Richard Morris Graff

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Husband Richard Morris Graff ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Jun 1900 - Worthington, Armstrong Co, PA 3
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         Father: Hon. John Francis Graff (1857-1918) 4 5
         Mother: Carrie Louise Brown (      -1902) 1 2 5

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General Notes: Husband - Richard Morris Graff

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He attended the public schools of his native town, whence he went to Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey, and there was prepared for college. He entered Lehigh University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1923, with the degree of Mining Engineer, in which department he had specialized. His investigations, conducted over a period of a year or more, were successfully concluded with the discovery of the deposits at Craigsville from which to draw the material for the manufacture of a superior quality of clay for sewer pipe and like products. The company which Mr. Graff formed, found, shortly after it had engaged in the manufacture of its goods, that its good-will, as well as its products, was distributed throughout the country. This naturally was gratifying to Mr. Graff and his associates and also to the Craigsville community and the company's force of employees.
The Graff Kittanning Clay Products Company was established in 1924 with a capital stock of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the following members of the organization: John Francis (J. Frank) Graff, Jr., Edmund D. Graff, Richard M. Graff, Peter Graff, 3d, Edward G. Linton, Benjamin L. Arnold and Myer Greenbaum. The executive officers were: President, John Francis Graff, Jr.; vice-president, Edmund D. Graff; secretary and general manager, Richard M. Graff; treasurer, Peter Graff, 3d. Richard M. Graff was also partner in the Craigsville Supply Company, dealers in general merchandise.
Mr. Graff was a loyal supporter of the Republican party. During his college years, while the World War was in progress, he was a member of the Student Army Training Corps. He was affiliated with the Blue Lodge, No. 244, Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Chi Psi College fraternity. He was a member of the Kittanning Chamber of Commerce.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 329.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 17.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 24.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 16.

5 Paul Graff, History of the Graff Family of Westmoreland County (Philadelphia, PA: Privately published(?), 1891), Pg 76.