Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Reedsburg:

J. B. Graham, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Reedsburg; born in Washington Co., N.Y., June 14, 1812; he was brought up there on a farm; his father, Joseph Graham, died in Vermont in 1848; Mr. J. B. Graham went to the town of Reedsburg in 1856; bought the farm now occupied by Messrs. McClure, Twist and others, and moved on to it in the spring of 1857, and lived there for three years; then for two years on the Hamilton farm; afterward bought his present place of 61 acres in Sec. 34. Sept. 1, 1836, Mr. G. married Miss Elizabeth Stone, who was born in Jackson, Washington Co., N.Y., July 26, 1815; Mr. G. has had a family of seven children, two of whom are now living - Mary Jane, now Mrs. Vosburg, born May 7, 1837; Julia Sanford Graham, born June 27, 1842, died June 30, 1875; Jessie F., born Sept. 25, 1846; Emily, now Mrs. Tibbitts, born Jan. 9, 1850; and Hattie, now Mrs. Dorland, born June 22, 1858. The family belongs to the Presbyterian Church. In politics, Mr. G. is a member of the Greenback party.

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