Grandville C. Craig celebrated birthday

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    WELCH, Aug. 20—Still living near the place where he first settled after coming to Indian territory forty-three years ago, Grandville C. Craig, for whom Craig county was named, celebrated his seventy-third birthday anniversary here recently.
    Craig is the oldest man in the county in the number of years of residence here. He came to this district in 1869 from Warrensburg, Mo., buying a little farm on Neosho river and building a log cabin for a home. Five years later he traded for a larger farm and engaged in livestock raising.
    Craig moved to Vinita in 1881 to send his children to school. Since 1912 he has lived in a hotel at Welch. His wife died several years ago. All his children are married.
 

From The Oklahoma, 8/21/1922

Donated by: Emily Jordan

05-29-2007


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