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had two brothers:
Horace Russell Graham (1925-1995) and
Albert Jackson
Graham (1908-1994), and four sisters:
Lillie Graham (1906-deceased),
Mary Eliza Graham (1913-1983), and
Virginia Graham (1910-2002), and
Ruby Eloise Graham (1920-1921).
Sadie’s mother died when she was eleven years old and according
to family oral history, her father didn’t know how to raise a child
alone.
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As a result, she stayed with several different family members
until she was 14 years old.
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Sadie married
Joseph Barnett Graham
(1908-1985) in 1931 when she was 14 years old and he was 22 years
old.
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Her son,
Joseph Louie Graham (1934-1994), was born three years
later when she was 17 years old, and her daughter,
Janell Graham
(1954-2017), was born twenty years later at the age of 37.
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At some point after the birth of her son, Sadie began working as
a hairdresser and had a room added to the house where she ran her
shop, which she did for several years.
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Sadie was also skilled at
sewing and knitting, and made dresses, quilts, afghans, and Barbie
doll clothing for her daughter Janell, granddaughters
Sonja Lynn Gra-
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