From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904 Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM H. GRAHAM William H. Graham, who is well and favorable known throughout Stevens county, is a substantial land owner and is at present deputy sheriff of the county. He was born in Lee county, Virginia, on May 1, 1862, the son of William T. and Martha E. (Cecil) Graham, natives of the same county. The father died January 5, 1863. The mother lived a widow for seven years and then married James M. Olinger and they are now prosperous people in the home county. Our subject's grandfather Graham came from Scotland and the family is a hardy and long lived people. Mr. Graham has one full brother and one full sister and two half brothers and one half sister. He received a common schooling in his native place and remained with his step-father until fifteen and then resided with his grandfather Cecil until nineteen when he started out in life for himself. He farmed there for three years and then came to Lincoln county, Washington, where he lived four years. In 1891 he came to Stevens county and homesteaded a part of his present estate, which lies four miles north from Chewelah. To this he has added until he now owns four hundred and eighty acres of good land, part farmed and part pasture and timber. He has good improvements and a fine orchard of all varieties of fruit On July 24, 1881, Mr Graham married Miss Catherine,daughter of David and Louisa (Barker) Cox, natives also of Lee county, Virginia, where they resided until their death, being prominent and respected people. The following named children have been the fruit of this union: Mollie, Mattie B., Emma L., Louisa M., deceased, Grover and Bertha. On August 21,1896, Mrs. Graham was called away by death. Her remains rest in the Addy cementery. In political matters, Mr. Graham is a strong Democrat and active for the welfare of the county and state. He was before the convention for sheriff in 1900 and as a warm friend was also in the race, he withdrew in hia favor and has since been appointed deputy sheriff,which position he has filled with acceptance to all. Mr.Graham is a member of the Maccabees and the W.W. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.