tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83949153627138746542024-03-13T08:06:26.975-04:00Descendent Families of Francisco Xavier SanchezFrancisco Xavier Sanchez (1736-1807) of Saint Augustine is an important figure in the early European settlement of Florida. He had many children and this blog is open to discussing the history, genealogy, and tales of him, his descendants and their families.Tom Santa Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033913837986081191noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-15212462736939271852015-01-15T11:55:00.000-05:002015-01-15T11:55:11.723-05:00Signers of the Declaration of Independence helped by FX Sanchez<h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Francisco Xavier Sanchez fed and clothed the Spanish sailors held prisoner by the English in the fort in Saint Augustine, there were three men also jailed who were American patriots and later signed the Declaration of Independence. These men were:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">of Charleston, South Carolina, 6/26/1742 - 1/1/1787. He was a plantation owner who was married once and fathered nine children before he died at the age of 44.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">of Christ Church Parish, South Carolina, 11/23/1749 - 1/23/1800. He was a lawyer and a plantation owner who married twice and fathered three children before he died at the age of 50.</span></div>
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<i>Submitted by the Rev. Dee Graham with assistance from Cindy Weatherby, DAR, and by Jon Wilson, journalist with the Florida Historical Quarterly. Watch the upcoming issue for his story about Los Flordianos. (1/15/2015)</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876054439830580429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-73950268858800188482014-10-11T10:17:00.000-04:002014-10-11T10:24:26.260-04:00FX Sanchez now a Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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DAR accepts Austin Graham, FX's 5th great granddaughter</h3>
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By admitting FX Sanchez as American Revolutionary patriot</h3>
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Meeting the exacting criteria for new ancestors meriting patriot status in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Francisco Xavier Sanchez's fifth great granddaughter, <b>Austin Graham</b>, received acceptance into the Princess Hirrihigua Chapter of the DAR.</div>
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Thanks to the detailed work of <b>Cynthia Weatherby</b>, Chapter Regent, who worked with information supplied by Austin's mother, the <b>Rev.Dee Graham</b>, and extensive genealogy documented by her grandmother, <b>Edith Jones Graham</b>, the rigid qualifications of DAR were met and approved. Now, women who can provide proof of being direct descendants of FX Sanchez are also eligible to join the national organization under one of the first Spanish patriots qualified.<br />
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He qualified for his patriotic service to the American Revolution by "rendering aid to the Spanish and American prisoners of war" who were held in the Castillo de San Marcos, Saint Augustine's historic fort. Documentation of this service during the era of British occupation of Florida was found in <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.8479995727539px;">WEBER, "JOSEPH SMITH'S DIARY" SC HIST & GEN MAG, VOL 34, #1, PP 31-32; TANNER, ZESPEDES IN EAST FL, P 44.</span> </div>
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Dee and Austin spoke about Los Floridanos, the organization of descendants of children born to the settlers of Saint Augustine during the first Spanish period, 1565-1763, to Saint Petersburg's Princess Hirrihigua Chapter DAR on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 in Saint Petersburg, FL. President of Los Floridanos, <b>Crystal Solano Bryan</b>, was invited to participate.<br />
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This acceptance makes Austin a fourth generation DAR member, although her mother, grandmother and great grandmother <b>Edith Day Jones</b> qualified under the Day lineage.</div>
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FX Sanchez's entry on the national DAR website reads:</div>
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To look up this information for yourself: (<a href="http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Francisco Xavier Sanchez, DAR Patriot</a>)</div>
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For more information about becoming a DAR member through Spanish Florida heritage, this posting introduces the process: </div>
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Researching Your Spanish Patriot</h2>
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Can you trace your family back to those living in Nueva España during the American Revolution 1776 - 1783?</div>
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If so, you may be eligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.</div>
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Can You Trace Your Lineage To A Patriot Who Served In Spanish America?</h4>
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DAR members have traced their ancestry back to more than 400 Spanish patriots of the American Revolution. These patriots were residents of either Spanish Louisiana or Nueva España. Nueva España included portions of the present day states of Texas, California, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, as well as Mexico. Spanish forces also served in Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean. Ongoing research continues to identify new Spanish patriots.</div>
