1850 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice Read
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana
Attended School: Y
Line Number: 32
Dwelling Number: 156
Family Number: 156
Household Members Age
Daniel Read 44
Alice Read 42
Theodore Read 15
Edward Read 13
Alice Read 11
Ada Read 9
Agnus Read 7
Mary Read 2
================================
1870 US Federal Census:
Name: A R Craig
Age in 1870: 28
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Dwelling Number: 159
Home in 1870: Keokuk Ward 3, Lee, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Keokuk
Occupation: Keeping House
Inferred Spouse:
Jno H Craig
Inferred Children:
D R Craig
Bertha Craig
Household Members Age
Jno H Craig 44
A R Craig 28
D R Craig 6
Bertha Craig 4
Louisa Johnson
=============================
1880 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice Craig
Age: 35
Birth Date: Abt 1845
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Keokuk, Lee, Iowa
Street: Third
House Number: 55
Dwelling Number: 228
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John H. Craig
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members Age Relationship
John H. Craig 54 Self
Alice Craig 35 Wife
Read Craig 15 Son
Bertha Craig 14 Daughter
Theadore Craig 8 Son
Hugh Craig 5 Son
Ada Read 32 Sister
Bertha Read 22 Sister
Mary Bacon 28 Sister
Mary Bacon 2 Daughter
==============================
1885 Iowa State Census:
Name: Alice R Craig
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Ohio
Residence Date: 1885
Residence Place: Keokuk, Lee, Iowa
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Household Members:
John H Craig 59
Alice R Craig 43
D Reed Craig 20
Bertha Craig 17
Theo A Craig 11
Hugh H Craig 9
===========================
1895 Iowa State Census:
Name: Alice R. Craig
Age: 40
Race: White
Birthplace: Ohio
Residence: Keokuk, Lee
===========================
1900 US Federal Census:
Name: A Ruth Craig
[A Rose Craig]
Age: 56
Birth Date: Jul 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1900: Jackson, Lee, Iowa
Ward of City: First
Street: N 3
House Number: 503
Sheet Number: 16
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 346
Family Number: 355
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: number of living children: 4
Mother: How many children: 4
Attended School: 6
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: No
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: H
Household Members Age Relationship
A Ruth Craig 56 Head
Bertha Craig 30 Daughter
Theodore Craig 23 Son
H Henry Craig 28 Son
Ada Read 54 Sister
Anna Malone 30 Servant
H M Comstock 62 Boarder
Samuel Allen 54 Boarder
Enolte Allen 45 Boarder
Garnet Allen 23 Boarder
==========================
1910 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice R Craig
Age in 1910: 68
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1910: Keokuk Ward 1, Lee, Iowa
Street: N 3
House Number: 503
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Native Tongue: English
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Number of Children Born: 4
Number of Children Living: 4
Household Members Age Relationship
Alice R Craig 68 Head
Bertha R Craig 35 Daughter
=====================================
WAS PROMINENT KEOKUK WOMAN
Mrs. John H. Craig Passes Away This Morning at the End of a Long Life Full of Very Useful Activities
OVER HALF A CENTURY
she Had Been in Close Connection with Keokuk Affairs and She Was a Founer of Westminster Church.
Mrs. John H. Craig died at the Old family home at Third and Fulton streets at 5:40 o'clock this morning, of ailments incident to her old age fo seventy-nine years.
She was one of the prominent and forceful women of Keokuk for over half a century, and for many years was in close connection with many affairs here, in a life very full of activities of benefit to others.
She came to Keokuk in 1863, upon her marriage to John H. Craig, long one of the leaders of the great Keokuk bar of his time, and one of the most prominent attorneys of the state of Iowa.
She was one of the original members of the Westminster Presvyterian church upon its organization, and continued her interest in its affairs and work as long as she lived. She had joined the Presbyterian church when a young girl and was a consistent, working Christian all her life.
Had a Famous Father
Of revolutionary stock, Mrs. Craig was born Alice Read, in Athens, Ohio, where her father, Dr. daniel Read, was in the faculty of the Ohio state university, Jul 23, 1840. She was educated at Bloomington academy, Bloomington, Indiana, and later wat Glendate Female College, near Cincinati, where she graduated.
Her father was one of the ost prominent educators of his generation and for over half a century. After his work in the Ohio state university, he went to the state university of Indiana, in Bloomington, and then to the faculty of the Wisconsin state university, at Madison.
