Abraham G. Graham was born on his grandmother's plantation in Horry County, South Carolina on November 22, 1851.
His great-grandfather, Captain Edward Connor, served in the South Carolina militia during the American Revolution, under Brigadier General Francis Marion. His father, Hosea A. Graham, had married his first cousin Martha Ann Graham, and while Abraham was still a child the family moved to Texas in covered wagons in 1859.
Article's rather choppy, but interesting nonetheless. On the old Wyatt Earp show, one of Wyatt's deputies was named Shotgun Gibbs, doubtless a tribute.
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally, John Collins is the name of the guy who came up with the idea of the Ironman triathlon.
ReplyDeleteQuite a chuck of history in that reference.
ReplyDeleteFamily lore says some of my forefathers rode with some of the mentioned. One was hung as a horse thief in Texas. Truly it was The Wild West.
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