Rebecca Lena Graham, who went by Lena in her early life, was born in 1859 in Pioneer Square, Seattle, to Pennsylvania-born Frank Matthias and Peggy Curley, a Duwamish woman.
Rebecca [Lena Graham]’s parents separated in her childhood, with her mother remarrying Christian Scheuerman.
Rebecca Lena Graham (Wikipedia) Rebecca Lena Graham (née Matthias; December 29, 1859 – April 9, 1946) was an American Duwamish tribal member who gained considerable notoriety through her 1893-94 legal battle for her father’s sizable inheritance.