Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Graham was born on 27 March 1850, in Buckhorn, Madison, Missouri, United States, her father, William Willis Graham, was 28 and her mother, Martha Ann Paullus, was 24. She married George Washington Johnson on 18 July 1869, in Madison, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Polk Township, Christian, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Marquand Township, Madison, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 13 October 1912, in Big Creek Township, Madison, Missouri, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Huffman-McKelvey Cemetery, Big Creek Township, Madison, Missouri, United States.
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- Mary E Graham in household of Alexander Graham, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Elizabeth Graham - Government record: birth-name: Mary Elizabeth Graham
- Mary T Graham, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1859
Historical Boundaries 1859: Christian County created from Greene, Taney and Webster Counties.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
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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