Dr. Thomas B. Craighead and Rachel Allison

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Husband Dr. Thomas B. Craighead ¹

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            AKA: Dr. George Craighead 2 3
           Born:  - eastern Pennsylvania
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           Died: Jan 1827 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 4
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         Father: Col. George Craighead (      -1811) 5
         Mother: Anna Bratton (      -      ) 6

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Rachel Allison ^{3 7}

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           Born: 
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         Father: Col. James Allison (      -      ) 3 8 9
         Mother: Jane Bradford (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Mary "Polly" Craighead ^{4 10}

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           Born: 1795 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: David Watson (1791-1843) 4 11 12

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Thomas B. Craighead

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He was born east of the mountains, where he became a physician. He came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, with his father, and settled in 1794 in Canonsburg, where he commenced practice. After some years his health failed him, he retired from active practice, removed to a farm in Chartiers township on a part of the Allison tract, and lived there till his death. He left two children, who died young.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 613, 707.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 708.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 204.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 613.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 613, 706, 872.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 706.

7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 613, 708.

8 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 707, 720.

9 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 122.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 591, 1181.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1181.

12 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 11.