Then he was elected to be the president of the Missouri state university at Columbia, in which position he remained for a long term. There Eugene Field and other men destined to become famous came under his influence where they were students at the university. he was one of the very first co-educaton, and the woman's building at Columbia is named Read Hall in his honor.
A Very Womanly Scholar.
It was with that father and in the scholastic atmosphere that Alice Read was eared. This accounts for the solid scholarship she maintained all her life, and her constant interest in the changing problems coming to mankind.
She was estrememy wonanly and refined in her manners, and equally strong and classical in her views of life and affairs.
Her husband died a quarter of a century ago, and afte that she devoted her energies to the rearing and educaitn of the younger children and later to a granddaughter. The phrase that her monument in her children applies with peculiar aptness to Mrs. Craig.
What She Gave the World
One son is Judge Hugh H. Craig, of Riverside, one of the leading jurists of Californina; another is Theodore A. Craig, a leading attorney of Keokuk; the daughter has been teacher of history in the Keokuk High School for years and noted fo her ripe scholarship and culture. An olderson, D. Read craig, formerly of Keokuk newspaper man of the highest type, is now in business in Minneapolis. Miss Ada Read, of Keokuk, asister and the only other surviving member of her family, has lied with or near Mrs. Craig here.
It was while visiting in Keokuk as a young woman, that the daughter of the university professor met John H. Craig, already lawyer holding his own with the famous leaders of the bar here. They were married in Madison, Wisconsin, December 24, 1863.
They came at once to Keokuk to live, and Mrs. Craig has been a very important part of Keokuk ever since.
(Ref: The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat, Keokuk, IA, May 28 1919, Image 8, http:/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)
================================
Name: Alice R. Craig
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Death Date: 29 May 1919
FHL Film Number: 960040
Reference ID: p215
(Iowa Deaths and Burials 1850-1990)
================================
Name: Alice Read
Birth Date: 1840
Death Date: 1919
SAR Membership: 35617
Role: Ancestor
Application Date: 17 Oct 1921
Father: Daniel Read
Mother: Alice Brice
Spouse: John Henderson Craig
Children: Theodore Alexander Craig
(Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970)∼Buried on May 30, 1919 by Crimmins Funeral Home.
Name: Alice Read
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana
Attended School: Y
Line Number: 32
Dwelling Number: 156
Family Number: 156
Household Members Age
Daniel Read 44
Alice Read 42
Theodore Read 15
Edward Read 13
Alice Read 11
Ada Read 9
Agnus Read 7
Mary Read 2
================================
1870 US Federal Census:
Name: A R Craig
Age in 1870: 28
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Dwelling Number: 159
Home in 1870: Keokuk Ward 3, Lee, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Keokuk
Occupation: Keeping House
Inferred Spouse:
Jno H Craig
Inferred Children:
D R Craig
Bertha Craig
Household Members Age
Jno H Craig 44
A R Craig 28
D R Craig 6
Bertha Craig 4
Louisa Johnson
=============================
1880 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice Craig
Age: 35
Birth Date: Abt 1845
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Keokuk, Lee, Iowa
Street: Third
House Number: 55
Dwelling Number: 228
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John H. Craig
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members Age Relationship
John H. Craig 54 Self
Alice Craig 35 Wife
Read Craig 15 Son
Bertha Craig 14 Daughter
Theadore Craig 8 Son
Hugh Craig 5 Son
Ada Read 32 Sister
Bertha Read 22 Sister
Mary Bacon 28 Sister
Mary Bacon 2 Daughter
==============================
1885 Iowa State Census:
Name: Alice R Craig
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Ohio
Residence Date: 1885
Residence Place: Keokuk, Lee, Iowa
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Household Members:
John H Craig 59
Alice R Craig 43
D Reed Craig 20
Bertha Craig 17
Theo A Craig 11
Hugh H Craig 9
===========================
1895 Iowa State Census:
Name: Alice R. Craig
Age: 40
Race: White
Birthplace: Ohio
Residence: Keokuk, Lee
===========================
1900 US Federal Census:
Name: A Ruth Craig
[A Rose Craig]
Age: 56
Birth Date: Jul 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1900: Jackson, Lee, Iowa
Ward of City: First
Street: N 3
House Number: 503
Sheet Number: 16
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 346
Family Number: 355
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: number of living children: 4
Mother: How many children: 4
Attended School: 6
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: No
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: H
Household Members Age Relationship
A Ruth Craig 56 Head
Bertha Craig 30 Daughter
Theodore Craig 23 Son
H Henry Craig 28 Son
Ada Read 54 Sister
Anna Malone 30 Servant
H M Comstock 62 Boarder
Samuel Allen 54 Boarder
Enolte Allen 45 Boarder
Garnet Allen 23 Boarder
==========================
1910 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice R Craig
Age in 1910: 68
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1910: Keokuk Ward 1, Lee, Iowa
Street: N 3
House Number: 503
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Native Tongue: English
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Number of Children Born: 4
Number of Children Living: 4
Household Members Age Relationship
Alice R Craig 68 Head
Bertha R Craig 35 Daughter
=====================================
WAS PROMINENT KEOKUK WOMAN
Mrs. John H. Craig Passes Away This Morning at the End of a Long Life Full of Very Useful Activities
OVER HALF A CENTURY
she Had Been in Close Connection with Keokuk Affairs and She Was a Founer of Westminster Church.
