Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Graham, Richard July 9, 1833

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RICHARD GRAHAM is one of the many prosperous farmers of Unity township who are
deserving of the success which they have achieved. He is a son of James and
Catherine (Ewing) Graham and was born on the farm on which he now resides in
Unity township, Westmoreland county, Pa., July 9, 1833. His parents were both
natives of county Donegal, in which they were married and afterwards (1835)
immigrated to this country. They were Presbyterians, came to Westmoreland county
and settled in Unity township on the farm now occupied by the subject of this
sketch. The father, James Graham, was a very industrious man, reared a family of
two sons and six daughters and cleared out a large part of his farm on which the
old house is still standing into which he first moved. He was a republican and
died May 6, 1881, aged eighty-two years. The mother, Catherine (Ewing) Graham
was an estimable woman and died April 18, 1884, when in the eighty-fourth year
of her age.

   Richard Graham was reared on the farm which he now owns and on which he has
always resided. His education was received in the early common schools of the
county. Leaving school he engaged in farming which he followed until the fall of
1862 when he was drafted and served for nine months in Co. I, 168th reg., Pa.
Vols. His regiment was stationed at New Berne, N. C. After his term of military
service was ended he returned home and resumed charge of his farm which he has
successfully tilled ever since. He is a republican in political sentiment, a
presbyterian in religious belief and holds membership in the Unity church of
that denomination.

   April 15, 1885, he married Emma Crawford, a daughter of James Crawford, of
Unity township, who was a farmer by occupation, a member of Unitv Presbyterian
church and died March 15, 1879, aged eighty years. Mr. and Mrs. Graham have one
child, a daughter, who is named Lucy May.

   Richard Graham has given his time entirely to agricultural pursuits yet has
never failed to take a proper interest in political affairs or to discharge
every religious duty devolved upon him. His farm of one hundred and fifty acres
of land is well situated in regard to railroad communication and market
facilities. The land is productive and well adapted to fruit or market gardening
purposes.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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