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     Ivan Montrose Graham married Lillian Addison Sprigg, daughter of Patterson Sprigg and Lillian M. Cullen, on 16 March 1917 in San Diego, San Diego Co., California.¹ He died from influenza during the 1918 epidemic, on 21 September, at a hospital in Quebec, Canada.²
     He graduated in 1915 from the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.¹

     Ivan Montrose Graham Jr. was born on 20 May 1918 in San Diego Co., California.² He married Margaret E. Bennett on 19 October 1943 in California.³ He died on 19 April 1945 at age 26 in a plane crash near Perth, Australia, on his way to begin a new position as commander of the submarine USS Pintado.¹ His remains were never recovered, but a monument was placed in his honor on 16 April 1948 at the U. S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.^1,4
     After his father's death and his mother's remarriage in 1920, he was adopted by his stepfather Lynde McCormick and his name was changed to Montrose Graham McCormick.¹
     He graduated in 1939 from the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. During his service he was awarded two Silver Stars, one for actions in 1943, and one for actions on the submarine USS Cobia from 26 June to 14 August 1944.¹

     Lynde Dupuy McCormick was born on 21 February 1922 in Washington, D.C..⁴ He married first Edith Reid Lazenby, daughter of Joseph Deming Lazenby and (?) Reid, on 8 December 1945 at the U. S. Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.¹ He married second Margaret (?).⁵ He died in April 2020 at age 98.⁶ He was buried on 15 August 2020 at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.⁶
     He graduated in 1944 from the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.⁷

     Edith Reid Lazenby was born on 13 November 1922 in Baltimore, Maryland.^2,3 She married Lynde Dupuy McCormick, son of Lynde Dupuy McCormick and Lillian Addison Sprigg, on 8 December 1945 at the U. S. Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.¹ She died on 6 January 1985 at the Sunland Home in San Diego, San Diego Co., California, at age 62.^3,2 She was cremated, and her ashes scattered at sea.³

     James Jett McCormick was born on 16 January 1924 in Coronado, San Diego Co., California.^2,1 He married Patricia Lou Klusack on 6 April 1957 at St. Luke's Chapel of the Naval Hospital in Corona, Riverside Co., California.^3,4 He died on 24 November 2000 at Pomerado Hospital in Poway, San Diego Co., California, at age 76 from cancer.⁵ He was buried on 11 December 2000 at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery (Section CBF, Row 3, Site 41) in San Diego, San Diego Co., California.⁶
     He graduated from Harvard Preparatory School in Los Angeles, California, about 1941.⁵ Vision problems prevented him from attending the U.S. Naval Academy like his father and brothers, so he enrolled at Princeton University in Princeton, Mercer Co., New Jersey, where he majored in public and international affairs and graduated after three years, in 1944. He played football at Princeton, and was a member of the Tower Club.^5,7
     After graduation he entered the U.S. Marine Corps as a second lieutenant, undergoing officer training at Parris Island, South Carolina. He landed at Okinawa in June 1945, and on his second day there was hit twice by Japanese sniper fire. According to his brother Lynde, the first shot luckily hit him in the belt, saving his life, but the second shattered his thigh bone. He spent a year in rehab at the Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, and walked with a limp the rest of his life.⁵
     After his release he entered law school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, graduating in 1950.⁷ He began his law career at the Navy General Counsel Office in Washington, D.C. After twelve years he joined General Dynamics in Pomona, Los Angeles Co., California, as vice president in charge of contracts. Ten years later he moved back to Washington, and to federal service, with the General Services Administration.⁵

     Patricia Lou Klusack was born on 9 April 1931 in Oak Park, Cook Co., Illinois.¹ She married second James Jett McCormick, son of Lynde Dupuy McCormick and Lillian Addison Sprigg, on 6 April 1957 at St. Luke's Chapel of the Naval Hospital in Corona, Riverside Co., California.^2,3 She died on 27 May 2020 in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego Co., California, at age 89.⁴ She was buried on 18 February 2021 at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery (Section CBF, Row 3, Site 41) in San Diego, San Diego Co., California.⁵

     Margaret (?) married Lynde Dupuy McCormick, son of Lynde Dupuy McCormick and Lillian Addison Sprigg.² She died about April 2020.³

     Edith Abbot Beardall was born on 29 October 1917 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.¹ She married Yellott Fitzhugh Hardcastle, son of Yellott Fitzhugh Hardcastle and Helen Wrightson, on 28 December 1938 at St. Thomas' Church in Washington, D.C..² She died on 14 June 2003 at Memorial Hospital in Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland, at age 85.^3,1 She was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland.³
     She traveled the world growing up due to her father's Navy career, and attended schools in Panama, Switzerland, and England, before graduating from The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1934.³
     She and her husband Yellott lived in a variety of places during the first few years of their marriage, including Mt. Vernon, Westchester Co., New York, Grosse Ile, Wayne Co., Michigan, and Broomall, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, as well as several locations where he was stationed with the Navy during World War II.³ They moved to Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, in 1947³, where Yellott began a 32-year teaching career in the physics department at Groton School.^3,4 When he retired in 1979 they moved to Talbot Co., Maryland, then in 1996 to Londonderry, a riverfront neighborhood in Easton, Talbot Co.³
     She was a member of the Garden Club of the Eastern Shore, the Talbot Hospice Foundation, the Harbor Club, the National Society of Colonial Dames, and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. She also served as president of the Londonderry Board of Directors.³

     Yellott Fitzhugh Hardcastle was born on 22 January 1914 in Grosse Ile, Wayne Co., Michigan.² He married Edith Abbot Beardall, daughter of John Reginald Beardall and Edith Jett McCormick, on 28 December 1938 at St. Thomas' Church in Washington, D.C..¹ He died on 28 August 2000 at Memorial Hospital in Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland, at age 86.³ He was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland.³
     He graduated from Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland Co., Michigan, in 1933, then from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, in 1937, majoring in industrial engineering. He later earned a master's degree in science education from Harvard University in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.³
     After graduation from Lehigh he worked for a time for the Armstrong Cork Co. in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, then for the Pennsalt Chemical Co. in Wyandotte, Wayne Co., Michigan.³
     He served in the Navy during World War II as commanding officer of Submarine Chaser 1058 in the Gulf of Mexico, and as navigator aboard the destroyer USS Adams in the Pacific.³
     He and his wife Edith lived in a variety of places during the first few years of their marriage, including Mt. Vernon, Westchester Co., New York, Grosse Ile, Wayne Co., Michigan, and Broomall, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, as well as several locations where he was stationed with the Navy during World War II.⁴ They moved to Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, in 1947⁴, where he began a 32-year teaching career in the physics department at Groton School.^4,5 When he retired in 1979 they moved to Talbot Co., Maryland, then in 1996 to Londonderry, a riverfront neighborhood in Easton, Talbot Co.⁴
     He was a member of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, and volunteered with the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and the Talbot Hospice Foundation.³