When Tillman Williamson "Tip" Graham Jr. was born on 9 August 1849, in Cass, Texas, United States, his father, Tillman Williamson Graham, was 32 and his mother, Jane Jency Williams, was 27. He married Elizabeth West "Lizzie" Wood on 10 June 1872, in Bailey, Grady, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 30 November 1907, in Hope Township, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Bailey Cemetery, Bailey, Grady, Oklahoma, United States.