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BIOGRAPHIES
 Source:
History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present
- Illustrated -
Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers -
1894
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JAMES ALBERT
GRAFT was born in Butler county, Ohio, July 80, 1853,
a son of Abraham and Mary (Smith) Graft, the former
of whom was born in Butler county, the latter in
Pennsylvania, both of Holland-Dutch extraction.
James received his early education in the public
and high schools of his native county, and for several years
thereafter assisted his father in the management of the
farm. In 1874 he came to Cincinnati, and became
associated with it. G. Dun & Company, in 1875
establishing The Mercantile & Collection Agency,
publishing, in connection with that business, an annual
known as Grafts Legal Directory, a business which
has grown to considerable dimensions, and has headquarters
in the Johnston building. Mr. Graft
is a Republican, and has been more or less actively
identified with the work of his party in this county.
He was one of the Representatives to the State Legislature
in 1892-93, and was a member of the finance committee of
that body. He was married, Sept. 16, 1882, to
Matilda, daughter of Samuel B. Marsh, a retired
farmer of Harrison, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Graft
reside at Harrison, of which corporation he was elected
mayor in 1890. During his term of office, and largely
through his efforts, Harrison was improved in a variety of
ways, notably in that of being supplied with power operating
a waterworks and electric light plant.
Source: History of
Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., Ohio, Past & Present -
Illustrated - Publ. Cincinnati, Ohio - S. B. Nelson & Co.,
Publishers - 1894 - Page 895 |
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