My line of Graham's left Virginia in 1836 they were from what is now Lowell West Virginia, Talcott and Hinton was not even their at that time, no railroad either, no dam at Hinton , they went to Rushville Illinois then to a place on what was called Crooked Creek and platted the town of Birmingham Illinois, they started a grist mill and saw mill, a store, church, and a school their, most are buried their on the top of a little hill with woods all around in what is now called Noel Cemetery, in its heyday their may have been 500 people living their now maybe 20, at one time it was on the trail towards the Mormon settlement in Western Illinois and also the Oregon trail, and the California trail during the Gold rush of 1848-49 , in 1836 this was wilderness their were still Indian's in the area, no roads most travel was by rivers or horse back, any goods are merchandise had to be purchased in St.Louis and shipped up the river by boat, My Graham's came to be suppliers to the many people heading West, for Land are Gold , funny thing they were walking by some of the most productive land in the United States to go out West to some of the poorest of Rocks and sand, Richard Graham