Johnson Cath Smith Crisalli family genealogy - Person Sheet
Johnson Cath Smith Crisalli family genealogy - Person Sheet
NameWilliam GRAHAM
BurialCrown Point, Essex County, NY
Census1855, Crown Point, Essex County, NY187
Census1860, Crown Point, Essex County, NY23
Census1870, Crown Point, Essex County, NY29
Census1880, Crown Point, Essex County, NY24
Census1900, Crown Point, Essex County, NY10
Census1920, Crown Point, Essex County, NY3
FatherGeorge W. GRAHAM (1811-1865)
MotherHarriet GOULD (1812-1891)
Misc. Notes
In 1860 census, William was 17, working at the hotel of Nathan Ingalls in Crown Point, with brothers Charles and Wallace. All were listed as “boatman.”23
In 1870 he was living in Crown Point with his wife Electa and his mother Harriet. He was 31, a farmer, held real estate worth $700, and had been born in New York. His father was of foreign birth, but his mother was not.29
In 1880 he was living in Crown Point with wife Electa and mother Harriet. He was 41, a farmer, said he had been born in Vermont, his father in Scotland, his mother in Vermont. (His Vermont appears to be written over a previous entry; his mother also lists her birth state as Vermont.)24
He appears on the assessors roll of Crown Point for 1872, held at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyessex/cp1872.htm
In the 1920 census, he is living in Crown Point with Electa. He is 77, gives his place of birth as New York, his father’s as Scotland, and his mother’s as New York. He lists his father’s “mother tongue” as “Scotch.”3
In the 1900 census, he is living with wife Electa in Crown Point (there is also someone listed as “help”). Unfortunately, his birth month and year are very hard to read, though his age is given as 61, and he has been married 35 years. He was born in NY, his father in Scotland, his mother in NY. It may be that his middle initial is B., though again there is some sloppiness in the record. He is a farmer who can read, write, and speak English, and owns his farm free (not mortgaged).10
Having a hard time placing his Civil War unit. In the Pension Files at Ancestry, there is a William Graham listed as having served with E company, 2nd NY Cavalry. That company was the Ticonderoga Cavalry Company, enlisted at Ticonderoga and Plattsburgh, in 1864. That was a filing for invalid status, Jan. 24, 1888.
Other William Grahams served -- the 184th Inf, 160th Inf., 155th Inf., but the recruitment places don’t make as much sense. (Only looking at those without a widow.)
If he was with the 2nd NY Cavalry, Ancestry does not have his enlistment date. Lists him with Company E, rank of private on induction and discharge. It also lists him with Company M, which may have come after a consolidation.
There is a William Graham who posted a notice in the Ticonderoga Sentinel in Oct. 1926, “I hereby forbid anyone trusting or harboring my wife, Elizabeth Graham, on my account, as I shall pay no bills contracted by her after this date. Dated Crown Point, N.Y. Oct. 29, 1926. William Graham.” I thought this was another William Graham (see the confusion on Electa’s card over sons named Harold), but his will calls her Elizabeth, not Electa, so now my confusion is deepened, as she is named as Electa on several censuses.
In 1870 he was living in Crown Point with his wife Electa and his mother Harriet. He was 31, a farmer, held real estate worth $700, and had been born in New York. His father was of foreign birth, but his mother was not.29
In 1880 he was living in Crown Point with wife Electa and mother Harriet. He was 41, a farmer, said he had been born in Vermont, his father in Scotland, his mother in Vermont. (His Vermont appears to be written over a previous entry; his mother also lists her birth state as Vermont.)24
He appears on the assessors roll of Crown Point for 1872, held at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyessex/cp1872.htm
In the 1920 census, he is living in Crown Point with Electa. He is 77, gives his place of birth as New York, his father’s as Scotland, and his mother’s as New York. He lists his father’s “mother tongue” as “Scotch.”3
In the 1900 census, he is living with wife Electa in Crown Point (there is also someone listed as “help”). Unfortunately, his birth month and year are very hard to read, though his age is given as 61, and he has been married 35 years. He was born in NY, his father in Scotland, his mother in NY. It may be that his middle initial is B., though again there is some sloppiness in the record. He is a farmer who can read, write, and speak English, and owns his farm free (not mortgaged).10
Having a hard time placing his Civil War unit. In the Pension Files at Ancestry, there is a William Graham listed as having served with E company, 2nd NY Cavalry. That company was the Ticonderoga Cavalry Company, enlisted at Ticonderoga and Plattsburgh, in 1864. That was a filing for invalid status, Jan. 24, 1888.
Other William Grahams served -- the 184th Inf, 160th Inf., 155th Inf., but the recruitment places don’t make as much sense. (Only looking at those without a widow.)
If he was with the 2nd NY Cavalry, Ancestry does not have his enlistment date. Lists him with Company E, rank of private on induction and discharge. It also lists him with Company M, which may have come after a consolidation.
There is a William Graham who posted a notice in the Ticonderoga Sentinel in Oct. 1926, “I hereby forbid anyone trusting or harboring my wife, Elizabeth Graham, on my account, as I shall pay no bills contracted by her after this date. Dated Crown Point, N.Y. Oct. 29, 1926. William Graham.” I thought this was another William Graham (see the confusion on Electa’s card over sons named Harold), but his will calls her Elizabeth, not Electa, so now my confusion is deepened, as she is named as Electa on several censuses.
Obituary
Jan. 20, 1927:
Crown Point
The grim reaper, better known as death, claimed five of our residents within the past week. . . . William Graham, 89, and a veteran, died here at his home late Monday night, following a fall received the day before. Mr. Graham is survived by the widow. The funeral services were held from the late home Wednesday, Rev. Roe Mitchell officiating, assisted by Rev. George Buck. Interment was in Forestdale cemetery.
Factoryville:
Leonard Blanchard of Plattsburg is visiting his mother, Mrs. William Graham.
Mrs. Crossman spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. William Graham, and and (sic) family.
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Crown Point
The grim reaper, better known as death, claimed five of our residents within the past week. . . . William Graham, 89, and a veteran, died here at his home late Monday night, following a fall received the day before. Mr. Graham is survived by the widow. The funeral services were held from the late home Wednesday, Rev. Roe Mitchell officiating, assisted by Rev. George Buck. Interment was in Forestdale cemetery.
Factoryville:
Leonard Blanchard of Plattsburg is visiting his mother, Mrs. William Graham.
Mrs. Crossman spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. William Graham, and and (sic) family.
122
Newspaper article
William Graham articles in the Elizabethtown Post and Gazette (pre-merger with the Adirondack Record)
Feb. 5, 1891:
Local and Vicinity:
-- William Graham, of Crown Point, visited friends in this town and Lewis the first of the week. He has recently been granted a pension of $12 a month, dating back to 1866.
April 5, 1900:
Ironville:
Apr. 2 --
William Graham is making some needed improvements on his farm house.
June 28, 1900:
Ironville:
June 26 --
Quite a number from this place attended the circus at Ti. last week.
William Graham and E.W. DeLong went to Westport on business last Monday.
October 11, 1900:
Ironville:
Oct. 9 --
Mrs. William Graham starts to-day for Kingston, N.Y., where she expects to remain until Saturday.
Oct. 18, 1900:
Ironville
Oct. 16th-
William Graham, E.W. Delong, E.C. Moore and Charles Hitt attended the Republican rally at Factoryville Hall last evening.
Mrs. William Graham returned from Kingston Saturday.
November 8, 1900:
Ironville:
Nov. 6 --
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garfield went on the excursion to Albany last week.
November 29, 1900:
Ironville:
Nov. 27 --
William Graham went to Ti. Saturday with a load of potatoes which he sold for 45cts. per bushel.
January 24, 1901:
Ironville:
Jan. 22 --
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham have adopted a boy from the home in New York.
February 21, 1901:
Ironville:
Feb. 19 --
Mrs. William Graham visited her sister, Mrs. O.C. McIntyre, at Crown Point last Sunday.
May 9, 1901:
Ironville:
May 7 --
Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Pond, of Factoryville, called at William Graham's and E. W. DeLong's Sunday.
June 27, 1901:
Ironville:
June 25 --
Mrs. William Graham was quite ill Friday and Saturday, but is able to be about again.
November 14, 1901:
Ironville:
Nov. 12 --
William Graham started Monday morning for North Elba to visit his sister, Mrs. Corey.
Nov. 21, 1901:
Ironville
Nov. 19 -
Mrs. William Graham started Monday morning to visit her sister, Mrs. Luke Tarbell, in Northfield, Vt.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bell visited at William Graham's Sunday.
January 9, 1902:
Ironville:
Jan. 7 --
William Graham and Miss Bessie DeLong drove to Port Henry last Friday.
