Daughter of Mahlon & Catherine Foley Bishop, wife of Mark Macklin Craig
THE CLOSING OF A LONG LIFE
MRS. NANCY CRAIG PASSED AWAY LAST TUES. FUNERAL WAS HELD THURS. P.M.
Living to the age of over 83 years and for 80 years of that time in the vicinity of LeRoy, Mrs. nancy Craig known thurout the country closed her eyes in death at 12:30 o'clock last Tuesday morning. Her demise took place at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Obe Healea, with whom she has made her home for the past 15 years. She had been afflicted with Bright's Disease for the past two years and two weeks ago, became much worse, gradually sinking until death ensued.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Obe Healea, four miles east of LeRoy, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Rev. J. C. Nate had charge, assisted by Rev. R. D. Brown. She was laid to rest in the family lot in Oak Grove cemetery.
Of the children of Mahlon and Catharine Bishop, she was the oldest. In 1834, the family came to Illinois, coming thru by ox team. They settled north of LeRoy and many were the experiences related by the deceased of the hard times of the pioneer and she ofter remarked about the price of butter at three cents a pound, eggs at five cents per dozen and corn which had to be delivered at Peoria, ten cents per bushel.
On October 13, 1853, she was united in marriage to a young man of another pioneer family, Mark M. Craig. Since their marriage, they always lived in the near vicinity of LeRoy. They were the parents of seven children: Mrs. Mary Gray, deceased; Mrs. Annie Godsell, LeRoy; Mrs. Sarah Spangler, Gibson City; James T. Craig, Arrowsmith; John Franklin Craig, deceased; Mahlon Craig, Gibson City; and Mrs. Alice Koontz, Clinton.
There are twenty-one grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren to mourn the loss of a loving grandmother. Of her own family of eight children, all have died except one brother, the youngest child, Mahlon Bishop, of Topeka, Kansas.
Grandmother Craig has been a life member of the Methodist church and was a sincere Christian woman loved by all who knew her. With the death of Mrs. Craig, another of the living links that connected the old pioneer days with the present has broken. Her life spanned perhaps the greatest age of material development from the ox cart the automobile and the flying machine, from the tallow dip to the electric light. She saw the country filled with school
houses and churches. She saw the wild swampy prairie reclaimed and transformed into feryile fields, dotted over with fine residences and spacious barns. Fate dealt kindly with her and she lived a blessed and an extraordinary life.
The LeRoy Journal, LeRoy, Illinois July 2, 1915
THE CLOSING OF A LONG LIFE
MRS. NANCY CRAIG PASSED AWAY LAST TUES. FUNERAL WAS HELD THURS. P.M.
Living to the age of over 83 years and for 80 years of that time in the vicinity of LeRoy, Mrs. nancy Craig known thurout the country closed her eyes in death at 12:30 o'clock last Tuesday morning. Her demise took place at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Obe Healea, with whom she has made her home for the past 15 years. She had been afflicted with Bright's Disease for the past two years and two weeks ago, became much worse, gradually sinking until death ensued.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Obe Healea, four miles east of LeRoy, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Rev. J. C. Nate had charge, assisted by Rev. R. D. Brown. She was laid to rest in the family lot in Oak Grove cemetery.
Of the children of Mahlon and Catharine Bishop, she was the oldest. In 1834, the family came to Illinois, coming thru by ox team. They settled north of LeRoy and many were the experiences related by the deceased of the hard times of the pioneer and she ofter remarked about the price of butter at three cents a pound, eggs at five cents per dozen and corn which had to be delivered at Peoria, ten cents per bushel.
On October 13, 1853, she was united in marriage to a young man of another pioneer family, Mark M. Craig. Since their marriage, they always lived in the near vicinity of LeRoy. They were the parents of seven children: Mrs. Mary Gray, deceased; Mrs. Annie Godsell, LeRoy; Mrs. Sarah Spangler, Gibson City; James T. Craig, Arrowsmith; John Franklin Craig, deceased; Mahlon Craig, Gibson City; and Mrs. Alice Koontz, Clinton.
There are twenty-one grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren to mourn the loss of a loving grandmother. Of her own family of eight children, all have died except one brother, the youngest child, Mahlon Bishop, of Topeka, Kansas.
Grandmother Craig has been a life member of the Methodist church and was a sincere Christian woman loved by all who knew her. With the death of Mrs. Craig, another of the living links that connected the old pioneer days with the present has broken. Her life spanned perhaps the greatest age of material development from the ox cart the automobile and the flying machine, from the tallow dip to the electric light. She saw the country filled with school
houses and churches. She saw the wild swampy prairie reclaimed and transformed into feryile fields, dotted over with fine residences and spacious barns. Fate dealt kindly with her and she lived a blessed and an extraordinary life.
