Mark A. Craig

macraig@cdepot.net

KY>OK

I'm trying to locate close relatives of a Myron Craig who lived in or around Alma, Illinois, who passed away in recent years. He was a cousin to my grandfather, (Marcus) Harold Craig, and they frequently shared geneological discoveries while they were both alive. Unfortunately I never met him. He's supposed to have had two sons, Ambrose (that name again!) and Donald, who was apparently the adopted child of his sister or other close relative; I've heard that they both moved to California.

If anyone is related or knows how I might contact his sons, please let me know.

Descendants of Robert Thomas Craig (abbreviated and certainly incomplete)

1-Robert Thomas Craig (?, N. Ireland - ?, America)

• 2-[if Robert had other children, I don't know about them yet]
• 2-William Daniel Craig (1745, MD - 1829, KY) [two wives; only a step-son from 2nd]
  • 3-Susanna Craig McCallister (1765, VA - 1792, KY)
    • 4-James McCallister (1789, KY - 1854, VA)
    • 4-William McCallister (1792, KY - 1854, IN)
      • 5-Garrett McCallister (1815 - ?, IN)
        • 6-Bart McCallister (1845 - ?)
        • 6-Austin W. McCallister (?)
      • 5-John McCallister (1819 - 1892)
        • 6-Koreen McCallister Cory (1843, IN - 1886, IN)
        • 6-Emily McCallister Poindexter (1845, IN - ?)
        • 6-Carshena McCallister (1847, IN - ?, IN)
        • 6-Balema McCallister Manning (1849, IN - ?)
        • 6-Decatur McCallister (1851 - 1872)
        • 6-Mary E. McCallister Cory (1853, IN - ?) [marr. same man as sister!]
        • 6-John J. McCallister (1858, IN - ?)
        • 6-Walter McCallister (1865, IN - 1867, IN)
      • 5-Thomas McCallister (?)
  • 3-Martha Craig Jones (1766, VA - 1849, KY)
    • 4-William Jones (1785 - ?)
    • 4-Priscilla Jones Nickell/Cole (1787, VA - 1805)
    • 4-Nancy Jane Jones Ferguson (1790 - 1839)
      • 5-Ambrose Ferguson (1808 - ?)
      • 5-William Ferguson (1809 - ?)
      • 5-Catherine Ferguson Pelfrey (1811 - ?)
      • 5-Martha Ferguson Coffee (1812 - ?)
      • 5-Isaac Ferguson (1814 - ?)
      • 5-Jane Ferguson Lykins (1817 - ?)
      • 5-John Ferguson (1819 - ?)
      • 5-James Thornton Ferguson (1821 - ?)
      • 5-Nancy Ferguson Hamilton (1823 - ?)
      • 5-Mary "Polly" Ferguson Hamilton (1829 - ?)
    • 4-Jean "Jenny" Jones Williams (1792 - ?)
      • 5-Nancy Williams (1816 - ?)
      • 5-Richard Williams (1827 - ?)
      • 5-Haden Williams (1828 - ?)
      • 5-Amanda Williams (1829 - ?)
      • 5-Daniel Williams (1833 - ?)
      • 5-Ambrose Williams (1835 - ?)
    • 4-John Jones (1793 - ?)
      • 5-Gillian Jones (1822 - ?) [1st wife]
      • 5-Thomas Jones (1827 - ?) [1st wife]
      • 5-Alvin Jones (1832 - ?)
        • 6-Custer Jones [from 2nd marr.]
      • 5-Telitha Jones (1834 - ?)
      • 5-Francis Marion Jones (1838 - 1932)
      • 5-B. Gardner Jones (1841 - ?)
      • 5-Mason W. Jones (1843, KY - ?)
        • 6-Laura Alice Jones Nickell (1867, KY - 1908)
          • 7-[generations omitted]
        • 6-French Jones (1874, KY - ?)
      • 5-Dial Jones (1846 - ?)
      • 5-Perlina Jones (1849 - ?)
      • 5-Mary Jones Howerton (1852 - ?)
    • 4-Richard Jones (1795 - ?)
    • 4-James Jones (1801 - ?)
    • 4-Cynthia Jones Cottle (1801, KY - 1850, KY)
