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REUBEN B. CRAIG, was born in Scott County, Ky., April 17, 1837, and is a son of Clement and Elizabeth (Twyman) Craig. Clement Craig, also a native of Scott County, was born in 1805, and was a farmer by occupation. He died in 1885, at the advanced age of eighty years, having survived his wife nearly thirty years. Joseph Craig, paternal grandfather of our subject, a native of Virginia, was a Baptist minister by profession, and was among the earliest settlers in Kentucky; he was a son of Toliver Craig, a native of Scotland, and an early settler in Virginia. Joseph Craig was a soldier in the war of 1812, and afterward settled in Scott County, where he died. Reuben B. Craig was reared and educated in his native county, and engaged in farming until 1861, when he enlisted in the Confederate service under Gen. Hardee. He was a gunner until 1863 in the Jefferson Artillery, and was in the battle of Shiloh. In 1864 he was discharged for disability, but afterward re-enlisted under Capt. Joe Blackburn, with whom he remained until the close of the war, when he returned to Owen County. In 1871 he married Miss Emma Threlkeld, daughter of Elijah Threlkeld, of Owen County; they have one son, Frank B. In 1883, after selling out his business in Owenton, he removed to Hallam, Owen County, where he has since been engaged in general merchandise and milling business. Mr. Craig and family are members of the Baptist Church.