January 28, 1902:
Ironville
Jan. 21-
Mrs. Albert Sherman of Ticonderoga and Miss Lena McIntyre of Crown Point visited their aunt, Mrs. William Graham, last Saturday.
William Graham and E. W. DeLong drove to North Elba last week Wednesday and returned home Friday.
February 6, 1902:
Ironville:
Feb. 4 --
Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Blood of Elizabethtown were the recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham and E.W. DeLong and family of this place.
February 27, 1902:
Ironville:
Feb 25 --
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brooks from the White Church visited Mrs. Brooks aunt, Mrs. William Graham, one day last week.
March 6, 1902:
Ironville:
March 4 --
Mrs. William Graham is quite ill with gripp.
April 3, 1902:
Ironville:
Apr 1 --
Mrs. William Graham still continues to be very poorly.
April 10, 1902:
Ironville:
Apr 8 --
We are glad to say that Mrs. William Graham seems very much better.
June 5, 1902:
Ironville:
June 3 --
Mr. and Mrs. Yell of Moriah visited at William Graham's last Sunday.
June 12, 1902:
Ironville:
June 9 --
William Graham and wife visited friends at Crown Point recently.
June 19, 1902:
Ironville
June 16 -
Mr.a nd Mrs. Samuel Ingalls of Russle Street visited at William Graham's recently.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, and Bessie DeLong, and J. Hanna have gone to Ti. to-day.
July 10, 1902:
Ironville:
July 8 -
William Graham went to Ballston Saturday and returned home Monday.
July 31, 1902:
Ironville:
July 29 -
Mrs. Mary Motts of Illinois was the guest of Mrs. William Graham last week.
August 14, 1902:
Ironville:
Aug 11 -
William Graham traded horses with H.K. Wright to-day.
September 4, 1902:
Ironville:
Sept 2 --
William Graham and E.W. DeLong have gone to Port Henry to-day.
September 25, 1902:
Ironville:
Sept 23 --
William Graham is attending court in Elizabethtown this week.
October 23, 1902:
Ironville:
Oct 21 --
William Graham and wife went on the excursion to Albany last week.
November 13, 1902:
Ironville:
Nov. 11 -
Chester Brooks is working for William Graham.
January 22, 1903:
Ironville:
Jan. 20 -
William Graham and wife were at Crown Point last Friday.
Butter is 25c per pound and eggs anything you have a mind to ask.
Feb. 12, 1903:
Ironville
Mr. and Mrs. O.C. McIntyre of Crown Point visited Mrs. McIntyre's sister, Mrs. William Graham, last Sunday.
Mrs. William Graham and Mrs. E. W. DeLong drove to Ticonderoga last Friday.
February 19, 1903:
Ironville:
Feb. 17 -
Mrs. A. Sherman of Ticonderoga and Miss Lena McIntyre of Crown Point called on their aunt, Mrs. William Graham, last Sunday.
March 5, 1903:
Ironville:
March 3 -
Mrs. William Graham returned from Ticonderoga last week where she had been spending a few days with her niece, Mrs. A.S. Sherman.
Charles Burt, wife and daughters of Ti. Street visited at W. Cook's last week one day.
April 9, 1903:
Ironville:
April 7 -
William Graham and Charles Bell were in Port Henry last week Thursday.
April 23, 1903:
Ironville:
Apr 21 -
William Graham has sixty young lambs.
April 30, 1903:
Ironville:
Apr 28 -
William Graham was in Ticonderoga last Friday.
June 18, 1903:
Ironville:
June 17 -
William Graham was in Ticonderoga on business last Monday.
July 2, 1903:
Ironville:
June 30 -
Mrs. William Graham spent Sunday night in Crown Point with her sister, Mrs. O.C. McIntyre.
July 9, 1903:
Ironville:
July 7 -
The Misses Sadie McIntyre of Elizabethtown and Lena McIntyre of Ticonderoga and gentleman friends Messrs. Harry Berry and Alex Yell called at William Graham's Sunday.
July 16, 1903:
Ironville:
July 14 -
William Graham has sold his farm to William McNamara of New York. Mr. Graham has not decided yet where he will locate.
August 6, 1903:
Ironville:
Aug. 4 -
William Graham and William Fredenburgh drove to Crown Point Center Monday afternoon. Mr. Graham has purchased a house and lot at Factoryville of Miss Lillian Rusell. Consideration $1,050.
August 27, 1903:
Ironville:
Aug. 25 -
William Graham is preparing to move to his new home at Factoryville.
January 28, 1904:
Ironville:
Jan. 26 -
William Graham and Robert B. (??)ford of Factoryville were in this place on business last Saturday.
May 12, 1904:
Ironville:
May 9 -
William Graham of Factoryville called on friends here Sunday.
Oct. 13, 1904:
Ironville:
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Factoryville called on friends here one day last week.
May 4, 1905
Ironville
May 2 - Pretty cold weather for the first of May. Mercury 28 above and ice as thick as window glass on tubs of water. Will we ever have summer?
William Graham has sold the place lately vacated by E. W. DeLong to Fred Ploof.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Factoryville called on friends here Monday.
April 5, 1906:
Ironville:
April 3 -
William Graham of Factoryville called on friends here Sunday last.
March 26, 1908:
Front page
An Unusual Case on in Crown Point
A peculiar case is on in the town of Crown Point. William Graham of Crown Point, a veteran of the Civil War and a pensioner, who lived on the Joseph Wilson farm in the town of Lewis 20 years ago and who is well known in Elizabethtown, didn't pay a poll tax assessed against him, claiming exemption under law. The Highway Commissioner of Crown Point insisted on payment of the poll tax and ultimately seized and sold Mr. Graham's road cart on account of non payment of the tax. Tuesday Mr. Graham went to Ticonderoga and engaged good counsel and says he is going to see whether he is exempt from poll tax or not. It looks at present as though this case would be thoroughly tested and if so the result will be awaited with considerable interest.
Crown Point
March 24 -
William Graham of this place visited Ticonderoga on business to-day.
August 20, 1908:
Ironville:
Aug. 12 -
William Graham was in Port Henry on business Tuesday.
August 27, 1908:
Crown Point:
Aug. 25-
Mr. Oaks of New Jersey is a guest of William Graham's. Sidney Corby and Miss Susan Simson of New Jersey are also summer guests at Wm. Graham's.
Miss Susan Simson and Sidney Corby took a delightful trip to Ausable Chasm last Monday. They returned, declaring that nature was a wonderful thing in that section.
September 10, 1908:
Nov. 18, 1909:
Crown Point:
Nov. 16 -
Charles Johnson of Cascadeville is the guest of his uncle, William Graham.
May 6, 1910:
Crown Point:
May 2 -
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Factoryville, were also callers on friends Sunday last on this, Pearl Street.
May 4, 1911:
Crown Point:
May 1 -
William Graham went to Keene last week to visit his sister, Mrs. Carey, [sic] who is very ill with no hopes of recovery.
Nov. 23, 1911:
Crown Point:
Nov. 20 -
Mrs. William Graham was in Ticonderoga Saturday on business.
July 25, 1912:
Crown Point:
July 22 -
William Graham drove to Port Henry Friday evening to attend the Henry Family (illegible).
Feb. 19, 1914:
Crown Point
Harold Ask, the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, was operated on for appendicitis at his home in Factoryville Sunday night. Feb. 8th, Drs. Cummins of Ticonderoga and W.T. Sherman of this place performing the operation successfully. The young man is doing nicely under the care of Miss Power, a trained nurse.
The earthquake last week Tuesday afternoon gave us quite a shaking up.
July 29, 1915:
Crown Point
William Graham was in Ticonderoga on business one day last week.
Nov. 11, 1915:
Crown Point
Nov. 8 -
William Graham and E.W. DeLong were in Ticonderoga today (Monday).
Feb. 22, 1917:
Crown Point
Feb. 19 -
Mrs. Hattie Vosburgh of Saranac Lake was a guest of her uncle, William Graham, last week.
March 16, 1917:
Crown Point
March 12 -
William Graham has bought the property, house and lot, owned by Mrs. Sally Ingleston and presented to his adopted son Harold Ask.
Sometime March, 1917:
Crown Point:
William Graham has bought Mrs. Ingallston's place at Factoryville. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask will move there.
January 10, 1918:
Crown Point
E.W. DeLong and William Graham were in Ticonderoga recently on business.
December 6, 1918:
Crown Point
Mr. and Mrs. William Dukette are guests of Mr. Dukette's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham for a few days; they are on their way to their homme in Florida; they are traveling by auto.
February 20, 1919:
Crown Point
William Graham was in Ticonderoga to-day (Monday).
