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Note: Joseph McGraw was in the Civil War at age 16 as a drummer boy. His war records are available in New York. When he left New York, he had intended to go someplace in the far West, but at a train stop in Lincoln, he decided to stay in Lincoln when the natives told him that the State Legislature had met outside in January that year. He wound up as owner of three plumbing shops and was a close neighbor, friend, and admirer of William Jennings Bryan in Lincoln. He obtained a patronage appointment from Bryan, while US Senator, as Adjutant of the Old Soldier's homes of Nebraska. He exposed current practices of State employees who collected for "good food and materials" but served cheap foods, etc. and pocketed the difference. His son Joseph Adams McGraw said that all he succeeded in was the loss of his job. This might help explain the McGraw penchant for crusades. Joseph fathered 3 sons and 6 daughters. The girls were named after their Aunts in New York Edwin was the 2nd child of the family and died at about age 25 from some kind of respiratory ailment. It runs in family recollections that he was, perhaps, an accountant.
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