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In 1780, Carlos III, King of Spain, issued a Royal Decree that all subjects in Nueva España, or New Spain, make a voluntary contribution, in the form of a donation, to help fund the American Revolutionary War. Every citizen of Spanish America was asked to donate one or two pesos to the cause.</div>
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Many Spanish patriots served under General Bernardo de Galvez in his Gulf Coast campaigns, including the Battles of Pensacola and Mobile. They were also stationed at militia posts throughout Spanish Louisiana. Some Spanish patriots were at the Battle of Fort San Carlos, in present day Saint Louis, and others were recruited from the Canary Islands to the Louisiana Infantry Regiment.</div>
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Texas Longhorn Cattle</h6>
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Could your ancestor be one of the Texas cattlemen who supplied approximately 10,000 head of Texas longhorn cattle in response to a request by Gálvez in 1779? If so, you may have a Spanish patriot.</div>
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The following resources are helpful for your research; however, a translator may be required as some are written in Spanish:</div>
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Tracing Your Lineage</h4>
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When researching a Spanish Patriot, ask yourselfp the following questions:</div>
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Identifying who would be recognized as patriots through Spain’s contribution takes some detective work. It is best to start with the lineage by working your way back through the generations until you find a patriot.</div>
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When researching a Spanish patriot, you need to be aware of “What was Spanish America during the American Revolution?” This includes what is now the American Southwest, the Gulf Coast region and parts of the Central United States, and other areas, such as Mexico, Central America, South America, and Cuba.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876054439830580429noreply@blogger.com0Little Manatee River State Park, 215 Lightfoot Road, Wimauma, FL 33598, USA27.6739048 -82.37231050000002627.6176553 -82.452991500000024 27.7301543 -82.291629500000028tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-47373477880706539982013-09-17T15:46:00.003-04:002013-09-17T15:46:45.325-04:00Veterans in the Sanchez Family<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Since we are going to have the get-together at the Little Manatee State Park on Veterans Day (11/11/13), it would be good to remember and honor at all the veterans in the family tree that we might find know of.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There were a few in every war this country has had since Florida became part of the U.S. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Many of the ancestors were in the Indian Wars. There are records of many of there enlistments some received bounty land grants (some were converted to cash and some were settled on), a few lived to receive <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1979427" target="_blank">pensions</a>,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There were Sanchezes in the Mexican War. Roman B. Sanchez, who was in Livingston's Independent Comp., received a <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8HH-FXD" target="_blank">pension</a>. There were likely more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There were Sanchez on both sides of the Civil War. There is a databases of Soldiers and Sailor on both sides are listed in a National Park Service <a href="http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm" target="_blank">database</a>. The <a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/pensionfiles/" target="_blank">pension files</a> in the Florida Memory Project are more than indexes but show the forms filed by the soldiers and their widows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For World War I there are the <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530" target="_blank">draft card files</a> men of military age were required to file. There are also <a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/wwi/" target="_blank">service files</a> of Florida soldiers and sailors in the Florida Memory Project. Many of these servicemen returned with disabilities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For World War II the free access files are few. The Draft Registration Cards don't include Florida. There is a list of <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2028680" target="_blank">Army Enlistments</a> that is faulty. There are commercial listings in Ancestry.com and 3fold.com that might be better. However we are in the range of recent memory. Many of us can remember or remember what our parents told us about this war..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This summer list from the Korean War and Vietnam War have been published: <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043777" target="_blank">Korean War POWs</a>, <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2127897" target="_blank">Korean War dead and wounded for the Army</a>, <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2127907" target="_blank">Vietnam War Casualties</a>, and <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2127916" target="_blank">Vietnam War Deaths</a>. You might know of other databases with additional information you might share with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All of the off-color (blue or violet) are clickable Internet links to the mentioned databases. Many public libraries have free access to commercial websites of Ancestry.com and some to 3fold.com as well.