Amos R. Graham was the s/o William J. Graham and Sarah Terrill. He was the h/o during his long life to first Lucinda Rose, then Mary Creech and finally to Addie Prater.
Amos R. Graham, 96, whose long career included stints as a doctor, lawyer, merchant and dentist's assistant although he spent little time in school, died 11:45 a.m. Wed, Feb. 20, at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington.
A native of Wolfe County, Graham moved to Cynthiana with his family in the 1930's and opened a shop. He retired as a merchant about 20 years ago and the shop is now run by his daughter, Mrs. Opsa Guthrie.
It was in his youth in Holly, a mountainous area of Wolfe County, Graham was an assistant to Uncle Kelse Holland, the only blacksmith and dentist in the area. Graham held the victum's head while Uncle Kelse pulled teeth with homemade forcepts.
Graham became a doctor and later a lawyer in the informal way it was done years ago. He learned doctoring by assisting a Ft. Worth, Tx. doctor and reading his books when he was 19.
For five years he passed out pills in Oklahoma before an incident, a stong dose of calomel for an Indian chief, scared him out of business.
Later as a merchant in Breathitt County, Graham found his store the center of a gun battle when two feuding families, both customers of his, opened fire on each other. Then he turned to law and later on to real estate.
He was a member of the Jackson Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife Mrs. Addie Prater Graham, Cynthiana; another daughter, Mrs. John Kirby, New York City, and a son O. A. Graham, Washington D. C.
Funeral and burial were in Cynthiana.
Published in the Jackson Times Feb. 28 1963
Amos R. Graham, 96, whose long career included stints as a doctor, lawyer, merchant and dentist's assistant although he spent little time in school, died 11:45 a.m. Wed, Feb. 20, at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington.
A native of Wolfe County, Graham moved to Cynthiana with his family in the 1930's and opened a shop. He retired as a merchant about 20 years ago and the shop is now run by his daughter, Mrs. Opsa Guthrie.
It was in his youth in Holly, a mountainous area of Wolfe County, Graham was an assistant to Uncle Kelse Holland, the only blacksmith and dentist in the area. Graham held the victum's head while Uncle Kelse pulled teeth with homemade forcepts.
Graham became a doctor and later a lawyer in the informal way it was done years ago. He learned doctoring by assisting a Ft. Worth, Tx. doctor and reading his books when he was 19.
For five years he passed out pills in Oklahoma before an incident, a stong dose of calomel for an Indian chief, scared him out of business.
Later as a merchant in Breathitt County, Graham found his store the center of a gun battle when two feuding families, both customers of his, opened fire on each other. Then he turned to law and later on to real estate.
He was a member of the Jackson Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife Mrs. Addie Prater Graham, Cynthiana; another daughter, Mrs. John Kirby, New York City, and a son O. A. Graham, Washington D. C.
Funeral and burial were in Cynthiana.
Published in the Jackson Times Feb. 28 1963
Amos R. Graham was the s/o William J. Graham and Sarah Terrill. He was the h/o during his long life to first Lucinda Rose, then Mary Creech and finally to Addie Prater.
Amos R. Graham, 96, whose long career included stints as a doctor, lawyer, merchant and dentist's assistant although he spent little time in school, died 11:45 a.m. Wed, Feb. 20, at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington.
A native of Wolfe County, Graham moved to Cynthiana with his family in the 1930's and opened a shop. He retired as a merchant about 20 years ago and the shop is now run by his daughter, Mrs. Opsa Guthrie.
It was in his youth in Holly, a mountainous area of Wolfe County, Graham was an assistant to Uncle Kelse Holland, the only blacksmith and dentist in the area. Graham held the victum's head while Uncle Kelse pulled teeth with homemade forcepts.
Graham became a doctor and later a lawyer in the informal way it was done years ago. He learned doctoring by assisting a Ft. Worth, Tx. doctor and reading his books when he was 19.
For five years he passed out pills in Oklahoma before an incident, a stong dose of calomel for an Indian chief, scared him out of business.
Later as a merchant in Breathitt County, Graham found his store the center of a gun battle when two feuding families, both customers of his, opened fire on each other. Then he turned to law and later on to real estate.
He was a member of the Jackson Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife Mrs. Addie Prater Graham, Cynthiana; another daughter, Mrs. John Kirby, New York City, and a son O. A. Graham, Washington D. C.
Funeral and burial were in Cynthiana.
Published in the Jackson Times Feb. 28 1963
Amos R. Graham, 96, whose long career included stints as a doctor, lawyer, merchant and dentist's assistant although he spent little time in school, died 11:45 a.m. Wed, Feb. 20, at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington.
A native of Wolfe County, Graham moved to Cynthiana with his family in the 1930's and opened a shop. He retired as a merchant about 20 years ago and the shop is now run by his daughter, Mrs. Opsa Guthrie.
It was in his youth in Holly, a mountainous area of Wolfe County, Graham was an assistant to Uncle Kelse Holland, the only blacksmith and dentist in the area. Graham held the victum's head while Uncle Kelse pulled teeth with homemade forcepts.
Graham became a doctor and later a lawyer in the informal way it was done years ago. He learned doctoring by assisting a Ft. Worth, Tx. doctor and reading his books when he was 19.
For five years he passed out pills in Oklahoma before an incident, a stong dose of calomel for an Indian chief, scared him out of business.
Later as a merchant in Breathitt County, Graham found his store the center of a gun battle when two feuding families, both customers of his, opened fire on each other. Then he turned to law and later on to real estate.
He was a member of the Jackson Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife Mrs. Addie Prater Graham, Cynthiana; another daughter, Mrs. John Kirby, New York City, and a son O. A. Graham, Washington D. C.
Funeral and burial were in Cynthiana.
Published in the Jackson Times Feb. 28 1963
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