April 15, 1920:
Crown Point
Bicycle Street
William Graham, who celebrated his eightieth birthday last Thursday, wishes to thank his many friends in this section, who so kindly remembered him by tendering him a postcard shower at that time. Mr. Graham desires to tell his friends, through the columns of the Post, that he received twenty six cards, and that nothing could have pleased him better than to have been remembered in this way. Although Mr. Graham is in his 81st year, yet we hope he is good for many more birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Factoryville were guests at E.W. DeLong's on Pearl st. Sunday last.
Supt. E.W. DeLong has started high way work with men and road machines.
Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post
Apr.-June, 1917:
Factoryville
William Graham had his house wired for electric lights last week. Who will be the next?
July-Sept. 1917:
Crown Point
Major E.J. Barker, R.C. Whitford, William Graham and Mr. Bailey have gone to Boston, Mass., to attend the National Encampment of the G.A.R.
July-Sept. 1917:
Crown Point
E.H. Bailey, William Graham, Major E.J. Barber and Rev. E.F. Blackmer have returned to their homes after spending a few days at the soldiers' reunion at Boston.
Jan.-March, 1918:
Crown Point Center
Mrs. Charles Thrasher and daughter Etta were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham Wednesday.
Eugene DeLong and William Graham were business callers in Ticonderoga Friday.
Jan.-March, 1918:
Factoryville
William Graham and E.W. DeLong made a business trip to Ticonderoga one day last week.
Jan.-March, 1918:
Crown Point Center
E.E. DeLong and William Graham were business callers in Ticonderoga Wednesday.
Feb. or March, 1918:
Factoryville
Mrs. William Graham is on the sick list.
Apr.-June, 1918:
Factoryville
William Graham was in Ticonderoga Monday.
Apr.-June 1918:
Factoryville
Mr. and Mrs. E.D. (sic) DeLong and Mr. and Mrs. William Graham motored to Ticonderoga Sunday.
Apr.-June, 1918:
With the Boys at the Front
Interesting Matters Regarding those in the Military Service of the United States -- Letters From the Boys at the Front
Calls Long Hike "a Picnic"
Harold Ask of Crown Point Center, an Essex county boy at Camp devens, writes as follows to his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham:
March 27, 1918:
Dear Uncle and Aunt: --
Will write you a few lines to let you know that I received your most welcome letter and was glad to hear from you. I am enjoying good health and hope this will find you both well
It has been a few days over six months since I came to Camp Devens. they are sending ten mmore from this company today. I was on guard duty against last Tuesdady(sic); it comes pretty often now that the other companies are so small; they take them from the other companies as well as our own. I have expected every time would be my turn next to go, but I am still here and hope for a chance to come up and see you soon. We went out last Monday for all day with our packs and rivles; in our packs we carried two woolen blankets, onne rubber blanket and one half of a tent to each man, also our mess kits, canteen and cup with enough rations for dinner in the field. For dinner each man carried one good sized potato, two slices of bacon and three biscuits besides enough ground coffee for two cups, sugar and salt. We marched about five miles out in the country and made camp. Two men work together; each put their half of a tent together making a tent for two. After we got our tent up we got our dinner in the field. My partner and I didn't have any difficulty in getting dinner, but some made and (sic) awful mess of it. When we were through we had an hour to rest before starting back for camp; it was like a picnic for most of us. Our packs, rifles, and everything weighs about 55 pounds, but we don't mind it any more now than we did before we ever saw them. I can remember last fall when we marched over that same route without our packs and rfle (sic) and made three stops to rest and thought it pretty hard, but now we make the same trip with nearly 60 pounds on backs and no stops and don't mind it at all. That is what the army has done for me; everything is done here as regularly as clock work. I think after this war is over you will see compulsory training for every man 21 years of age for at least two years' term.
The work they are laying out on the camp is wonderful and looks as if they intended to keep it up for a good many years to come.
Hoping to hear from you again and see you both soon. I remain,
Your loving nephew,
Harold.
F Company, 303d Inf.,
Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass.
Apr.-June 1918:
Factoryville
William Graham was in Ticonderoga one day last week.
Apr.-June 1918:
Factoryville
William Graham was in Ticonderoga Friday of last week.
Apr.-June 1918:
Crown Point Center
Mrs. Harold Ask of Ticonderoga was the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Apr.-June 1918:
Harold Ask, who is in military training at Ayer, Mass., spent a few days recently with his family at Ticonderoga, and called on Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of this place Thursday. Mr. Ask is an old Crown Pointer.
July 1918:
Crown Point Center
William Graham was a business caller in Ticonderoga Wednesday.
July or Aug., 1918:
E.W. DeLong and daughter Bessie and Mr. and Mrs. William Graham motored to Shingle Camp Mountain Tuesday and spent the day there.
July-September, 1918:
Crown Point
Mrs. William Graham has been quite ill but is some better.
September 1918:
Factoryville:
Mrs. Harold Ask and two children of Ticonderoga are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
late October or November 1918:
Factoryville
Mrs. Harold Ask and children returned to Ticonderoga Sunday, after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Nov. or Dec., 1918:
Young Ask Writes From France
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Crown Point have recently received the following letter from their adopted son, Harold Ask, who is somewhere in France:
Dear Uncle and Aunt: --
I will try and write you a few lines to let you know that I received your most welcome letter today and was very glad to hear from you. These few lines are leaving me in good health and hope they may find you both the same. How is everything around Crown Point? We have had some pretty warm weather here for about 8 weeks with but little or no rain, but now the rainy season has set in and we get rain most every day and it is getting much cooler now. We are getting along very nicely. We have had our kitchen out under a tent all along through the hot weather, but now since the wet weather has set in we have moved into one of the French houses. The houses over here are all made of stone, roof and all. Some roofs are of slate and a few made of something that is the color of brick; even the floors are of stone, the only woodwork you find is in the doors and windows. Everything is awfully high. A tablet of good, smooth writing paper like over there for 10 cents costs 60 cents over in France and writing paper by the box costs anywhere from 80 cents for the cheapest to $2 for the best. Kerosene is 23 cents a quart and when you tell them that we buy it back home for 2 and 3 cents a quart they don't believe it. The French people most all wear wooden shoes. Eggs are 90 cents a dozen. They eat lots of rabbits over here which they can raise pretty easy. A good sized rabbit that will weigh 8 or 10 pounds will cost $2.50 alive. We get plenty of good food to eat over here and it isn't necessary to buy any of that stuff unless you want to get rid of your money. We all got paid in French money; it is queer looking money too; they have paper money as low as 10 cents. Their silver money only goes as high as forty cents, at least that is the largest silver coin I have seen so far. it is about the size of our 50 cent piece, is made of nickel with a hole in the center; they also have copper 1 and 2 cent pieces.
I have been appointed cook since I arrived over here and now I am getting $8 extra and $3 for overseas, which makes $11 more than I got in the states. Mail is just beginning to come in now a little. I have had two letters from kate, two from Nellie, one from you and a card from Dunbar Pond. I also got two copies of the Adirondack Record. It seems good to get a little news from the states again. I guess I have told you all the news so will bring my letter to a close now and hope to hear to hear (sic) from you again soon. As ever your loving
Harold
Address: Cook Harold H. Ask, Co., F, 303d Inf., A.P.O. 773, A.E.F.
Nov. or Dec., 1918:
Crown Point
William Graham butchered a nice hog Saturday.
Crown Point Center:
William Graham killed a year-old hog weighing 448 pounds. Who can beat that?
Nov. or Dec., 1918:
Crown Point:
Fred Searles butchered a pig for Eben Farnsworth and also one for Thomas Bradley, Friday. Farnsworth's weighed three hundred and fifty pounds while Bradley's tipped the scales at three hundred and ninety-seven. Mr. Searles butchered one for William Graham that weighed four hundred and forty-eight pounds. Crown Pointers ought to have enough of one article this winter.
Crown Point Center:
Mr. and Mrs. Dukette of Saranac Lake are visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Graham. They leave here for Florida to spend the winter.
Jan. 24, 1919:
Factoryville. Mrs. V.C. (sic) McIntyre of Crown Point called on her sister, Mrs. William Graham, Tuesday.
Feb. 21, 1919:
Crown Point:
Frank Blake and family have moved from the Phillips house into the house owned by William Graham.
Factoryville:
William Graham was in Ticonderoga Monday.
March 14, 1919:
Factoryville
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham are able to be out again after being confined to the house seeral days.
April 11, 1919:
Crown Point
Mrs. Harold Ask and sons, Harold, jr., and William, of Ticonderoga are guests at William Graham's.
April 18, 1919:
Crown Point Center
William Graham took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. E.W. DeLong and daughter Bessie, Monday.
May 30, 1919:
Guy Johnson, who was recently discharged from the army, is a guest of his uncle, William Graham.
Dec. 12, 1919:
Factoryville
William Graham has sold his place, known as the Sarah Woods place to Scott Wolcott of Crown Point.
March 5, 1920:
Miss Bessie DeLong spent a few days last week with her uncle and aunt, Mrs. and Mrs. William Graham.