      • 5-Edward Cottle (1825, KY - ?)
      • 5-Joseph Cottle (1827, KY - ?)
      • 5-John Cottle (1829, KY - ?)
      • 5-Melissa Cottle Elam/Griffith (1834, KY - ?)
      • 5-Ambrose J. Cottle (1835, KY - 1914, KY)
        • 6-Alexander D. Cottle (1859, KY - 1941, KY)
      • 5-Uriah Cottle, Jr. (1840, KY - 1927, KY)
    • 4-Barbara Jones Howerton (1802, KY - ?)
      • 5-Preston Howerton (1818, KY - ?)
        • 6-Mary Elizabeth Howerton Williams (1848, KY - ?)
        • 6-Barbara Ellen Howerton Elam (1850, KY - ?)
        • 6-Granville Howerton (1852, KY - ?)
        • 6-Martha Jane Howerton Lewis (1854, KY - 1907)
        • 6-James B. Howerton (1857, KY - 1890)
        • 6-Rutha(?) Ann Howerton Wheeler (1859, KY - 1908, KY)
        • 6-John H. Howerton (1861, KY - ?)
        • 6-Alice Hannah Howerton Lewis (1864, KY - ?)
        • 6-Perry Howerton (1870, KY - 1884, KY)
        • 5-Andrew Jackson Howerton (1820 - ?)
        • 6-Matthew Howerton (1846 - ?) [from 2nd marr.]
        • 6-Mary Howerton (1849 - ?) [from 2nd marr.]
      • 5-James Madison Howerton (1822, KY - ?)
      • 5-Mary Howerton Davis (1823 - ?)
      • 5-Perry Howerton (1826 - 1853)
        • 6-James R. Howerton (1849, KY - ?) [from 1st marr.]
      • 5-Martha Howerton (1828, KY - ?)
      • 5-Cordelia Howerton (1830, KY - ?)
      • 5-Ambrose Howerton (1832, KY - ?)
      • 5-Pheba Howerton (1835, KY - ?)
      • 5-John Howerton (1837, KY - ?)
      • 5-Mary Jane Howerton Cottle (1839, KY - ?, KY)
        • 6-Sarah E. Cottle (1856, KY - ?)
        • 6-Cordelia Cottle Horton (1859, KY - ?)
        • 6-John Madison Cottle (?)
        • 6-John Franklin Cottle (1862, KY - ?)
        • 6-Robert Lee Cottle (1866, KY - ?)
        • 6-Marion Cottle (1868, KY - ?)
        • 6-Linda Cottle (1870, KY - ?)
      • 5-Jane Howerton (1839 - ?)
    • 4-Ambrose Jones, Jr. (1803 - ?)
      • 5-Priscilla Jane Jones Nickell (1825, KY - 1909, KY)
        • 6-Lucretia Nickell McGuire (1846, KY - 1900, OK)
        • 6-Sarah "Sally" Ann Nickell Cisco (1848, KY - ?)
        • 6-Thomas J. Nickell (1851, KY - 1852, KY)
        • 6-Thomas A. Newton "River Tom" Nickell (1854, KY - 1944, KY)
        • 6-Kels Powers Nickell (1855, KY - 1929, KY) [two wives]
        • 6-Cynthia Margaret Nickell Coffee (1858, KY - 1893)
        • 6-James T. Harlan Nickell (1859, KY - 1940, KY)
      • 5-Patience Freelove Jones Nickell (1830, KY - 1885, KY)
        • 6-Stewart Nickell (1849, KY - ?)
        • 6-Elly Jane Nickell Bowling (1850, KY - ?)
        • 6-Priscilla Jane Nickell Nickell/Williams (1852, KY - ?) [1st married a cousin! two husbands]
        • 6-Delilah Nickell Wilson/Jones (1853, KY - 1937)[two husbands]
        • 6-Ambrose Nickell (1854, KY - pre-1860, KY)
        • 6-Asberry F. Nickell (1856, KY - 1856, KY)
        • 6-Josephine Nickell May (1857, KY - ?)
        • 6-Franklin Thomas "Uncle Tom" Nickell (1859, KY - 1938, KY)
        • 6-Caleb Nickell (1861, KY - ?) [three wives]
        • 6-Perlina Elizabeth Nickell Williams (1861, KY - ?)
        • 6-Amos D. Nickell (1863, KY - ?)
        • 6-Rachel Nickell Jones (1865, KY - 1943)
        • 6-Joseph Desha Nickell, Jr. (1866, KY - ?)
        • 6-John M. Nickell (1870, KY - ?) [died an infant]
