Daniel Washington Graham 
Daniel Washington was born on July 15th, 1840 in Rankin Co.,Mississippi. Daniel Washington's father was Reuben Calvin Graham and his mother was Nancy Roberts. His paternal grandparents were Robert ,Jr. Graham and Christian Keahey. He had a brother and seven sisters, named Charles Robert, Mary Jane, Christian Elizabeth, Sarah Miranda, Martha Angeline, Rebecca Demarious, Nancy Ann Matilda and Amanda Texana. He was the fifth oldest of the nine children. He died at the age of 75 on February 28th, 1916 in Mart,Texas. He was buried in Mart,Mc Clennan Co.,Texas.General Notes
Daniel bought land next to Amanda grom George W. McCann . before he married Amanda. After Amanda's death he sold both his and Amanda's land to a man named Hillyard.
He joined Terry's Texas Ranges. The original Captain of the Rangers, Rugus Young King , wrote a letter of recomendation, which is filed with his Civil War Pension application.
Daniel's dughter tried to cah in his pension check, after his death to pay for his burial, but she was denied . The mortitians then wrote a letter to the pension board trying to collect some of the burial fee, but they were denied . This information is with Daniel's pension.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1723
- b.1740 in Scotland
- b.1775 in Moore Co.,North Carolina d.25 Oct 1825 in Wayne Co.,Mississippi
- b.06 May 1807 in Moore Co.,North Carolina d.18 Mar 1867 in Buckholts,Miliam Co.,Texas
- b.1700 in Scotland d.1780 in Richmond Co,. North Carolina
- b.1750 in Ireland d.26 Oct 1823 in Wayne Co.,Mississippi
- b.1708 d.1758
- b.1780 in Richmond Co.,North Carolina d.1819 in Scott Co.,North Carolina
- b.1720 d.1772 in Moore Co.,North Carolina
- b.1743 in Moore Co.,North Carolina d.01 Apr 1824 in Wayne Co.,Mississippi
- b.1720
- b.15 Jul 1840 in Rankin Co.,Mississippi d.28 Feb 1916 in Mart,Texas
- b.04 Apr 1811 in Scott Co.,Mississippi d.04 Mar 1873 in Bell Co.,Texas
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‌Daniel Washington and Amanda Melvina were married in a religious ceremony on May 11th, 1891 in Milam Co.,Texas. They had a daughter named Mildred Alba.
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Children
Mildred Alba Graham
Mildred Alba was born on August 16th, 1892. She died at the age of 81 on March 5th, 1974 in Texas. She was buried in McCann Cemetery,Milam Co.,Texas.
Sources/Citations
Family Bible, Worldconnect.rootsweb.com, MacKeachey-Dommert-Reade-Stanford, Carlton Dommert, csdomm@@ktc.com, E-mail from Lavette Graham Brooks, brooksla@@uvsc.edu, Descendants of Robert Graham, Records of Jim Farmer, farmer@@visa.com, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jotajota/ygrahamr.htm, Family Tree Maker.genealogy.com, Descendants of William MacKeahey, Larry-D-Keahey/Gen8-001, 1860 Census, Bell Co., Texas, Milam County, Texas in the Civil War by James E. Williams, members.tripod.com/~jamesewilliams/index-2.html
Family Bible, Worldconnect.rootsweb.com, MacKeachey-Dommert-Reade-Stanford, Carlton Dommert, csdomm@@ktc.com, E-mail from Lavette Graham Brooks, brooksla@@uvsc.edu, Descendants of Robert Graham, Records of Jim Farmer, farmer@@visa.com, ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jotajota/ygrahamr.htm, Family Tree Maker.genealogy.com, Descendants of William MacKeahey, Larry-D-Keahey/Gen8-001, 1860 Census, Bell Co., Texas, Milam County, Texas in the Civil War by James E. Williams, members.tripod.com/~jamesewilliams/index-2.html
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