</span>Tom Santa Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033913837986081191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-24118899966203124652013-09-16T07:37:00.000-04:002013-09-16T07:37:41.319-04:00Florida Pioneers: Conquistadors, Colonialists, & Crackers<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Florida State Genealogical Society (FSGS) is offering a free webinar on Thursday, September 19th at 8 pm EDT. It will last an hour. You will need to pre-register and then login with a link sent to you on Thursday evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The presentation by FSGS Pioneer Certification Committee Chair Amy Crabhill Lay. The question… Is participating in a lineage program really worth it or is it just for pretentious people? YES! … and… NO! Learn more about lineage programs, what to expect during the application process, and what the FSGS requires for the Florida Pioneer Descendant Program. We will review types of source documents, what’s important for a successful application, and the reward of participation. </span><div>
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Tom Santa Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033913837986081191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-81179679809533057222013-09-10T10:09:00.000-04:002013-09-10T10:17:50.938-04:00YOU are invited to our family reunion on Veteran's Day!<h2>
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The founder of the Francisco Xavier Sanchez Blog, he </i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">serves as a member of the board of directors of the Pasco County Genealogy Society, where he chairs the genealogy research committee. He is also a chemistry instructor for Hillsborough Community College.</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876054439830580429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-53561554765989987372013-08-28T12:18:00.000-04:002013-08-28T12:18:22.970-04:00Aprender a leer otra vez<h2>
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Lamar Graham, grandson of Delia Sanchez, daughter of Alexander B Sanchez, son of FX Roman Sanchez, son of FX Sanchez & Maria del Carmen Hill, with his 1st cousins late Charlotte Maddox & her sister Frances, both of Thomasville, GA, also FX Sanchez descendants, photographed by me (Dee Graham) at the 1995 FL Sesquicentennial in Port Saint Joe. See photo & info on Tio Jose Simeon Sanchez, their 4th great uncle, between the sisters' heads.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876054439830580429noreply@blogger.com0Port St. Joe, FL 32456, USA29.8118757 -85.30297429.7016522 -85.4643355 29.9220992 -85.141612500000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-17135619851607985282013-08-09T16:18:00.000-04:002013-08-09T16:18:39.245-04:00Cousin Earl Sanchez of Plant City and his wife, Debi Smith Sanchez, had a unique encounter with some of the Cuban Sanchez descendants when they visited Tolomato Cemetery in Saint Augustine seeking the grave of Francisco Xavier Sanchez.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Earl Sanchez of Plant City is one person to the right from Rick Sanchez. Where is Tom Santa Cruz, because you were there? More photos to come, but if the rest of you send in IDs we can add them to the photo. Please excuse any lapses of visual-naming memories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> After our trip to Saint Augustine for the memorial honoring Francisco X Sanchez's new status with the Sons of the American Revolution, Bradenton <i>Herald </i>columnist Vinn Mannix ran this photo and a feature in his blog about these attending descendants with Manatee County connections.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Even though I'm in the photo, my name isn't mentioned since I'm now working as a reporter for the newspaper. Thanks to Vinn, who also wrote about my dad a few times and does a great job keeping up with local history.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876054439830580429noreply@blogger.com0Bradenton, FL, USA27.4989278 -82.57481940000002427.3862403 -82.736180900000022 27.6116153 -82.413457900000026tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-59403133769243050162013-04-14T17:23:00.001-04:002013-04-14T17:27:54.660-04:00More Information on the Tolomato Cemetery<span style="font-size: large;">There is a blog for the cemetery called, </span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://tolomatocemetery.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tolomato Cemetery Times</a></span></i><i style="font-size: x-large;"> </i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(the link should work)</span><span style="font-size: large;">. There are several with Sanchez information:</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://tolomatocemetery.blogspot.com/2011/09/family-reunion-at-tolomato-cemetery.html" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Family Reunion at Tolomato Cemetery</a><span style="font-size: large;"> (September 27, 2011), cousin Earl Sanchez mention this at the memorial service.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://tolomatocemetery.blogspot.com/2013/02/sneak-preview-of-latest-marker.html" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Sneak Preview of Latest Marker</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tolomatocemetery.blogspot.com/2013/04/cleaningagainst-all-oddsand-discoveries.html" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Cleaning - against all odds - and Discoveries!</a><span style="font-size: large;"> (April 13, 2013) a picture of the memorial dedication is included.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is proper etique to show links to other blog, but not to just copy them and include them without permission.</span></div>
