Source: I.L. Graham; History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 10
His brother, James E. Graham, born at Canton, Connecticut, November 22, 1827, came here about the same time, and in the fall of 1855 they established themselves in the drug business in a two-story frame building which then stood on the north side of Second street between Cedar and Walnut, nearly opposite the old Masonic hall. At that time Dr. Grajam boarded at the Clover House and his brother James at the Irving House. They soon moved to the brick building at 224 Second street, now 305 East Second street, three doors east of Cedar street. For the first five years, the style of the firm was J.E.Graham, which was changed to Graham Brothers, and in 1868, they moved their stock of goods to the brick building which they had purchased three years previously, at the northeast corner of Second and Cedar streets. The father of Dr. I. L. and James E. Graham, Israel W. Graham, was for twenty years a resident of the county. He was born February 25, 1795, at Canton in Hartford county, Connecticut, where his ancestors had lived for several generations, and moved to Muscatine county in 1856, together with his wife, Permelia Ensign Graham, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1799, and a daughter, Almira O. Graham, born at Canton, Connecticut, July 30, 1819. The family with the exception of Dr. I. L., and James E. Graham, who came to Muscatine the previous year, located on a farm three miles north of this city on the graded road, where I. W. Graham died December 10, 1876, his wife having preceded him in death August 11, 1870. Almira P. Graham married in 1859, Sylvester C. Hoyt, son of David Hoyt, one of Muscatine's early citizens, and moved to Griggsville, Pike county, Illinois, where she died January 4, 1874.
James E. Graham, the younger brother, retired from the firm of Graham Brothers, April 24, 1872, moving to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and later to Woodstock, Illinois,where he died April 29, 1894, leaving a wife, formerly ALICEC M SHERFEY. Sherfey of this county, whom he married at Muscatine, November 20, 1867, now a resident of Chicago, Illinois, and two sons, Howard E., born in 1869, and Harold W., born in 1888.
A daughter, Alice M., was born in 1874 and died in 1891. After James E. Graham withdrew, the business was carried on by Dr. I. L. Graham.
His brother, James E. Graham, born at Canton, Connecticut, November 22, 1827, came here about the same time, and in the fall of 1855 they established themselves in the drug business in a two-story frame building which then stood on the north side of Second street between Cedar and Walnut, nearly opposite the old Masonic hall. At that time Dr. Grajam boarded at the Clover House and his brother James at the Irving House. They soon moved to the brick building at 224 Second street, now 305 East Second street, three doors east of Cedar street. For the first five years, the style of the firm was J.E.Graham, which was changed to Graham Brothers, and in 1868, they moved their stock of goods to the brick building which they had purchased three years previously, at the northeast corner of Second and Cedar streets. The father of Dr. I. L. and James E. Graham, Israel W. Graham, was for twenty years a resident of the county. He was born February 25, 1795, at Canton in Hartford county, Connecticut, where his ancestors had lived for several generations, and moved to Muscatine county in 1856, together with his wife, Permelia Ensign Graham, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1799, and a daughter, Almira O. Graham, born at Canton, Connecticut, July 30, 1819. The family with the exception of Dr. I. L., and James E. Graham, who came to Muscatine the previous year, located on a farm three miles north of this city on the graded road, where I. W. Graham died December 10, 1876, his wife having preceded him in death August 11, 1870. Almira P. Graham married in 1859, Sylvester C. Hoyt, son of David Hoyt, one of Muscatine's early citizens, and moved to Griggsville, Pike county, Illinois, where she died January 4, 1874.
James E. Graham, the younger brother, retired from the firm of Graham Brothers, April 24, 1872, moving to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and later to Woodstock, Illinois,where he died April 29, 1894, leaving a wife, formerly ALICEC M SHERFEY. Sherfey of this county, whom he married at Muscatine, November 20, 1867, now a resident of Chicago, Illinois, and two sons, Howard E., born in 1869, and Harold W., born in 1888.
A daughter, Alice M., was born in 1874 and died in 1891. After James E. Graham withdrew, the business was carried on by Dr. I. L. Graham.
