Samuel Craig, son of John Craig and Nancy Cain was born in Ohio County, Virginia, before West Virginia statehood.
Samuel appears on the 1880 census Martins Ferry, Ohio, 45, single, glass house worker, with widowed mother Nancy and single brother James 40.
Samuel is listed on the 1890 Veterans Schedule, Martins Ferry Ohio, having served in Civil War, Union, Private, Company K, 1st Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, 1861 to 1865. rank out Corporal.
Samuel's pension record indicates he applied for an invalid pension in 1889.Wheeling register reports that Samuel Craig's funeral took place March 20 from residence of Andrew Kurtz, burial Riverview Cemetery.
Andrew Kurtz is Andrew 'Andy' Jackson Kurtz, who married Lillian 'Lillie' Craig, daughter of Samuel's brother William Craig who died in 1860.
Andrew and Lillie Craig Kurtz are also buried Riverview Cemetery.
Samuel Craig, son of John Craig and Nancy Cain was born in Ohio County, Virginia, before West Virginia statehood.
Samuel appears on the 1880 census Martins Ferry, Ohio, 45, single, glass house worker, with widowed mother Nancy and single brother James 40.
Samuel is listed on the 1890 Veterans Schedule, Martins Ferry Ohio, having served in Civil War, Union, Private, Company K, 1st Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, 1861 to 1865. rank out Corporal.
Samuel's pension record indicates he applied for an invalid pension in 1889.Wheeling register reports that Samuel Craig's funeral took place March 20 from residence of Andrew Kurtz, burial Riverview Cemetery.
Andrew Kurtz is Andrew 'Andy' Jackson Kurtz, who married Lillian 'Lillie' Craig, daughter of Samuel's brother William Craig who died in 1860.
Andrew and Lillie Craig Kurtz are also buried Riverview Cemetery.
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