        • 6-Allen M. Nickell (1872, KY - ?) [died from TB at a young age]
        • 6-Laura Belle Nickell King (1873, KY - 1953, KY)
        • 6-Robert Hickman Nickell (1877, KY - 1947)
        • 6-Rose Ellen Nickell (1879, KY - ?) [died as infant]
      • 5-Uriah Jones (1834, KY - 1904, OK) [had two wives; all known children from 2nd]
        • 6-John Desha Jones (1862, KY - 1925, MT)
        • 6-Nancy Jones McGuire (1864, KY - ?)
        • 6-Isaac W. Jones (1866, KY - ?)
        • 6-Martha Frances Jones Patrick (1869 - 1949, OK)
        • 6-Allen Newton Jones (1871, KY - 1952)
        • 6-Margaret Susan Ann Jones McGuire (1874, KY - ?)
        • 6-Marion Jones (1877 - 1912)
        • 6-Squire Jones (1878 - ?)
        • 6-Lucretia "Creasy" Jones Henry/Hammons (1879 - ?)
        • 6-Ressie Jones Henry/Richardson (1881 - ?)
        • 6-Mary Jones (1883 - ?)
      • 5-Uriah Newton Jones (1851 - ?)
  • 3-John F. Craig (1769, VA - 1857)
    • 4-Donaldson Craig (1789 - ?)
      • 5-William D. Craig (1822 - ?)
        • 6-Louisa Craig (1842 - ?)
        • 6-John H. Craig (1850 - ?)
        • 6-Lucy D. Craig (1854 - ?)
        • 6-William R. Craig (1859 - ?)
      • 5-Louisa F. Craig (1827 - ?)
      • 5-Jan Craig (1830 - ?)
    • 4-William Craig (1792 - 1854)
      • 5-Amanda Craig Gilkey (1814 - ?)
      • 5-Orlando Whitney Craig (1816 - 1849)
      • 5-Mary D. "Polly" Craig Phillips
        • 6-Elizabeth Ann Phillips (1840 - ?)
        • 6-Amanda F. Phillips (1841 - ?)
        • 6-John William Phillips (1843 - ?)
        • 6-Mary Hannah Phillips (1845 - ?)
        • 6-Ann Phillips (1848 - ?)
        • 6-James Whitney Phillips (1850 - ?)
      • 5-William F. Craig, Jr. (1823 - ?)
        • 6-William F. Craig III (1849 - ?)
        • 6-Eliza Jane Craig (? - 1851) [died as infant]
        • 6-Sarah Albion Craig (1852, IN - ?)
        • 6-Aquilla A. Craig (1857, IN - ?)
      • 5-John Quincy Craig (1825 - ?)
      • 5-James M. Craig (1827 - 1905) [two wives; 2nd only two years before death]
      • 5-Feasiman T. Craig (1829 - ?)
      • 5-Elizabeth Ann Craig Adair (1835 - 1872)
    • 4-Fleming Craig (1804 - ?)
      • 5-John Craig (1833 - ?, IN)
        • 6-Edward G. Craig (1855 - ?)
        • 6-James F. Craig (1857 - ?)
        • 6-Henry Clay Craig (1859 - 1883) [murdered]
      • 5-Nancy S. Craig (1835 - ?)
      • 5-Samantha S. Craig Robertson/Coffee (1836 - ?)
      • 5-Verlinda T. Craig Shoush (1837 - ?)
      • 5-Mary D. Craig Kertley (1839 - ?)
    • 4-Lorenzo Dow Craig (1805 - 1858)
      • 5-Thomas F. Craig (1831 - ?, IN)
      • 5-Emily Craig Coleman (1833 - ?)
      • 5-Joseph W. Craig (1837 - ?)
      • 5-Leah Jane Craig Hinds (1838 - ?)
      • 5-John M. Craig (?)
      • 5-Sarah A. Craig McDaniel (?)
    • 4-Nancy Craig Tomelson (?)
    • 4-Polly F. Craig James (?) [marr. 1810 in KY]
  • 3-Agnes Craig Newton (?, VA - ?)
    • 4-Martha "Mattie" Newton Jones (1803, KY - ?) [husb. son of Ambrose Jones & Martha Craig]
      • 5-[generations omitted]
  • 3-Elizabeth Craig Baker (?, VA - ?)
  • 3-William Daniel Craig, Jr. (?, VA - ?)
  • 3-Robert Wiley Craig (1781, VA - 1848, IL)
    • 4-William Daniel Craig (1804, KY - 1874) [three wives; all known children from 1st]
