Biographical Sketch of Robert Graham, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Robert Graham, liquor dealer, P. O. Aullville.  Is a native of Belfast,
Ireland, born May 14, 1832.  While quite young he emigrated to Nova
Scotia, where he stayed six months, going from thence to Maine, where he
remained four years.  During the time he was in that state he attended
night school.  At the age of seventeen he went to Worcester, Massachu-
setts, where he lived about three years, attending school the greater
part of the time.  From there he went to Chicago and engaged in the stock
business.  He made Illinois his home until 1851, when a severe attack of
the gold fever carried him off to California, where he remained three
years engaged in freighting.  Returning to Illinois he occupied his time
in buying and shipping hogs, etc., until the civil war broke out, when he
again returned to California, where he remained until 1868.  He then went
to Mexico, where he lived for one year engaged in mining, meeting with
considerable success.  In 1869 he came to Lafayette county, and settled
near Aullville, turning his attention to farming and coal mining.  In 
1877 he located in Aullville and engaged in the liquor business.  April
11, 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Fields.  They have two child-
ren born to them, one now living, named John.  Mr. Graham is a member of
the Catholic church.

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