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The mother of Judge Goss was Martha Carr, who was born in Edinburg, Ohio, November 26, 1837. She died at Cleveland, Ohio, in January, 1919. Her father was a Methodist minister and her mother a cousin of William H. Seward.
On October 4, 1890, Charles A. Goss was united in marriage to Carrie Shimp of Alliance, Ohio. They have one daughter, Catherine Goss Pollock. In 1885 Mr. Goss was awarded an A. B. degree by Mount Union College; in 1888 he received his A. M. He was admitted to the Nebraska bar at Omaha, December 10, 1887.
Soon after beginning the practice of law he interested himself in politics and became a member of the Nebraska house of representatives in 1893. From 1906-10 he served as United States Attorney for the district of Nebraska. He was judge of the fourth Nebraska district in 1920 and held this office until 1927, when he was elevated to the position of chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, Douglas County Bar Association and Nebraska State Bar Association. In 1908 he was president of the Douglas County Bar Association. Judge Goss is a member of the American Law Institute, and Society of Colonial Wars. He is a 32nd degree Mason. Among the social clubs in Which he belongs are the University Club of Lincoln, the Elks Club and the Lincoln Country Club. Chief Justice Goss maintains a residence in Lincoln, altho his legal place of residence is at Omaha. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph on Page 472).
Victor Raymond Gould
Victor Raymond Gould, the subject of this sketch, is the son of a pioneer contractor and builder in Omaha. His father, Franklin Pierce Gould, was born at Belfast, New York, in 1853, and came to Nebraska as a young man. He established a general contracting business, which he operated until his death at Omaha, on January 24, 1916. He was married to Ella Atkins, who was born at Bradford, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1857. She is of English ancestry, and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Victor Raymond Gould was born on July 12, 1882, and has made his home in Nebraska practically all of his life. Graduated from Lake School at Omaha, he attended Omaha High School, Culver Military Academy, and the University of Nebraska, where he majored in civil engineering. He was made a member of the Vikings in 1902, and was president of Sigma Chi from 1904-05.
From 1916 to 1927 he was secretary-treasurer and general manager of F. P. Gould and Son, the company established by his father. In 1927 he organized the V. Ray Gould Company, of which he is the owner. Among the various outstanding buildings which he has erected are the Burlington Station at Omaha, and Omaha Technical High School.
On October 3, 1906, Mr. Gould was married to Elizabeth Thorne Heacock at Falls City. Mrs. Gould was born at Falls City, July 2, 1882, and is of English and Canadian ancestry. They have three children: Marjorie, born November 25, 1909; Virginia, born June 23, 1916; and Janice, born October 22, 1917.
During the World War Mr. Gould was captain of a Home Guard Company. He is a Mason and member of the Shrine, and was potentate of Tangier Temple in 1930. A member of the Omaha Builders Exchange, the Nebraska Builders Association and the Chamber of commerce, from 1913-28 he was a member of the Rotary Club.
He is a Presbyterian and a member of the Nebraskana Society. His clubs are the Omaha Field Club and the hunting Athletic Club, and his favorite sports are golf, hunting and fishing. Residence: Omaha.
Blaine Chester Grabill
Blaine Chester Grabill, county treasurer of Cheyenne County, was born at Hudson, South Dakota, February 20, 1896, son of Issac Elmer and Amanda (Frisbie) Grabill.
The father, who was a merchant, farmer and grain buyer, was born at Brownston, Pennsylvania, in May, 1866. His wife, Amanda, was born at Lime Springs, Iowa, in 1871.
Mr. Grabill was graduated from Sidney High School, and received the Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska. While there he was a member of the university band, president, vice-president and house manager of Delta Upsilon. He was a member of the high school basketball team four years at Sidney.
Mr. Grabill has served as western manager for the Trans-Mississippi Grain Company of Omaha, and the Butler-Welsh Grain Company, and later for the Updike Grain Corporation.
On September 2, 1922, he was married to Margaret Beth Lanham at Sidney. They have one daughter, Kathryn Louise, born January 21, 1931. Mrs. Grabill was born at Stromsburg, Nebraska, October 3, 1901, a direct descendent of Governor Treat of the New England Colony.
During the late war, Mr. Grabill held the rank of second lieutenant in the air corps. He is a charter member of Sidney Post No. 17 of the American Legion, and has served as first and second vice-commander for several years. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, the Lions Club, the Masons, and the Sidney Country Club. His favorite sport is golf, while his hobby is music. Residence: Sidney.
Charles Graff
Charles Graft, farmer, legislator, banker and leader in economic thought, has been prominent in the state for more than forty years. He came to Bancroft in Cuming County forty-seven years ago and took up a homestead. He has developed his original holdings into three splendid farms.