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<i><br /></i>Tom Santa Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033913837986081191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-62144513731365337232013-04-09T09:12:00.000-04:002013-04-14T17:28:57.074-04:00Even more Activity for Saturday, April 13th in St. Augustine<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Crystal Solana Bryan</b> will host a meeting on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in St. Augustine as follows:<u></u><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Family Information Exchange for Descendants of First Florida Spanish Families<u></u><u></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=6670+Us+Highway+1+S&city=St+Augustine&state=FL&zipcode=32086&redirect=true" target="_blank">St. John’s County South East Branch Library</a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Please plan to attend and exchange family information.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Any questions contact her at solanacrystal@Hotmail.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">This is about 10 miles due South of the Tolomato Cemetery Monument dedication that starts at 2 pm. The library is on US-1 just North of the highway to Crescent Beach. There is plenty of free parking at this library.</span></div>
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Tom Santa Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033913837986081191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-16872347319673827092013-04-05T14:18:00.000-04:002013-04-14T17:27:19.414-04:00Memorial Marker for Francisco Xavier Sanchez<img src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?attid=0.1&pid=gmail&thid=13d4d471da6b2bbd&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2Fu%2F0%2F%3Fui%3D2%26ik%3D441d0bfdac%26view%3Datt%26th%3D13d4d471da6b2bbd%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dsafe%26zw&docid=f342ff2c86301e90527bd2af37be9eaa%7C287e865f2ff8e2c194946884234569a6&a=bi&pagenumber=1&w=800" />
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Researchers at USF St. Petersburg are working to digitize a treasure trove of Spanish documents that shed light on Florida’s past in St. Augustine.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Exciting news -- the new professor at USF Saint Petersburg, J Michael Francis, has students digging into the original Spanish archives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wonder if we can locate more records on Francisco? Was there ever a marriage between him and Beatriz de Piedra? Can we find earlier family records?</span><br />
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Soon they will be online. Check out the story in the USF magazine:<br />
<a href="http://www.magazine.usf.edu/2013/spring/features/preserving-floridas-history.aspx">http://www.magazine.usf.edu/2013/spring/features/preserving-floridas-history.aspx</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876054439830580429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-8573644131582207252013-02-12T21:48:00.000-05:002013-02-12T21:48:06.912-05:00Florida Trend MagazineI got an email from Dick Rousseau that he received that you might like to follow up on:<br />
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I'm a writer for Florida Trend magazine and we're working on an upcoming "La Florida" issue for the magazine. More than most of our issues, this one is going to include quite a bit of historical information. In partticular we are interested in finding descendents of some of the earliest Spanish settlers that still live in Florida to interview. I'm hoping you can help connect me with some of these descendents.</div>
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You can reach me at this email or at the phone numbers listed below. I'm eager to hear from you soon.</div>
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Tom Santa Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033913837986081191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-8009567795617850552013-01-22T12:38:00.000-05:002013-01-22T12:38:51.119-05:00Florida Soldiers in Civil War (both sides)Many of our ancestors served as soldiers during the Civil War. There is a 6-volume set of books that includes information garnered from many documented sources about the soldiers and their military units from both sides of the conflict.<br />
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<b>Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, 1861-1865</b>, by David W. Hartman (compiler) and David J. Coles (associate compiler); ISBN: 1568372884<br />
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It is an expensive set of books the Florida Catalog lists 44 locations in Florida to read this set. It does not circulate and in county libraries that own it, it is in the "main" branch. It is also in the larger colleges and universities in Florida.<br />
