Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-25

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CAPTAIN y AN ES -.
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Distinguished Confederate Officer,
Funr,h Son ct Lste Governor
William A. Graham.
There passed away in Charlotte
Yesterday morning At the home Of
hfs brother, CAPTAIN James A. Ora
ham, the fourth son Of The late Gov
ernor Graham, in The aix,y-eigbth
year of his are. Captain Graham
vas brother Of Maj. John w. Gra-.
ham. of Hillsboro /; Maj w. A. Ora
ham. the Commissioners of Agricol-
ture; DR.. George W. Graham. Of
Charlotte ex-Jndge A. W. G,a-
ham, Of Oxford, Speaker Of the
House, and Mr. Welter Clark, Of
Raleigh, wife of Chief Justice Clark.
Captain Graham was horn in
Hiilsboro on July seven. 184l. He
was a eradicate OF che State Univer-
shy OF :be class OF 1860, and at the
Dutbresk Of the Civil War he en.
tered the Confederate service az Or.
det)y Sergeant of the Orange Guardr,
20. G of the 9th North Carolina.
q part OF Cooks brigade. He after
wards became Captaio of the com
pany and served throughout the
var in the Army Of Northern Vir.
ginia. He was wounded at Bristow
Station and in the Battle of the
Wilderness. His regiment was the
only one in which on Gen eral Lees
retreat 10 Appomattox Courthouse
the officers gave up their arms and
took muskets, Captain Graham be-
coming Orderly Sergeant 10 one Of
the Two companies formed from the
regiment. He was q gallant officer.
In 1870 he was efected to the
State Senate from the district com.
posed of Alamanne and Gni)ford,
and beginning with the Cleveland
ad ninistrstion OF 1884 he has been
connected with the United States
Pension Bureau,
Being taken Ill e Washington
with liberation Of the throat he
went to Charlotte. last July to be
treated by his brother, Dr.. George
W. Graham, and passed away yes
terday morning at 4 o'o:ook from a
hemorrhage of the throat.
Captain Graham was married in
1869 TO Miss Elizabeth Webb, aoi
Hillsboro, who survives him with
three children, Mrs. Irvine Peck, OF
Derby, Corn ; Mr. James A. Ora
ham, Jr., and M. John w. Graham,
The news of his death will be
learned Of with regret throughout
the Raleigh News and Oh
server, Sunday, March 81.
The remains reached Hillsboro
Sunday morning on the 10 AZ train
from Greensboro. and were taken te
St. Matthew's Episcopal ChurcD
where the funeral serv e were con
Quoted by Bishop Joseph Bloua'
Cheshire aud the rector, Rev. )
Paxson Waters. ~
i The lnterment was made in tht
church-yard in The Webb pot be
side the grave of hrs son, WiiIiau A
Graham.
The following-named gentlemen
acted as pail bearers
Honorary-Mes Hs. John Laws
. D. G. Parks, w. A. Hayes, P. q
: Smith, Joseph A. Harris aud Georg'
A. Durham.
, Active-Messrs. S. w. Andrews
: p. G. Collins, George G. Lynch, II
S kirkland, Shepperd Strudwich
!, Henry N Brown and Jas H. Webt
= We noticed the following on
oftown relatives and friends attend
D ing the fuoeral Dr.. Geo. w. Grs
ham and Capt. S. B. Alexander, {
q Charlotte ; Mr.. ana Mrs. Irvine T
9 Peck, OF Derby, Conn.,. Maj w. A
Graham, Chief Justice Waller Clar
z and sons, Mr.. Walter Clark and M
9 Thorne CLARK, Miss Sara Cheshir'
3 Raleigh ; Dr.. Thomas Rufin, of th
State University ). Gen. Julian
a Carr, Mr.. Geo. M Graham aud M
q Frank Webb, OF Durham.
Mr.. A. w. Graham and bis siste
a. Mrs. Walter Clark, we're pre- *ente
d from attending on account c. sic
- ness.
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