Mr. Graff was born at Mackinaw, Tazewçll County, Illinois, February 16, 1863, the son of Valentin and Elisabeth (Wullenwaber) Graff. His father, a farmer, was born in Germany, in 1832, and died at Minier, January 28, 1903. Elisabeth (Wullenwaber) Graff was born in November, 1841, and died in September, 1922, at Minier. Her ancestry was German and she was the mother of thirteen children.
Valentin Graff served in the German army. He was progressive in thought, a leader of the people of his community. In his pioneer days, he preached on occasion and was an earnest worker for social and economic progress. From his father, Charles Graff inherited his interest in public affairs and his independence of thought and action.
Charles Graff attended the rural schools of Illinois He homesteaded near Bancroft, broke the prairie soil baching in his shack. On February 12, 1885, Mr. Graff was united in marriage with Mary Elisabeth Waldemeyer at Manito, Mason County, Illinois. Mrs. Graff was born at Manito, July 24, 1864. She is of German descent. Five children were born. Robert V., born 1885, who married Margaret Burke. He attended the University of Nebraska Agricultural College, farmed for a time and is now engaged in the oil business in Bancroft.
Arthur N., born 1887, enlisted in the World War from Minnesota, and died in the service, a victim of the flu epidemic in 1918. Charles Floyd was born in 1889, and died in 1899; H. Chester was born in 1891, attended the State University Agricultural College and is now a farmer and pure bred stock breeder. He married Ida Flansen. Leona was born in 1893. She married Floyd L. Cary and resides on a farm near Bancroft.
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credit to the resourcefulness, energy and spirit of his wife.
She encouraged him in his political and economic independence of thought, directed the education of the children met the adversities of pioneer conditions and has been an earnest worker in the religious and social advancement of her community.
In the development of Agriculture, Mr. Graff has been prominently identified. He has been connected with al1 the co-operative movements, for many years was president of the Farmers' Grain Company, and has been a worker with all the telephone and marketing organizations.
For 21 years he has been president of the Red Polled Cattle Club of America. For many years he was president of the Nebraska Improved Live Stock Breeders Association. In these two organizations his work has aroused national interest. For five years he was president of the county fair organization.
On April 14, 1924, Mr. Graff's services to agriculture were recognized by the University of Nebraska, the Board of Regents and the Chancellor of the University signing a testimonial substantially as follows: "In recognition of his eminent services in the development of agriculture and in appreciation of his labors as a Breeder of Pure Bred Live Stock and a promoter of Farmers' Organizations, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, on recommendation of the College of Agriculture has voted this testimonial to Charles Graff."
DeWitt C. Wing says of him:
"Mr. Graff was recently honored by the University of Nebraska in recognition of his long and distinguished service in behalf of Nebraska agriculture. His personality, as well as his work as a farmer and Red Polled cattle breeder, is a perennial inspiration to those who know him. To sit on a porch step or a bale of hay and talk with this big, good-natured, successful stockman and fine citizen is a privilege and a pleasure. He is unique in the manner in which he saunters along, fills his pipe and meets his friends. He is of the kindly, self-reliant earth-man type of commanding individuality, trained by first hand contacts with living things and hard facts outdoors in all weathers."
His work on the State Board of Agriculture has also brought him into national prominence. For twenty years he has been on the board and held various superintendencies, has been a member of the board of managers and was president for two years. As a member of the board, he laid the foundations for making the state fair a clean cut educational institution with its amusements on a high plane. He ousted gambling and fought cheap concessions. In his annual report, after discussing these changes, he declared:
"Once again I wish to call your attention to the past evil, not because I have fears of your not being able to handle it, but just to jog your memory and call your attention to the fact that it remains a big problem unsolved." Other objectional features in state and county fair were eliminated during his administration.
Beginning with his vote for James G. Blaine, in 1884, Mr. Graff has been a political free thinker while nominally a Democrat. He was a member of the legislature in 1907-9, and was twice defeated for state senator. He was chairman of the banking committee in 1909, and a member of the joint banking committee created by the joint Committee. He had much to do with outlining the bank guarantee act. In 1926, he was drafted as a Democratic candidate for governor and was defeated for the nomination in the primary.
In 1918, he moved to Bancroft, leaving three modern equipped farms in charge of his children. He has served as mayor of Bancroft during the major period of his residence in the town. For a number of years he has been President of the Citizens Bank. For this responsibility his study of banking problems has peculiarly fitted him.
