Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Alexander Craig and Rebecca Moorhead




Husband Alexander Craig 1 2 3

           Born: 13 Aug 1794 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Sep 1869 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Lt. Samuel Craig, Jr. (Abt 1757-1808) 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Shields (      -      ) 8


       Marriage: 9 Jun 1826 4

   Other Spouse: Sybilla Kern (1808-1888) 2 9 10 - 27 Feb 1838 10



Wife Rebecca Moorhead 3

           Born: 28 Sep 1803 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Feb 1835 12
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Moorhead (1769-1853) 13 14 15 16 17 18
         Mother: Agnes (Nancy) Craig (1773-1817) 6 14 17 19 20 21 22




Children
1 F Elizabeth Craig 4

           Born: 1828 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Sep 1878 4
         Buried: 



2 F Nancy Craig 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Graham (      -      ) 10


3 F Rebecca Jane Craig 10

           Born: 1835 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Oct 1907 10
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rev. David Harbison (      -      ) 10
           Marr: 1 Oct 1854 10



General Notes: Husband - Alexander Craig

near Hillside, Westmoreland Co, PA

He was a woolen manufacturer and a land owner of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

He and his first wife were half cousins.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 142.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), Pg 133.

3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 63, 136.

4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 63.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 409.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315.

7 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16, 59.

8 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 59.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 141.

10 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 64.

11 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 136.

12 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 64, 136.

13 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 374.

14 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 841.

15 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 204.

16 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 66.

17 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1082.

18 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 111, 123.

19 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 408.

20 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 174.

21 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16.

22 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 123.


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