Milo D. Graham
Milo D. Graham, who for many years was engaged in general farming in Delaware Township, was one of the best known men of his community, and in his death, which occurred in 1902, Delaware County lost one of its representative citizens. Mr. Graham was born in 1836, one mile north of Delaware, in Delaware County, Ohio, and was a son of John and Margaret (Gast) Graham.
John Graham was horn in New Hampshire, and was taken to Pennsylvania by his father, who there abandoned him, bringing the other children, with their mother, to Ohio, and settling north of Delaware. John Graham was reared by a farmer in Pennsylvania, and learned the tailor's trade. He also succeeded in securing what was considered as a good education in those days, being regarded as a good scholar. He married in Pennsylvania, and on subsequently coming to Delaware, Ohio, he had dealings with his father for several years before either knew that they were related. His death took place in the fall of 1878, when he had attained the advanced age of ninety years, three months, and several days.
Milo Graham located on his father's farm in 1876, the property subsequently coming to him by inheritance. He engaged in general farming, and kept several head of cattle, a number of Chester White hogs and about 100 chickens, and was very successful in his operations. Since his death his widow and sons have been cultivating this fine fifty-nine-acre property, devoting five or six acres to garden trucking. Mr. Graham was a Democrat in politics and a Presbyterian in religious belief, while his widow is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Stratford.
Milo Graham was married on August 30, 1877, to Alvesta Kroninger, who is the daughter of John Kroninger, and they had eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, namely: Jennie, who married Guy Stickney of Delaware: Arthur, also of Delaware; Katherine, who married Abraham Baker, of Delaware; George, who operates the home farm; Martha, the wife of Charles Nugent, of Columbus; Ella, wife of Chas. Thomas, of Delaware, and James Calvin. Daniel and Lydia Maybell, all residing at home.
John Kroninger. father of Mrs. Graham, was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, and there learned the trade of blacksmith. On attaining his majority, he came to Delaware Township, and engaged in blacksmithing north of the city of Delaware. He subsequently removed to Stratford, where he continued that occupation. His latter years were spent in farming on the east side of the river, near Stratford, where his death occurred September 24, 1894. By his first marriage Mr. Kroninger had two sons, Peter and Hosea, and not long after his first wife's death he was married secondly to Elizabeth Swartz, by whom he had seven children, the following six of whom grew to maturity: James, a resident of Shelby, Ohio; George, who resides at Shepard; Alvesta, born May 5. 1853; Jacob; Daniel, who lives in Shelby County, Illinois; and Katherine, the wife of Charles Grojane, of Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Kroninger contracted a third marriage with Mrs. Hannah Stickney, willow of Hugh Stickney of Union County. The family were members of the Lutheran Church.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens by James R. Lytle