Mr. Graff is a life member of the Red Cross and holds membership in the State Historical Society and the Nebraskana Society. He is a Mason, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. He is an excellent speaker with a tendency to entertain his audience with adroit humor. Aroused on some political or economic theme he deals sledge hammer blows at his antagonists but emerges from the combat without any personal feeling against his opponents. Residence: Bancroft. (Photograph on Page 474).
Alice Winnifred Graham
Alice Winnifred Graham, physician and surgeon, was born at Schuyler, Nebraska, May 23, 1875, daughter of Charles M. Mapes was born October 12, 1830, in Cayuga October 12, 1830, who came to Nebraska with his family, where he engaged in farming and stockraising. His wife, Hannah, was born at Newville, Indiana, July 17, 1845. She was a teacher prior to her marriage, and was a direct descendent of Ethan Allen. She died at Schuyler on November 2, 1894, her husband surviving her until February 2, 1906.
Dr. Graham attended rural schools, Fremont Normal, and Creighton University. On May 5, 1905 she was graduated from Barnes Medical College with an M. D. She is a member of Chapter K of the P. E. O. Sisterhood. From 1902 until her marriage in 1908 she was the owner of the Mapes Drug Company at Craig, Nebraska. She married Francis Andrew Graham, a physician and surgeon of Lincoln, at Schuyler. Dr. Francis Graham was born at North Bend, Nebraska, March 24, 1862.
Since her admission to practice of medicine she has been actively engaged, and is now a member of the staff of St. Elizabeth's Hospital at Lincoln. She is licensed to practice in Missouri, Colorado, and Nebraska. Dr. Graham is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution National No. 178256, and of the Eastern Star and Rebekahs. Her medical associations include the American Medical Association, the Nebraska State Medical Association and the Lancaster County Medical Association. She is a fellow in physio-therapy as well. Her church is the Plymouth Congregational. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph in Album.)
Francis Andrew Graham
For over forty-two years Francis A. Graham has been a physician at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. He was born in Dodge County, Nebraska, March 24, 1862, the son of Delilah Retan (Stewart) Graham and James H. Graham. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, August 15, 1834, and died in Dodge County, July 10, 1890; his Irish ancestors came to this country about 1831. His mother was born of Scotch ancestry, in Indiana, March 30, 1831, and died at Lincoln, at the age of 90 years, 2 months and 3 days.
Dr. Graham attended rural school, was a student at Monmouth College, 1881-3, and later was a student at Omaha Medical College. He received post graduate instruction at New York Polyclinic, 1891-92, and was admitted to the practice of medicine at Lincoln, September 10, 1891. He has been engaged in practice there since April 3, 1889. He served as county coroner of Lancaster County for eight years, and since 1916 he has been a member of the Insanity Board. He has been a Nebraska resident all his life.
He was married to Alice Winnifred Mapes-Goldsbury in Colfax County, Nebraska, October 13, 1908. Mrs. Graham, who is a physician, was born in Colfax County, May 23, 1875. Her father was a farmer; one of her brothers is a lawyer.
Dr. Graham is a member of the County Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He is a member of the Lincoln Kiwanis Club, the Masons, Elks, and the Knights of Pythias. His hobbies are hunting and fishing. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph in Album).
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James Robert Graham
James R. Graham, physician and surgeon, was born at Irving, Iowa, October 8, 1878, and has been a resident of Nebraska 27 years. His parents, James Harlow and Ida (Breckenridge) Graham, were residents of Iowa for many years. His father, a native of New York, was born June 29, 1859, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He was a physician and surgeon, who died at Manilla, Iowa, February 19, 1927. His mother, Ida Breckcnridge, was born in Ohio, and died at Manilla.
Dr. Graham attended the public and high schools of Manilla, and attended the Keokuk Medical College two years. In 1908, he received his M. D. from the University of Nebraska. After graduation he practiced one year with his father at Manilla, and since that time has been in practice in Allen. A Republican, he served as county coroner several years. He is a member of the Nebraska State and Tri-County Medical Associations, and of the Board of Education, and is affiliated with the English Lutheran Church.
On April 2, 1905, he was united in marriage to Beryl E. Hathaway, at Manning, Iowa. Mrs. Graham, who was born at Bennington, Kansas, April 4, 1884, is of English descent, and active in church and community affairs. They have two children, Harlow, born April 5, 1906, who married Gladys Carlson; and Wendell, born October 13, 1913. Residence: Allen. (Photograph in Album).
Robert Arnold Graham
Robert Arnold Graham was born at Crete, Nebraska, December 4, 1886, the son of Calhoun and Emma (Deems) Graham. His father was born in Ireland, June 21, 1859, and died at Crete, in 1923. His mother was born in Pennsylvania, October 20, 1862.
