Washington Craig

1807 - 1877  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Washington Craig  [2]
  	1880 United States Federal Census Name: Washington Craig Home in 1880: Limestone, Clarion, Pennsylvania Age: 73 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Nancy Father's birthplace: Ireland Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania Occupation: Dry Goods Merchant Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Washington Craig 73 Nancy Craig 72 Jane Craig 30 Burt Miles 15 [1]
  Born	About 1807	Pennsylvania   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1880  [1]
  	The Federal Census for Limestone Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania lists Wasington Craing's occupation as 'Dry Goods Merchant'. I believe this refers to the Dry Goods Store that he operated in Greenville. In addition, he was the owner of a first-class flour mill as stated in the History of Clarion County as follows: "At first the settlers (early settlers in Limestone Township around 1802) had much difficulty in getting their grain converted into meal. This lasted nearly a quarter of a century, when Colonel John Sloan erected - on Big Piney a small mill built of hewed logs. This mill was erected – on the site of what is now known as Smith's saw-mill. The second - oldest flouring mill - a frame structure-was erected on Little Piney in 1833 by Samuel J. Orr. This mill still does good work (around 1877), and is at present owned by Henry Elder. At a little village known as Greenville, which will be noticed hereafter, Messrs. John Sloan and his brother Samuel erected a flouring-mill, which was perhaps the third one erected within the township. Henry Smith, deceased, razed the old log-mill erected by Colonel Sloan, and built a new one – a large frame structure - a short distance below the site of the old one; and the one built at Greenville was afterward torn down and a new one erected by Washington Craig, now deceased (1877). This is a large frame structure also, and is in every respect a first class mill. Thus there have been built on the waters of Big Piney four flouring mills, and on the waters of Little Piney one, five in all." (Note to File - JP Rhein)
  Died	Between 1881 and 1877
  Person ID	I4189	McKinney and Stewart of Clarion County, Pennsylvania
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	William Craig,   b. 17 Oct 1761, Country Antrim, Barony of Dunluce, Province of Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 05 Jul 1854, Limestone Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Mary Richards,   b. 02 Sep 1777, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 07 Feb 1841, Clarion County, Pennsylvania  (Age 63 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1790
  Family ID	F1307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Thompson,   b. 1808
  Children	1. Colonel Calvin Augustus Craig,   b. 07 Dec 1833, Clarion County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Aug 1864, Deep Bottom, Virginia  (Age 30 years)   2. James Harvey Craig   3. Jane Craig,   b. About 1850, Pennsylvania   4. Quincy A. Craig,   b. 1851, Pennsylvania
  Last Modified	31 May 2009
  Family ID	F1329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		1880 Federal Census, Limestone Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania Washington Craig
  		The Craigs of Greenville,Armstrong County (later Clarion County), Pennsylvania History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Page 880

  
  

• Sources

  [S02777] 1880 United States Federal Census (Reliability: 3). [S02824] History of Clarion County, A. J. Davis (Reliability: 3). [S02776] 1880 Federal Census for Pennsylvania (Reliability: 3).