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This genealogical information is abstracted from an 1877 letter probably written by Thomas B. Andrews in the Richland Shield and Banner about the 80^th birthday of Joseph Craig of Independence (Butler). The newspaper clipping was pasted in a book labeled Thomas B. Andrews, his book, November 10^th, 1879. The complete article was scanned and is available on this website:

… Mr. Craig was born on the 29^th day of January, 1797, in Baltimore county, Maryland, and at the age of two years he removed with his parents to Huntington county, Pa., where he resided until 1825.

On the 17^th day of June, 1824, he was married to Miss Margaret Speer, with whom he now lives, being his junior five years. In 1825, on the 21^st day of September, he removed from Pennsylvania and on the 4^th day of October, 1825, arrived in Zanesville, Ohio, the day Gen. Lafayette passed through that place. He remained in Muskingum county one year, and then removed to Richland county, O., and settled on the east half of the southwest quarter of section 20, township 21, of range 17, where he has continued to reside to the present time….

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