      • 5-Lorenzo Dow Craig (1824, KY - 1840)
      • 5-Clarinda Craig Davis (1826, KY - 1848)
        • 6-Harriet Davis Buckler (1842 - ?)
      • 5-James W. Craig (1829, IL - ?) [two wives]
      • 5-Isaac N. Craig (1831, IL - ?) [middle name dim. of g-mother's maiden name?]
        • 6-[9 children: 4 boys, 5 girls]
      • 5-Andrew Jackson Craig (1832, IL - ?)
      • 5-Peter A. Craig (1832, IL - 1867)
    • 4-Isaac Nickles Craig (1810, KY - 1893) [middle name dim. of mother's maiden name?]
    • --- children of 1st wife, Catherine Henson (of two) ---
      • 5-Lafayette Craig (1832 - 1901) [two wives; all known children from 2nd]
        • 6-Willis N. Craig
        • 6-Ida May Craig
        • 6-Alma L. Craig
        • 6-Robert H. Craig
        • 6-Oscar A. Craig
        • 6-Thomas D. Craig
      • 5-Robert Craig (1833 - 1866)
        • 6-Laura E. Craig Patterson/Breedlove (1857 - ?)
        • 6-William R. Craig (? - 1900)
        • 6-Mary E. Craig O'Hair (1861 - 1893)
        • 6-Joseph E. Craig (?)
      • 5-Elizabeth Craig Gregg (1835 - 1919)
      • 5-Harriet Craig Fuller/Mitchell (1837 - 1918)
      • 5-Nancy Craig (?) [died as infant]
      • 5-William Riley Craig (?) [died as infant]
    • --- children of 2nd wife, Elizabeth Bloyer ---
      • 5-Catherine Craig Beatty/McMullen (1842 - 1920) [all known children from McMullen]
        • 6-Isaac N. McMullen (1865 - ?)
        • 6-Thomas A. McMullen (1870 - ?)
        • 6-Eddie McMullen (1873 - ?)
        • 6-Elizabeth McMullen (1877 - ?)
      • 5-James W. Craig (1844, IL - 1921)
        • 6-Edward C. Craig (?)
        • 6-Lizzie Ina Craig Van Meter (1870 - ?)
        • 6-James W. Craig, Jr. (?)
        • 6-Donald B. Craig (?)
      • 5-Andrew Jackson Craig (1846 - 1930, FL) [two wives; all known children from 1st]
        • 6-Luther Zink Craig (?) [middle name is mother's maiden name]
        • 6-Franklin Craig (?)
        • 6-Arthur E. Craig (?)
      • 5-Eliza Ellen Craig Swango (1848 - 1921)
        • 6-Mary F. "Mollie" Swango O'Hair (1869 - 1906)
        • 6-Effie Swango Newman (1875 - 1940, IL)
        • 6-Fred Swango (1880 - 1959, IL)
        • 6-Tom Swango (1881 - 1961, IL)
        • 6-Fern Swango Talbot (1888 - 1965, IL)
        • 6-Don Swango (1895 - ?)
        • 6-Frank Swango (?) [died as infant]
        • 6-William Swango (?) [died as infant]
      • 5-Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Craig (1852 - 1873)
      • 5-Isaac B. Craig (1854 - 1920)
      • 5-Mary Florence Craig (1859 - 1864)
      • 5-Thomas J. Craig (1864 - ?)
    • 4-Preston N. Craig (1812, KY - 1854, IL)
      • 5-Columbus C. Craig (1841 - 1921)
      • 5-Robert W. Craig (1843 - 1918) [two wives]
      • 5-Nancy Craig McClain (1845 - 1922)
      • 5-Martha Craig (?)
      • 5-William Craig (1850 - 1898)
    • 4-Narcissa Craig Davis (1819, KY - 1910)
      • 5-Martin Van Buren Davis (1837 - 1928)
      • 5-Nancy Davis (?)
      • 5-Samuel Davis (?)
      • 5-Melissa Davis Winkleblack (?)
      • 5-Mary Eldredge Davis Wills (?)
      • 5-Thomas Dudley Davis (?)
      • 5-Clarinda Davis Hancock (?)
      • 5-Amanda Davis Towles (?)
      • 5-Isaac Davis (?)
    • 4-Harriet Craig Hurst (1820, KY - 1856)
      • 5-Evaline Hurst Reed (1839, IL - 1916)
