WINYAH OBSERVER
Georgetown, S. C., Wednesday, November 25, 1846 "Casualty - - Mr. William B. Graham, of Horry, came to town on Thursday last in a four oared boat to procure some family supplies, and departed again at an early hour the same
evening. The wind was high and his boat so heavily laded that she filled after getting into the bay near the old fort and immediately capsized. There were five persons in the boat and of the number a stranger by the name of Smith, who was allowed his passage up the Waccamaw, on his way to Richmond, Virginia.
Mr. Graham and Mr. Smith were drowned. The other white men and two negroes were saved. Mr. Graham was a very respectable and influential citizen of Horry, and has left surviving him a wife and seventeen children. Three or four of his sons came down the river on Sabbath last in search of his body. Our bay is a dangerous sheet of water in bad weather, and it should not be attempted to be crossed in any other than large and good boats. The annual casualties
should be a warning to strangers and all." Note: William Bellamy Graham's body was found and he was buried in the Old Graham Cemetery on Mitchell Swamp.
WINYAH OBSERVER
Georgetown, S. C., Wednesday, November 25, 1846 "Casualty - - Mr. William B. Graham, of Horry, came to town on Thursday last in a four oared boat to procure some family supplies, and departed again at an early hour the same
evening. The wind was high and his boat so heavily laded that she filled after getting into the bay near the old fort and immediately capsized. There were five persons in the boat and of the number a stranger by the name of Smith, who was allowed his passage up the Waccamaw, on his way to Richmond, Virginia.
Mr. Graham and Mr. Smith were drowned. The other white men and two negroes were saved. Mr. Graham was a very respectable and influential citizen of Horry, and has left surviving him a wife and seventeen children. Three or four of his sons came down the river on Sabbath last in search of his body. Our bay is a dangerous sheet of water in bad weather, and it should not be attempted to be crossed in any other than large and good boats. The annual casualties
should be a warning to strangers and all." Note: William Bellamy Graham's body was found and he was buried in the Old Graham Cemetery on Mitchell Swamp.
Family Members
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John Conner Graham
1818–1895
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Edward Wesley Graham
1819–1901
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Daniel J. McQueen
1821–1890
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William Isaiah Graham
1822–1864
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George Marsden Graham
1826–1855
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Samuel B McQueen
1826–1914
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Sarah Ann Rebecca Graham Durant
1829–1868
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Hosea Adelton "Hosea Joe" Graham Sr
1830–1907
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Eliza Caroline Graham Floyd
1831–1917
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Margaret F Graham McQueen
1833–1876
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Darcas Louisa Graham
1835–1853
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Kenneth Asbury "Kenny" Graham
1837–1883
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Franklin Bellamy Graham
1838–1919
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Lorenzo Dow Graham
1840–1894
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Mary Melvina Graham Moody
1842–1926
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Catharine F. Graham Enzor
1844–1917
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