Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Harrietta [Hattie] Fuller, dau. of John Fuller of Detroit, in Plymouth, MI, 6/15/1897 or 1887; children: none
Number of Children: 0
Background
Education:
public schools of Plymouth, MI; attended Detroit Business University
Biographical Sketch:
Of Irish ancestry. Son of Richard and Jane (Chapman) McGraw. He organized the Detroit Tobacco Company, and was vice-president of the Mexican Crude Rubber Company and National Twist Drill Company. He was a clerk in the First National Bank in Plymouth, for 2 years then moved to Detroit, where he accepted a position as traveling salesman for the Globe Tobacco Company. About the year 1884 he became instrumental in the organization of the Detroit Tobacco Company. He was chairman of the Globe Cash Register Co. and held the patent for the register. He served on the Detroit City Council. Member of the Masons, Knights Templar, Detroit Club, the Country Club, the Detroit Boat Club and the Automobile Club.
Notable Facts:
Leake gives birth date as 9/9/1860 death certificate says 1860; 1899 Manual says 1868; gives marriage year as 1897. Marriage record for Wm. T. McGraw and Hattie Fuller says 6/16/1887. 1900 US Census says he was born Sept. 1860, married to Harriet, 12 years.