Name:
William Henry Graham 
Location served:
Chatham  
Years in Practice:
abt 1875 to Unknown
Area of Specialization:
Family Medicine  

Biography:

Dr. William Henry Graham was born near Belleville, Ontario around 1844.  His parents were William T. and Mary Graham.

Dr. Graham married Jennie Marshall on the 15th of September, 1876 in Chatham, where Dr. Graham was a practicing physician.  Mrs. Graham was born near Fingal (Elgin County), Ontario in March of 1858.  She was the 3rd of 5 children born to William Obediah Marshall and the former Lauretta Troy Crandell.  Her father’s occupation was a cooper and her siblings were; Helen (who died in 1850 at the age of 4), Francis, Megan and Mark.

Dr. Graham’s medical practice is listed on the Scane Block on King Street, in the 1876-1877 Chatham Directory.  It listed his residence on Centre Street near Wellington.

Dr. and Mrs. Graham had a son, Henry “Harry” Leslie Graham born on the 9th of August, 1877 in Chatham.  Details of Dr. Graham are unknown after the birth of his son.  According to the 1881 census, Mrs. Graham and her son were living with her parents in Southwold Twp in Elgin County.  Mrs. Graham moved to Detroit, Michigan with Harry in 1884 where she earned a living as a dressmaker.  According to the 1900 U.S. Census, they resided at 44 Dragoon Street.

Mrs. Graham married James S. Johnson in Alliance, Nebraska on the 27th of November, 1891.  At the time of her wedding she was 33 years old and she resided in Bex Butte County.  Mr. Johnson was 29 years old.  He was born in Hunt County, Texas, the son of S. L. Johnson and the former Lucretia Ball.

Mrs. Graham was married for a third time in Washtenaw County, Michigan on the 16th of April, 1906.  Her husband was Phillip Dyer and standing up with her at her wedding was her son Harry Graham and his son Charles Dyer.   At the time of her marriage she listed her occupation as a dressmaker and she resided in Detroit, Michigan.  Mr. Dyer had been residing in Sarnia, Ontario and he listed his occupation as a Gardner.  He was born in New Jersey on the 11th of April, 1834.  Mr. Dyer was married twice before he married Mrs. Graham and had a number of children.

Mrs. Graham was residing in Mooretown, Lambton County in 1921.

*Dr. Graham’s son Harry, died on the 6th of September, 1912 in Detroit.  He was buried at Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit.