When Leah Mae Graham was born in February 1900, in Harrison, Missouri, United States, her father, John R. Graham, was 42 and her mother, Lucinda Frances Brooks, was 34. She married Herbert Lewis McPhilimy on 14 August 1919, in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Las Animas, Bent, Colorado, United States in 1930 and Fowler, Otero, Colorado, United States in 1940.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
The Old Colorado Springs city Hall was built between 1901-1905. It was in use until 1997. The historical building was designed by Thomas Barber and Thomas MacLaren.
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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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