"I can remember well the hard times my parents had in Indiana. They made all of our clothes. I have pulled flax many a day and my mother had to spin the thread on a wheel and weave the cloth by hand. People lived in log houses with puncheon floors. No sawed lumber but split logs to make boards for doors. Used wooden pins to fasten boards together. Fire started by striking flint rocks.
When we landed in Princeton back in 1859, there were a few stores, the old court house and a jail. When we arrived in Cainsville it was a rough place."
Married 4 Jan., 1862, to Miss Sarah E. Brunton, ten children, WA, AL Craig, Minnie Carrington, Laura Barrett of May, Okla, Anna Thompson of Washington, Ona Bowman of Wakita, Okla., Nora Holmes of Laclede MO, Lucy Craig *, deceased and two children died in infancy. Wife died 7 years ago. Buried Fairview Cemetery, north of Cainsville. (*Likely the inclusion of Lucy is a mistake, as no other record of her exists. The 1900 census states had 9 children, 7 survive.)
Harper County, Oklahoma, homestead proven 1906. Eli wrote letters back to the Cainsville Newspaper telling of their experiences in OK.
"I can remember well the hard times my parents had in Indiana. They made all of our clothes. I have pulled flax many a day and my mother had to spin the thread on a wheel and weave the cloth by hand. People lived in log houses with puncheon floors. No sawed lumber but split logs to make boards for doors. Used wooden pins to fasten boards together. Fire started by striking flint rocks.
When we landed in Princeton back in 1859, there were a few stores, the old court house and a jail. When we arrived in Cainsville it was a rough place."
Married 4 Jan., 1862, to Miss Sarah E. Brunton, ten children, WA, AL Craig, Minnie Carrington, Laura Barrett of May, Okla, Anna Thompson of Washington, Ona Bowman of Wakita, Okla., Nora Holmes of Laclede MO, Lucy Craig *, deceased and two children died in infancy. Wife died 7 years ago. Buried Fairview Cemetery, north of Cainsville. (*Likely the inclusion of Lucy is a mistake, as no other record of her exists. The 1900 census states had 9 children, 7 survive.)
Harper County, Oklahoma, homestead proven 1906. Eli wrote letters back to the Cainsville Newspaper telling of their experiences in OK.
Gravesite Details
Same stone with Sarah Craig
Family Members
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William Alexander "Eleck" Craig
1864–1939
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Alva Lewis Craig
1867–1939
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Anna Frances Craig Thomason
1869–1954
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Minnie Effie Craig Moorman
1873–1960
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Laura Alice Craig Barrett
1876–1963
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Ida Craig
1877–1877
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Lenora Lavina "Nora" Craig Holmes
1883–1955
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Iona Pearl "Ona" Craig Bowman
1885–1952
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Infant Craig
unknown–1873
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