BIO:  The GRAHAM Family, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Chanceford Township, Pg 90

THE GRAHAM FAMILY.  Thomas Graham, a soldier of the American Revolution, was born 
in 1751, and emigrated from Ireland in 1768.  He was married July 16, 1778, to 
Miss Hannah Hooper, who bore him eleven children – five sons and six daughters.  
Thomas Graham died in 1832.  Robert Graham, a son of Thomas, inherited the Graham 
homestead.  He followed farming, and in 1839 was appointed postmaster, and held 
that office (from which Grahamville originated) until 1860.  He was married in 
1839, to Miss Sarah F. Clarkson, of Chanceford Township, who died May 28, 1859, 
leaving four children:  Andrew C., Thomas L., James C. and Hannah E.  Mr. 
Graham’s second marriage was in 1860 to Miss Jane M. Stewart, who died in 1880.  
Mr. Graham represented York County in the State legislature during the years 
1842-43 and held many township offices, and was a prominent merchant.  For many 
years he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member at the 
time of his death in January 20, 1875, aged eighty-one years one month and 
fifteen days.  Thomas L. Graham is principal of the academy at Elkton, Cecil Co., 
Md., and is a Mason.  James C. Graham was born August 23, 1843, on the old 
homestead, and is by occupation a farmer.  He was married, November 28, 1878, to 
Miss Ella A. Shaw, of Hopewell.  They have one child – Robert.  Mr. Graham is a 
Mason.  The Graham family have been identified with the history of York County 
for more than a century, and the members of the family have always figured 
prominently in the affairs of the county.