The LeRoy Journal, LeRoy, Illinois July 2, 1915
Daughter of Mahlon & Catherine Foley Bishop, wife of Mark Macklin Craig
THE CLOSING OF A LONG LIFE
MRS. NANCY CRAIG PASSED AWAY LAST TUES. FUNERAL WAS HELD THURS. P.M.
Living to the age of over 83 years and for 80 years of that time in the vicinity of LeRoy, Mrs. nancy Craig known thurout the country closed her eyes in death at 12:30 o'clock last Tuesday morning. Her demise took place at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Obe Healea, with whom she has made her home for the past 15 years. She had been afflicted with Bright's Disease for the past two years and two weeks ago, became much worse, gradually sinking until death ensued.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Obe Healea, four miles east of LeRoy, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Rev. J. C. Nate had charge, assisted by Rev. R. D. Brown. She was laid to rest in the family lot in Oak Grove cemetery.
Of the children of Mahlon and Catharine Bishop, she was the oldest. In 1834, the family came to Illinois, coming thru by ox team. They settled north of LeRoy and many were the experiences related by the deceased of the hard times of the pioneer and she ofter remarked about the price of butter at three cents a pound, eggs at five cents per dozen and corn which had to be delivered at Peoria, ten cents per bushel.
On October 13, 1853, she was united in marriage to a young man of another pioneer family, Mark M. Craig. Since their marriage, they always lived in the near vicinity of LeRoy. They were the parents of seven children: Mrs. Mary Gray, deceased; Mrs. Annie Godsell, LeRoy; Mrs. Sarah Spangler, Gibson City; James T. Craig, Arrowsmith; John Franklin Craig, deceased; Mahlon Craig, Gibson City; and Mrs. Alice Koontz, Clinton.
There are twenty-one grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren to mourn the loss of a loving grandmother. Of her own family of eight children, all have died except one brother, the youngest child, Mahlon Bishop, of Topeka, Kansas.
Grandmother Craig has been a life member of the Methodist church and was a sincere Christian woman loved by all who knew her. With the death of Mrs. Craig, another of the living links that connected the old pioneer days with the present has broken. Her life spanned perhaps the greatest age of material development from the ox cart the automobile and the flying machine, from the tallow dip to the electric light. She saw the country filled with school
houses and churches. She saw the wild swampy prairie reclaimed and transformed into feryile fields, dotted over with fine residences and spacious barns. Fate dealt kindly with her and she lived a blessed and an extraordinary life.
The LeRoy Journal, LeRoy, Illinois July 2, 1915
THE CLOSING OF A LONG LIFE
MRS. NANCY CRAIG PASSED AWAY LAST TUES. FUNERAL WAS HELD THURS. P.M.
Living to the age of over 83 years and for 80 years of that time in the vicinity of LeRoy, Mrs. nancy Craig known thurout the country closed her eyes in death at 12:30 o'clock last Tuesday morning. Her demise took place at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Obe Healea, with whom she has made her home for the past 15 years. She had been afflicted with Bright's Disease for the past two years and two weeks ago, became much worse, gradually sinking until death ensued.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Obe Healea, four miles east of LeRoy, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Rev. J. C. Nate had charge, assisted by Rev. R. D. Brown. She was laid to rest in the family lot in Oak Grove cemetery.
Of the children of Mahlon and Catharine Bishop, she was the oldest. In 1834, the family came to Illinois, coming thru by ox team. They settled north of LeRoy and many were the experiences related by the deceased of the hard times of the pioneer and she ofter remarked about the price of butter at three cents a pound, eggs at five cents per dozen and corn which had to be delivered at Peoria, ten cents per bushel.
On October 13, 1853, she was united in marriage to a young man of another pioneer family, Mark M. Craig. Since their marriage, they always lived in the near vicinity of LeRoy. They were the parents of seven children: Mrs. Mary Gray, deceased; Mrs. Annie Godsell, LeRoy; Mrs. Sarah Spangler, Gibson City; James T. Craig, Arrowsmith; John Franklin Craig, deceased; Mahlon Craig, Gibson City; and Mrs. Alice Koontz, Clinton.
There are twenty-one grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren to mourn the loss of a loving grandmother. Of her own family of eight children, all have died except one brother, the youngest child, Mahlon Bishop, of Topeka, Kansas.
Grandmother Craig has been a life member of the Methodist church and was a sincere Christian woman loved by all who knew her. With the death of Mrs. Craig, another of the living links that connected the old pioneer days with the present has broken. Her life spanned perhaps the greatest age of material development from the ox cart the automobile and the flying machine, from the tallow dip to the electric light. She saw the country filled with school
houses and churches. She saw the wild swampy prairie reclaimed and transformed into feryile fields, dotted over with fine residences and spacious barns. Fate dealt kindly with her and she lived a blessed and an extraordinary life.
The LeRoy Journal, LeRoy, Illinois July 2, 1915
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