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The Clan Graham fought at the Battle of Dunbar in 1296 where Sir Patrick de Graham of Kincardine was the only man of all the Scots not to retreat and instead fought to the death. [6] Sir John de Graham, was a friend and follower of William Wallace. [7] Sir John de Graham is regarded as hero for rescuing Wallace at Queensbury. [7]
Graham (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ ə m, ɡ r æ m /) [1] is a surname of Scottish and English origin. It is typically an Anglo-French form of the name of the town of Grantham, in Lincolnshire, England. [2]
The Graham family settled into a life of farming in the home upon its completion. In 1777, Native Americans attacked the Graham House, killing Col. Graham's son John, a neighbor of the Grahams named McDonald, and a young slave boy as well as kidnapping Col. Graham's daughter Elizabeth. The family did not successfully ransom Elizabeth until 1785 ...
Graham's lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, likely surpassed billions of people. [14] As a result of his crusades, Graham preached the gospel to more people, live and in-person, than anyone in the history of Christianity. [13] Graham was on Gallup's list of most admired men and women a record-61 times. [15]
[20] [21] His family is of Scots-Irish descent. [22] [23] After graduating from D. W. Daniel High School, Graham became the first member of his family to attend college, and joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. When he was 21, his mother died of Hodgkin's lymphoma, aged 52, and his father died 15 months later of a heart attack, aged 69 ...
Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. She was one of the first 20th-century ...
The manor of Norton Conyers once belonged to Richard Norton who, with his sons, was executed for rebellion in 1569. [2] After briefly belonging to the Musgraves it was acquired by Sir Richard Graham (c. 1583 –1654) in 1624 and, except for 20 years between 1862 and 1882, has remained in the Graham family ever since.
The Graham family was known for their piety and Isabella became a communicant of the Church of Scotland at the age of seventeen at the Laigh Kirk, Paisley where Dr. John Witherspoon, who was later a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence, was the minister.