Friend of Grant, To Be Buried Friday
Dubuque, Ia., Nov 8 - Funeral services will be conducted here tomorrow for Hon. William Graham, 93, who died at the home of his daughter in Forsythe, Mont. He retired Jan 1, this year, as the oldest practicing attorney in the United States.
Graham was prominent in Iowa political circles. He held office as circuit court judge, Dubuque city attorney, mayor of Bellevue and assistant United States attorney. He was a close friend of President Grant.
Graham was a native of New York and a graduate of Union College. He was admitted to the bar at Brooklyn in 1865 and came to Iowa the following year. He is survived by a daughter and two sons.
The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa) 08 Nov 1923 Thu Pg 2 col 5
GRAHAM, William. (Montgomery, NY, Mar. 2, 1830--MT, Nov., 7, 1923). The son of a state legislator from New York, Graham came to Dubuque in 1867 after serving as the mayor of Bellevue, Iowa, from 1856 to 1867.
Graham began a successful legal practice and was appointed a judge to the circuit court by the governor of Iowa. He held that position for one year. In 1873 Graham was elected city attorney. In 1876 he was a candidate for a judgeship on the Iowa Supreme Court, but was defeated. Graham received a federal appointment from President Cleveland in 1885 as assistant United States attorney and remained in that position from 1886 to 1891.
After his retirement as assistant U.S. attorney, Graham was retained as a special counsel in the prosecution of officers of defunct commercial banks. He served on the board of trustees of Lenox College in Hopkinton, Iowa and was secretary and director of the German Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
The History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 795
William Graham: 1831-1923
William Graham - Born March 2, 1831 in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, died November 7, 1923 at the home of his daughter in Forsythe, Montana.
He spent his young manhood upon the farm of his father in Orange County, New York, and prepared for college at Montgomery Academy, then entered Union College, Schenectady, New York, graduating therefrom with the degree of A. B., in 1852. He taught in the public schools of Poughkeepsie for one year, then entered a law office in Newburgh where he studied for three years, passed his bar examination and was admitted to the practice by the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York, January 8, 1856. On September 9th of that year he came to Iowa, was admitted to the bar in Jackson County, located in Bellevue in that county, where he associated himself in the practice with John B. Booth, where he continued in the practice until the later part of 1867 where he removed to Dubuque and entered a partnership with William Mills. The partnership was short lived, and a new partnership formed between himself and M. M. Cady, also a native of New York, which partnership continued for nearly twenty years when dissolved and Mr. Graham continued in the practice alone in Dubuque until the spring of 1923 when he retired and removed from the State to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen G. Davis in Forsythe, Montana, where he resided till November 7, 1923, when he died at the age of ninety-two years, having been in the active practice for more than sixty-seven years.
In June 1858 he returned to his home in New York and married his boyhood sweetheart, Helen Watson, the cultured and refined daughter of Judge Watson. To this union were born seven children, three whom died in childhood, four of whom, three sons and a daughter, William Jr., Malbourne W., Henry and Helen Graham Davis lived to maturity, William Jr. departing this life about a year before his father, the other three children still surviving him. Mrs. Graham died in 1894.
Mr. Graham was preminetly a churchman, and an ardent life-long member of the Presbyterian Faith. He represented his church in Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly at various times and was three times commissioned by Assembly to represent the Presbyterian Church, U.S. A., in the alliance of the Presbyterian Churches of the world.
In politics he was a strong partisan and a loyal worker in the ranks of the democracy of his City, County, State and Nation. He held the office of City Attorney in Dubuque during the year of 1873, and was Assistant U. S. District Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa under the second Cleveland administration from 1886 to 1891. He was a cultured and refined gentleman of thorough education and deep erudition, a ready talker and a fluent writer, an untiring student devoted to his profession. He took a prominent active part in the business, social and civic life of his community.
