San Joaquin County Biographies
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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.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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