Died in New Decatur on Saturday night, Sept. 4, 1897, in the 71st year of his age, Mr. Thomas J. Graham, one of the most amiable and unselfish characters that ever lived in Lawrence County. He had been a member of the Methodist church for 55 years, and together with John L. Terry and John Little sustained and held up Bethel church for many years. He was a Mason high in the councils of the order and a Democrat after the purest type. He was loyal to his friends, devoted to his family, and true to his country.

To his bereaved family we tender our sincenere condolences and bid them dry their tears, for husband and father is safe at home beyond the Jordan.

THE MOULTON ADVERTISER - September 11, 1897
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Thomas Jefferson Graham was born August 30, 1826 and was the son of John and Lydia Graham. He married Charity May Holland July 12, 1849 in Lawrence County, Alabama, daughter of Jeremiah Holland and Mahala Langston.

She was born April 24, 1832, in Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi, and died August 2, 1914 in Cabot, Lonoke County, Arkansas.

They had the following children:
1. Harral Franklin Graham b. Oct 5, 1850 d. July 27, 1888
2. Infant Graham b. Oct 5, 1850 d. Oct 5, 1850
3. James Thomas Graham b.May 20, 1854 d. Nov 26, 1926
4. John Holland Graham b. June 7, 1858 d. Oct 6, 1937
5. Lydia W. Graham b. June 7, 1858 d. Aug 18, 1933
6. Mahaly A. Graham b. May 11, 1861 d. Dec 12, 1861
7. Noel Cherry Graham b. Dec 7, 1862 d. May 5, 1933
8. Jefferson Davis Graham B. June 15, 1865 d. Apr 27, 1929
9. Madison Benton Graham b. June 15, 1865 d. Nov 4, 1938
10. Eugene Augustus Graham b. May 11, 1868 d. Aug 6, 1946
11. Charity Jane Graham b. April 4, 1871 d. Jan 18, 1943
12. Mollie May Graham b. Oct 20, 1873 d. Aug 20, 1919