Samuel Alexander Craig

CRAIG, Samuel Alexander - Mr. S.A. Craig died last week at his home in Cincinnati. Samuel Alexander Craig was born in Greene County, Tennessee, February 14, 1826 and moved to Cincinnati, this county, before the war, where he sold goods for W.H. Rhea for 16 years. In 1860 he was married to Miss Sarah Rhea, a sister of W.H. Rhea, and aunt of Mrs. J.H. McIlroy, of this city. He was a Confederate soldier in Captain Eubank’s company, a successful business man and highly esteemed citizen. He leaves a son, an only child, Mr. P.V. Craig, who has the sympathy of the community and all old time residents in his bereavement. [Fayetteville Democrat 3/3/1898].................Samuel A. Craig, general merchant, who carries a stock of goods valued at

$2,000, and whose annual sales equal $6,000, has been in business at Wedington,

.Ark., for the past six years, and has met with flattering success. He was born

in Greene County, Tenn., February 14, 1826, and is the son of James and Jane

(Hall) Craig, both natives of Greene County, Tenn. The father died in Hamblin

County, of that State, in 1884, and was eighty-four years of age at that time.

930 WASHINGTON COUNTY.The mother died in 1836, and when comparatively a young woman. They were married in Greene County, Tenn., and lived in that and Hamblin County all

their lives. The father was a member of the Presbyterian C4urch, and after the

death of his wife married Mrs. Barton, a widow, who died in 1878. Mr. Craig

had followed farming all his life, and in this occupation was very successful.

By his first marriage were born four children, two now living: Samuel A. and

John; the latter, living in Carroll County, Ark., is a prominent citizen and a leading

farmer. At the age of twenty-one Samuel A. left home, and learned the

tanner's trade in Parisville, Cocke Co., Tenn., and worked at his trade in that

and Greene County, Tenn., for several years, but gave that up and engaged in

trading, selling goods for himself and other people. A few years before the war

he left Tennessee and located in Johnson County, Mo., but soon after moved to

Cincinnati, Ark., where he sold goods for W. H. Rhea for sixteen years. He

then came to this county. He was in the Confederate army during the war, and

was in Capt. Eubanks' company. In 1860 he married Miss Sarah Rhea, a sister

of W. H. Rhea, and :i native of Benton County, Ark., born in 1833. This union

was blessed by the birth of one child, a son, P. V., who is now in his uncle's

store at Cincinnati. Mr. Craig is a Democrat in his political views, and is a

good citizen.