Thomas B. Craig and Rachel Noble

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Husband Thomas B. Craig ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 Jun 1840 - Buffalo Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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         Father: Hugh Craig (1795-1854) 4
         Mother: Hannah Henderson (      -1856) 4

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       Marriage: 1871 3

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Wife Rachel Noble ^{2 5}

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         Father: James Noble (1816-      ) 6 7
         Mother: Rebecca Ritchey (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 M James Craig ³

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2 M Homer Craig ³

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3 M McWilliams Craig ³

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4 M Clarence Craig ³

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5 M Rev. William R. Craig ²

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           Born: 4 Feb 1879 - Claysville, Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Helen Hanna Weir (      -      ) 2 8 9
           Marr: 18 Jun 1908 2

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas B. Craig

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He was raised on the old Craig farm near Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Scarcely having attained his majority, the Civil war broke out, and fired with zeal for the cause of right, as it appeared to him, he enlisted in August, 1862, in Company B, "Ringgold Cavalry" Battalion, serving in it for some two years, at which time the battalion was reorganized into a regiment, known as the Twenty-second P. V. C. He served in Company C, of this regiment, until the close of the war. He was a member of the corps under General Sheridan in his "famous raid" in the Shenandoah Valley, and took part in the engagements, the most important of which were the battles of Winchester (the scene of "Sheridan's Ride," immortalized by Buchanan), Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. After the war Mr. Craig entered into partnership with L. C. Truesdell in general mercantile business at Claysville, which continued for four years. He then embarked alone, conducting a general store in which he was very successful, and for many years was recognized by the public as the leading merchant of Claysville.
Mr. Craig was always a strong Democrat, and took an active interest in politics; and the Democratic party owed a great deal to his zeal and fidelity for its success, and especially for its success, in having a Democratic representation in the Twenty-fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania, of which Washington County was a part.
A writer, in speaking of Mr. Craig, said: "Among the well-known and enterprising business men of Claysville, none occupy a more prominent position, or are more worthy of confidence and respect, than the subject of this sketch." Mr. Craig was a member of the City Council, and was frequently a member of the school board, besides holding other offices of trust. He and his family were members of the Presbyterian Church, the church of his boyhood, to which he gave his liberal support and effort.

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

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

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

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 69.

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

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 777.

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

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

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