Guy Johnson, who has been visiting friends in Lake Placid, returned home Saturday.
Factoryville:
Miss Bessie DeLong of Pearl street was the guest of Mrs. William Graham one day last week.
March 26, 1920:
Crown Point Center
Charles Beeman has bought the old Ingleston place of William Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McIntyre Thursday of last week.
April 9, 1920:
Crown Point Center
William Graham wishes to thank all those who so kindly remembered him with cards on his birthday; also F.C. Pond, for a box of cigars.
June 11, 1920:
Factoryville
Lee Bell of Ballston called on his aunt, Mrs. William Graham, one day last week.
July 30, 1920:
Crown Point Center
Guy Johnson of Street Road was the guest of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, Sunday.
August 20, 1920:
Crown Point
Mr.a nd Mrs. George Bemis and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garfield of Ticonderoga called on William Graham and family Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Duros and son of Moriah, Hod Cram and daughter of Ironville and Guy Johnson of Ticonderoga spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Crown Point Center
Guy Johnson of Streetroad spent Sunday with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
(Oct.-Dec.) 1920:
Factoryville
William Graham killed a fine hog Saturday which tipped the scales at 448.
Feb. 7, 1921:
(no dateline)
Minnie W. Porter, widow of Lensey A. Porter of Crown Point, has sold a tract of land in the village of Factoryville, town of Crown Point, to William Graham of the same place.
Feb. 18, 1921:
Crown Point Center
Mrs. E.W. DeLong was the guest of Mrs. William Graham Tuesday.
March 4, 1921:
Crown Point
William Graham had what we believe to be an unusual experience one day recently. He had noticed that every time he went to his barn the family cat was very anxious to get into his grain box. One day last week, his grain box being nearly empty, he opened the cover to admit the cat, and he was horrified beyond compare at the sight that met his gaze. There were somewhere between thirty-five and forty young rats residing therein. The cat devoured many of them and Mr. Graham killed about twenty of them himself. Who can beat that for a rat story?
April 3, 1921:
Crown Point Center
William Graham was a business caller in Ticonderoga Saturday.
April 8, 1921:
Real Estate Transfers of Interest to Essex County
William Graham and Electra (sic) Graham, his wife, of Crown Point, have sold to Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. King of that place a tract of land in the town of Crown Point.
May 30, 1921:
Crown Point
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carter and Mrs. William Graham motored to Ticonderoga Saturday last.
Superintendent of Highways E.W. DeLong and force of men are building roads on Long Point.
July 22, 1921:
Crown Point Center
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McIntyre called on Mr. and Mrs. William Graham Sunday. Mr. Graham is in poor health.
Aug. 26, 1921:
Crown Point
Harold Ask and son were over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Crown Point:
William Graham has gone to Fair Haven, Vt., for a day or two.
Crown Point Center
Harold Ask and son of Fair Haven, Vt., were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Oct. 7, 1921:
Factoryville
Harold Ask and family of Fair Haven, Vt., called on Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. (sic) William Graham Sunday.
Oct. 21, 1921:
Crown Point
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask of Shorehan (sic) called at William Graham's Sunday.
Crown Point Center
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask of Fair Haven, Vt., were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Jan. 27, 1922:
Crown Point
Little Raymond Ask of Vermont is spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Feb. 10, 1922:
Crown Point Center
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask of Fair Haven, Vt., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham Tuesday.
Will Graham and Clark McIntyre were in Ticonderoga Saturday.
Crown Point (same issue)
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask of Fair Haven, Vt., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham one night last week. They returned home, taking their little son Raymond with them. The little fellow has been staying at Mr. Graham's the past few weeks.
Feb. 17, 1922:
Crown Point
Fire started in a barrel which contained live ashes in the well-house of William Graham Saturday night. The timely efforts of Mr. Graham assisted by Henry Smith and Gordon Russell saved a big blaze.
March 3, 1922:
Ironville
William Graham of Factoryville has purchased the Bashaw place of Sidney Jacobs. Harold Ask is to live on the place, we understand.
March 31, 1922:
Crown Point
E.W. DeLong and William Graham went to Breed hill Saturday on business.
June 2, 1922:
Article on Frank Bell, Glens Falls attorney, who was involved in a settlement from the state of $230,000 for 1,200 acres of land in Township 11, which was taken by the Conservation Commission and added to the State preserve. Pointing out that he was born and reared in Crown Point, son of Philo Bell.
Two of Mr. Bell's aunts, Mrs. Oliver C. McIntyre and Mrs. William Graham, still live in Crown Point and the famous lawyer comes back to the scene of his boyhood, youth and early manhood with due appreciation of his early associations and struggles.
Aug. 11, 1922:
Crown Point
Guy Johnson of Lake Placid called on his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Dec. 7, 1922:
Crown Point
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham called on their nephew, Clark McIntyre, who is ill at his home at Hammond's Corners.
May 24, 1923:
Ironville:
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, E.W. DeLong and daughter Bessie called at the Bemis farm last Sunday.
May 31, 1923:
Recently Recorded Real Estate Transfers
Property Transfers in Essex County During the Past Few Weeks
William Graham and Electa Graham to Frank W. Brooks, land in Crown Point. Consideration $1450.
Factoryville
E.W. DeLong and daughter Bessie and Mrs. William Graham called on friends at Ironville recently.
(date unclear - July - September) 1923:
Factoryville
Guy Johnson and brother Jess and family of Lake Placid visited their uncle, William Graham, last week.
Sept. 27, 1923:
Crown Point Center:
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bell of Ballston Spa, were week-end guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
May 15, 1924:
Factoryville
George Bemis and family and Mr. and Mrs. Garfield of Ticonderoga called on Mr. and Mrs. William Graham recently.
Oct. 9, 1924:
Ironville:
Mrs. Fred Slight, Mrs. Harry Berry and William Graham called on friends and relatives in the neighborhood last Saturday.
March 19, 1925:
Ironville
William Graham of Factoryville and Harold Ask of Ticonderoga were Sunday visitors on this street. We understand Harold is planning to move here soon.
April 2, 1925:
Crown Point Center
Harold Ask and family of Ticonderoga called on William Graham Wednesday.
Jan. 28, 1926:
Crown Point Center
Leonard Blanchard of Plattsburg was a week-end guest of his mother, Mrs. William Graham.
Feb. or March, 1926:
Crown Point:
The last monthly meeting fo the local Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was held at the home of Mrs. Carrie Russell on Friday, February 5th. Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Albert Wyman acting as hostesses. Those present were Mrs. C.M. Lewis, Mrs. Mark Wright, Mrs. Doara Hartwell, Mrs.Mary Bradford, Mrs. Percy Hemmett, Mrs. Lottie Brannock, Mrs. Belle Rhodes, Mrs. William Graham, Mrs. Belley Boyden, Miss Annie Crawford, Mrs. R.R. Mitchell, Miss Elizabeth Crawford, Mrs. Wyman and Mrs. Russell. After the business session, refreshments were served.
May 6, 1926:
Factoryville
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask and two children of Ticonderoga called on Mr. and Mrs. William Graham last Sunday.
July 1, 1926:
Factoryville
Leonard Blanchard of Plattsburg was a week-end guest of his mother, Mrs. William Graham.
Dec. 2, 1926:
Crown Point Center:
Mrs. Eubar, Mrs. William Graham, Mrs. Herbert Burrows, Mrs. Will Postum motored to Plattsburg Wednesday.
Jan. 20, 1927:
Crown Point
The grim reaper, better known as death, claimed five of our residents within the past week. . . . William Graham, 89, and a veteran, died here at his home late Monday night, following a fall received the day before. Mr. Graham is survived by the widow. The funeral services were held from the late home Wednesday, Rev. Roe Mitchell officiating, assisted by Rev. George Buck. Interment was in Forestdale cemetery.
Factoryville:
Leonard Blanchard of Plattsburg is visiting his mother, Mrs. William Graham.
Mrs. Crossman spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. William Graham, and and (sic) family.
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Ticonderoga Sentinel, undated January 1927:
Surrogate’s Court, Essex County, N.Y.
In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of
William P. Graham
Late of Crown Point, Essex County, N.Y.
The People of the State of New York, TO
Elizabeth Graham
William Duckett
Hattie Vosburgh
Bert Duckett
Eugene Freeman
Ross Freeman
Mrs. Frank Zimmerman
Mrs. William McDermott
Mrs. William Wardner
Lee Johnson
Jesse Johnson
Guy Johnson
William Knowlton of Elizaethtown, N.Y. and Eugene DeLong of Crown Point, New York, having presented a petition for the probate of the will of the above named decedent, dated June 23rd, 1926, relating to both real and personal property, you are cited to show cause before the Surrogate’s Court of Essex County, at the Surrogate’s Office in the Village of Port Henry, N.Y., on the 7th day of March, 1927, at 10 A.M., why a decree should not be granted admitting said will to probate and directing issuance of letters testamentary to petitioners.