        • 6-Harriet Reed Knight (1859 - 1942)
        • 6-Nicholas Reed (1861 - 1932)
        • 6-Dora Reed Dunn (1863 - ?)
        • 6-Ester Reed (1866 - 1872)
        • 6-Emily Reed Dunn (1869 - ?)
        • 6-Eveline Reed Reedy (1871 - 1960)
        • 6-Viola Reed (1874 - ?)
        • 6-John Reed (1877 - ?) [marr. a cousin named Reed]
        • 6-Ollie Reed (1879 - ?)
      • 5-Clarinda Hurst (1841, IL - ?)
      • 5-Celia Hurst Mundy/Towell (1845, IL - 1933)
        • 6-Mattie Mundy Elledge (?)
      • 5-Timothy Hurst (1848, IL - 1860, IL)
      • 5-Emily Jane Hurst Hawkins (1850, IL - ?)
      • 5-Allen Hurst (1852, IL - 1932)
        • 6-John H. Hurst (1876 - ?)
        • 6-Nicholas L. Hurst (1877 - ?)
        • 6-Harriet Hurst Martin (1882 - ?)
        • 6-Nora Hurst Tennery (?)
        • 6-Edith Hurst (?)
        • 6-Grover Hurst (?)
        • 6-Thurman Hurst (?)
        • 6-Irene Hurst (?)
    • 4-Ruth Marie Craig Elledge (1822, KY - 1881, MO)
      • 5-William Elledge (1839 - 1911)
      • 5-Marquis DeLafayette Elledge (1841 - 1879)
      • 5-Elizabeth Elledge (1843 - ?)
      • 5-Nelson W. Elledge (1846 - 1863)
      • 5-Harriet Elledge (1849 - ?)
      • 5-Alfred Hopkins "Hop" Elledge (1855 - ?)
      • 5-Julia A. Elledge (1858 - 1920)
      • 5-Amanda Elledge (1858 - ?)
      • 5-Lewis Elledge (1866 - ?)
    • 4-Nancy Craig Scott (?, KY - ?)
    • 4-Martha Ann Craig Hurst (1824, KY - 1882)
      • 5-Wellington Hurst (1842 - 1869)
      • 5-Elisha Hurst (1844 - 1887)
      • 5-Robert Hurst (1845 - 1942)
        • 6-Lawrence Hurst (1872, IL - ?)
        • 6-Hattie Hurst Adkins (1873, IL - ?)
        • 6-John Hurst (1876, IL - ?)
      • 5-Harvey Hurst (1847 - 1922)
        • 6-Burnes Hurst (1879 - ?)
        • 6-Wellington Hurst (1880 - ?)
        • 6-Lawrence Hurst (1883 - ?)
        • 6-Mariah Hurst Shade (1885 - ?)
        • 6-Elisha Hurst (1888 - ?)
        • 6-Martha Hurst Hutchins (1891 - ?)
        • 6-Sarah Hurst Veach (1896 - ?)
      • 5-Thomas J. Hurst (1850 - ?)
      • 5-Samuel Hurst (?)
      • 5-Harriet Hurst Lesure (1856 - ?)
        • 6-Francis Eugene Lesure (1875 - ?)
        • 6-John R. Lesure (1877 - ?)
        • 6-Mary Lilly Lesure (1879 - ?)
        • 6-Martha Ellen Lesure (1882 - 1883)
        • 6-Charles Lesure (?)
        • 6-Henry Lesure (?)
  • 3-James Craig (1784, VA - 1843) [married Savilla Hanks, rel. to Abe Lincoln's wife Nancy]
    • 4-William Craig (1804 - ?)
    • 4-Absalom Craig (1806 - ?)
    • 4-Elizabeth Craig Cockrell (1808 - 1865)
    • 4-Samuel H. Craig (1810 - 1852, IL)
      • 5-William Smith Craig (1832 - 1902)
        • 6-James Henry Craig (1854 - ?)
        • 6-Laura Clementine Craig (1856 - ?)
        • 6-Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" Craig Stewart (1858 - 1898)
        • 6-[eight other children?, possibly by 2nd wife...?]
      • 5-James C. Craig (1833 - 1900)
      • 5-Aclana H. Craig (1836 - 1836)
      • 5-Solomon Craig (1837 - 1864, IL)
      • 5-John Franklin Craig (1839 - 1897)
      • 5-Melissa Adaline Craig Potter (1841 - 1869)
      • 5-Felix Grundy Craig (1843, IL - 1912, KS)
        • 6-Ella Mae Craig Ashton (1872 - 1934, KS)
        • 6-Etta Craig (1873 - 1969, KS)
        • 6-Frank Craig (1875 - 1972, KS)

