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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lonoke County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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W. G. Graham is also numbered among the experienced and well-known planters of Lonoke County. Originally from Tippah County, Miss., he was born June 16, 1860, and is the son of Samuel and Harriett Graham. Samuel Graham was born in South Carolina, May 16, 1802, where he received his education, and afterward moved to Mississippi, in 1854, there meeting and marrying Mrs. Portis, an estimable woman. To this union three children were born, two boys and one girl. At the time of his death, which occurred September 25, 1875, he was the owner of 160 acres of valuable land in Mississippi. His widow still lives, and is now residing with her son. W. G. was educated in Mississippi, and there learned the carpenter’s trade. February 3, 1889, he was married to Miss Annie Ruffin, daughter of Thomas and Parlie Ruffin. Mr. Graham is a very successful farmer, and also works at his trade to some extent, but not to the detriment of his agricultural interests. It contains about eighty acres, and is put to the best advantage, yielding crops much in excess of farms of larger proportions. Mr. Graham has been a Mason for about three years, and himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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