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History of Franklin &
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Published by Williams Bros.
1880
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THE
GRAHAM FAMILY. About
the year 1774, John and William
Graham, with their families,
left County Down, Ireland, near
Belfast, and undertook the journey
to America. A long and tedious
voyage of sixteen weeks intervened
between the time they left the
shores of their native county and
their arrival in New York city.
They made a settlement in Washington
county, New York, near the present
village of Shushan, at that time
called Sodom. Here they joined
what is known as the Seceders'
church, of which William Graham
was made elders. John
Graham had one son, also named
John, and two daughters, all of
whom settled in western New
York.
William
Graham and his wife, whose
maiden name was Mary McBurney,
lost several of their children
during their long voyage, and after
settling in America they had four
more born to them, - John,
George, Nancy, and Jane
In 1817, the entire family emigrated
to Ohio, and made a settlement in
Truro township, where William
Graham and his son soon died.
Their son, George, married Anna Cowden,
of Cambridge, New York, in December,
1799. He was born June 2,
1777, in Salem, Washington county,
New York, and his wife, June 30,
1779, Pelham, Massachusetts.
To them were born twelve children,
as follows: William G.,
James, John, Sarah, Susan,
Mary, Ann, Levi, Isaac, Nancy,
and Amos His
wife's sister, Margaret Cowden,
accompanied them in their journey to
Ohio, in 1817. They traveled
eight weeks, in a two-horse wagon,
before reaching their destination,
in Truro township, Franklin county,
where Mr. Graham bought two
hundred and seven acres of land,
located a mile and a quarter
northeast of Reynoldsburg.
They suffered many privations and
hardships in the new country, where
there were few roads except
corduroy, no bridges, mills far
distant and poor at that, roads
except corduroy, no bridges, mills
far distant and poor at that, fevers
and ague very prevalent, and doctors
few and far between. Houses
were made of logs, with a hewed
puncheon floor, the roof covered
with clapboards, and barely a nail
used in their construction.
David
Graham, the first child of
George and Anna Graham, was born
Feb. 17, 1801, at their old home, in
New York. When a young man, in
1819, he taught school on his
father's farm. On the
twentieth of December, 1821, he was
married to Nancy Graham, of
Truro township, and settled on a lot
of fifty acres, given him by his
father. This land he cleared
and occupied until 1854, when he
engaged in business at Taylor's
station, on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. Later, he bought a
dray goods store at Reynoldsburg,
and associated his son with him,
where he remained twenty-one years.
He dow lives on a small farm
near the village. To David
and Nancy Graham were born ten
children, as follows:
Matilda D., Maria, Samuel, James
McLean, William B., Sarah J.,
David L., Margaret, George McB.,
and Anna M.
Margaret Graham was born Aug. 9, 1837, and was
married to Josiah R. Lunn,
Oct. 9, 1856. To them have
been born seven children -
Benjamin V., Nancy I., Elizabeth E.,
Alice, Estella, David J., and
DeWitt B., all of whom are
living at their home.
Page 467 - Source:
History of Franklin & Pickaway
Counties, Ohio - Published by
Williams Bros. - 1880 |
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GILBERT
GREEN. The subject of
this sketch, Gilbert Green,
was born in Sussex county, New York,
Nov. 27, 1804. His father was
Gilbert Green, sr. and his
mother, Susan Green
When but a few years of age, his
parents removed to New Jersey, where
he passed his early life, and where
he was married, Oct. 3, 1826, to
Melinda Harrison. Three
children were born to them in New
Jersey, and in 1831, the family came
to Ohio Mr. Green bought one
hundred and eighteen acres of and in
sections ten and eleven, Truro
Township, Franklin county, and a
short time later bought two hundred
acres adjoining his first purchase,
on the east. Mrs. Melinda
Green died about a year after
their settlement, and on the ninth
of September, 1833, he was united in
marriage to Susan Taylor, who
was born in Chillicothe, September
21, 1808. Her father,
Robert Taylor, settled on
section fifteen, in Truro township,
in about 1809.
To Gilbert and Susan Green were born seven
children - Robert, Gilbert,
Sarah, Mary B., John Covert,
Elizabeth Jane, and Gilbert
Merwin. Three of these,
Robert, Gilbert, and Sarah, died
in infancy. Mary B. was
born July 1, 1837; married
Valverda Ware, May 29, 1860, and
lives at the old homestead.
John C. was born Nov. 30, 1844;
married Sarah Jane Parkison,
and lives on the eastern part of the
home farm. Elizabeth J.
was born Dec. 3, 1848; she has
remained single, and is now residing
in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Gilbert Merwin was born Dec. 20,
1851; married Elizabeth Marshall,
and lives in Columbus. The
children of Gilbert Green by
his first wife, were: Aaron
H., who was born July 10, 1827;
married Cornelia Lucy Ware,
and now lives in Chattanooga,
Tennessee. William H.
was born Nov. 1, 1829; married
Julia Ware, and died, leaving
three children. The third
child was Mary O., who is
long since deceased.
Mr. Green was a hard working man, and cleared
and improved his farm. For
many years he had very poor health,
caused by a severe cold taken while
returning from New Jersey, with his
brother, and from which he never
fully recovered. His death
occurred Jan. 25, 1878, at the age
of seventy-three years and a few
months. His widow survives
him, and lies with her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Ware, and her husband,
at the old homestead, which she has
occupied for forty-five years.
She has now twenty-four
grandchildren.
Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Green appear
elsewhere.
Page 466 - Source: History of Franklin &
Pickaway Counties, Ohio - Published
by Williams Bros. - 1880 |
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