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JAMES H. GRAHAM, justice of the peace, Elizabeth, is a son of Jesse and Eliza (Burnett) Graham, of Westmoreland county, Pa. In 1836 his father moved to Elizabeth borough. He was a ship-carpenter, and at one time the part owner of a trading-boat, which he plied on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He died in 1872, but his widow is still living. They had six children: Martha J., wife of George W. Wiley, of Pittsburgh; David P., who was killed at the battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862; Mary E., wife of David Kimes, of Elizabeth; Electra, who died at the age of three years; Thomas ,W., of Elizabeth borough, and James H., who was born in Elizabeth borough Aug. 11, 1843. He was educated at the public schools here and at college in Washington, D. C. In 1858 he en gaged in steamboating, which he followed for two years. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. I, 9th P. R., and was honorably discharged in 1863. After that he was engaged in the quartermasters department under Gen. James A. Ekin, at Washington, D. C., and Louisville, Ky., and served until 1865. In 1872 he was married to Amanda, daughter of David and Charlotte Morgan, of West Elizabeth, Pa. They have eight children living: Jessie, James, Lottie, Martha, Nettie, Harry, David, and Amanda, an infant. In 1883 Mr. Graham was elected a member of the school board of the borough, and has since acted as secretary of the board; has been clerk of the council for the past three years; has also been clerk, inspector and judge of elections for ten years. Mr. Graham is a republican, and is the representative of his party at all conventions. He was elected justice of the peace Feb. 21, 1888, for a term of five years. He is a member of J. W. Stephens Post, No. 111, G. A. R. The family are members of the M. E. Church.