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Tom Santa Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033913837986081191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-62632102819531613802012-07-31T00:20:00.000-04:002012-07-31T23:23:30.832-04:00Florida Townships & Ranges<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In Florida the legal property description is based on a rectangular grid (6-miles by 6-miles) of townships and ranges with a meridian (center-point) passing through Tallahassee. Each township and range is subdivided into 36 square mile subdivisions (1-mile by 1-mile) termed sections. The sections get further divided into aliquots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is a better explanation on a website called <a href="http://genealogy.about.com/cs/land/a/public_lands.htm" target="_blank"><b>Section, Township & Range</b></a>, at <a href="http://genealogy.about.com/cs/land/a/public_lands.htm">genealogy.about.com/cs/land/a/public_lands.htm</a>. There is another good explanation on Wikipedia as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System" target="_blank"><b>Public Land Survey System</b></a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have two "simple" online ways to local these coordinates. One is to use the <b><a href="http://www.dot.state.fl.us/surveyingandmapping/countymap.shtm" target="_blank">Official DOT County Maps of Florida</a></b>, at <a href="http://www.dot.state.fl.us/surveyingandmapping/countymap.shtm">www.dot.state.fl.us/surveyingandmapping/countymap.shtm</a>. You can view and download the maps as pdf-files (the border have T[township] and R[range] with the sections in boxes on the map.) The other (less simple) involves using <b>Google Earth</b> downloading a kml-file and executing it to apply the township-range-sections to the <b>Google Earth</b> map. The kml-file is available from <b><a href="http://www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx" target="_blank">Earthpoint</a></b> at <a href="http://www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx">www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx</a>. When you open this webpage, simply click the box labeled: <b>View on Google Earth </b>in the <u>BML Township, Range and Section</u> section. The kml-file will be downloaded, <u>you don't have to register</u>. Open your free copy of <b>Google Earth</b>, then find <b>EarthPointTownships.kml</b> in your downloads and double click on the file to temporarily install it on your <b>Google Earth</b>. It is an intensive program and will slow down <b>Google Earth</b> so turn it off for other projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The <b><i>Thomas Register for Florida</i></b>, a large book in the <b>Reference Section</b> of your larger public Florida library will contain a township and range map as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Okay it isn't real simple, but it ain't rocket science either. With a handle on the legal description of a piece of land, you will be able to find it on a map and likely on the road in front of it.</span><br />
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<br />Tom Santa Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033913837986081191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-83487243516982106092012-07-30T14:32:00.001-04:002012-07-31T23:22:08.920-04:00The Land<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the recent </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Los Floridanos</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> meeting in St. Augustine,
someone was asking about how some family member got such large tracks of land.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are several ways these pieces of land were obtained in Florida.</span><br />
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<li>Buying the land from the Government Land Office</li>
<li>Second-hand Railroad land</li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most of the files on the Spanish Land Grants are available
through the Florida State Archives. The
physical copies remain in Tallahassee, but the State provides images of these
files online at: <b><a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/spanishlandgrants/" target="_blank">Florida Memory – Spanish Land Grants</a></b>, <a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/spanishlandgrants/">www.floridamemory.com/collections/spanishlandgrants/</a>. </span></div>
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government, the King of Spain gave land grants to many individuals. After Florida became part of the U.S.A., the U.S.
Supreme Court had to decide whether the land grants were valid which created a good paper-trail. The original land grants were in Spanish, but
for the court were translated. That is
why you will find both languages in the documents. Only some of the West Florida (the Panhandle)
land grants are missing. At the website
you will find images of each folder and it's contents that you can print or
save as a digital color jpg-file (if you right-click your mouse when the cursor
is over the image, you will find a selection of features.) Since the legal proceedings were lengthy, the
title of the land grant may have been passed to heirs or sold for cash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">An online tool for finding the other types of land acquisition
from the U.S. government is the <b><a href="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/" target="_blank">Bureau of Land Management’s Government Land Office Records</a></b>, <a href="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/">www.glorecords.blm.gov</a>
. Look over the information page, but click the words <b style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: white;">Search Documents</span></b> next to
the house symbol on the green bar down from the top. You should be on the Search Page with the
defaults of “<b>Search by Document Type</b>” and “<b>Patents</b>” selected. You will need to select <b>Florida</b> for a location for your initial search leave the county
unselected. Next in the names area type
the <b>last</b> or surname (if more than one spelling is possible you will need to
repeat the search for each), for the initial search don’t enter first or middle
names. The click <span style="background-color: #f1c232;"><span style="color: white;">Search Patents</span></span> on the
orange-brown line near the bottom of the page.
