Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Hugh Boyd Craig and Martha Agnes Orr




Husband Hugh Boyd Craig 1 2

           Born: 2 Nov 1831 - "Locust Hill", Franklin Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Feb 1904 - Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA 3
         Buried: 


         Father: William Craig (1794-1855) 4 5
         Mother: Mary Vance Watson (1797-1878) 4 5


       Marriage: 8 May 1861 - Cumberland Co, PA 1 3



Wife Martha Agnes Orr 1 6

           Born: 30 Nov 1831 1 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jan 1902 1 6
         Buried: 


         Father: William Orr (1781-1831) 7
         Mother: Agnes McGuire (      -      ) 6




Children
1 F Mary Watson Craig 1 8

           Born: 28 Jul 1862 1 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ira Hayes Shoemaker (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 3 May 1888 - "Locust Hill", Franklin Co, PA 1 8


2 M John Orr Craig 1 8

           Born: 4 Dec 1865 1 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Cushwa Brewer (      -      ) 1 8
           Marr: 2 Jun 1896 - Welsh Run, Franklin Co, PA 1 8



General Notes: Husband - Hugh Boyd Craig


He attended academies in Shippensburg, Newville and Mercersburg, and taught for several years in the public schools. He was prepared for college at Eldersridge Academy, and was graduated at Jefferson College in 1857. He was an intelligent and successful farmer in Montgomery township, Franklin County, but in 1898 retired and settled in Greencastle. An earnest church worker, he was Sunday-school superintendent and ruling elder in the Welsh Run Presbyterian Church for more than forty years. In politics he was a Republican, and for several years was school director, and he also held other local offices.


Notes: Marriage

They were married at Louther Manor, Orr's Bridge, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


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

2 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 25, 56.

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

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

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

6 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 24.

7 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 23.

8 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 57.


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