Source: I.L. Graham; History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 10
His brother, James E. Graham, born at Canton, Connecticut, November 22, 1827, came here about the same time, and in the fall of 1855 they established themselves in the drug business in a two-story frame building which then stood on the north side of Second street between Cedar and Walnut, nearly opposite the old Masonic hall. At that time Dr. Grajam boarded at the Clover House and his brother James at the Irving House. They soon moved to the brick building at 224 Second street, now 305 East Second street, three doors east of Cedar street. For the first five years, the style of the firm was J.E.Graham, which was changed to Graham Brothers, and in 1868, they moved their stock of goods to the brick building which they had purchased three years previously, at the northeast corner of Second and Cedar streets. The father of Dr. I. L. and James E. Graham, Israel W. Graham, was for twenty years a resident of the county. He was born February 25, 1795, at Canton in Hartford county, Connecticut, where his ancestors had lived for several generations, and moved to Muscatine county in 1856, together with his wife, Permelia Ensign Graham, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1799, and a daughter, Almira O. Graham, born at Canton, Connecticut, July 30, 1819. The family with the exception of Dr. I. L., and James E. Graham, who came to Muscatine the previous year, located on a farm three miles north of this city on the graded road, where I. W. Graham died December 10, 1876, his wife having preceded him in death August 11, 1870. Almira P. Graham married in 1859, Sylvester C. Hoyt, son of David Hoyt, one of Muscatine's early citizens, and moved to Griggsville, Pike county, Illinois, where she died January 4, 1874.
James E. Graham, the younger brother, retired from the firm of Graham Brothers, April 24, 1872, moving to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and later to Woodstock, Illinois,where he died April 29, 1894, leaving a wife, formerly ALICEC M SHERFEY. Sherfey of this county, whom he married at Muscatine, November 20, 1867, now a resident of Chicago, Illinois, and two sons, Howard E., born in 1869, and Harold W., born in 1888.
A daughter, Alice M., was born in 1874 and died in 1891. After James E. Graham withdrew, the business was carried on by Dr. I. L. Graham.
His brother, James E. Graham, born at Canton, Connecticut, November 22, 1827, came here about the same time, and in the fall of 1855 they established themselves in the drug business in a two-story frame building which then stood on the north side of Second street between Cedar and Walnut, nearly opposite the old Masonic hall. At that time Dr. Grajam boarded at the Clover House and his brother James at the Irving House. They soon moved to the brick building at 224 Second street, now 305 East Second street, three doors east of Cedar street. For the first five years, the style of the firm was J.E.Graham, which was changed to Graham Brothers, and in 1868, they moved their stock of goods to the brick building which they had purchased three years previously, at the northeast corner of Second and Cedar streets. The father of Dr. I. L. and James E. Graham, Israel W. Graham, was for twenty years a resident of the county. He was born February 25, 1795, at Canton in Hartford county, Connecticut, where his ancestors had lived for several generations, and moved to Muscatine county in 1856, together with his wife, Permelia Ensign Graham, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1799, and a daughter, Almira O. Graham, born at Canton, Connecticut, July 30, 1819. The family with the exception of Dr. I. L., and James E. Graham, who came to Muscatine the previous year, located on a farm three miles north of this city on the graded road, where I. W. Graham died December 10, 1876, his wife having preceded him in death August 11, 1870. Almira P. Graham married in 1859, Sylvester C. Hoyt, son of David Hoyt, one of Muscatine's early citizens, and moved to Griggsville, Pike county, Illinois, where she died January 4, 1874.
James E. Graham, the younger brother, retired from the firm of Graham Brothers, April 24, 1872, moving to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and later to Woodstock, Illinois,where he died April 29, 1894, leaving a wife, formerly ALICEC M SHERFEY. Sherfey of this county, whom he married at Muscatine, November 20, 1867, now a resident of Chicago, Illinois, and two sons, Howard E., born in 1869, and Harold W., born in 1888.
A daughter, Alice M., was born in 1874 and died in 1891. After James E. Graham withdrew, the business was carried on by Dr. I. L. Graham.
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