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T. E. Sublette, editor of the Weekly Graphic, was born in St. Louis County, Mo., December 8, 1853, and in early childhood came to the present site of Sublette, in Adair County. He graduated from the State Normal, in the class of 1878, and is a post-graduate of 1880. At the age of twenty he returned to St. Louis County, and for seven years was occupied in teaching. He then returned to Sublette, and followed agricultural pursuits, until his connection with the Graphic. This occurred June 22, 1883, since which time he has had his paper in successful operation. The paternal grandfather, George Sublette, was a Kentuckian, and after his marriage to a cousin of the same name, he came to Illinois, where he reared a large family, and where he and his wife both died. Peter J., the father, also a Kentuckian, was born March 11, 1818. After coming to St. Louis County, he was married to Sarah R. Warfield, a native of Maryland. He followed rural pursuits there until the fall of 1854, and then located at the present site of Sublette, where he has since resided. He served in the Mexican War, under Taylor, and was postmaster at Sublette for a number of years. He has had eight sons and three daughters, one of each sex being deceased. Our subject is identified with A. F. & A. M., order.