Descendants of John Graham John Graham b: Abt. 1820 in County Sligo, Ireland d: March 23, 1888 in Decatur, Macon County, IL ..+Mary McCloskey b: 1824 in County Sligo, Ireland m: in County Sligo, Ireland d: January 13, 1892 in New Helena, Custer Cty, NE John died in the hospital of black lung.Mary is buried at Cavalry Cemetery in Decatur with him but her body had to be shipped back from Nebraska. Thank you so much. Audrey -----Original Message----- From: JJJSG@aol.com [mailto:JJJSG@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 6:35 PM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILMACON] Obituary/Newspapers The Decatur Daily Review was the newspaper in 1886 forward for many years. I looked for John Graham in 1988 and only found one listing for him in 1888, but that doesn't mean there wouldn't be more at the Decatur Library. In the 1888 listing that I found, it read: "Mrs. Kate Einstein departed to-day for Louisville, Ky., where she will attend the sixth marriage anniversary celebration of her daughter, Mrs. John W. Graham." In the 12/31/1887 issue, the following citation was found: "Mr. and Mrs. John W. Graham left for their home at Louisville, Ky., after a delightful holiday visit in this city." May be a relative, but doesn't seem like it would work for your grandfather. I use Ancestry.com so it may be that there are other articles as well. Do you have the exact date your grandfather passed away? I'll try to look under the initials later tonight. Jane ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== Visit the Macon County ILGenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/