To see a record, click the leading image or accession number. If you need to shorten your list, add first
names or a current county. It is an informative
database for you to find land records and some history. DO NOT BUY CERTIFIED COPIES, you can print
and download images for <u>free</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The <b>State of Florida</b> maintains a similar looking website
that you may find useful called the <a href="http://199.73.242.56/default.asp" target="_blank">Land Document Search</a>, <a href="http://199.73.242.56/">199.73.242.56</a> . It is free.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the 1840s the U.S. government passed the <b>Armed Occupation
Act of 1842</b>. A Florida resident could
claim 160 acres of land by settling on land South of Newnansville and Palatka
and also away from other regular settlements and outposts, register with the
<b>General Land Office (GLO)</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">, farm 5 at least of the acres, built a house. This put the settler on the Indian Frontier
and he needed to be prepared for conflict.</span></span></div>
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wars. The size of the bounty was
sometimes determined by the soldier’s rank.
And sometimes the bounty could be transferred to an heir. In Florida the veteran could apply for a
military warrant that could be applied to acquiring a government owned land. The veteran had the option of selling the
warrant. Typical military warrants in
Florida were for the <b>Seminole Wars</b> and <b>Mexican War</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it is homestead land (cheap with strings) or outright (more expensive without
as many strings) some land is dry and some still submerged. And there are second-hand land deals. The railroads were often given large tracks
of land adjoining the railway, these were many times sold (the Florida <b>Land Document
Search</b> catches many of these transactions.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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leave us your link.</span><o:p></o:p></div>Tom Santa Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033913837986081191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-81184887060283407742012-06-19T11:04:00.000-04:002012-06-20T05:51:53.898-04:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> of Beatriz de Piedra & Franscisco Xavier Sanchez</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortmose/img/photogallery/original/ftf2008_cooking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortmose/img/photogallery/original/ftf2008_cooking.jpg" width="111" /></a><span style="background-color: white;">Starting Wednesday the Underground Railroad Conference begins in Saint Augustine <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_574475676">(</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.oah.org/programs/nps/2012ugrr/index.html)">http://www.oah.org/programs/nps/2012ugrr/index.html)</a> Wednesday, with reenactments of life at Fort Mose on Saturday and celebrations continuing Sunday. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_574475683">(</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortmose/events.cfm?viewevent=7501#7501)">http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortmose/events.cfm?viewevent=7501#7501)</a></span><br />
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These matter particularly to Los Floridanos because until the English evacuation of the 1770s, when Spain was forced to trade Florida for Havana, the Spanish colony was populated by more people of color than white skinned residents. And these were the Flordianos who spoke Spanish and populated our homeland.<br />
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Beatriz Stone (de Piedra), however, came from Charleston when she arrived at Fort Mose, the first free black settlement in America. Mostly its residents were fleeing slavery in the English Colonies or were Spanish soldiers assigned from Cuba. But Beatriz wasn't ever a slave. She had been born free thanks to her Huguenot father John Stone of Charleston and her mother, Regina, who held slave status. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crackerbarrel/1John.htm">(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crackerbarrel/1John.htm</a>l)<br />
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Together, Beatriz and Franscisco had a large family during the time of English rule. A wise businesswoman, she ran the trading post while he build a wide agricultural empire. Their oldest son was among the first settlers of Amelia Island.<br />
