This is the marriage bond of Archibald Graham (1804-1880) and Martha Lyle (1800-1880). The bond was executed on the 10th day of May in1825 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Dr. Graham was my half second cousin four times removed.

Dr. Graham graduated from Washington College (now Washington & Lee University) in 1823. He also served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1865-1866, was President of the Virginia Board of Public Works, and was President of the James River and Kanawha Canal Company. 

The Grahams had six children--one daughter and five sons. His youngest son, Samuel, was "struck in playing the game 'bandy' and died young of lockjaw," according to a family manuscript. I had to do some research to find out what "bandy" was.  It was an ancestor of ice hockey that originated in England in the 1800s. It is played somewhat like soccer, but with skates and sticks.