Person:Isabella Davidson (7)

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5. Isabella DAVIDSON (John, Robert) was born 21 Sep 1764 in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. Isabella married Joseph GRAHAM on 1787. Joseph died in Lincoln County, North Carolina. They had the following children:

         16   F    i.   Violet Wilson GRAHAM.

Violet married Moses Winslow ALEXANDER.

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Isabella Davidson married General Joseph Graham who was present in Charotte on the 20th of May, 1775, and testified to the truthfulness and validity of the Declaration promulgated on that memorable occa- sion. He was the first sheriff of Mecklenburg county. When not disabled by wounds, he was constantly in the service of his country till the close of the war. Our com- mon country will ever cherish his memory with a feeling of gratitued for his patriotic devotion to the cause of free- dom. The exact spot on the great road leading to Salis- bury about four miles from Charlotte is still pointed out where General Graham was shot down and left for dead by Tarlton's command, the evening of the battle when Corn- wallis entered Charlotte, September 26, 1780. He was discovered by a young woman while out hunting her cows — "Aunt Susie Alexander." She managed to take him home with her, and dressed his wounds. His military career having been written in the histories of the State, will not be repeated in these sketches. But one of Gen- eral Graham's large family lived in Hopewell territory— Mrs. Dr. Winslow Alexander, whose family has been already accorded a place in a former chapter. Governor W. A. Graham, though not a resident, was so closely con- nected with the Hopewell people, that a few words will not be considered out of place He was among the last who possessed that physical mould of features characteris- tic of Revolutionary worthies that we see in the portraits of the great men of a hundred years ago. That rugged, stern, inflexibility of character formerly stamped so boldly in the features of the framers of our Republic, has disap- peared, been supplanted by what is called a more refined civilization. Governor Graham was a dignified, courtly gentleman of the old school, and was held in high esteem as a statesman. He filled at different times almost every position of trust — State Legislature, Governor, Secretary of the Navy, United States Senator and Confederate State Senator. During his long political course, not a breath of suspicion was ever whispered against his good name. To pass unscathed through such an ordeal, shows extraordi- nary integrity and faithfulness in the performance of pub- lic duty. His name will ever be cherished with pride by all Carolinians.