Biographical Sketch of Samuel C. Graham, Johnson County, Missouri
Centerview Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

SAMUEL C. GRAHAM,

section 36, Centerview township. The subject of this sketch was born in
Withe county, Southwest Virginia, on the 14th of December, 1814.  He,
with his father, Robert Graham, moved to Boone county, Missouri, in
1833.  The family remained there during the winter, and in March, 1834,
moved to what is now Hazel Hill township.  Here, the father, Robert
Graham, died in April 1856, having held the office of county judge for
several years previous to his death.  In 1840, the son, Samuel C., was
married to Margaret G. Hobson, and moved to the present township of
Centerview and entered 160 acres of land, adjoining to what is now the
village of Centerview.  Here he has resided since that time, and has
raised a family of eight children, five of whom are still living.  His
wife, Margaret G. Graham, was born in Salina county, Kentucky, December
18, 1818.  Her father was a native of Tennessee.  Mr. Graham now owns
about 400 acres of land, all under cultivation, except a few acres of
wood land.  The wheat, known as the Graham wheat, so extensively grown
in all the region of the state, took its name from this family - a
brother having first grown a very fine crop, and farmers came from all
directions to obtain the wheat for seed.  Hence the name Graham wheat.

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