Craig, J. D. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 853, Pleasant Township
J. D. Craig, blacksmith, Ipava, was born in Pennsylvania Oct. 27, 22; came to this State in 55; settled in Ipava in 77; June 4, 51, he married Edith Easley, who was born in Ohio in 27, and they have 4 children, - Melville, Madra, Stickley and Elizabeth. Mr. Craig is a skilled workman at his trade.
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