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Come learn more at the Underground Railroad conference, or at least join the free weekend festivities at Fort Mose <a href="http://www.blogger.com/(http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortmose/">(http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortmose/</a>) this weekend. Hope to see you there!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Rev. Dee Graham, Bradenton, Florida</i></span><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876054439830580429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-59637001674363378792012-06-03T20:33:00.003-04:002012-06-03T20:33:22.899-04:00Alexander Boneparte Sanchez Jr's daughter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a picture of George Washington Polk and Rella Sanchez. These are my great-grandparents. Rella is the 4th child of Alexander Sanchez Jr. and Julia Sheffield. She was buried in Springhead Cemetary in Polk County, Florida. Rella and George had 9 children and lived in the Plant City area. She looks a lot like her mother Julia Sheffield in the picture. If you look real close you will see that Rella is holding a baby in her arms. I didn't see this at first, but believe from what I have heard from others that this baby is Allie (Polk) Weeks and the little boy is George "Clayton" Polk.</div>floridamama43http://www.blogger.com/profile/12557581199288912161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-57595214118636353922012-04-16T18:09:00.001-04:002012-04-16T18:09:19.624-04:00<h2>
Francisco's First Family -- Beatrice de Piedra & Fort Mose</h2>
Some of the most exciting times in the life of young Franscisco may have been as a young adult. Left behind in his native la Florida by his familia, the teenager fended for himself as the English took over his homeland. Amidst this, as he struggled and grew and found his way to material success, he also found a partner for his journey -- young Beatrice Stone. A native of Charleston, the young mixed-race woman was transported to Fort Mose by her uncle so that she could continue to live free as her father intended.<br />
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The prominent historian who has written extensively about Jane Landers, Francisco's first love and the mother of half of his children, will present at the upcoming Underground Railroad conference in Saint Augustine this June 20-23.<br />
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<a href="http://www.oah.org/programs/nps/2012ugrr/index.html">Underground Railroad Conference</a><br />
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876054439830580429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-56202002237888457102012-01-11T15:24:00.000-05:002012-01-11T15:24:28.268-05:00Alums relish Manatee High Centennial Celebration under the stars - Local - BradentonHerald.com<a href="http://www.bradenton.com/2011/12/04/3698939/alums-relish-manatee-high-centennial.html#storylink=misearch?storylink=addthis">Alums relish Manatee High Centennial Celebration under the stars - Local - BradentonHerald.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876054439830580429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394915362713874654.post-45611111767417142592012-01-11T13:49:00.001-05:002012-01-11T13:57:11.330-05:00<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">In
his final weeks of life, Lamar Graham received a standing ovation as the oldest
living graduate of Manatee High School at its Centennial Celebration, cruised
the Manatee Civic Center in his wheelchair for the Ham Fest (Amateur Radio
Convention) and chatted on his i-Phone in the middle of his 102nd birthday
party. Even though he next had to tackle pneumonia, he made it through to see
his 103rd Christmas and New Year’s holidays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> That’s
the kind of genetics he inherited as a Floridano, a member </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">of Florida’s
founding Sanchez family and a relative of the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon.
He learned about his ancestry when he and his late wife Edith began their
retirement trek of searching for lost relatives and consequently wrote the book
</span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Double Cousins </i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">in 1987.</span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pwdbpo_8BZU/Tw3U_WAo7bI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/WtGHVS4ObEM/s1600/daddy.veteransday2_crop+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pwdbpo_8BZU/Tw3U_WAo7bI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/WtGHVS4ObEM/s1600/daddy.veteransday2_crop+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">An active Manatee County volunteer
with the Red Cross during hurricanes with the Manatee Amateur Radio Club, at
the time of his death Graham could also claim “longest term member” status at the Kirby Steward American
Legion post and Bradenton’s First United Methodist Church , which he joined in
1927. He completed school at both
Ballard Elementary and Manatee High School when the original buildings were new, and even began
grade school here at what is now the Manatee County School Board building on
Manatee Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> He caddied
for department store founder Robert Beall Sr. on the old Bradenton Golf Course
(site of McKechnie Field) and witnessed Armistice Day (end of WWI) as a
