CRAIG, Joseph “Joe”

Date of birth:  About 1812
Date of death: 1 Feb 1894 – Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, February 9, 1894,
Volume XXXIV Number 31, page 4 column 6

FROM OVER THE COUNTY

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NINEVEH.

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Uncle Joe Craig, one of our oldest citizens, being in his eighty-second year, died at his home, Thursday, Feb. 1, at noon. His funeral occurred Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Christian church. Services were conducted by Bros. Wycoff and Miller.

Mrs. Lanam and Mrs. Carrie Farr, of Edinburg, attended the funeral of Mr. Craig, Friday.

Link to Joseph “Joe” Craig’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 44, referencing Book H-17, page 5, records that Joseph Craig, an eighty-two-year-old white male, died 14 [sic] Feb 1894 in Nineveh.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson