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Crafts, Walter

mining engineer, was born Jan. 21, 1839, in Newton, Mass.

In 1877 he was appointed treasurer and manager of the Crafts Iron company in the Hocking valley, Ohio, and in 1883 became an official in the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron company.

Crafts, Wilbur Fisk

was born Jan. 12, 1850, in Fryeburg, Maine. He is a congregational clergyman of New York city and elsewhere; and is now superintendent of the National Reform Bureau of Washington, D. C. He is the author of Through the Eye to the Heart; Childhood; The Ideal Sunday School; The Rescue of Child Soul; Must the Old Testament Go? The Sabbath for Man; Talks to Boys and Girls about Jesus; Successful Men of To-Day; and Practical Christian Sociology.

Crafts, William Augustus

journalist, author, was born in 1819. He is the author of Life of General Grant; History of the United States; and Pioneers in the Settlement of America.

Craider, Frederick

revolutionary veteran. He fought in the continental army, and was a veteran also of the war of 1812-15. He died in August, 1866, in Meadville, Miss.

Craig, Craig

soldier, legislator, jurist, was born Jan. 10, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He represented Philadelphia in the legislature in 1849-50. In 1875 he was appointed a judge of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia, and in the following autumn was elected to the same office.

Craig, Alexander Johnson

educator, was born Nov. 11, 1823, in Goshen, N. Y. He became principal of a Milwaukee school in 1854, and in 1858-59 edited the Wisconsin Journal of Education at Racine and Madison, Wis. In 1859-60 he was a member of the legislature. He was president of the state teachers' association, and was chosen assistant state superintendent of schools in 1860, and from 1868 till his death was superintendent-in-chief. He died July 5, 1870, in Madison, Wis.

Craig, Allen

lawyer, state senator, was born Dec. 25, 1835, in Carbon county, Pa. In 1859 he was elected district attorney of Carbon county, and in 1878 was elected state senator for the district comprising Carbon, Monroe and Pike counties.

Craig, Hector

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1823 to 1825; and again from 1829 to 1830.

Craig, Isaac B

lawyer, legislator, was born April 28, 1857, in Charleston, Ill. He was a member of the Illinois house of representatives of thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh general assemblies; state senator of thirty-eighth and thirtyninth general assemblies; and again a member of the house of representatives of the fortieth general assembly.

Craig, John

philanthropist, was born in 1797 in Goffstown, N. H. Besides giving liberally during his lifetime, he bequeathed sums amounting to $105,000 to various universalist educational institutions. He died July 19, 1872, in Rochester, N. Y. common

Craig, Joseph H

physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 3, 1850, in Windsor, N. Y. He received his education at the Glen Roy academy, Lenox college, and in 1875 graduated from the Rush Medical college of Chicago. He has served as United States examining surgeon; medical examiner for ten old line insurance companies; and health physician for three townships in Clayton county, Iowa.

Craig, Robert

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1829 to 1833; and again from 1835 to 1841.