Zula Mae (Blake) Graham (1872 - 1945)

Born 22 Dec 1872 in Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Graham — married 1 Nov 1891 in Marietta, Chickasaw Nation, Indian territory

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1945 at age 72 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Zula Mae Blake, the eldest of eight siblings, was born December 22, 1872, in Arkansas, probably in Osage Township, where her parents Larkin Lafayette Blake (1844-1908) and Theda Dixon Crowder (1854-1938) were living at the time of the 1870 US Census. At 19 she married Thomas Graham on November 1, 1891, in Marietta, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, later to become part of Oklahoma. Zula and Tom had three children, Fredda M. Graham (1895-1981), Charles Granville Graham (1903->1942), and Dixie Blake Graham (1907-2002), all born in Oklahoma before it became a state. Dixie was the youngest and last to leave home, marrying in 1931 in Tulsa, where Tom and Zula were then living. Zula and Tom ultimately parted ways, for by 1940 Zula was living with daughter Dixie’s family in Hominy, OK, while Tom lived in Oklahoma City. Zula lived on with her daughter’s family until her death in 1945, which occurred on February 3 in Tulsa. She was buried in Ardmore, OK, where her parents had been buried. (CW)

Sources

• Perry County, Tennessee History Book
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWX-WND : 13 January 2022), Zula M. Blake in household of Larkin L. Blake, Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7X-2CQ : accessed 10 March 2023), Jula B Graham in household of Thomas Graham, Duncan Ward 3, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 233, sheet 6B, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1275; FHL microfilm 1,375,288.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVL-R72P : 6 March 2021), Zula Mae Blake Graham, ; Burial, Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States of America, Rose Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 20164981, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Zula Blake at FamilySearch

• Blake family record (Blake-Chitty Family History)