Maude E. Graham

  General Notes:

Maude's maternal great-grandfather, John Frederick Bobenmoyer, was of Holland Dutch ancestry and but six months old when an Indian uprising in Berks county, Pa., resulted in the massacre of all members of his family except himself and his devoted mother, who escaped with him into the forest, where she remained until the following morning and thus saved their lives. John F. Bobenmeyer was reared to manhood in Pennsylvania, whence he came to Ohio and numbered himself among the pioneer settlers of Butler county. Eventually he removed to Darke County, and there he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. / Maude was from Ohio and met Will when visiting relatives in Seaford. Lived next door to AJ. Maude was a very frugal individual, with many habits taken from her settler grandparents, who had traveled by covered wagon from PA to OH. When Maude asked AJ to change a light bulb, Lizzie asked facetiously if she used 15 watt bulbs. AJ replied that was incorrect. She used 7 1/2 watt bulbs! Merle remembers Maude's cat, Josephine, and the afternoon naps Aunt Maude had on the newspapers spread out as a bed on her living room floor. "Maude is active in numerous women's clubs and organizations" (W. L. Beven, 1929).

Maude married William T. Lank, son of Robert Richard Lank and Julia Ann Graham, on Jan 8, 1902. (William T. Lank was born on May 29, 1870 in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County, DE, died on Nov 19, 1939 and was buried in Seaford Odd Fellows Cmtry.)