Mrs. John H. Craig died at the Old family home at Third and Fulton streets at 5:40 o'clock this morning, of ailments incident to her old age fo seventy-nine years.
She was one of the prominent and forceful women of Keokuk for over half a century, and for many years was in close connection with many affairs here, in a life very full of activities of benefit to others.
She came to Keokuk in 1863, upon her marriage to John H. Craig, long one of the leaders of the great Keokuk bar of his time, and one of the most prominent attorneys of the state of Iowa.
She was one of the original members of the Westminster Presvyterian church upon its organization, and continued her interest in its affairs and work as long as she lived. She had joined the Presbyterian church when a young girl and was a consistent, working Christian all her life.
Had a Famous Father
Of revolutionary stock, Mrs. Craig was born Alice Read, in Athens, Ohio, where her father, Dr. daniel Read, was in the faculty of the Ohio state university, Jul 23, 1840. She was educated at Bloomington academy, Bloomington, Indiana, and later wat Glendate Female College, near Cincinati, where she graduated.
Her father was one of the ost prominent educators of his generation and for over half a century. After his work in the Ohio state university, he went to the state university of Indiana, in Bloomington, and then to the faculty of the Wisconsin state university, at Madison.
Then he was elected to be the president of the Missouri state university at Columbia, in which position he remained for a long term. There Eugene Field and other men destined to become famous came under his influence where they were students at the university. he was one of the very first co-educaton, and the woman's building at Columbia is named Read Hall in his honor.
A Very Womanly Scholar.
It was with that father and in the scholastic atmosphere that Alice Read was eared. This accounts for the solid scholarship she maintained all her life, and her constant interest in the changing problems coming to mankind.
She was estrememy wonanly and refined in her manners, and equally strong and classical in her views of life and affairs.
Her husband died a quarter of a century ago, and afte that she devoted her energies to the rearing and educaitn of the younger children and later to a granddaughter. The phrase that her monument in her children applies with peculiar aptness to Mrs. Craig.
What She Gave the World
One son is Judge Hugh H. Craig, of Riverside, one of the leading jurists of Californina; another is Theodore A. Craig, a leading attorney of Keokuk; the daughter has been teacher of history in the Keokuk High School for years and noted fo her ripe scholarship and culture. An olderson, D. Read craig, formerly of Keokuk newspaper man of the highest type, is now in business in Minneapolis. Miss Ada Read, of Keokuk, asister and the only other surviving member of her family, has lied with or near Mrs. Craig here.
It was while visiting in Keokuk as a young woman, that the daughter of the university professor met John H. Craig, already lawyer holding his own with the famous leaders of the bar here. They were married in Madison, Wisconsin, December 24, 1863.
They came at once to Keokuk to live, and Mrs. Craig has been a very important part of Keokuk ever since.
(Ref: The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat, Keokuk, IA, May 28 1919, Image 8, http:/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)
================================
Name: Alice R. Craig
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Death Date: 29 May 1919
FHL Film Number: 960040
Reference ID: p215
(Iowa Deaths and Burials 1850-1990)
================================
Name: Alice Read
Birth Date: 1840
Death Date: 1919
SAR Membership: 35617
Role: Ancestor
Application Date: 17 Oct 1921
Father: Daniel Read
Mother: Alice Brice
Spouse: John Henderson Craig
Children: Theodore Alexander Craig
(Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970)∼Buried on May 30, 1919 by Crimmins Funeral Home.
