Elizabeth (Firestone) Graham (1914-1941)

She grew up in Akron and spent the winters at the Firestone family estate, Harbel Villa, Miami Beach, Florida, which her parents acquired in 1924. She attended Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Smith College in June 1938. In 1938, at Harbel Manor, Akron, Ohio. she married Ray Austin Graham Jr., son of Ray Graham of Graham-Paige Automobiles. They had two children, Carter (born 1937) and Roberta (born 1938). Her husband served as an official with the National Defence Commission, Washington, D.C., and they settled in nearby McLean, Virginia.