Mathias Graham was born about 1791 in Virginia.[1]
In the 1830 census Mathias (age 30-40) was in Scott, Virginia, United States living with 3 male children under 5, 1 male child age 5-10, one female child under 5, one female child 5-10, and his wife (age 30-40) [2]
In the 1850 census Matthias (age 59) was living in Clinton, Kentucky, United States with his wife Elizabeth and 7 children.[1]
Mathias was mentioned on a memorial with a death date of 1852. The memorial is for a Mathias Grimes, but the forenames and birth years of the wife and children match those of the same forename and birth year known to be living with Mathias Graham as listed on the 1850 census report[1] for Mathias Graham. The memorial hs no tombstone photograph, but offers a quote purported to be from the obituary for his daughter Lavenia [Luvena] Grimes [Graham] in the Hamilton Advocate-Hamiltonian, Hamilton, Missouri for February 14, 1929. The quote reads: " Lavenia W. Grimes was born near Wheeling, West Virginia, February 12, 1840. In 1851 the family came to Missouri, but on the way her parents were stricken with fever, and both died near Warrenton, Mo. The children remained in that community two years, then came to Caldwell county in 1853." [3]
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