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James Heron Graham (Frankfort, KY, telegraph operator)

b. 1842-11-09 d. 1912-02-27

Frankfort, Kentucky, telegraph operator. Kentucky native. Son of William Graham and Esther Christopher Graham. Student in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Resident of Frankfort in 1860. Telegraph operator in Frankfort in 1863. Telegraph operator in Frankfort in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, pp. 132A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 745.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 251.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 94A.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film 7016141: All Counties, 1915, File #3848, p. 496 of 3258 of microfilm.

Find A Grave, “James H. Graham (1842-1912)," Memorial 61556592, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61556592 (accessed July 27, 2020).

KYR-0002-222-0002.

Citation

Graham, James Heron. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207257 (November 12, 2026).

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