P. J. Nelson
Pg 45 and 46 Thirtieth Annual Meeting
Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Session of the Iowa State Bar Association Held at Mason City, Iowa June 22 and 23, 1923, Volume 29
Contributor: Jonathan Laing (46564844)
Dubuque, Ia., Nov 8 - Funeral services will be conducted here tomorrow for Hon. William Graham, 93, who died at the home of his daughter in Forsythe, Mont. He retired Jan 1, this year, as the oldest practicing attorney in the United States.
Graham was prominent in Iowa political circles. He held office as circuit court judge, Dubuque city attorney, mayor of Bellevue and assistant United States attorney. He was a close friend of President Grant.
Graham was a native of New York and a graduate of Union College. He was admitted to the bar at Brooklyn in 1865 and came to Iowa the following year. He is survived by a daughter and two sons.
The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa) 08 Nov 1923 Thu Pg 2 col 5
GRAHAM, William. (Montgomery, NY, Mar. 2, 1830--MT, Nov., 7, 1923). The son of a state legislator from New York, Graham came to Dubuque in 1867 after serving as the mayor of Bellevue, Iowa, from 1856 to 1867.
Graham began a successful legal practice and was appointed a judge to the circuit court by the governor of Iowa. He held that position for one year. In 1873 Graham was elected city attorney. In 1876 he was a candidate for a judgeship on the Iowa Supreme Court, but was defeated. Graham received a federal appointment from President Cleveland in 1885 as assistant United States attorney and remained in that position from 1886 to 1891.
After his retirement as assistant U.S. attorney, Graham was retained as a special counsel in the prosecution of officers of defunct commercial banks. He served on the board of trustees of Lenox College in Hopkinton, Iowa and was secretary and director of the German Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
The History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 795
William Graham: 1831-1923
William Graham - Born March 2, 1831 in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, died November 7, 1923 at the home of his daughter in Forsythe, Montana.
He spent his young manhood upon the farm of his father in Orange County, New York, and prepared for college at Montgomery Academy, then entered Union College, Schenectady, New York, graduating therefrom with the degree of A. B., in 1852. He taught in the public schools of Poughkeepsie for one year, then entered a law office in Newburgh where he studied for three years, passed his bar examination and was admitted to the practice by the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York, January 8, 1856. On September 9th of that year he came to Iowa, was admitted to the bar in Jackson County, located in Bellevue in that county, where he associated himself in the practice with John B. Booth, where he continued in the practice until the later part of 1867 where he removed to Dubuque and entered a partnership with William Mills. The partnership was short lived, and a new partnership formed between himself and M. M. Cady, also a native of New York, which partnership continued for nearly twenty years when dissolved and Mr. Graham continued in the practice alone in Dubuque until the spring of 1923 when he retired and removed from the State to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen G. Davis in Forsythe, Montana, where he resided till November 7, 1923, when he died at the age of ninety-two years, having been in the active practice for more than sixty-seven years.
In June 1858 he returned to his home in New York and married his boyhood sweetheart, Helen Watson, the cultured and refined daughter of Judge Watson. To this union were born seven children, three whom died in childhood, four of whom, three sons and a daughter, William Jr., Malbourne W., Henry and Helen Graham Davis lived to maturity, William Jr. departing this life about a year before his father, the other three children still surviving him. Mrs. Graham died in 1894.
Mr. Graham was preminetly a churchman, and an ardent life-long member of the Presbyterian Faith. He represented his church in Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly at various times and was three times commissioned by Assembly to represent the Presbyterian Church, U.S. A., in the alliance of the Presbyterian Churches of the world.
In politics he was a strong partisan and a loyal worker in the ranks of the democracy of his City, County, State and Nation. He held the office of City Attorney in Dubuque during the year of 1873, and was Assistant U. S. District Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa under the second Cleveland administration from 1886 to 1891. He was a cultured and refined gentleman of thorough education and deep erudition, a ready talker and a fluent writer, an untiring student devoted to his profession. He took a prominent active part in the business, social and civic life of his community.