TENTATIVE:

6-Mary Craig (1880 - 1964, KS)

6-Lambert Craig (1882 - 1967, CO)

6-Julia Craig (1885 - 1968, NE)

5-Gilli Ann Craig Wisehart (1842 - 1871)

5-Mary E. Craig Nixon (1848 - 1945, KS)

6-James Nixon (?)

5-Martha S. Craig (1850 - 1850)

5-Samuel H. Craig, Jr. (1852 - 1872, IL)

4-John Craig (1812 - ?)

4-Nancy Craig (?)

4-Ambrose Craig (1816 - 1899) [died of severe burns; Ambrose & John marr. Ripley sisters]

5-Savilla Craig Parks (1838 - 1920) [named after grandmother]

5-John Craig (1841 - 1861)

5-William Craig (1843 - ?)

5-Fleming Craig (1846 - 1873)

5-Marquis M. Craig (1848 - 1918)

5-Samuel H. Craig (1850 - 1934)

6-Marcus Harold Craig (1906, OK - 1989, CA)

6-George Craig (?)

5-Sarah S. Craig (1852 - 1875)

5-James D. Craig (1854 - 1928)

5-Nancy Craig (1857, KY - ?)

5-Evalina Craig Bolton (1859 - ?)

4-Margaret Craig Cockrell (1818 - ?)

5-Francis M. Cockrell (1846, IL - 1880+?, MO)

5-Alexander Cockrell (1843, IL - ?)

5-Sarah Cockrell (1846, IL - ?)

5-Simon Cockrell (1848, MO - ?)

5-Martha Cockrell (1851, MO - ?)

4-Sarah Jane Craig Gibson (1821 - ?)

4-Martha Ann Craig (1823 - ?)

4-James K. Craig (1824 - 1911)

4-Benjamin D. Craig (1826 - ?)

4-Mary Craig (1828 - ?)

4-Barbara Craig Wolver/Searcy (1830 - ?)

3-Lewis Elledge (?) [William's step-son from 2nd marr.; declared insane]