When Dora Vera Tennant was born on 11 December 1888, in Deerfield, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, her father, Danford D Tennant, was 48 and her mother, Sarah M. Diver, was 37. She married John Ruthwin Graham on 16 September 1908, in Salinas, Monterey, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Deerfield, Deerfield Township, Lenawee, Michigan Territory, United States in 1900. She died on 4 March 1977, in Hollister, San Benito, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito, California, United States.