Henry F. Graff, M.D. (1900-1993)

Dr. Henry F. Graff, an ophthalmologist from Hagerstown, MD, died April 14, 1993.  He was born 1 Feb 1900 in West Virginia, the son of grocer Frederick L. Graff.  He graduated from Marietta College in Ohio and the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.  He married Florence Hill, and practiced ophthalmology in Baltimore for twenty years before entering practice with his brother Fred Jr. in Hagerstown in 1948. 

Dr. Graff was state supervising ophthalmologist in the Public Assistance to the Needy Blind Program from 1937 until he retired in 1964.  A diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, he was also a member of the AMA.  He was an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Maryland and chief of the Ophthalmological Clinic.  He served as a clinical assistant at the Wilmer Ophthalmic Clinic for ten years.

He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church and a former member of the Kiwanis Clubs of Baltimore and Hagerstown. 

++ based on obituary published in the Maryland Medical Journal August 1993.  Compiler is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Ladwig (1846-1903)

Mrs. Elizabeth Ladwig, age 56, died at 1:30am on Monday the 9th of February 1903 in Houston Texas.  She was born in Germany in May, 1846.  She was the widow of Julius A. Ladwig, and is survived by two daughters, Annie and Lillie.  Funeral services were held at the family home at 13 Chenevert by the Rev. W.A. Knolle, and burial was in the German Cemetery.

++ Based on obituary published in the Houston Daily Post, 10 Feb 1903.  Compiler is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.