In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said Surrogate’s Court to be hereunto affixed, Witness . . . this 31st day of January, 1927 . . . .
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The Adirondack Record of Au Sable Forks listed on May 31, 1923 recently recorded real estate transfers, including “William Graham and Electa Graham to Frank W. Brooks, land in Crown Point. Consideration $1450.”
Feb. 5, 1891:
Local and Vicinity:
-- William Graham, of Crown Point, visited friends in this town and Lewis the first of the week. He has recently been granted a pension of $12 a month, dating back to 1866.
April 5, 1900:
Ironville:
Apr. 2 --
William Graham is making some needed improvements on his farm house.
June 28, 1900:
Ironville:
June 26 --
Quite a number from this place attended the circus at Ti. last week.
William Graham and E.W. DeLong went to Westport on business last Monday.
October 11, 1900:
Ironville:
Oct. 9 --
Mrs. William Graham starts to-day for Kingston, N.Y., where she expects to remain until Saturday.
Oct. 18, 1900:
Ironville
Oct. 16th-
William Graham, E.W. Delong, E.C. Moore and Charles Hitt attended the Republican rally at Factoryville Hall last evening.
Mrs. William Graham returned from Kingston Saturday.
November 8, 1900:
Ironville:
Nov. 6 --
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garfield went on the excursion to Albany last week.
November 29, 1900:
Ironville:
Nov. 27 --
William Graham went to Ti. Saturday with a load of potatoes which he sold for 45cts. per bushel.
January 24, 1901:
Ironville:
Jan. 22 --
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham have adopted a boy from the home in New York.
February 21, 1901:
Ironville:
Feb. 19 --
Mrs. William Graham visited her sister, Mrs. O.C. McIntyre, at Crown Point last Sunday.
May 9, 1901:
Ironville:
May 7 --
Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Pond, of Factoryville, called at William Graham's and E. W. DeLong's Sunday.
June 27, 1901:
Ironville:
June 25 --
Mrs. William Graham was quite ill Friday and Saturday, but is able to be about again.
November 14, 1901:
Ironville:
Nov. 12 --
William Graham started Monday morning for North Elba to visit his sister, Mrs. Corey.
Nov. 21, 1901:
Ironville
Nov. 19 -
Mrs. William Graham started Monday morning to visit her sister, Mrs. Luke Tarbell, in Northfield, Vt.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bell visited at William Graham's Sunday.
January 9, 1902:
Ironville:
Jan. 7 --
William Graham and Miss Bessie DeLong drove to Port Henry last Friday.
January 28, 1902:
Ironville
Jan. 21-
Mrs. Albert Sherman of Ticonderoga and Miss Lena McIntyre of Crown Point visited their aunt, Mrs. William Graham, last Saturday.
William Graham and E. W. DeLong drove to North Elba last week Wednesday and returned home Friday.
February 6, 1902:
Ironville:
Feb. 4 --
Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Blood of Elizabethtown were the recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham and E.W. DeLong and family of this place.
February 27, 1902:
Ironville:
Feb 25 --
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brooks from the White Church visited Mrs. Brooks aunt, Mrs. William Graham, one day last week.
March 6, 1902:
Ironville:
March 4 --
Mrs. William Graham is quite ill with gripp.
April 3, 1902:
Ironville:
Apr 1 --
Mrs. William Graham still continues to be very poorly.
April 10, 1902:
Ironville:
Apr 8 --
We are glad to say that Mrs. William Graham seems very much better.
June 5, 1902:
Ironville:
June 3 --
Mr. and Mrs. Yell of Moriah visited at William Graham's last Sunday.
June 12, 1902:
Ironville:
June 9 --
William Graham and wife visited friends at Crown Point recently.
June 19, 1902:
Ironville
June 16 -
Mr.a nd Mrs. Samuel Ingalls of Russle Street visited at William Graham's recently.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, and Bessie DeLong, and J. Hanna have gone to Ti. to-day.
July 10, 1902:
Ironville:
July 8 -
William Graham went to Ballston Saturday and returned home Monday.
July 31, 1902:
Ironville:
July 29 -
Mrs. Mary Motts of Illinois was the guest of Mrs. William Graham last week.
August 14, 1902:
Ironville:
Aug 11 -
William Graham traded horses with H.K. Wright to-day.
September 4, 1902:
Ironville:
Sept 2 --
William Graham and E.W. DeLong have gone to Port Henry to-day.
September 25, 1902:
Ironville:
Sept 23 --
William Graham is attending court in Elizabethtown this week.
October 23, 1902:
Ironville:
Oct 21 --
William Graham and wife went on the excursion to Albany last week.
November 13, 1902:
Ironville:
Nov. 11 -
Chester Brooks is working for William Graham.
January 22, 1903:
Ironville:
Jan. 20 -
William Graham and wife were at Crown Point last Friday.
Butter is 25c per pound and eggs anything you have a mind to ask.
Feb. 12, 1903:
Ironville
Mr. and Mrs. O.C. McIntyre of Crown Point visited Mrs. McIntyre's sister, Mrs. William Graham, last Sunday.
Mrs. William Graham and Mrs. E. W. DeLong drove to Ticonderoga last Friday.
February 19, 1903:
Ironville:
Feb. 17 -
Mrs. A. Sherman of Ticonderoga and Miss Lena McIntyre of Crown Point called on their aunt, Mrs. William Graham, last Sunday.
March 5, 1903:
Ironville:
March 3 -
Mrs. William Graham returned from Ticonderoga last week where she had been spending a few days with her niece, Mrs. A.S. Sherman.
Charles Burt, wife and daughters of Ti. Street visited at W. Cook's last week one day.
April 9, 1903:
Ironville:
April 7 -
William Graham and Charles Bell were in Port Henry last week Thursday.
April 23, 1903:
Ironville:
Apr 21 -
William Graham has sixty young lambs.
April 30, 1903:
Ironville:
Apr 28 -
William Graham was in Ticonderoga last Friday.
June 18, 1903:
Ironville:
June 17 -
William Graham was in Ticonderoga on business last Monday.
July 2, 1903:
Ironville:
June 30 -
Mrs. William Graham spent Sunday night in Crown Point with her sister, Mrs. O.C. McIntyre.
July 9, 1903:
Ironville:
July 7 -
The Misses Sadie McIntyre of Elizabethtown and Lena McIntyre of Ticonderoga and gentleman friends Messrs. Harry Berry and Alex Yell called at William Graham's Sunday.
July 16, 1903:
Ironville:
July 14 -
William Graham has sold his farm to William McNamara of New York. Mr. Graham has not decided yet where he will locate.
August 6, 1903:
Ironville:
Aug. 4 -
William Graham and William Fredenburgh drove to Crown Point Center Monday afternoon. Mr. Graham has purchased a house and lot at Factoryville of Miss Lillian Rusell. Consideration $1,050.
August 27, 1903:
Ironville:
Aug. 25 -
William Graham is preparing to move to his new home at Factoryville.
January 28, 1904:
Ironville:
Jan. 26 -
William Graham and Robert B. (??)ford of Factoryville were in this place on business last Saturday.
May 12, 1904:
Ironville:
May 9 -
William Graham of Factoryville called on friends here Sunday.
Oct. 13, 1904:
Ironville:
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Factoryville called on friends here one day last week.
May 4, 1905
Ironville
May 2 - Pretty cold weather for the first of May. Mercury 28 above and ice as thick as window glass on tubs of water. Will we ever have summer?
William Graham has sold the place lately vacated by E. W. DeLong to Fred Ploof.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Factoryville called on friends here Monday.
April 5, 1906:
Ironville:
April 3 -
William Graham of Factoryville called on friends here Sunday last.
March 26, 1908:
Front page
An Unusual Case on in Crown Point
A peculiar case is on in the town of Crown Point. William Graham of Crown Point, a veteran of the Civil War and a pensioner, who lived on the Joseph Wilson farm in the town of Lewis 20 years ago and who is well known in Elizabethtown, didn't pay a poll tax assessed against him, claiming exemption under law. The Highway Commissioner of Crown Point insisted on payment of the poll tax and ultimately seized and sold Mr. Graham's road cart on account of non payment of the tax. Tuesday Mr. Graham went to Ticonderoga and engaged good counsel and says he is going to see whether he is exempt from poll tax or not. It looks at present as though this case would be thoroughly tested and if so the result will be awaited with considerable interest.
Crown Point
March 24 -
William Graham of this place visited Ticonderoga on business to-day.
August 20, 1908:
Ironville:
Aug. 12 -
William Graham was in Port Henry on business Tuesday.
