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Below is a family biography included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Samuel J. Craig, farmer and stock-raiser, is a son of Andrews and Martha M. (Rogers) Craig, natives of Limestone County, Ala., who moved to Gibson County, Tenn., soon after marriage. In 1829 they came to Crawford County, and settled on a track of land, now included in Phelps County, removing to the place now owned by Samuel J. in 1849. Andrews Craig, a farmer by occupation, was appointed assessor of Crawford County in 1885, and also filled the offices of constable and magistrate. Politically a Democrat, he was a Union man during the war, and was supposed to have been killed by the militia in 1864, at the age of sixty-six years; his wife died at the age of seventy-eight years. Samuel J., the youngest but one in the family of eight children, was born in Crawford County in 1833. He was brought up on the farm, and in early life was engaged in teaming to St. Louis. During the war he served a short time in the Confederate service, and soon after his mother prevailed upon him to buy the old homestead, going in debt for 320 acres, which he succeeded in paying for in three years; he now owns 370 acres, all well stocked. In 1872 he married Nannie Cannon, who died in 1883, leaving six children, viz.: John R., Lula D., Birdsoe F., Minnie E., William A. and Nannie B. In 1884 Mr. Craig married Mrs. Sue E. Smalley, who had one daughter by her former husband, William L. Smalley, named Sarah W. One child was born to the latter union named Grover S. Mr. Craig is one of the most enterprising farmers in the county, and devotes considerable attention to stock; he is a Democrat in politics, and a Master Mason.

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This family biography is one of 117 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published in 1888.  For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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