Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Graffius, H. Price May 14, 1861 - ????
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Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Philadelphia, 1892.
Author: Samuel T. Wiley

H. PRICE GRAFFIUS,
a resident of Altoona, and the junior member of the well known legal firm of
Shaw & Graffius, is a son of Abraham and Rachel (Sisler) Graffius, and was
born at Yellow Springs, Blair county, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1861. The
Graffius family is one of the most widely known families of Huntingdon
county, and its numerous descendants are now widely settled throughout
central Pennsylvania. Martin Nicholas Graffius, the founder of the family,
was born May 2, 1722, and died May 20, 1790. His eleven children, who were
born between 1746 and 1770, were: Nicholas, Peter, Rebecca, John, Abraham,
Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Martin, and Jacob. Nicholas, the eldest child,
married Elizabeth Coryell, by whom he had eleven children: Jacob, Martin,
Abraham, Catherine, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susan, Hettie, Charlotte, and
Lydia. John, the third son of Martin Nicholas Graffius, settled on the
Raystown Branch, in Huntingdon county, where he reared a family of children,
of whom three were sons: Abraham, Jacob, and William.
      Abraham Graffius (father), was born on the Raystown Branch in 1827. In
1840 he came to Catherine township, where he remained until 1866, when he
removed to Petersburg, Huntingdon county, at which place he has resided
continuously ever since. While reared on a farm and trained to farming, yet
when he came to commence life for himself he engaged in stock dealing, which
he followed successfully for many years. Through stock-dealing he became
widely known throughout Huntingdon and adjoining counties, but of late years
he has retired from active business, and is living a quiet life at
Petersburg. He is a republican in politics, but never took any prominent or
active part in political affairs, as his time was given to his business. He
married Rachel Sisler, who was born in Catherine township in 1836, and is a
member of the Evangelical Lutheran church.
      H. Price Graffius was reared principally at Petersburg, Huntingdon
county, and received his education in private and normal schools. He attended
the Shippensburg Normal school, of Cumberland county, for some time, and then
entered the Lock Haven Normal school, of Clinton county, from which
educational institution he was graduated in the class of 1881. After
graduation he taught two terms at Petersburg, and then read law with George
B. Orlady, of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar December
14, 1885, and after making an extended tour through the western States and
territories, he came to Altoona, where, on December 1, 1886, he entered into
his present law partnership with Edmund Shaw, under the firm name of Shaw &
Graffius. They have a very fine practice, and Mr. Graffius gives the closest
of attention to all cases intrusted to his care and management.
      June 3, 1890, Mr. Graffius was united in marriage with Cora Roush,
daughter of Mrs. S. A. Roush, of Altoona. Their union has been blessed with
one child, a son, named Edmund Shaw.
      H. Price Graffius is a member of Oak Hall Lodge, No. 783, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias. He is a republican in
politics, and has always been active in the interests of his party, as well
as being a believer in its cardinal principles.

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