P. J. Nelson
Pg 45 and 46 Thirtieth Annual Meeting
Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Session of the Iowa State Bar Association Held at Mason City, Iowa June 22 and 23, 1923, Volume 29
Contributor: Jonathan Laing (46564844)
Friend of Grant, To Be Buried Friday
Dubuque, Ia., Nov 8 - Funeral services will be conducted here tomorrow for Hon. William Graham, 93, who died at the home of his daughter in Forsythe, Mont. He retired Jan 1, this year, as the oldest practicing attorney in the United States.
Graham was prominent in Iowa political circles. He held office as circuit court judge, Dubuque city attorney, mayor of Bellevue and assistant United States attorney. He was a close friend of President Grant.
Graham was a native of New York and a graduate of Union College. He was admitted to the bar at Brooklyn in 1865 and came to Iowa the following year. He is survived by a daughter and two sons.
The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa) 08 Nov 1923 Thu Pg 2 col 5
GRAHAM, William. (Montgomery, NY, Mar. 2, 1830--MT, Nov., 7, 1923). The son of a state legislator from New York, Graham came to Dubuque in 1867 after serving as the mayor of Bellevue, Iowa, from 1856 to 1867.
Graham began a successful legal practice and was appointed a judge to the circuit court by the governor of Iowa. He held that position for one year. In 1873 Graham was elected city attorney. In 1876 he was a candidate for a judgeship on the Iowa Supreme Court, but was defeated. Graham received a federal appointment from President Cleveland in 1885 as assistant United States attorney and remained in that position from 1886 to 1891.
After his retirement as assistant U.S. attorney, Graham was retained as a special counsel in the prosecution of officers of defunct commercial banks. He served on the board of trustees of Lenox College in Hopkinton, Iowa and was secretary and director of the German Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
The History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 795
William Graham: 1831-1923
William Graham - Born March 2, 1831 in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, died November 7, 1923 at the home of his daughter in Forsythe, Montana.
He spent his young manhood upon the farm of his father in Orange County, New York, and prepared for college at Montgomery Academy, then entered Union College, Schenectady, New York, graduating therefrom with the degree of A. B., in 1852. He taught in the public schools of Poughkeepsie for one year, then entered a law office in Newburgh where he studied for three years, passed his bar examination and was admitted to the practice by the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York, January 8, 1856. On September 9th of that year he came to Iowa, was admitted to the bar in Jackson County, located in Bellevue in that county, where he associated himself in the practice with John B. Booth, where he continued in the practice until the later part of 1867 where he removed to Dubuque and entered a partnership with William Mills. The partnership was short lived, and a new partnership formed between himself and M. M. Cady, also a native of New York, which partnership continued for nearly twenty years when dissolved and Mr. Graham continued in the practice alone in Dubuque until the spring of 1923 when he retired and removed from the State to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen G. Davis in Forsythe, Montana, where he resided till November 7, 1923, when he died at the age of ninety-two years, having been in the active practice for more than sixty-seven years.
In June 1858 he returned to his home in New York and married his boyhood sweetheart, Helen Watson, the cultured and refined daughter of Judge Watson. To this union were born seven children, three whom died in childhood, four of whom, three sons and a daughter, William Jr., Malbourne W., Henry and Helen Graham Davis lived to maturity, William Jr. departing this life about a year before his father, the other three children still surviving him. Mrs. Graham died in 1894.
Mr. Graham was preminetly a churchman, and an ardent life-long member of the Presbyterian Faith. He represented his church in Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly at various times and was three times commissioned by Assembly to represent the Presbyterian Church, U.S. A., in the alliance of the Presbyterian Churches of the world.
In politics he was a strong partisan and a loyal worker in the ranks of the democracy of his City, County, State and Nation. He held the office of City Attorney in Dubuque during the year of 1873, and was Assistant U. S. District Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa under the second Cleveland administration from 1886 to 1891. He was a cultured and refined gentleman of thorough education and deep erudition, a ready talker and a fluent writer, an untiring student devoted to his profession. He took a prominent active part in the business, social and civic life of his community.
P. J. Nelson
Pg 45 and 46 Thirtieth Annual Meeting
Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Session of the Iowa State Bar Association Held at Mason City, Iowa June 22 and 23, 1923, Volume 29
Contributor: Jonathan Laing (46564844)
Dubuque, Ia., Nov 8 - Funeral services will be conducted here tomorrow for Hon. William Graham, 93, who died at the home of his daughter in Forsythe, Mont. He retired Jan 1, this year, as the oldest practicing attorney in the United States.
