James Graham Annals of Newberry, by John A. Chapman, page 586 Major James Graham was a native of Soutb Carolina, of Scotch descent. He was Sergeant in active service during the war with Great Britain in 1812-15. He served Newberry District in the State Legislature for two terms. He married Mary Fair, daughter of William and Elizabeth Fair. By this union four children were born to him, two sons and two daughters. His son William F. Graham, who was the first Superintendent of the State Military Academy, died in Charleston in thespring of 1844. His other son, Dr. DeWitt C. Graham, read medicine, and after his graduation practiced his profession in Mississippi for a number of years. He returned to Newberry about a year before his death. He died in the fall of 1838, never having practiced medicine in his native State. The daughters of Major Graham were Harriet, who married Colonel John W. Summers, the builder of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and Laura P., who married Dr. David E. Ewart, a notice of whose life and services appears elsewhere in this book. Mrs. Summers left no children. Mrs. Ewart is blest with a son and daughter, William F. and Mrs. Katie Bowman, both living in Newberry.