Dr. Alexander Craig, M.D. and Eleanor Margaretta Righter

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Husband Dr. Alexander Craig, M.D. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 22 Dec 1838 - Hillside, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Alexander Craig (1794-1869) 1 2 5
         Mother: Sybilla Kern (1808-1888) 2 3 6

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       Marriage: 29 Oct 1867 - Columbia, Lancaster Co, PA 3 4

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Wife Eleanor Margaretta Righter ^{3 4}

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           Born:  - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA
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         Father: Washington Righter (1799-1879) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Mayer Cottrell (1810-1901) 4

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Children

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1 M Dr. Alexander Righter Craig, M.D. ^{3 4}

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           Born: 31 Jul 1868 - Columbia, Lancaster Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Florence Coulson Bromwell (      -      ) 3 4
           Marr: 17 Oct 1899 - Port Deposit, Cecil Co, MD 4

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2 F Elizabeth Craig ^{3 4}

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3 M Washington Righter Craig ^{3 4}

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         Spouse: Elizabeth May Ramsey (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 9 Jul 1906 7

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4 F Eleanor Sybilla Craig ^{4 7}

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5 M Dr. John Jay Craig ⁷

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Alexander Craig, M.D.

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In 1862 he enlisted in the 135th Pa. Vol. Inf. and became its hospital sergeant, and at the expiration of his term of service re-enlisted as Second Lieutenant in Co. A 57th Regt. Pa. Vol. Infantry. After his return from the army attended Jefferson Medical College, graduating in 1865, and settled at Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he practiced medicine the rest of his life. He was surgeon of the Pennsylvania Railroad for thirty years and held a number of prominent positions in the Medical Society of Pennsylvania, and was also a member of various other Medical Associations and a member of the Scotch Irish Society of America.

He was educated in the public schools of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and at Eldersridge Academy. He pursued his studies at night while engaged in teaching school. Choosing medicine as his profession, he began a course of reading in 1859, in the office of Dr. Eli Ferguson, at New Derry, Pennsylvania, and continued after his army service with Dr. C. D. Hottenstein, then of Columbia. In 1862 he patriotically abandoned his studies to enter the service of his country. In that year he enlisted as a private in Co. F, 135th P. V. I., and was soon afterward appointed hospital steward of the regiment, in which capacity he completed his nine months term of service. He then joined the 57th Regiment State Militia, serving as second lieutenant of Co. A. He then attended two courses of lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1865. On May 1st, of that year, he entered upon his long medical practice in Columbia. His military service gave him a predilection for surgery, and, while a general practitioner, he was especially recognized by his colleagues as an authority in surgery. His practice increased steadily and in a few years he became one of the most successful physicians of the city. In 1890 he was honored with the presidency of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, having previously filled the offices of vice-president in 1870, and of corresponding secretary in 1880-81. He was in 1878 elected president of the Lancaster City and County Medical Society, of which he had for many years been an active and prominent member. In 1879 he was also honored by election to the presidency of the Pennsylvania and Maryland Union Medical Society. Among other professional organizations with which he was actively associated was the National Association of Railway Surgeons. In an honorary capacity he was a member of the York County Medical Society and of the Grand Rapids Academy of Medicine of Grand Rapids, Michigan. From 1869 he was surgeon at Columbia for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He prepared many papers and reports of surgery, which were presented at the various medical societies with which he was connected.
Dr. Craig was identified with a number of fraternal and social orders, including the G. A. R. and the I. O. O. F., the K. of P., and the Scotch-Irish society of America. He served as a member of the town council of Columbia from 1869 to 1878, and in the latter year was president of that body. He was one of the organizers of the Columbia Electric Light & Power Co., in 1883, and two years later was elected its president. From 1887 and until his death he was a director of the First National Bank of Columbia.

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 64.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), Pg 134.

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

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

7 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 65.