Ventura County Biographies

Z. Graham

Submitted by Sandy Neder

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Z. Graham. - Among the rising citizens of the Santa Clara Valley, mention should 
be made of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He arrived in California, 
April 28, 1876, and at first worked for wages. By his intelligent industry and 
perseverance he now owns 160 acres of land, which he has improved. He came to 
his present locality December 28, 1882. Here he is engaged in farming, raising 
barley, Lima beans and potatoes. Last year his beans averaged twenty-six centals 
to the acre. Two years ago twenty-eight acres of corn averaged forty-six centals 
of shelled corn to the acre, which he sold for ninety cents per hundred pounds. 
Mr. Graham also raises horses, hogs and poultry. He keeps a hired man and a 
Chinaman cook.
    Mr. Graham was born in Richland County, Ohio, December 1, 1848. He is the 
son of Samuel Graham, a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, born in 1815. 
His grandfather, James Graham, was also a native of Pennsylvania. His mother was 
Rachel Clingan. She was a native of Virginia and was brought by her parents to 
Ohio when three years old. Her father, James Clingan, was a native of Ireland, 
and emigrated to America in an early day. The subject of this sketch is one of a 
family of six children, five of whom are living, three daughters and two sons. 
He was reared at Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, and received his education in 
the public schools of that place. Mr. Graham has made one visit to the East 
since coming to California, and contemplates returning again for a visit this 
summer. Politically, he is a Democrat.
    Mr. Graham is unmarried and consequently one chapter of his history remains 
unwritten!
 
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF SANTA BARBARA, SAN LUIS 
OBISPO, AND VENTURA, CALIF. by Ida Addis Storke, 1891, p 568