William Craig and Mary Vance Watson

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Husband William Craig ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Oct 1794 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Oct 1855 3 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Craig (      -1801) 4 5 6
         Mother: Jean Boyd (1770-1826/1826) 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 12 Aug or 28 Aug 1828 3 4

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Wife Mary Vance Watson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 May 1797 7
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1878 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Watson (1769-1842) 7 8
         Mother: Rebecca Vance (1769-      ) 2 9

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Children

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1 M John Watson Craig ^{4 10}

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           Born: 3 Jul 1830 - Welsh Run, Franklin Co, PA 4 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Mar 1908 4 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Caroline Crossan (1829-1905) 4 10
           Marr: 21 Jan 1852 10 11

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2 M Hugh Boyd Craig ^{12 13}

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           Born: 2 Nov 1831 - "Locust Hill", Franklin Co, PA 12 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Feb 1904 - Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA 14
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Martha Agnes Orr (1831-1902) 12 15
           Marr: 8 May 1861 - Cumberland Co, PA 12 14

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3 F Mary Elizabeth Craig ^{3 16 17}

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           Born: 2 Mar 1833 3 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Feb 1893 or 1895 - St. Louis, MO 3 16 17
         Buried:  - Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

         Spouse: George Eyster (1832-1886) 3 16 17 18
           Marr: 14 May 1856 - "Locust Hill", Franklin Co, PA 3 16

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4 F Jane Craig ^{3 16}

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           Born: 19 Feb 1835 3 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Sep 1863 3 16
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. John Riddle Warner, D.D. (      -      ) 3 16
           Marr: 2 May 1860 - "Locust Hill", Franklin Co, PA 3 16

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5 M William Henry Craig ^{3 19}

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           Born: 15 Feb 1837 3 19
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Nov 1899 - El Paso, Woodford Co, IL 3 19
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Ellen Keyser (      -      ) 3 19
           Marr: May 1861 3

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6 M David Vance Craig ^{12 19}

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           Born: 23 Jul 1841 12 19
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Sep 1878 19
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Louisa J. Reed (      -      ) 12 19
           Marr: 20 Oct 1870 - Welsh Run, Franklin Co, PA 12 19

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7 M Jesse Craig ³

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - William Craig

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Montgomery Twp, Franklin Co, PA

He had not yet attained his majority when, in 1814, he accompanied his four brothers and widowed mother from Campbellstown to Franklin County. He purchased several hundred acres of land, known as "The Three Cousins," being a part of the Mahn estate of Conococheague. This tract of land was still in the possession of the Craig family a hundred years later, and the homestead was known to all of them as "Locust Hill." Mr. Craig was a progressive and successful farmer, a man of influence in the neighborhood, active for many years as a school director and a stanch churchman, being a ruling elder for more than twenty years in the Welsh Run Presbyterian Church.

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

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

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

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

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 114.

6 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 680.

7 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 35.

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

9 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 127.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 Ella Campbell Slagle Nichols, Family Record (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately published, 1914).

18 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 638.

19 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 58.