Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Watson Craig and Caroline Crossan




Husband John Watson Craig 1 2

           Born: 3 Jul 1830 - Welsh Run, Franklin Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Mar 1908 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: William Craig (1794-1855) 3 4
         Mother: Mary Vance Watson (1797-1878) 3 4


       Marriage: 21 Jan 1852 1 5



Wife Caroline Crossan 1 2

           Born: 13 Apr 1829 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jun 1905 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas Crossan (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 




Children
1 M William Paxton Craig 1 5

           Born: 22 Jun 1853 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Dec 1855 1 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 M Thomas Canby Craig 1 5

           Born: 2 Nov 1855 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Dec 1921 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Harriet C. "Hattie" Danby (      -      ) 1 5
           Marr: 20 Sep 1882 - Brooklyn, NY 1 5
         Spouse: Cornelia Porter Souther (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 29 Apr 1919 5


3 M Henry Prather Craig 1 5

           Born: 23 Jul 1857 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Aug 1890 1 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 M Clark Rankin Craig 1 5

           Born: 15 May 1859 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ella Rosamond Spencer (      -1901) 1 5
           Marr: 24 Nov 1884 - Philadelphia, PA 5
         Spouse: Emma Mulford (      -      ) 1 6
           Marr: 14 Apr 1904 1 6


5 M George Eyster Craig 1 6

           Born: 18 Mar 1862 1 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Sep 1918 6
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Narcissa Brewster (      -      ) 1 6
           Marr: 7 Feb 1899 6


6 M John McDowell Craig 6

            AKA: John MacDowell Craig 1
           Born: 18 Mar 1862 1 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Sarah Huber (      -      ) 6


7 F Ariana Crossan "Arie" Craig 1 6

           Born: 6 Apr 1865 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Dr. Meredith Dabney Jones, M.D. (      -      ) 1 6
           Marr: 25 Sep 1884 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 6


8 F Mary Watson Craig 6 7

           Born: 4 Jan 1868 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin



9 F Martha Caroline Craig 6 7

           Born: 4 Jan 1868 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin




General Notes: Husband - John Watson Craig


He passed his boyhood on the farm at Welsh Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. At his father's death in 1855 he purchased a farm in the same vicinity as the home, and its cultivation occupied his attention until 1862, when he moved to the old Crossan farm, remaining there until 1864, when he went to Shippensburg, Cumberland County. In 1871 he went to Federal Hill, in Chambersburg, remaining until 1878, in 1875 being elected county commissioner. He purchased property in Mercersburg in 1879, removing there at that time, but in 1882 he returned to Chambersburg. He belonged to the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church. For a number of years he was a director in the National Bank of Chambersburg.


General Notes: Wife - Caroline Crossan

from Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA

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Sources


1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 682.

2 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 54.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 681, 703.

4 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 32.

5 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 55.

6 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 56.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 683.


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