Mr. Graham was graduated from the Crete High School, was a student at Doane College at Crete, for two years, and was graduated from the University of Nebraska where he was a member of Sigma Tau, engineering fraternity. He was awarded letters in track at both Doane College and the University of Nebraska.
He was resident engineer for the Nebraska Portland Cement Company at Superior, Nebraska, one year, 1914, was sales manager of the American Electric Company at St. Joseph, Missouri, 1915-1922, was sales manager of the Tungsten Spark Plug Company at St. Joseph, one year, was manager of the Graham Electric Company, 1924-25, and since 1925 has been district manager of the Iowa Nebraska Light & Power Company at York.
Mr. Graham is a member of the York County Commercial Club, the York Rotary Club, Parent Teachers Association, and the Young Men's Christian Association. His sports include hunting, fishing, and football, and his hobbies are geology and paleontology.
Of his marriage to Ethel Ann Shippen four children were born: Robert A., Jr., June 1, 1912, is taking his second year in the York College; John B., October 16, 1913, is taking his first year in the York College; Glenn E., May 31, 1917; and William E., September 17, 1920 Residence: York. (Photograph in Album).
Robert Hamel Graham
A resident of Nebraska for 57 years, Robert Hamel Graham was for many years one of the leading educators and school executives of the state. He was born at Irving, Illinois, June 13, 1870, the son of Perry F. and Mariah Emily (Marks) Graham. His father, who was born at Deer Creek, Ohio, April 2, 1839, and died at Hastings, Nebraska, October 2, 1921 was a farmer; some of his Scotch English ancestors came to America before the Revolution and later members of the family came to this country as English fugitive sailors during the War of 1812.
His mother was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1846, and died at Clay Center, Nebraska, November 14, 1893. She was of Scotch, Irish, and German descent.
Mr. Graham attended the rural schools of Clay County; was a student at Fairfield College for a time. and in 1898 was graduated from the University of Nebraska with the A. B. degree. He held membership as a charter member in Alpha Tau Omega at the University of Nebraska. In 1921 he took a post graduate course at Columbia University.
He was actively interested in the educational life of Nebraska for over 30 years and held the position of superintendent of city schools at the following places: Arapahoe, Nebraska, four years; West Point, Nebraska, four years; Wymore, Nebraska, seven years; Sutton, Nebraska five years; Auburn, Nebraska, three years; and Canton, South Dakota, two years. In January, 1927, he was made deputy state superintendent of schools in Nebraska and held this position until his death in 1929. Mr. Graham was a contributor to various educational periodicals for several years.
In 1904-05-06 he was secretary of the Nebraska State Teachers' Association; was secretary of the school board at Auburn, 1925-27; and held membership in the Auburn Kiwanis Club. He was a member of the Country Club at Auburn, 1924-27; was affiliated with the Tabernacle Christian Church; and was a member of the Sons of Veterans. He was a Mason.
His marriage to Bernice Rice Gore was solemnized at Lincoln in January, 1918. She died at Denver, Colorado, August, 1921. One child was born to this marriage: Roberta, born April 11, 1919. On August 14, 1923, he was united in marriage with Doretta Brehm at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mrs. Graham, who was a teacher before her marriage, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brehm of Sutton, Nebraska. They have one son, Robert Lee, born August 16, 1929.
Mr. Graham came to Nebraska in April, 1872, and was prominent in civic and educational affairs, until his death at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, June 10, 1929. His favorite recreation was reading. His out of door sport was golf. Residence: Lincoln.
Robert O. Graham
For the past 20 years Robert O. Graham, motor securities executive, has lived in Nebraska. He was born at Hannibal, Missouri, August 31, 1888, the son of Robert H. and Harriett L. (Robison) Graham. His father, who was an engineer, was born at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1848, and died at Hannibal, January, 1915; his ancestry was Scotch. His mother, who is of English descent, was born at LaHarpe, Illinois, 1859.
Mr. Graham attended the public schools of Hannibal. He is now president of the Motor Securities Company at Hastings, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Young Men's Christian Association, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. His fraternal and social organization includes the Hastings Country Club and the Elks. He is a Republican.
On June 24, 1911, Mr. Graham was united in marriage with Margaret L. Guffey at Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Graham, whose ancestors were English, was born at Unionville, Missouri, November 3, 1888. They have one son, Robert, born April 21, 1912. Residence: Hastings.
Wilson Thompson Graham
Wilson T. Graham was born at Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa, October 15, 1863, the son of James Harvey and Mary Jane (Brown) Graham. His father, who was a physician and surgeon, was born in Todd County, Kentucky, and died at Morning Sun. His mother was born at Morning Sun, Ohio, and died in Morning Sun, Iowa.
Mr. Graham was graduated from high school in 1882,
