guy Graham, who came to Missouri from Virginia in 1833 and settled on a farm located west of Hazel Hill. G. B. Graham's great-grandfather, Robert Graham, Sr., also came to Missouri in 1833 and homesteaded a tract of land in Hazel Hill township. Robert Graham was a highly intellectual man and gave his children the best education- al advantages which he was able to afford and two of his sons, Samuel and James, later became teachers. Robert Graham, Jr., served in the Civil War with the 7th Missouri Cavalry and after the war ended return- ed to his home in Johnson county, where he purchased 60 acres of land and engaged in farming and stock raising, becoming very successful and prosperous. He was married just after the war. Mr. Graham was an ambitious and industrious man and at the time of his death, in 1914, he was the owner of 400 acres of valuable farm land in Johnson county. He was a Democrat and had been active in political affairs, serving his party long and well. For two terms, Mr. Graham was judge of the county court from the western district and he had given excellent service and splendid satisfaction to all his constituents. His death has been deeply deplored in Johnson county, where he was numbered among the best and most public spirited citizens. Mrs. Graham is now residing in Hol- den. G. B. Graham attended school at Stony Point, where he was under the instruction of Professors Swearengen and Ship. Later, he was a student at the Warrensburg State Normal School and after graduation from that institution was engaged in teaching school for several years. Mr. Graham taught his first school at the Houx school house and his last at Kingsville, where he was employed as principal, in Johnson county. He taught in Rice's Business College at Butte, Montana, for a short time and then went to the Philippine Islands as a soldier in the regiment serving under General Otis and later, under General Funston. When he returned to Johnson county, he remained with his parents for one year, after which he moved to his present country home and has since been engaged in farming, stock raising, and dairying. Mr. Graham is a charter member and stockholder of the Bank of Magnolia and for some time has held the office of president of the bank. In 1901, G. B. Graham was united in marriage with Maude Brothers, daughter of J. Z. Brothers. Mrs. Graham is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Brothers, who are highly respected citizens of Holden, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Graham have been born two sons: Guy and George B., at home with their parents. After their marriage they moved to the farm at Magnolia and they have continued to reside on this place and own this farm for the past sixteen years. The Graham place comprises 160 acres of good farm land, 40 acres of which are now in grass. In 1917, Mr. Graham built a large, well equipped barn and silo. He is engaged chiefly in raising Jersey cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs and mules. At the present time, he has eighteen milch cows and ships the cream from the dairy to Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Graham has a modern dairy barn, which has accomo- dations for 20 cows. He harvested 40 tons of hay this season and 600 bushels of wheat. At the time of this writing, in 1917, he had 60 acre in corn which promised a "bumper crop." In addition to his farm, Mr. Graham owns his handsome residence in Magnolia, a house of eight rooms which is modern throughout. Both he and Mrs. Graham are well known in Johnson county, where the Graham and Brothers families have long been enrolled among the county's most substantial and best families. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny Harrell ====================================================================