1850 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice Read
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana
Attended School: Y
Line Number: 32
Dwelling Number: 156
Family Number: 156
Household Members Age
Daniel Read 44
Alice Read 42
Theodore Read 15
Edward Read 13
Alice Read 11
Ada Read 9
Agnus Read 7
Mary Read 2
================================
1870 US Federal Census:
Name: A R Craig
Age in 1870: 28
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Dwelling Number: 159
Home in 1870: Keokuk Ward 3, Lee, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Keokuk
Occupation: Keeping House
Inferred Spouse:
Jno H Craig
Inferred Children:
D R Craig
Bertha Craig
Household Members Age
Jno H Craig 44
A R Craig 28
D R Craig 6
Bertha Craig 4
Louisa Johnson
=============================
1880 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice Craig
Age: 35
Birth Date: Abt 1845
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Keokuk, Lee, Iowa
Street: Third
House Number: 55
Dwelling Number: 228
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John H. Craig
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members Age Relationship
John H. Craig 54 Self
Alice Craig 35 Wife
Read Craig 15 Son
Bertha Craig 14 Daughter
Theadore Craig 8 Son
Hugh Craig 5 Son
Ada Read 32 Sister
Bertha Read 22 Sister
Mary Bacon 28 Sister
Mary Bacon 2 Daughter
==============================
1885 Iowa State Census:
Name: Alice R Craig
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Ohio
Residence Date: 1885
Residence Place: Keokuk, Lee, Iowa
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Household Members:
John H Craig 59
Alice R Craig 43
D Reed Craig 20
Bertha Craig 17
Theo A Craig 11
Hugh H Craig 9
===========================
1895 Iowa State Census:
Name: Alice R. Craig
Age: 40
Race: White
Birthplace: Ohio
Residence: Keokuk, Lee
===========================
1900 US Federal Census:
Name: A Ruth Craig
[A Rose Craig]
Age: 56
Birth Date: Jul 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1900: Jackson, Lee, Iowa
Ward of City: First
Street: N 3
House Number: 503
Sheet Number: 16
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 346
Family Number: 355
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: number of living children: 4
Mother: How many children: 4
Attended School: 6
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: No
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: H
Household Members Age Relationship
A Ruth Craig 56 Head
Bertha Craig 30 Daughter
Theodore Craig 23 Son
H Henry Craig 28 Son
Ada Read 54 Sister
Anna Malone 30 Servant
H M Comstock 62 Boarder
Samuel Allen 54 Boarder
Enolte Allen 45 Boarder
Garnet Allen 23 Boarder
==========================
1910 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice R Craig
Age in 1910: 68
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1910: Keokuk Ward 1, Lee, Iowa
Street: N 3
House Number: 503
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Native Tongue: English
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Number of Children Born: 4
Number of Children Living: 4
Household Members Age Relationship
Alice R Craig 68 Head
Bertha R Craig 35 Daughter
=====================================
WAS PROMINENT KEOKUK WOMAN
Mrs. John H. Craig Passes Away This Morning at the End of a Long Life Full of Very Useful Activities
OVER HALF A CENTURY
she Had Been in Close Connection with Keokuk Affairs and She Was a Founer of Westminster Church.
Mrs. John H. Craig died at the Old family home at Third and Fulton streets at 5:40 o'clock this morning, of ailments incident to her old age fo seventy-nine years.
She was one of the prominent and forceful women of Keokuk for over half a century, and for many years was in close connection with many affairs here, in a life very full of activities of benefit to others.
She came to Keokuk in 1863, upon her marriage to John H. Craig, long one of the leaders of the great Keokuk bar of his time, and one of the most prominent attorneys of the state of Iowa.
She was one of the original members of the Westminster Presvyterian church upon its organization, and continued her interest in its affairs and work as long as she lived. She had joined the Presbyterian church when a young girl and was a consistent, working Christian all her life.
Had a Famous Father
Of revolutionary stock, Mrs. Craig was born Alice Read, in Athens, Ohio, where her father, Dr. daniel Read, was in the faculty of the Ohio state university, Jul 23, 1840. She was educated at Bloomington academy, Bloomington, Indiana, and later wat Glendate Female College, near Cincinati, where she graduated.
Her father was one of the ost prominent educators of his generation and for over half a century. After his work in the Ohio state university, he went to the state university of Indiana, in Bloomington, and then to the faculty of the Wisconsin state university, at Madison.
