Samuel John Wiley Graham (1852 - 1917)

Born 6 Aug 1852 in Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

Husband of Cora Elizabeth (Nelson) Graham — married 17 May 1875 in Saint Charles, Saginaw, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1917 at age 64 in Nelson, Fremont, Saginaw, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Samuel Graham is a member of Clan_Graham.

Samuel John Wiley Graham was born on August 6, 1852 in Warwick, Arthabaska, Canada East, United Province of Canada, the youngest son of John Graham and Elizabeth Wiley.

In 1861, nine-year-old Samuel and his Presbyterian family lived in Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec. His father was a farmer and blacksmith who came to Canada from County Tyrone, Ireland.^[1]

By 1870, his family had moved to America, settling in the 160 acres of land his father had purchased in the northeast quarter of Section 22 in Fremont Township, Saginaw, Michigan. There, Samuel lived with his parents, sister Amy, and brother Richard in a house situated on the eastern border of the property, along what is now South Raucholz Road. Up the road at the corner of Lakefield and Raucholz was the Nelson schoolhouse and living across the road at the same corner was James Marks Graham, father of Samuel's sister-in-law.^[2][3]

Samuel was 22 when he married Cora Elizabeth Nelson on May 17, 1875 in Saint Charles, Michigan.

Samuel and Cora had three children, the eldest of whom died stillborn, unnamed, on Feburary 1, 1877, a day after his birth.^[4][5]

In 1880, he and his wife were living on their home on the southeast quarter of his father's land with their year-old daughter Dora.^[6]

Burial: Fremont Township Cemetery, Fremont Township, Saginaw County, Michigan^[7]

Township Supervisor Samuel J. W. Graham was 61 when he passed away of neuralgia of the heart at his family home at 8 o'clock Saturday, January 13, 1917. He was one of the most widely known and highly respected pioneer residents of Fremont Township and the entire County of Saginaw mourned his sudden death.

On Wednesday afternoon, there was a substantial collection made with which was purchased a floral tribute. His funeral took place Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at his home, from where his body was carried to the Methodist church for the service. His pallbearers were six of the members of the board of supervisors and he was buried in Fremont cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ 1861 Quebec Census, Warwick, Arthamaska, p. 327, lines 5-10-
2. ↑ 1870 US Census, Fremont Township, Saginaw County, Michigan, p. 4, family 29 & 30.
3. ↑ "Lakefield and Fremont Township" Saginaw County 1877 Atlas (Saginaw, MI: F.W. Beers & Co., 1877) p.73. Historic Map Works.
4. ↑ State of Michigan, County of Saginaw, Record of Births, 1875-1878 vol. C, sheet 129, record number 52.
5. ↑ Return of Deaths in the Count of Saginaw for the year ending December 31, 1877; sheet 37, record number 10.
6. ↑ 1880 US Census for Fremont Township, Saginaw County, Michigan, enumeration district 304, page 11, family 119.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213013070/samuel-jonathan_wiley-graham : accessed 15 March 2022), memorial page for Samuel Jonathan Wiley Graham (14 Jul 1852–13 Jan 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #213013070 citing Fremont Township Cemetery, Fremont Township, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Tamara Bussinger- Krzyaniak (contributor 47566497) .

See Also:

• "Samuel John Wiley Graham (1852-1917)" (Online: FamilySearch) People 9X9G-QBH ; accessed 15 Apr 2019.
• "Samuel Graham" (Saginaw, MI: Saginaw Daily News, 15 & 18 Jan 1917): pg 2 & 8. Indexed in the Obituary Index (Online: Public Libraries of Saginaw) accessed 31 Oct 2017.