Robert Graham and Sarah [Unk]

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Husband Robert Graham ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Jul 1765 - Centre Co, PA 2
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         Father: [Father] Graham (      -      )
         Mother: 

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Wife Sarah [Unk] ²

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           Born:  - Lancaster Co, PA
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Children

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1 M Robert Graham ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 25 Dec 1797 - Centre Co, PA 1 4
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           Died: 29 Oct 1880
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Margaret Gordon (1802-1881) 1 4
           Marr: 22 Dec 1819 1 4

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Graham

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The founder of the family in Venango County, Pennsylvania, he moved from Centre County in 1802, settling at the mouth of Sandy creek and putting up a log cabin on the spot where his son Robert later resided. He selected the location because of the good water on the land, and like the other early settlers had to set about building a cabin immediately and clearing ground for the first crops. Fortunately he was a man of strong physique and great energy, for they had many hardships and privations the first few years. He brought his family and all the household goods with him, all their belongings consisting of one sled load, but he also had a team of horses, and was in fact better off than many of the pioneers. For several years after settling here the Grahams had to go to Westmoreland or Pittsburgh for all the salt and iron they used, bringing it on horseback or on foot. [CAB, 750]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 750.

2 Dallas Perry Graham, The Graham Familly (Self-published.), Pg 1.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 641.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1027.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 22.