When William Benona Graham was born on 24 March 1852, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, James Graham, was 47 and his mother, Hannah Tucker Read, was 30. He married Margaret Hope Williams on 18 January 1874, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 18 March 1926, in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Byron Cemetery, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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