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EUGENE MYRLE GRAHAM
The family name of Graham is
well-known throughout San Joaquin County.
The paternal grandfather of Eugene M. Graham was an early settler here,
and here the present efficient county clerk of San Joaquin County, Eugene D.
Graham, was born and reared, as were also Eugene M. Graham of this sketch, and
his two brothers, hereinafter mentioned, all prominent in Stockton’s
professional, political and business circles.
Grandfather Robert L. Graham, who settled here in 1852, was a native of
Kentucky, born of Scotch lineage, while the maternal grandparents were of
German descent. Grandfather Graham left
Kentucky with an emigrant train bound for California in 1852, and upon arrival
located upon a ranch near Lodi. Of his
four children, Eugene Douglas Graham, the father of Eugene Myrle
Graham, was the youngest. He was born on
his father’s ranch north of Stockton in 1866, and in 1888 was married to Miss
Frances E. Mann, a native of Iowa, who had accompanied her parents to
California in 1869, being then a babe in arms. Eugene Douglas Graham farmed for seven years
after his marriage, or until 1895, when he removed to Stockton to take up the
duties of deputy county clerk under Otto Grunsky. He continued in the office for five years,
when he resigned to engage in grain farming near Lodi. In 1902 he was nominated on the Republican
ticket and elected county clerk of San Joaquin County. Since taking the oath of office in 1903, he
has served continuously and efficiently in that office, being held in high
esteem by the citizens of the county.
Three sons have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Graham: R. Ellsworth, deputy county clerk in
Department 2 San Joaquin County; Lloyd L., engaged in the grocery business in
Stockton; and Eugene Myrle.
Eugene Myrle
Graham was born on September 13, 1896, at Stockton. His preliminary education was obtained in the
grammar and high schools of his native city, and after graduating from high
school, in 1915, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San
Francisco, where he was graduated with the class of 1918. During the World War he served in the United
States Navy Hospital Corps and was sent overseas on the hospital ship
Mercy. After the armistice was signed he
returned to his home in Stockton, where he began the practice of his
profession. He has won for himself an
excellent position as a representative of the dental fraternity. He is a thorough and discriminating student,
and his judgment is rarely at fault in matters pertaining to his
profession. Fraternally, he is a member
and second vice-president of Stockton Parlor No. 7, N. S. G. W., and a member
of the Delta Blue Lodge Masons. He is a
member of the San Joaquin County Dental Association. A man of broad learning and culture,
possessing the progressive spirit of the day, he has won an enviable place in
the social and professional circles of Stockton.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
923-924. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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