Husband Unknown
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Wife Margaret Campbell "Aunt Peggy" Craig 1 2
Born: 2 Jan 1805 2 3
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Died: 20 Jan 1899 2 3
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Father: Gen. Alexander Craig (1755-1832) 1 4 5 6
Mother: Jane Clark (1766-1852) 1 4 5 7
Children
1 F Jane Elizabeth Craig 2
Born: 7 Jun 1825 2
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Died: 2 Jan 1906 2
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Spouse: Josiah Moorhead Craig (1814-1891) 8
Marr: 14 Nov 1843 8
General Notes: Wife - Margaret Campbell "Aunt Peggy" Craig
An early marriage proved miserable, and after a few years, when on the verge of insanity, she returned to her father's house. There were no laws then for the protection of the property rights of married women, and about two years after her return, she, by her next friend\emdash her father\emdash sued for and obtained the legal annulling of the bond that would have bound her to a life of misery and poverty. She then resumed her father's name, and was never afterwards known by any other. It was the first case of the kind that had come before the Court of Westmoreland County and attracted much attention.
She posssessed many admirable traits of character; intellectually a remarkable woman, a lover of good literature and especially fond of poetry. She had a retentive memory to extreme old age, frequently repeating verse after verse of her favorite poets and favorite passages of scripture. Was much interested in the history of her family\emdash a reliable authority in life, and "in death she yet speaketh", for much that she wrote and narrated was preserved.
The Phoebe Bayard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Greensburg, Pa., made her an honorary member of their Chapter; later proved her eligibility to membership in the National D. A. R., and May 24, 1898, she was admitted to membership in the National D. A. R., in connection with the Phoebe Bayard Chapter, on account of the services of her grandfather, Samuel Craig, and her father, Alexander Craig, in the war of the Revolution. Shortly after, as a "Real Daughter", she was presented with a "gold spoon" by the National D. A. R. through the Phoebe Bayard Chapter. She was also a member of the "Scotch Irish Society of America."