celebration erupted near the downtown courthouse. His first radio was a hand-built crystal one
yet he ended his working life sending out transmissions for WEDU-TV, Channel 3,
in Riverview.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lamar Timmerman Graham, age 102, of Bradenton, died Friday,
Jan. 6, 2012, in Pinellas Park, Florida at Suncoast Hospice Woodside. </div>
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Survivors include his daughter, the Rev. Dee Graham of
Bradenton and Saint Petersburg; his grandson Asaph Graham of Seminole; his
granddaughters Austin Graham and Charlotte Quandt, and his great grandchildren,
Anthony Quandt Judd and Lila Shelby, all of Saint Petersburg. His nieces and
nephews include nieces Joanne Graham Dick of Bradenton, Bonnie Graham Ricker of
Michigan, Delia Graham Cirino of Van Nuys, CA; Tonia Graham Hemminger, Joe
Graham, Marion Graham Luquette and Chuck Graham, all of Ellenton; Richard
Graham of Tallahassee, Van Graham of Colorado, Thomas Graham of Saint
Augustine, Peggy Jones Russell of North Carolina and Pat Jones Goodwill of
Tampa.</div>
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Recognized as a member of a “Florida Pioneer Family” by the
Florida Genealogical Society and as a descendent of Ponce de Leon of Spain, Graham
leaves behind numerous other relatives who he and his wife discovered while
researching the story of his ancestors from Spanish Florida. The unique relationship between the Sanchez
and Perez family, as well as the Sheffield’s who married into the family,
inspired the title of their 1990 book, <i>Double
Cousins.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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In addition to being a Floridano, a member of Florida’s
first European families, Graham has been a resident of Bradenton, FL, since
1922. He was born in Fitzgerald, GA, on Dec. 8, 1909 to Thomas Sentell and
Marion Amorett Sheffield Graham, and outlived all three of his brothers,
Joseph, Thomas and Elmer. He spent much of his early childhood on the rice farm
of his grandparents, Joseph Sealy and Andelia Sanchez Sheffield, in Wimauma,
FL.</div>
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As a child he attended Ballard Elementary School on its
first day, Biltmore Elementary when it was housed in the historic Davis
Building (now rebuilt on its site in Manatee High School. Later he went to Bradenton High, which, by the
time he graduated in 1931, had been renamed Manatee County High School. He
played on the baseball team.</div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NqRr4XNLrIQ/Tw3VA2WgVpI/AAAAAAAAAKE/3Mi1iw0NJvI/s1600/young+Lamar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NqRr4XNLrIQ/Tw3VA2WgVpI/AAAAAAAAAKE/3Mi1iw0NJvI/s1600/young+Lamar.jpg" /></a>In 1935 he married Edith Lucille Jones (class of 1932), who
was the daughter of former Bradenton Mayor Asaph R and Edith Maria Day Jones.
She predeceased him in 2009.</div>
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Prior to WWII, Graham served in the US Navy, where he worked
as a civilian for the military and studied radio and telecommunications at
Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He returned to Bradenton to take over the Bradenton
Credit Bureau, founded by his father. At
the age of 35 he was drafted into WWII, where he served in the Army Air Force
as a Staff Sergeant working in flight communications.</div>
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After he returned from the war, Graham sought government
employment and worked as a postal clerk for the Bradenton Post Office for more
than 20 years, retiring at age 65 and returning to his first love,
communications. After earning his commercial radio license, he worked for
Lampkin Laboratory in Bradenton, and then finished his career working for
WEDU-TV, Channel 3.</div>
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Still active locally until his death, Graham (W4FKR)
belonged to the Manatee Amateur Radio Club, the Manatee County Historical
Society, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, First United Methodist Church of
Bradenton, the local chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees,
and the Quarter Century Wireless Association. Thr<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8394915362713874654" name="_GoBack"></a>ough his
amateur radio work with the Red Cross during hurricanes and other disasters, he
continued to be honored annually as a Manatee County Volunteer. In 2011, he was honored with a lifetime
membership in the Kirby Stewart American Legion Post, where he was the longest
standing member.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A graveside service will be held Saturday, Jan. 14, in
Manasota Memorial Park in Oneco at 11 a.m., including military honors. A
reception will follow nearby for family and friends. Those who wish to give a
memorial donation are encouraged to consider the local organizations that
mattered most to him. </span></div>
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