Talk:Malcolm D. Graham

Possible plagiarism

I removed the following paragraph from the article. It was placed here by an editor who had a previous history of plagiarism. I cannot prove it at this time, but the style of the material makes it sound like one of those old "Who's Who" books. It is probably out of copyright, so that should not be an issue, but there is no credit to the source. I'll leave it here if someone wants to try to find the original source or rework the material with new sources. It has been slightly edited from the original. I started cleaning it up and then realized it was probably lifted due to the antiquated style.

"Malcolm D. Graham was a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, but a native of Autauga. His parents came from North Carolina in 1819, and his father, John G. Graham, was a citizen there for many years. His mother was a Jeanette Smith, cousin of Dr. Neil Smith of Clarke. Born in 1826, he was educated at Transylvania University, and there read law. Licensed in 1850, he was elected clerk of the house of representatives at Montgomery in 1853, defeating Hon. A. B. Clitherall. In 1854 he removed to Henderson, Texas, and was a State Senator there, three years later. In 1858 he was elected Attorney General. He was also on the Breckinridge electoral ticket for the State at large. A year later he entered military service, as colonel of the regiment of which Generals Gregg and Granberry afterwards became colonel. In 1862 he was elected to the congress of the Confederate States. He was captured by the federal troops in 1864, and confined at Johnson Island till the peace. He came to reside in this county in 1866, because he was not permitted to practice his profession in Texas without a pardon. Col. Graham is a superior type of manhood, physically, intellectually, and morally, and unites to talents of a high order, many excellencies of character. He married Sarah Cornelia Graham, a daughter of Hon. Tristram Benjamin Bethea. "

H-2-O (talk) 01:22, 7 August 2017 (UTC)