Norman Graham
Norman Graham, son of John Graham, was born in Pike County, Pennsylvania,
May 11, 1844. He served in the Civil War and received the rank of corporal
in James R. Fullerton Company C. 50th Infantry and was dischared at St.
Louis, Missouri, July 3, 1865. He was a miller by trade. He moved west to
Kansas, residing in Sharon Township for a time. He was married to Sydney
Bright, and their children were Ross and Nora. Nora married Herbert Ross
and lived near Sharon, Kansas. They were farmers. Norman made the race
for land in Oklahoma and settled on a claim on the SE Quarter of the Section
one and one half miles NE of Driftwood Oklahoma. Norman's son, Ross, was
not old enough to take a claim so he bought the claim east of the home
place. A one-room soddy was built. This house burned, and a five-room frame
was built.
The Graham families were firm believers in raising everything that was
needed to eat. On their farm they produced apples, peaches, plums, pears,
and grapes, many vegetables, and their own meat. The meat was cured and
smoked i the smokehouse and hung there until needed for cooking.
Ross Graham married Emma Warren, daughter of J.H. and Annie Starkey
Warren of Sharon, Kansas. Their hcildren were Mayme and Clyde. Mayme married
James H. Cook. Their children were Betty, Martha Ann, and Cyril. Clyde
Graham married Jerry Gerrels, and they had two sons, Ross and Fred. The
Clyde Graham family lived on the homesteaded land until his death, and at
the present time Fred and his family continue to live on the Oklahoma land.
Ross lives in Alva, Oklahoma, and is employed by a bank.
Mayme Cook lived in Oklahoma most of her adult life, and after the death
of her husband in 1969, moved to Medicine Lodge Indian Hills Lodge where
she now resides. Her Grandfather Graham died in Kansas City, Missouri,
September 18, 1899, and is buried in the Sharon Cemetery. Mayme's grand-
parents, J.H. and Annie Warren, and her parents, Ross and Emma Graham, are
also buried at Sharon. Mayme and Jim Cook's grandchildren include, J.C. and
Janice, children of Cyril and Elva (Babe) Cook; and David Parker, son of
Martha Ann and Harold Parker.
Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 199