Family History of Rebecca Polk
Joseph Barnett Graham (1908-1985)
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Family History of Rebecca Polk
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- Sadie Estella Graham (1916-2007) . 181 Sadie and Joe were married for 52 years and had two children, Joseph Louie Graham (1934-1994) and Janell Smith (1954
Joseph Barnett Graham (1908-1985) was the father of Rebecca’s ma-
ternal grandfather, Joseph. He was born on July 1, 1908, in Walker, Louisiana, to Newtown Jackson Graham (1862-1927) and Mary Ann Stafford (1862-1951). 177 Joseph had seven siblings: Adnell Wilson Graham (1897- 1961), Theodore Cornelius Graham 1895-1962), Louise Graham (1894- 1981), Abie Stella Graham (1901-1994), Steve Graham (1900-1972), David Graham (1893-1969), and Isom Jackson Graham (1905-1986). 178 Joseph went by the nickname “Joe” and his three grandchildren called him “Paw-Paw Joe”. 179 In 1930, when Joe was 21 years old, he was living with his par- ents and he listed his occupation as farmer, like his father, New- ton. 180 In 1933, when Joe was 25 years old, he married Sadie Estella Graham (1916-2007). 181 Sadie and Joe were married for 52 years and had two children, Joseph Louie Graham (1934-1994) and Janell Smith (1954- 175 Ibid. 176 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23136221/sadie-graham : accessed 14 April 2022), memorial page for Sadie Graham (10 Dec 1916–24 Nov 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23136221, citing Walker Baptist Cemetery, Walker, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Rita Graves (contributor 46836288) . 177 "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQB-M3P : 1 February 2021), Joe Graham in entry for Newton Graham, 1920; Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111148538/joseph-b-graham : accessed 14 April 2022), memorial page for Joseph B “Joe” Graham (1 Jul 1908–18 Feb 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111148538, citing Walker Baptist Cemetery, Walker, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Kerry Keller (contributor 47943824) . 178 Edward Livingston Historical Association: History Book Committee, History of Livingston Parish, Lou- isiana (Texas: Curtis Media Corp, 1986). 179 Personal knowledge of the author, Rebecca Polk. 180 “"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMYG-JZL : accessed 28 April 2022), Joseph Graham in household of Mary Graham, Police Jury Ward 08, Livingston, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 3A, line 21, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administra- tion, 2002), roll 798; FHL microfilm 2,340,533. 181 Personal knowledge of the author, Rebecca Polk. 58 2017). Joe was a farmer and owned his own land according to the 1940 census. 182 At some point after 1940 he quit farming and got a job as a machinist at a plant, which he did until retirement. 183 In figure 5.6 “Occupational Distribution of the Economically Ac- tive Population: Persons Age Twenty-Five to Sixty-Four,” Fischer and Hout examine occupational trends of Farmers and Farm Laborers: Blue Collar and Service Workers, Professional, Clerical and Sales Works, and Managers and Proprietors, over a 100-year period. In examining this data, they note a trend where white-collar jobs grew as farming disappeared. The “Farmers and Farm Laborers” chart shows that roughly 28% of the working population, persons aged 25-64, were farmers, and an additional 8% were farm laborers. There is a notable downward trend that occurs for both metrics over the course of the next 100 years, with no upticks, which ends with roughly 3% of the population working as a farmer and 3% as a farm laborer in 2000. 184 Rebecca’s great-grand- father, Joe, was a farmer in 1930, which was the occupation of 19% of the population, although he would not meet the 25-64 range until 1933. Joe would leave farming sometime after 1940, and the Farmers and Farm Laborers chart shows a steep decline from 19% to 11% of the popu- lation working as a farmer. This could be due to several factors in- cluding economic factors, particularly those brought about by the 182 United States Census, 1940,” databased with images, FamilySearch (https://fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MR-LSTV?cc=2000219&wc=QZXP- HXD%3A790102701%2C790858801%2C790109001%2C790858802 : accessed 14 April 2022), Louisiana > Liv- ingston >Police Jury Ward 1 > 32-1 Police Jury Ward 1 > image 8 of 44; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washing- ton, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012. 183 Graham, interview, April 3, 2022. 184 Fischer and Hout, Century of Difference; How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years, 109. 59 Great Depression, the onset of World War II, and other job opportuni- ties that presented more value to individuals. After 1940, Joe took a blue-collar job as a laborer, along with 39% of the population aged 25-64 at the time. Joe and Sadie began attending Walker Baptist Church after their son, Joseph, began dating his future wife, Gloria. 185 Prior to that, they were not active members of any church. 186 Joe passed away on Feb- ruary 18, 1985, at the age of 76, from an infection that occurred af- ter he had gallbladder surgery. 187 Joe was buried in Walker Baptist Cemetery in Walker, Louisiana. 188 Download 0.91 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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