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John McGraw

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John McGraw

Birth
Death
4 May 1877 (aged 61)
Burial
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA Add to Map
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son of Joseph McGraw & Jane Nelson McGraw
husband of Rhoda C.Southworth McGraw
husband of Nancy E. Southworth McGraw
husband of Jane P. Turner Bates McGraw

(The World; New York, NY. Tuesday, May 8, 1877. page 5. http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html)

John McGraw died at his residence at Ithaca Friday, his age being sixty-two years. Mr. McGraw was not only prominent in the city where he dwelt, but well known to the public at large by interest in the endowment and maintenance of Cornell University. He contributed $150,000 to build the Central College, library and museum, and filled up to the time of his decease, the office of trustee. He was an active businessman, and owned large interests in the lumber trade both in the West and Canada. His surviving family include a wife and one daughter.
son of Joseph McGraw & Jane Nelson McGraw
husband of Rhoda C.Southworth McGraw
husband of Nancy E. Southworth McGraw
husband of Jane P. Turner Bates McGraw

(The World; New York, NY. Tuesday, May 8, 1877. page 5. http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html)

John McGraw died at his residence at Ithaca Friday, his age being sixty-two years. Mr. McGraw was not only prominent in the city where he dwelt, but well known to the public at large by interest in the endowment and maintenance of Cornell University. He contributed $150,000 to build the Central College, library and museum, and filled up to the time of his decease, the office of trustee. He was an active businessman, and owned large interests in the lumber trade both in the West and Canada. His surviving family include a wife and one daughter.


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  • Created by: S.J.
  • Added: Jul 12, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73230269/john-mcgraw: accessed ), memorial page for John McGraw (21 May 1815–4 May 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73230269, citing Sage Chapel Crypt, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA; Maintained by S.J. (contributor 46931676).