Rev. William R. Craig and Helen Hanna Weir

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Husband Rev. William R. Craig ¹

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           Born: 4 Feb 1879 - Claysville, Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: Thomas B. Craig (1840-1911) 1 2
         Mother: Rachel Noble (      -Aft 1915) 1 3

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       Marriage: 18 Jun 1908 1

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Wife Helen Hanna Weir ^{1 4 5}

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         Father: Adam Weir, Jr. (1851/1852-      ) 5 6 7
         Mother: Ella Hanna (      -      ) 5 8

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Children

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1 M William W. Craig ¹

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2 M Thomas Alexander Craig ¹

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3 M Adam Weir Craig ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. William R. Craig

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He was educated in the public school, spent his early life in Claysville, Pennsylvania, and during the sessions of the Fifty-third Congress was a page in the House of Representatives. Returning to Washington County, he entered the preparatory department of Washington and Jefferson College, and in 1898 matriculated at the same college. He pursued a full classical course of four years and was graduated A. B. in 1902; later Washington and Jefferson College conferred upon him the degree of A. M. After leaving college he spent one year in business with his father at Claysville, but he had no liking for business life. In the fall of 1903 he entered the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated in 1906. He was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian church, and at once entered upon ministerial work as pastor of the Hookstown and Mill Creek Presbyterian congregations in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He remained in charge of these churches until 1910, when he accepted a call from the First Presbyterian Church of Butler, and was installed pastor July 1, 1910. This was the oldest church in Butler, and one of the oldest in western Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1813, and was a large and influential church.
Rev. Craig was an Independent in politics with Prohibition proclivities, and a believer in the doctrine of legal prohibition of the liquor traffic. He belonged to lodge, chapter and commandery of the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 67.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 70, 779, 882.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 779, 882.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1420.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 896.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 800.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1419, 1434.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1420, 1434.