August 27, 1908:
Crown Point:
Aug. 25-
Mr. Oaks of New Jersey is a guest of William Graham's. Sidney Corby and Miss Susan Simson of New Jersey are also summer guests at Wm. Graham's.
Miss Susan Simson and Sidney Corby took a delightful trip to Ausable Chasm last Monday. They returned, declaring that nature was a wonderful thing in that section.
September 10, 1908:
Nov. 18, 1909:
Crown Point:
Nov. 16 -
Charles Johnson of Cascadeville is the guest of his uncle, William Graham.
May 6, 1910:
Crown Point:
May 2 -
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Factoryville, were also callers on friends Sunday last on this, Pearl Street.
May 4, 1911:
Crown Point:
May 1 -
William Graham went to Keene last week to visit his sister, Mrs. Carey, [sic] who is very ill with no hopes of recovery.
Nov. 23, 1911:
Crown Point:
Nov. 20 -
Mrs. William Graham was in Ticonderoga Saturday on business.
July 25, 1912:
Crown Point:
July 22 -
William Graham drove to Port Henry Friday evening to attend the Henry Family (illegible).
Feb. 19, 1914:
Crown Point
Harold Ask, the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, was operated on for appendicitis at his home in Factoryville Sunday night. Feb. 8th, Drs. Cummins of Ticonderoga and W.T. Sherman of this place performing the operation successfully. The young man is doing nicely under the care of Miss Power, a trained nurse.
The earthquake last week Tuesday afternoon gave us quite a shaking up.
July 29, 1915:
Crown Point
William Graham was in Ticonderoga on business one day last week.
Nov. 11, 1915:
Crown Point
Nov. 8 -
William Graham and E.W. DeLong were in Ticonderoga today (Monday).
Feb. 22, 1917:
Crown Point
Feb. 19 -
Mrs. Hattie Vosburgh of Saranac Lake was a guest of her uncle, William Graham, last week.
March 16, 1917:
Crown Point
March 12 -
William Graham has bought the property, house and lot, owned by Mrs. Sally Ingleston and presented to his adopted son Harold Ask.
Sometime March, 1917:
Crown Point:
William Graham has bought Mrs. Ingallston's place at Factoryville. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask will move there.
January 10, 1918:
Crown Point
E.W. DeLong and William Graham were in Ticonderoga recently on business.
December 6, 1918:
Crown Point
Mr. and Mrs. William Dukette are guests of Mr. Dukette's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham for a few days; they are on their way to their homme in Florida; they are traveling by auto.
February 20, 1919:
Crown Point
William Graham was in Ticonderoga to-day (Monday).
April 15, 1920:
Crown Point
Bicycle Street
William Graham, who celebrated his eightieth birthday last Thursday, wishes to thank his many friends in this section, who so kindly remembered him by tendering him a postcard shower at that time. Mr. Graham desires to tell his friends, through the columns of the Post, that he received twenty six cards, and that nothing could have pleased him better than to have been remembered in this way. Although Mr. Graham is in his 81st year, yet we hope he is good for many more birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Factoryville were guests at E.W. DeLong's on Pearl st. Sunday last.
Supt. E.W. DeLong has started high way work with men and road machines.
Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post
Apr.-June, 1917:
Factoryville
William Graham had his house wired for electric lights last week. Who will be the next?
July-Sept. 1917:
Crown Point
Major E.J. Barker, R.C. Whitford, William Graham and Mr. Bailey have gone to Boston, Mass., to attend the National Encampment of the G.A.R.
July-Sept. 1917:
Crown Point
E.H. Bailey, William Graham, Major E.J. Barber and Rev. E.F. Blackmer have returned to their homes after spending a few days at the soldiers' reunion at Boston.
Jan.-March, 1918:
Crown Point Center
Mrs. Charles Thrasher and daughter Etta were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham Wednesday.
Eugene DeLong and William Graham were business callers in Ticonderoga Friday.
Jan.-March, 1918:
Factoryville
William Graham and E.W. DeLong made a business trip to Ticonderoga one day last week.
Jan.-March, 1918:
Crown Point Center
E.E. DeLong and William Graham were business callers in Ticonderoga Wednesday.
Feb. or March, 1918:
Factoryville
Mrs. William Graham is on the sick list.
Apr.-June, 1918:
Factoryville
William Graham was in Ticonderoga Monday.
Apr.-June 1918:
Factoryville
Mr. and Mrs. E.D. (sic) DeLong and Mr. and Mrs. William Graham motored to Ticonderoga Sunday.
Apr.-June, 1918:
With the Boys at the Front
Interesting Matters Regarding those in the Military Service of the United States -- Letters From the Boys at the Front
Calls Long Hike "a Picnic"
Harold Ask of Crown Point Center, an Essex county boy at Camp devens, writes as follows to his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham:
March 27, 1918:
Dear Uncle and Aunt: --
Will write you a few lines to let you know that I received your most welcome letter and was glad to hear from you. I am enjoying good health and hope this will find you both well
It has been a few days over six months since I came to Camp Devens. they are sending ten mmore from this company today. I was on guard duty against last Tuesdady(sic); it comes pretty often now that the other companies are so small; they take them from the other companies as well as our own. I have expected every time would be my turn next to go, but I am still here and hope for a chance to come up and see you soon. We went out last Monday for all day with our packs and rivles; in our packs we carried two woolen blankets, onne rubber blanket and one half of a tent to each man, also our mess kits, canteen and cup with enough rations for dinner in the field. For dinner each man carried one good sized potato, two slices of bacon and three biscuits besides enough ground coffee for two cups, sugar and salt. We marched about five miles out in the country and made camp. Two men work together; each put their half of a tent together making a tent for two. After we got our tent up we got our dinner in the field. My partner and I didn't have any difficulty in getting dinner, but some made and (sic) awful mess of it. When we were through we had an hour to rest before starting back for camp; it was like a picnic for most of us. Our packs, rifles, and everything weighs about 55 pounds, but we don't mind it any more now than we did before we ever saw them. I can remember last fall when we marched over that same route without our packs and rfle (sic) and made three stops to rest and thought it pretty hard, but now we make the same trip with nearly 60 pounds on backs and no stops and don't mind it at all. That is what the army has done for me; everything is done here as regularly as clock work. I think after this war is over you will see compulsory training for every man 21 years of age for at least two years' term.
The work they are laying out on the camp is wonderful and looks as if they intended to keep it up for a good many years to come.
Hoping to hear from you again and see you both soon. I remain,
Your loving nephew,
Harold.
F Company, 303d Inf.,
Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass.
Apr.-June 1918:
Factoryville
William Graham was in Ticonderoga one day last week.
Apr.-June 1918:
Factoryville
William Graham was in Ticonderoga Friday of last week.
Apr.-June 1918:
Crown Point Center
Mrs. Harold Ask of Ticonderoga was the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Apr.-June 1918:
Harold Ask, who is in military training at Ayer, Mass., spent a few days recently with his family at Ticonderoga, and called on Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of this place Thursday. Mr. Ask is an old Crown Pointer.
July 1918:
Crown Point Center
William Graham was a business caller in Ticonderoga Wednesday.
July or Aug., 1918:
E.W. DeLong and daughter Bessie and Mr. and Mrs. William Graham motored to Shingle Camp Mountain Tuesday and spent the day there.
July-September, 1918:
Crown Point
Mrs. William Graham has been quite ill but is some better.
September 1918:
Factoryville:
Mrs. Harold Ask and two children of Ticonderoga are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
late October or November 1918:
Factoryville
Mrs. Harold Ask and children returned to Ticonderoga Sunday, after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Nov. or Dec., 1918:
Young Ask Writes From France
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Crown Point have recently received the following letter from their adopted son, Harold Ask, who is somewhere in France:
Dear Uncle and Aunt: --
I will try and write you a few lines to let you know that I received your most welcome letter today and was very glad to hear from you. These few lines are leaving me in good health and hope they may find you both the same. How is everything around Crown Point? We have had some pretty warm weather here for about 8 weeks with but little or no rain, but now the rainy season has set in and we get rain most every day and it is getting much cooler now. We are getting along very nicely. We have had our kitchen out under a tent all along through the hot weather, but now since the wet weather has set in we have moved into one of the French houses. The houses over here are all made of stone, roof and all. Some roofs are of slate and a few made of something that is the color of brick; even the floors are of stone, the only woodwork you find is in the doors and windows. Everything is awfully high. A tablet of good, smooth writing paper like over there for 10 cents costs 60 cents over in France and writing paper by the box costs anywhere from 80 cents for the cheapest to $2 for the best. Kerosene is 23 cents a quart and when you tell them that we buy it back home for 2 and 3 cents a quart they don't believe it. The French people most all wear wooden shoes. Eggs are 90 cents a dozen. They eat lots of rabbits over here which they can raise pretty easy. A good sized rabbit that will weigh 8 or 10 pounds will cost $2.50 alive. We get plenty of good food to eat over here and it isn't necessary to buy any of that stuff unless you want to get rid of your money. We all got paid in French money; it is queer looking money too; they have paper money as low as 10 cents. Their silver money only goes as high as forty cents, at least that is the largest silver coin I have seen so far. it is about the size of our 50 cent piece, is made of nickel with a hole in the center; they also have copper 1 and 2 cent pieces.
