Andrew DeGraff . b. Jun 13 1838 Steuben Co. NY
DeGRAFF --- Andrew Frank DeGRAFF
Lincoln (Kansas) Sentinel, Dec. 21, 1905
---Andrew Frank DeGRAFF was born in Steuben county, New York June 13, 1838, where he lived until he was 16 years old when he moved with his parents and four brothers, Marcus, Hiram, John and Isaac, to Illinois, where they lived 12 years. In the spring of 1867, at the age of 28 he moved to Atchison, Kansas. Three years later, March 26, 1870, he was married to Miss Belle McGUIRE, of Holton, Kansas. They immediately started for Lincoln county, Kansas, and settled on a homestead which Mr. DeGRAFF had previously taken. They never moved from their home where they began to keep house 35 years ago.
Deceased died on the morning of December 11, 1905, aged 67 years, 5 months and 28 days. He was sick just one week with pneumonia. He leaves a wife and two daughters Miss Stella DeGRAFF and Mrs. Martha ELROD, of Lincoln, Kansas, to mourn their loss. Mr. DeGRAFF was an honest, upright citizen, highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him, a faithful husband and loving father. He was one of the pioneers of Lincoln county, having passed through the hardships incident to frontier life. He was buried in the Beverly cemetery Wednesday December 13, funeral services being conducted in the M.E. church, Beverly, by Rev. Geo. R. JACKMAN, of Lincoln. The bereaved wife and daughters have the heartfelt sympathy of all who know them.
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