More about Tennessee Texas Graham Bowman

by Teresa (Graham) Coffie on Monday, May 5, 1997
GRAHAM: Researching my GRAHAM family lines. Would like to talk to anyone interested in the Graham surname.The fartherest back I have gotten is William Graham in Camden Dist., Claremont County SC and he and some brothers were supposed to have dome there from England but I have gotten no further back will keep working on that. Apparently we had several Grahams that blazed trails out west, we had one woman that made the Dallas paper a Tennessee Texas Graham Bowman! She was said to be a character and her daughter married a Perot. Tennessee Texas (Mary) Graham was born March 31,1831 in Perryville,TN. The daughter of Robert Crawford Graham and his first wife, Mahaly Cauthron Graham, Maternal Grandparents were Samuel CAUTHRON(died April 1,1831) and Susannah Cauthron (died April 8,1830). Her paternal grandmother was Sarah Bruton/Bunton/Newton? born 1768, Scotland died Dec. 15,1827 in Davidson County, TN. And grandfather was John Graham Sr., born 1760 Scotland died Oct 6, 1827 in Davidson County, TN. Robert Crawford Graham born June 15,1809 in Randolf County, NC died Feb. 4,1873 Camp County, TX. When Tennessee Texas was 10 years old her family moved to Jefferson\Linden TX.The story of her journey was featured in the Dallas morning newspaper in April 1927. Her mother and father taught her sound Christian principles to live by and she was highly regarded by all. Her father married second to Nancy Hill STORY born 1821 in Tennessee, she was beloved step-mother to Mahaly's children. Probably it was Nancy H. Story Graham's brother who married James Newton BOWMAN to T.T. Graham (first cousins). Tennessee Texas Graham Bowman died Feb. 3 1928 at Bowmans Hill, Pinebluff, Red River County, Texas. She was also know as 'Aunt Tennessee' to everyone and stood over 6 feet tall. James Newton BOWMAN, born Jan. 7,1826 in Tennessee and T.T. Graham had a daughter Sarah Mahaly Hill Bowman, who married John Cassimer PEROT. They had several children.

The above note was written by a Teresa Graham Coffie in 1997. I have tried unsucessfully to locate her. When I first read the note a couple of years ago, I realized, clearly, it was about my great great grandmother Tennessee Texas Bowman. And, I held onto it because of the mention of her being over 6 ft tall..as you recall, my Granddaddy Perot used to always end his stories of her with that fact. If anyone has information @the author of the note, please share with me, if you can.