1. 1900 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 9 Jun 1900; Page 263A; Family #54.
Listed as Lewis H. Graham; age 6; born in May 1894; in household of father, William R. Graham.
2. 1910 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 12 May 1910; Page 129B; Family #450.
Listed as Harrison Graham; age 17; born in WV; in household of father, William R. Graham.
1. Raleigh Co, WV Death Certificate #2621; WV Archives Web Site.
Laurabell Graham; age 41 yrs, 7 mons, 3 days; born on 13 Jun 1897 in Raleigh Co, WV; married;
wife of Harrison L. Graham; daughter of John A. and Mary M. Caudell Blankenship; died on 16 Jan
1938 at Rhodell, Raleigh Co, WV from pneumonia; buried on 19 Jan 1938 at Basin, WV; informant,
Paris Graham.
Chester Robertson "Chess" McKinney
1. "Births of Wyoming Co, WV", Clear Fork District 1888/1889.
Chester R. McKinney; born on 2 Jun 1889 to John W. and Virginia McKinney.
2. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Barker's Ridge District, Family #85.
Listed as Chess R. McKinney, age 11, in household of father, John W. McKinney.
3. "Marriages of Raleigh Co, WV, 1850-1911"; Ronald R. Turner.
Laura P. Graham; age 18; born in Raleigh Co, WV; married on 5 Jan 1907 in Raleigh Co, WV;
Chess Robertson McKinney; age 18; born in Wyoming Co, WV
4. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 10 May 1910,
Page 206B, Family #190.
Listed as Chess R. McKinney, age 20, born in WV, married 3 yrs, farmer,
head of household. Wife, Laura P., age 20, and one child also listed here.
1. 1900 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 9 Jun 1900; Page 263A; Family #54.
Listed as Laura P. Graham; age 10; born in Jun 1889; in household of father, William R. Graham.
2. "Marriages of Raleigh Co, WV, 1850-1911"; Ronald R. Turner.
Laura P. Graham; age 18; born in Raleigh Co, WV; married on 5 Jan 1907 in Raleigh Co, WV;
Chess Robertson McKinney; age 18; born in Wyoming Co, WV
1. 1850 Census, Mercer Co, VA (WV); taken on 27 Aug 1850; Page 181B; Family #449.
Listed as Rebecca Blankenship; age 10; born in VA; in household of mother, Malinda Blankenship.
2. 1860 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Joes Branch P.O.; taken on 7 Jul 1860; Page 67_; Family #196.
Listed as Rebecca Blankenship; age 19; born in VA; in household of mother, Malinda Blankenship
3. "Marriage Records of Wyoming Co, WV...", Vol 1, Haga, page 60.
Isaac M. Mitchem, divorced, married Rebecca Blankenship, daughter of M.
Blankenship
4. 1870 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barker's Ridge District, Joe's Branch PO, taken on
7 Sep 1870, Page 563A, Family #64.
Listed as Rebecca E. Mitchem, age 30, born in VA, in household of husband, Isaac Mitchem.
5. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 17/18 Jun 1880, Page 162B, Family #108.
Listed as Rebecca Mitchem, age 37, widow, born in WV, head of household.
1. 1870 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barker's Ridge, Family 69.
2. "Births of Wyoming Co, WV...", Haga, 1866.
Charles A. Graham was born at Barker's Ridge on 14 Nov 1866 to Luke and
Juliet Graham. Is this the same Charles A. Graham? Yes, I believe it is Luke
Graham, Sr, his father died in 1869 and I believe Charles was living with
the James Graham family.
Lentha Priscilla "Dollie" Graham
1. "Birchfield Family" web site, published by Jennifer L. Birchfield,
birchfield.homestead.com/
1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV Slab Fork District
Listed as Lentha Graham, age 7.
2. Ancestry.com Web Site, Lewis Graham search, 19 Mar 2002, submitted by
Cindy Taylor-Kiser, famkiser@aol.com.
Lentha Priscilla Graham; married Charles Andrew Graham on 22 Apr 1889;
one child identified: Sarah Jane Graham.
Is this Charles Andrew the son of Luke Graham, Sr?
3. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 16/17 Jun 1880; Page 162A; Family #99.
Listed as Lentha Graham; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, Lewis Graham.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Barker's Ridge District, Family #82.
Listed as George R. Cunningham, age 11, in household of mother, Victoria
Cunningham.
1. "Births of Wyoming Co, WV...", Haga, 1881.
H.W.H. Roach was born on 26 Oct 1881 to William H. and Christina Roach.
2. Ancestry.com Web Site, William Roach search, 5 Nov 2001, submitted by
James W. Blankenship, jkblank@avci.net
Harrison Wesley Henry Roach; born on 26 Oct 1881; died about 1910; buried in
Lewis Graham Cemetery, Basin WV; married Ida Alice Blankenship on 26 Apr
1900 in Raleigh Co, WV.
3. "Raleigh Co, WV; Marriages 1850-1911; Ronald R. Turner.
Ida Alice Blankenship; age 17; married on 26 Apr 1900 in Raleigh Co, WV; H.W.H. Roach; age 18;
born in Wyoming Co, WV.
1. 1910 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 12 May 1910; Page 129B; Family #450.
Listed as Jesse Graham; age 6; born in WV; in household of father, William R. Graham.
2. 1920 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Tommies Creek Precinct; taken on 28 Jan 1920; Page 167B;
Family #45.
Listed as Jesse L. Graham; age 14; born in WV; in household of father, William R. Graham.
3. 1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 9 Apr 1930; Page 237B; Family #208.
Listed as Jesse Graham; age 26; born in WV; tipple man in coal mine; in household of mother, Mary
Roach Graham.
1. FamilySearch.com, LDS Web Site, Samuel McKinney search 8 Sep 2001, submitted
by Macie Birchfield Wilken, P.O. Box 56, Paisley, FL 32767.
George Wesley McKinney; born in 7 May 1885 at Basin, Wyoming Co, WV;
died in 1969; married Charlotte Ashworth on 7 Jun 1911.