Then he was elected to be the president of the Missouri state university at Columbia, in which position he remained for a long term. There Eugene Field and other men destined to become famous came under his influence where they were students at the university. he was one of the very first co-educaton, and the woman's building at Columbia is named Read Hall in his honor.
A Very Womanly Scholar.
It was with that father and in the scholastic atmosphere that Alice Read was eared. This accounts for the solid scholarship she maintained all her life, and her constant interest in the changing problems coming to mankind.
She was estrememy wonanly and refined in her manners, and equally strong and classical in her views of life and affairs.
Her husband died a quarter of a century ago, and afte that she devoted her energies to the rearing and educaitn of the younger children and later to a granddaughter. The phrase that her monument in her children applies with peculiar aptness to Mrs. Craig.
What She Gave the World
One son is Judge Hugh H. Craig, of Riverside, one of the leading jurists of Californina; another is Theodore A. Craig, a leading attorney of Keokuk; the daughter has been teacher of history in the Keokuk High School for years and noted fo her ripe scholarship and culture. An olderson, D. Read craig, formerly of Keokuk newspaper man of the highest type, is now in business in Minneapolis. Miss Ada Read, of Keokuk, asister and the only other surviving member of her family, has lied with or near Mrs. Craig here.
It was while visiting in Keokuk as a young woman, that the daughter of the university professor met John H. Craig, already lawyer holding his own with the famous leaders of the bar here. They were married in Madison, Wisconsin, December 24, 1863.
They came at once to Keokuk to live, and Mrs. Craig has been a very important part of Keokuk ever since.
(Ref: The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat, Keokuk, IA, May 28 1919, Image 8, http:/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)
================================
Name: Alice R. Craig
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Death Date: 29 May 1919
FHL Film Number: 960040
Reference ID: p215
(Iowa Deaths and Burials 1850-1990)
================================
Name: Alice Read
Birth Date: 1840
Death Date: 1919
SAR Membership: 35617
Role: Ancestor
Application Date: 17 Oct 1921
Father: Daniel Read
Mother: Alice Brice
Spouse: John Henderson Craig
Children: Theodore Alexander Craig
(Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970)∼Buried on May 30, 1919 by Crimmins Funeral Home.
Name: Alice Read
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana
Attended School: Y
Line Number: 32
Dwelling Number: 156
Family Number: 156
Household Members Age
Daniel Read 44
Alice Read 42
Theodore Read 15
Edward Read 13
Alice Read 11
Ada Read 9
Agnus Read 7
Mary Read 2
================================
1870 US Federal Census:
Name: A R Craig
Age in 1870: 28
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Dwelling Number: 159
Home in 1870: Keokuk Ward 3, Lee, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Keokuk
Occupation: Keeping House
Inferred Spouse:
Jno H Craig
Inferred Children:
D R Craig
Bertha Craig
Household Members Age
Jno H Craig 44
A R Craig 28
D R Craig 6
Bertha Craig 4
Louisa Johnson
=============================
1880 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice Craig
Age: 35
Birth Date: Abt 1845
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Keokuk, Lee, Iowa
Street: Third
House Number: 55
Dwelling Number: 228
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John H. Craig
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members Age Relationship
John H. Craig 54 Self
Alice Craig 35 Wife
Read Craig 15 Son
Bertha Craig 14 Daughter
Theadore Craig 8 Son
Hugh Craig 5 Son
Ada Read 32 Sister
Bertha Read 22 Sister
Mary Bacon 28 Sister
Mary Bacon 2 Daughter
==============================
1885 Iowa State Census:
Name: Alice R Craig
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Ohio
Residence Date: 1885
Residence Place: Keokuk, Lee, Iowa
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Household Members:
John H Craig 59
Alice R Craig 43
D Reed Craig 20
Bertha Craig 17
Theo A Craig 11
Hugh H Craig 9
===========================
1895 Iowa State Census:
Name: Alice R. Craig
Age: 40
Race: White
Birthplace: Ohio
Residence: Keokuk, Lee
===========================
1900 US Federal Census:
Name: A Ruth Craig
[A Rose Craig]
Age: 56
Birth Date: Jul 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1900: Jackson, Lee, Iowa
Ward of City: First
Street: N 3
House Number: 503
Sheet Number: 16
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 346
Family Number: 355
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: number of living children: 4
Mother: How many children: 4
Attended School: 6
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: No
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: H
Household Members Age Relationship
A Ruth Craig 56 Head
Bertha Craig 30 Daughter
Theodore Craig 23 Son
H Henry Craig 28 Son
Ada Read 54 Sister
Anna Malone 30 Servant
H M Comstock 62 Boarder
Samuel Allen 54 Boarder
Enolte Allen 45 Boarder
Garnet Allen 23 Boarder
==========================
1910 US Federal Census:
Name: Alice R Craig
Age in 1910: 68
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1910: Keokuk Ward 1, Lee, Iowa
Street: N 3
House Number: 503
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Native Tongue: English
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Number of Children Born: 4
Number of Children Living: 4
Household Members Age Relationship
Alice R Craig 68 Head
Bertha R Craig 35 Daughter
=====================================
WAS PROMINENT KEOKUK WOMAN
Mrs. John H. Craig Passes Away This Morning at the End of a Long Life Full of Very Useful Activities
OVER HALF A CENTURY
she Had Been in Close Connection with Keokuk Affairs and She Was a Founer of Westminster Church.