I have been appointed cook since I arrived over here and now I am getting $8 extra and $3 for overseas, which makes $11 more than I got in the states. Mail is just beginning to come in now a little. I have had two letters from kate, two from Nellie, one from you and a card from Dunbar Pond. I also got two copies of the Adirondack Record. It seems good to get a little news from the states again. I guess I have told you all the news so will bring my letter to a close now and hope to hear to hear (sic) from you again soon. As ever your loving
Harold
Address: Cook Harold H. Ask, Co., F, 303d Inf., A.P.O. 773, A.E.F.
Nov. or Dec., 1918:
Crown Point
William Graham butchered a nice hog Saturday.
Crown Point Center:
William Graham killed a year-old hog weighing 448 pounds. Who can beat that?
Nov. or Dec., 1918:
Crown Point:
Fred Searles butchered a pig for Eben Farnsworth and also one for Thomas Bradley, Friday. Farnsworth's weighed three hundred and fifty pounds while Bradley's tipped the scales at three hundred and ninety-seven. Mr. Searles butchered one for William Graham that weighed four hundred and forty-eight pounds. Crown Pointers ought to have enough of one article this winter.
Crown Point Center:
Mr. and Mrs. Dukette of Saranac Lake are visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Graham. They leave here for Florida to spend the winter.
Jan. 24, 1919:
Factoryville. Mrs. V.C. (sic) McIntyre of Crown Point called on her sister, Mrs. William Graham, Tuesday.
Feb. 21, 1919:
Crown Point:
Frank Blake and family have moved from the Phillips house into the house owned by William Graham.
Factoryville:
William Graham was in Ticonderoga Monday.
March 14, 1919:
Factoryville
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham are able to be out again after being confined to the house seeral days.
April 11, 1919:
Crown Point
Mrs. Harold Ask and sons, Harold, jr., and William, of Ticonderoga are guests at William Graham's.
April 18, 1919:
Crown Point Center
William Graham took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. E.W. DeLong and daughter Bessie, Monday.
May 30, 1919:
Guy Johnson, who was recently discharged from the army, is a guest of his uncle, William Graham.
Dec. 12, 1919:
Factoryville
William Graham has sold his place, known as the Sarah Woods place to Scott Wolcott of Crown Point.
March 5, 1920:
Miss Bessie DeLong spent a few days last week with her uncle and aunt, Mrs. and Mrs. William Graham.
Guy Johnson, who has been visiting friends in Lake Placid, returned home Saturday.
Factoryville:
Miss Bessie DeLong of Pearl street was the guest of Mrs. William Graham one day last week.
March 26, 1920:
Crown Point Center
Charles Beeman has bought the old Ingleston place of William Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McIntyre Thursday of last week.
April 9, 1920:
Crown Point Center
William Graham wishes to thank all those who so kindly remembered him with cards on his birthday; also F.C. Pond, for a box of cigars.
June 11, 1920:
Factoryville
Lee Bell of Ballston called on his aunt, Mrs. William Graham, one day last week.
July 30, 1920:
Crown Point Center
Guy Johnson of Street Road was the guest of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, Sunday.
August 20, 1920:
Crown Point
Mr.a nd Mrs. George Bemis and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garfield of Ticonderoga called on William Graham and family Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Duros and son of Moriah, Hod Cram and daughter of Ironville and Guy Johnson of Ticonderoga spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Crown Point Center
Guy Johnson of Streetroad spent Sunday with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
(Oct.-Dec.) 1920:
Factoryville
William Graham killed a fine hog Saturday which tipped the scales at 448.
Feb. 7, 1921:
(no dateline)
Minnie W. Porter, widow of Lensey A. Porter of Crown Point, has sold a tract of land in the village of Factoryville, town of Crown Point, to William Graham of the same place.
Feb. 18, 1921:
Crown Point Center
Mrs. E.W. DeLong was the guest of Mrs. William Graham Tuesday.
March 4, 1921:
Crown Point
William Graham had what we believe to be an unusual experience one day recently. He had noticed that every time he went to his barn the family cat was very anxious to get into his grain box. One day last week, his grain box being nearly empty, he opened the cover to admit the cat, and he was horrified beyond compare at the sight that met his gaze. There were somewhere between thirty-five and forty young rats residing therein. The cat devoured many of them and Mr. Graham killed about twenty of them himself. Who can beat that for a rat story?
April 3, 1921:
Crown Point Center
William Graham was a business caller in Ticonderoga Saturday.
April 8, 1921:
Real Estate Transfers of Interest to Essex County
William Graham and Electra (sic) Graham, his wife, of Crown Point, have sold to Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. King of that place a tract of land in the town of Crown Point.
May 30, 1921:
Crown Point
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carter and Mrs. William Graham motored to Ticonderoga Saturday last.
Superintendent of Highways E.W. DeLong and force of men are building roads on Long Point.
July 22, 1921:
Crown Point Center
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McIntyre called on Mr. and Mrs. William Graham Sunday. Mr. Graham is in poor health.
Aug. 26, 1921:
Crown Point
Harold Ask and son were over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Crown Point:
William Graham has gone to Fair Haven, Vt., for a day or two.
Crown Point Center
Harold Ask and son of Fair Haven, Vt., were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Oct. 7, 1921:
Factoryville
Harold Ask and family of Fair Haven, Vt., called on Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. (sic) William Graham Sunday.
Oct. 21, 1921:
Crown Point
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask of Shorehan (sic) called at William Graham's Sunday.
Crown Point Center
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask of Fair Haven, Vt., were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Jan. 27, 1922:
Crown Point
Little Raymond Ask of Vermont is spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Feb. 10, 1922:
Crown Point Center
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask of Fair Haven, Vt., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham Tuesday.
Will Graham and Clark McIntyre were in Ticonderoga Saturday.
Crown Point (same issue)
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask of Fair Haven, Vt., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham one night last week. They returned home, taking their little son Raymond with them. The little fellow has been staying at Mr. Graham's the past few weeks.
Feb. 17, 1922:
Crown Point
Fire started in a barrel which contained live ashes in the well-house of William Graham Saturday night. The timely efforts of Mr. Graham assisted by Henry Smith and Gordon Russell saved a big blaze.
March 3, 1922:
Ironville
William Graham of Factoryville has purchased the Bashaw place of Sidney Jacobs. Harold Ask is to live on the place, we understand.
March 31, 1922:
Crown Point
E.W. DeLong and William Graham went to Breed hill Saturday on business.
June 2, 1922:
Article on Frank Bell, Glens Falls attorney, who was involved in a settlement from the state of $230,000 for 1,200 acres of land in Township 11, which was taken by the Conservation Commission and added to the State preserve. Pointing out that he was born and reared in Crown Point, son of Philo Bell.
Two of Mr. Bell's aunts, Mrs. Oliver C. McIntyre and Mrs. William Graham, still live in Crown Point and the famous lawyer comes back to the scene of his boyhood, youth and early manhood with due appreciation of his early associations and struggles.
Aug. 11, 1922:
Crown Point
Guy Johnson of Lake Placid called on his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
Dec. 7, 1922:
Crown Point
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham called on their nephew, Clark McIntyre, who is ill at his home at Hammond's Corners.
May 24, 1923:
Ironville:
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, E.W. DeLong and daughter Bessie called at the Bemis farm last Sunday.
May 31, 1923:
Recently Recorded Real Estate Transfers
Property Transfers in Essex County During the Past Few Weeks
William Graham and Electa Graham to Frank W. Brooks, land in Crown Point. Consideration $1450.
Factoryville
E.W. DeLong and daughter Bessie and Mrs. William Graham called on friends at Ironville recently.
(date unclear - July - September) 1923:
Factoryville
Guy Johnson and brother Jess and family of Lake Placid visited their uncle, William Graham, last week.
Sept. 27, 1923:
Crown Point Center:
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bell of Ballston Spa, were week-end guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Graham.
May 15, 1924:
Factoryville
George Bemis and family and Mr. and Mrs. Garfield of Ticonderoga called on Mr. and Mrs. William Graham recently.
Oct. 9, 1924:
Ironville:
Mrs. Fred Slight, Mrs. Harry Berry and William Graham called on friends and relatives in the neighborhood last Saturday.
March 19, 1925:
Ironville
William Graham of Factoryville and Harold Ask of Ticonderoga were Sunday visitors on this street. We understand Harold is planning to move here soon.
