CORD HENRY "Heinrich Grafe" GRAFA was born 1810 at 7:00 p.m., Nendorf, (Minden on the Weser River) Germany and was Christened 19 October 1810; Godparent: Cord Wieking. He arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 19 Oct 1839 and became a U. S. Citizen 6 Aug 1844 at Cincinnatti, Ohio. He married Nancy Elder Lowe on 2 March 1851 in Owen County, Kentucky. They had six children: Robert Franklin Grafa; Henry Christian Grafa; Mary Rebecca Grafa; Nancy "Nannie" Katie Grafa; Albina Newton Grafa; and Mattie Thomas Grafa. In 1876 Henry Grafa sold his farm and went to Texas by way of train and from there by wagon freight to Johnson County. Cord Grafa was pursuaded to settle in Buchanan where the first year was spent on a farm and where he opened a subscription school of twenty-thirty pupils conducted in a log house. This school later became Bethany then later Concord. In 1877, the Grafa family moved to Cleburne, a village of around 1,100 people. He conducted an hotel at the southeast corner of the square on S. Caddo Street.
The next year, 1878, the Grafa family moved to Caddo Grove where in 1881 Cord Henry Grafa died and is buried beside his daughter, Katie (Grafa) Carson. In 1888, his wife Nancy married J. L. Lambert.
The next year, 1878, the Grafa family moved to Caddo Grove where in 1881 Cord Henry Grafa died and is buried beside his daughter, Katie (Grafa) Carson. In 1888, his wife Nancy married J. L. Lambert.
CORD HENRY "Heinrich Grafe" GRAFA was born 1810 at 7:00 p.m., Nendorf, (Minden on the Weser River) Germany and was Christened 19 October 1810; Godparent: Cord Wieking. He arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 19 Oct 1839 and became a U. S. Citizen 6 Aug 1844 at Cincinnatti, Ohio. He married Nancy Elder Lowe on 2 March 1851 in Owen County, Kentucky. They had six children: Robert Franklin Grafa; Henry Christian Grafa; Mary Rebecca Grafa; Nancy "Nannie" Katie Grafa; Albina Newton Grafa; and Mattie Thomas Grafa. In 1876 Henry Grafa sold his farm and went to Texas by way of train and from there by wagon freight to Johnson County. Cord Grafa was pursuaded to settle in Buchanan where the first year was spent on a farm and where he opened a subscription school of twenty-thirty pupils conducted in a log house. This school later became Bethany then later Concord. In 1877, the Grafa family moved to Cleburne, a village of around 1,100 people. He conducted an hotel at the southeast corner of the square on S. Caddo Street.
The next year, 1878, the Grafa family moved to Caddo Grove where in 1881 Cord Henry Grafa died and is buried beside his daughter, Katie (Grafa) Carson. In 1888, his wife Nancy married J. L. Lambert.
The next year, 1878, the Grafa family moved to Caddo Grove where in 1881 Cord Henry Grafa died and is buried beside his daughter, Katie (Grafa) Carson. In 1888, his wife Nancy married J. L. Lambert.
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