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Died:
Arthur W. Graham, 66, mariner, pioneer river steamboat operator and ship designer, died at his home, 761 East Lincoln street, Friday following an attack of heart trouble. Funeral services will be held at 1 P. M. Monday at the Portland crematorium.

Mr. Graham had been foreman of the Burnside bridge since the completion of the span two years ago. He sprang from a family stock whose history was rich in the lore of the sea. His forebearers on both sides of the family for three generations back had been master mariners. When a mere lad he went down to the sea and sailed before the mast. In 1885 he came to Portland and had made his home here since.

He was well known as a master mariner and river steamboat man. With his two brothers, A. B. Graham and John N. Graham, he owned and conducted the Oregon City Transportation company, which operated a fleet of river boats on the Willamette between Portland and Corvallis from 1886 to 1919. The names of the boats owned by the company ended in “ona.” Many of them were designed by Mr. Graham, who was an expert in that line. The most famous were the Altona, the Pomona and the Grahamona. It was said that he could perform the duties of any man on a boat with equal skill.

He is survived by his widow, Anna L. Graham; two children, Clyde C. and Lena A. Graham of Portland; two brothers, A. B. Graham of Portland and John N. Graham of Seaside, and three sisters, Mrs. G. Fox and Mrs. R. D. Morrill of Portland and Mrs. William Anderson of Oregon City. Remains are at Finley’s mortuary.

[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Sunday, April 29, 1928]

Family/Spouse: Annie Laurie Coalfleet. Annie (daughter of Peter Coalfleet and Jane Walker) was born in Jan 1865 in Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia; died on 6 Dec 1957 in Portland, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lena A. Graham was born in Aug 1887 in Oregon.
2. Clyde Coalfleet Graham was born on 18 Jan 1890 in Oregon City, Oregon; died on 7 Sep 1934 in Portland, Oregon.

John married Marianna Davison on 1 Jul 1855 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia. Marianna (daughter of Robert Davison and Mary Holmes) was born on 25 Dec 1833 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 13 Mar 1909 in Oregon City, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary Holmes on 3 Feb 1831 in Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia. Mary (daughter of Capt. Peleg Holmes, 3rd and Mary Trefry) was born in 1812 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Barbara Martin on 11 Mar 1804 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia Canada. Barbara was born on 25 Feb 1783 in , Kings, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia; died on 13 Nov 1873 in Pereaux, King, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Captain Peleg Holmes 3rd. Born 1785 at Yarmouth N.S. married 1st 1806, Mary Trefry, 2nd married Mary Lockhart of Horton. When he removed to Halfway River with his wife and family, in 1820 they brought 8 children with them. In 1821 he bought land from Peter Coalfleet and Sam Beckwith, and settled in Lower Horton. When the Baptist Church was organized in 1830 he was ordained Deacon. Thereafter, he was generally addressed as Deacon or Deacon Peleg Holmes. His house was just across the Horton-Falmouth Township line, on the Bluff Road. He resided there all of his life. Peleg died December 3rd. 1856. Buried in Riverbank Cemetery, Hantsport.

Peleg married Mary Trefry on 31 Dec 1805 in Chebogue, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Mary (daughter of Joshua Pitman Trefry and Mary Eleanor Allen) was born on 1 Aug 1786 in Chebogue, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; died on 15 Jun 1825; was buried in Mount Denson Cemetery, Hants, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]