Mrs. John H. Craig died at the Old family home at Third and Fulton streets at 5:40 o'clock this morning, of ailments incident to her old age fo seventy-nine years.
She was one of the prominent and forceful women of Keokuk for over half a century, and for many years was in close connection with many affairs here, in a life very full of activities of benefit to others.
She came to Keokuk in 1863, upon her marriage to John H. Craig, long one of the leaders of the great Keokuk bar of his time, and one of the most prominent attorneys of the state of Iowa.
She was one of the original members of the Westminster Presvyterian church upon its organization, and continued her interest in its affairs and work as long as she lived. She had joined the Presbyterian church when a young girl and was a consistent, working Christian all her life.
Had a Famous Father
Of revolutionary stock, Mrs. Craig was born Alice Read, in Athens, Ohio, where her father, Dr. daniel Read, was in the faculty of the Ohio state university, Jul 23, 1840. She was educated at Bloomington academy, Bloomington, Indiana, and later wat Glendate Female College, near Cincinati, where she graduated.
Her father was one of the ost prominent educators of his generation and for over half a century. After his work in the Ohio state university, he went to the state university of Indiana, in Bloomington, and then to the faculty of the Wisconsin state university, at Madison.
Then he was elected to be the president of the Missouri state university at Columbia, in which position he remained for a long term. There Eugene Field and other men destined to become famous came under his influence where they were students at the university. he was one of the very first co-educaton, and the woman's building at Columbia is named Read Hall in his honor.
A Very Womanly Scholar.
It was with that father and in the scholastic atmosphere that Alice Read was eared. This accounts for the solid scholarship she maintained all her life, and her constant interest in the changing problems coming to mankind.
She was estrememy wonanly and refined in her manners, and equally strong and classical in her views of life and affairs.
Her husband died a quarter of a century ago, and afte that she devoted her energies to the rearing and educaitn of the younger children and later to a granddaughter. The phrase that her monument in her children applies with peculiar aptness to Mrs. Craig.
What She Gave the World
One son is Judge Hugh H. Craig, of Riverside, one of the leading jurists of Californina; another is Theodore A. Craig, a leading attorney of Keokuk; the daughter has been teacher of history in the Keokuk High School for years and noted fo her ripe scholarship and culture. An olderson, D. Read craig, formerly of Keokuk newspaper man of the highest type, is now in business in Minneapolis. Miss Ada Read, of Keokuk, asister and the only other surviving member of her family, has lied with or near Mrs. Craig here.
It was while visiting in Keokuk as a young woman, that the daughter of the university professor met John H. Craig, already lawyer holding his own with the famous leaders of the bar here. They were married in Madison, Wisconsin, December 24, 1863.
They came at once to Keokuk to live, and Mrs. Craig has been a very important part of Keokuk ever since.
(Ref: The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat, Keokuk, IA, May 28 1919, Image 8, http:/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)
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Name: Alice R. Craig
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Death Date: 29 May 1919
FHL Film Number: 960040
Reference ID: p215
(Iowa Deaths and Burials 1850-1990)
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Name: Alice Read
Birth Date: 1840
Death Date: 1919
SAR Membership: 35617
Role: Ancestor
Application Date: 17 Oct 1921
Father: Daniel Read
Mother: Alice Brice
Spouse: John Henderson Craig
Children: Theodore Alexander Craig
(Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970)∼Buried on May 30, 1919 by Crimmins Funeral Home.
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