Graham was prominent in Iowa political circles. He held office as circuit court judge, Dubuque city attorney, mayor of Bellevue and assistant United States attorney. He was a close friend of President Grant.
Graham was a native of New York and a graduate of Union College. He was admitted to the bar at Brooklyn in 1865 and came to Iowa the following year. He is survived by a daughter and two sons.
The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa) 08 Nov 1923 Thu Pg 2 col 5
GRAHAM, William. (Montgomery, NY, Mar. 2, 1830--MT, Nov., 7, 1923). The son of a state legislator from New York, Graham came to Dubuque in 1867 after serving as the mayor of Bellevue, Iowa, from 1856 to 1867.
Graham began a successful legal practice and was appointed a judge to the circuit court by the governor of Iowa. He held that position for one year. In 1873 Graham was elected city attorney. In 1876 he was a candidate for a judgeship on the Iowa Supreme Court, but was defeated. Graham received a federal appointment from President Cleveland in 1885 as assistant United States attorney and remained in that position from 1886 to 1891.
After his retirement as assistant U.S. attorney, Graham was retained as a special counsel in the prosecution of officers of defunct commercial banks. He served on the board of trustees of Lenox College in Hopkinton, Iowa and was secretary and director of the German Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
The History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 795
William Graham: 1831-1923
William Graham - Born March 2, 1831 in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, died November 7, 1923 at the home of his daughter in Forsythe, Montana.
He spent his young manhood upon the farm of his father in Orange County, New York, and prepared for college at Montgomery Academy, then entered Union College, Schenectady, New York, graduating therefrom with the degree of A. B., in 1852. He taught in the public schools of Poughkeepsie for one year, then entered a law office in Newburgh where he studied for three years, passed his bar examination and was admitted to the practice by the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York, January 8, 1856. On September 9th of that year he came to Iowa, was admitted to the bar in Jackson County, located in Bellevue in that county, where he associated himself in the practice with John B. Booth, where he continued in the practice until the later part of 1867 where he removed to Dubuque and entered a partnership with William Mills. The partnership was short lived, and a new partnership formed between himself and M. M. Cady, also a native of New York, which partnership continued for nearly twenty years when dissolved and Mr. Graham continued in the practice alone in Dubuque until the spring of 1923 when he retired and removed from the State to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen G. Davis in Forsythe, Montana, where he resided till November 7, 1923, when he died at the age of ninety-two years, having been in the active practice for more than sixty-seven years.
In June 1858 he returned to his home in New York and married his boyhood sweetheart, Helen Watson, the cultured and refined daughter of Judge Watson. To this union were born seven children, three whom died in childhood, four of whom, three sons and a daughter, William Jr., Malbourne W., Henry and Helen Graham Davis lived to maturity, William Jr. departing this life about a year before his father, the other three children still surviving him. Mrs. Graham died in 1894.
Mr. Graham was preminetly a churchman, and an ardent life-long member of the Presbyterian Faith. He represented his church in Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly at various times and was three times commissioned by Assembly to represent the Presbyterian Church, U.S. A., in the alliance of the Presbyterian Churches of the world.
In politics he was a strong partisan and a loyal worker in the ranks of the democracy of his City, County, State and Nation. He held the office of City Attorney in Dubuque during the year of 1873, and was Assistant U. S. District Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa under the second Cleveland administration from 1886 to 1891. He was a cultured and refined gentleman of thorough education and deep erudition, a ready talker and a fluent writer, an untiring student devoted to his profession. He took a prominent active part in the business, social and civic life of his community.
P. J. Nelson
Pg 45 and 46 Thirtieth Annual Meeting
Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Session of the Iowa State Bar Association Held at Mason City, Iowa June 22 and 23, 1923, Volume 29
Contributor: Jonathan Laing (46564844)
Family Members
Siblings
Half Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
