U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham, Sanford (1862-1946) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 461 SANFORD GRAHAM the subject of this sketch is of Scotch-Irich extraction. He was born in Preston County, where most of his life was spent until the year 1885, when he went to what was then Montana Territory. After spending about two years there he returned to his native state, married and located in Grafton, Taylor County, and in 1889 moved to Buckhannon where he accepted work with the West Virginia Academy as teacher in the Commercial Department. Three years later he gave up his work in the Academy and accepted the position of teller in the Traders National Bank where he is still employed and of which he is now cashier. He was recorder for South Buckhannon for three and a half years, and has been a member of the Board of Education of Buckhannon, Independent District, for nearly eight years. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #5016 FULL-NAME: Sanford Graham BIRTH-DATE: June 3, 1862 BIRTH-PLACE: Preston County DEATH-DATE: April 6, 1946 at age 83y-10m-3d DEATH-PLACE: 31 Central Ave., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 31 Central Ave., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Cornelia Applegate) OCCUPATION: Retired Banker / Traders National Bank FATHER: James Graham (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Nancy Field Graham (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Uremia / Nephritis INFORMANT: Mrs. Florence Coffman (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va. (wife of Sanford Graham) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #10496 FULL-NAME: Cornelia Virginia Graham BIRTH-DATE: February 6, 1865 BIRTH-PLACE: Dayton, Ohio DEATH-DATE: April 11, 1935 DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV RESIDENCE: 31 Central Ave. MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Sanford Graham) OCCUPATION: Housework FATHER: Thomas Adams Applegate (born in Ohio) MOTHER: Sarah Frances Rae (born in Ohio) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Lobar pneumonia INFORMANT: Florence Coffman BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------