Harry Franklin Craig and Aurora Grunden

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Husband Harry Franklin Craig ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 May 1870 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: James Simpson Craig (1846-Aft 1917) 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Sidney McConnell (      -Aft 1917) 1 2

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       Marriage: 4 Aug 1915 4

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Wife Aurora Grunden ⁴

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         Father: Rev. N. S. Grunden (      -1917) 4
         Mother: Anna [Unk] (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Harry Franklin Craig

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He attended the public schools of St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania, graduating from the high school. This was followed by a preparatory course in pharmacy at Emlenton Academy and University of Pittsburgh, whence he passed to the South Bend College of Optics, South Bend, Indiana, graduating from that institution, 1908. The first thing Mr. Craig did on completing his period of preparation was to secure a position as prescription clerk, but after a short time he engaged in business for himself at Byron Center, Pennsylvania, later removing to Noblestown, Pennsylvania. In 1904 Mr. Craig opened a store at Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and in 1908 came to Monessen. Here Mr. Craig established a business, which developed even beyond his expectations, becoming the largest of its kind in the county and excelled, in point of modern equipment, by few in the State. In 1915 the proportions to which the business had attained rendered more commodious quarters a necessity and the result was the erection of the combination store and apartment building. In addition to his business he is a large stockholder in the Peoples' National Bank of Monessen, and a stockholder in the United Drug Company.
An adherent of the Republican party, Mr. Craig took no part in politics beyond the faithful performance of the duties required of every good citizen. He occupied a seat on the Monessen Board of Trade, and belonged to the National Pharmaceutical Association, the National Optical Association and the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association. His Masonic affiliations were with the Charleroi Commandery and Syria Temple, Pittsburgh. He belonged to the Royal Arcanum, and was a life member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His religious membership was in the Reformed church.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1538.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 202.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1537.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 203.