April 2, 1925:
Crown Point Center
Harold Ask and family of Ticonderoga called on William Graham Wednesday.
Jan. 28, 1926:
Crown Point Center
Leonard Blanchard of Plattsburg was a week-end guest of his mother, Mrs. William Graham.
Feb. or March, 1926:
Crown Point:
The last monthly meeting fo the local Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was held at the home of Mrs. Carrie Russell on Friday, February 5th. Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Albert Wyman acting as hostesses. Those present were Mrs. C.M. Lewis, Mrs. Mark Wright, Mrs. Doara Hartwell, Mrs.Mary Bradford, Mrs. Percy Hemmett, Mrs. Lottie Brannock, Mrs. Belle Rhodes, Mrs. William Graham, Mrs. Belley Boyden, Miss Annie Crawford, Mrs. R.R. Mitchell, Miss Elizabeth Crawford, Mrs. Wyman and Mrs. Russell. After the business session, refreshments were served.
May 6, 1926:
Factoryville
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ask and two children of Ticonderoga called on Mr. and Mrs. William Graham last Sunday.
July 1, 1926:
Factoryville
Leonard Blanchard of Plattsburg was a week-end guest of his mother, Mrs. William Graham.
Dec. 2, 1926:
Crown Point Center:
Mrs. Eubar, Mrs. William Graham, Mrs. Herbert Burrows, Mrs. Will Postum motored to Plattsburg Wednesday.
Jan. 20, 1927:
Crown Point
The grim reaper, better known as death, claimed five of our residents within the past week. . . . William Graham, 89, and a veteran, died here at his home late Monday night, following a fall received the day before. Mr. Graham is survived by the widow. The funeral services were held from the late home Wednesday, Rev. Roe Mitchell officiating, assisted by Rev. George Buck. Interment was in Forestdale cemetery.
Factoryville:
Leonard Blanchard of Plattsburg is visiting his mother, Mrs. William Graham.
Mrs. Crossman spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. William Graham, and and (sic) family.
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Ticonderoga Sentinel, undated January 1927:
Surrogate’s Court, Essex County, N.Y.
In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of
William P. Graham
Late of Crown Point, Essex County, N.Y.
The People of the State of New York, TO
Elizabeth Graham
William Duckett
Hattie Vosburgh
Bert Duckett
Eugene Freeman
Ross Freeman
Mrs. Frank Zimmerman
Mrs. William McDermott
Mrs. William Wardner
Lee Johnson
Jesse Johnson
Guy Johnson
William Knowlton of Elizaethtown, N.Y. and Eugene DeLong of Crown Point, New York, having presented a petition for the probate of the will of the above named decedent, dated June 23rd, 1926, relating to both real and personal property, you are cited to show cause before the Surrogate’s Court of Essex County, at the Surrogate’s Office in the Village of Port Henry, N.Y., on the 7th day of March, 1927, at 10 A.M., why a decree should not be granted admitting said will to probate and directing issuance of letters testamentary to petitioners.
In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said Surrogate’s Court to be hereunto affixed, Witness . . . this 31st day of January, 1927 . . . .
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The Adirondack Record of Au Sable Forks listed on May 31, 1923 recently recorded real estate transfers, including “William Graham and Electa Graham to Frank W. Brooks, land in Crown Point. Consideration $1450.”
Spouses
Misc. Notes
In the 1880 and 1920 censuses, she listed her place of birth as New York, same for her parents. In 1920, she appears to give her birthdate as January 1844 (very hard to read).
The newspaper once prints her name as Electra, but it is consistently “Electa” in the census reports and elsewhere.
Believe from the various family associations reported in the papers that her maiden name was Bell.
There is an earlier Electa Bell, b. about 1804 in Crown Point, d., 1892 in Wisconsin, who married Durham Inglesby (http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=29103681). The Inglesby place is mentioned in one of the William Graham articles.
I’m very confused by the existence of Harry H. Ramsay (see newspaper articles on this card), who appears to have been born c. 1893, has the same name as Harold H. Ask, has a son who is a Harry Jr., and yet carries the surname of Ramsay, not Ask. This Harold clearly died in 1927, yet the other one was clearly alive in 1930 and may have lived until 1980. Did she only adopt boys named Harold H.? Further, Blanchards, Leonard and Norman, are listed as his brothers. Very confusing.
There is a William Graham who posted a notice in the Ticonderoga Sentinel in Oct. 1926, “I hereby forbid anyone trusting or harboring my wife, Elizabeth Graham, on my account, as I shall pay no bills contracted by her after this date. Dated Crown Point, N.Y. Oct. 29, 1926. William Graham.”
The newspaper once prints her name as Electra, but it is consistently “Electa” in the census reports and elsewhere.
Believe from the various family associations reported in the papers that her maiden name was Bell.
There is an earlier Electa Bell, b. about 1804 in Crown Point, d., 1892 in Wisconsin, who married Durham Inglesby (http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=29103681). The Inglesby place is mentioned in one of the William Graham articles.
I’m very confused by the existence of Harry H. Ramsay (see newspaper articles on this card), who appears to have been born c. 1893, has the same name as Harold H. Ask, has a son who is a Harry Jr., and yet carries the surname of Ramsay, not Ask. This Harold clearly died in 1927, yet the other one was clearly alive in 1930 and may have lived until 1980. Did she only adopt boys named Harold H.? Further, Blanchards, Leonard and Norman, are listed as his brothers. Very confusing.
There is a William Graham who posted a notice in the Ticonderoga Sentinel in Oct. 1926, “I hereby forbid anyone trusting or harboring my wife, Elizabeth Graham, on my account, as I shall pay no bills contracted by her after this date. Dated Crown Point, N.Y. Oct. 29, 1926. William Graham.”
Newspaper article
Articles from the Ticonderoga Sentinel:
datelined Sept. 16, 1924:
Crown Point Merchants Row
William Dukett and sister returned home Tuesday night after being with their aunt, Mrs. Wm. Graham, for a few days.
same date:
William Duckett and sisters, Lillian and Hattie, were called here by the serious illness of their aunt, Mrs. William Graham. Mrs. Graham passed away Sunday evening.
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This causes confusion, and MUST be another Mrs. William Graham, indicating that the noted first marriage to a Blanchard may be another person?
Ticonderoga Sentinel, datelined Jan. 25, 1927:
CROWN POINT
Harry H. Ramsay of Detroit, Mich., died at the home of his mother early Sunday morning. Mr. Ransay had been ill over four months with Hotchin [sic] disease and just two weeks before his death came to his mother’s accompanied by his wife and small son. He was thirty-four years of age and besides his wife and son, Harry Jr., and his mother, Mrs. William Graham, he leaves two brothers, Leonard and Norman blanchard. The funeral will be at the house Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Interment in Fairview cemetery. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family.
Same issue, next column:
CROWN POINT Merchants Row
Jan. 25 - Mr. Ramsey of Detroit, Mich., who has been at the home of his mother, Mrs. William Graham, for a few weeks, died there early Sunday morning. Mr. Ramsey, together with Mrs. Ramsey and little son, arrived here about two weeks ago and shortly after arriving was taken seriously ill. The illness was pronounced as gland trouble. The funeral services will be held Thursday from Mrs. Graham’s home and interment will be in Fairview cemetery.
datelined Sept. 16, 1924:
Crown Point Merchants Row
William Dukett and sister returned home Tuesday night after being with their aunt, Mrs. Wm. Graham, for a few days.
same date:
William Duckett and sisters, Lillian and Hattie, were called here by the serious illness of their aunt, Mrs. William Graham. Mrs. Graham passed away Sunday evening.
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This causes confusion, and MUST be another Mrs. William Graham, indicating that the noted first marriage to a Blanchard may be another person?
Ticonderoga Sentinel, datelined Jan. 25, 1927:
CROWN POINT
Harry H. Ramsay of Detroit, Mich., died at the home of his mother early Sunday morning. Mr. Ransay had been ill over four months with Hotchin [sic] disease and just two weeks before his death came to his mother’s accompanied by his wife and small son. He was thirty-four years of age and besides his wife and son, Harry Jr., and his mother, Mrs. William Graham, he leaves two brothers, Leonard and Norman blanchard. The funeral will be at the house Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Interment in Fairview cemetery. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family.
Same issue, next column:
CROWN POINT Merchants Row
Jan. 25 - Mr. Ramsey of Detroit, Mich., who has been at the home of his mother, Mrs. William Graham, for a few weeks, died there early Sunday morning. Mr. Ramsey, together with Mrs. Ramsey and little son, arrived here about two weeks ago and shortly after arriving was taken seriously ill. The illness was pronounced as gland trouble. The funeral services will be held Thursday from Mrs. Graham’s home and interment will be in Fairview cemetery.
Marriageapp 1865649
ChildrenHarold H. (Adopted) (1892-1980)