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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western Historical Company in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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GRAHAM, ARTHUR, retired farmer and chairmaker; P. O. Franklin Centre; born Sept. 10, 1811, in Cumberland Co., England; in the spring of 1836, he emigrated to the United States, locating at Bellefonte, in Centre Co., Penn.; followed his trade, chair-making, till the spring of 1839; he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and stopped but a short time; then came to Lee Co., Iowa, purchased the claims for three quarter-sections of land in Charleston and Jefferson Tps., and returned to Cincinnati, and followed his trade till the summer of 1842; returned to Iowa and secured only one quarter-section of the land he purchased, two of the quarters being taken by the Government for school purposes; remained upon his farm till the fall of 1867; then sold out and moved to Keokuk, where he remained till the fall of 1869, when he moved to Franklin, where he now resides. Mr. G. married Miss Sarah Bainbridge in England, June 4, 1836; she was born March 10, 1811; have no children; have lost two — Jane and William B. Mr. G. has filled several offices of trust in his township; was also Mayor of Franklin Centre; is a member of Wesleyan Methodist Church; Republican.
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