When William Drew Graham was born on 11 June 1872, in Files Valley, Hill, Texas, United States, his father, Joseph E Graham, was 40 and his mother, Caroline Ann Files, was 33. He married Phoebe Ellen Curby on 22 December 1892, in Hill, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Ellis, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 5, Johnson, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 April 1949, in Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Grandview, Johnson, Texas, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Hill, Texas, United States
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Scottish: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Graham (as well as Grantham, Grandham, and Granham). See also Grantham .
Irish (especially Ulster): in Ireland Graham is generally the Scottish name, but it has additionally been adopted as an Anglicized form of both Ó Creacháin (see Crehan ) and Ó Gormghaile (see Gormley ).
History: The surname Graham was taken to Scotland at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham, holder of the manor of Grantham in Lincolnshire, from whom many if not all modern bearers are probably descended. The chief of Clan Graham is the Duke of Montrose.
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