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William Emmett Craft 1846–1926 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 July 1846

Birth Location: Bedford, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 17 November 1926

Death Location: Craig, Virginia, USA

Father: Philip Craft

Mother: Rosanna Rule

Spouse(s): Mary Montgomery, Elizabeth Persinger

Children(s): Lewis Craft, Lee Craft, Harry Craft, Charles Craft, Moria Craft, Elza Craft, Alonzo Craft, Rosa Craft, Phillip Craft, Samuel Montgomery-Craft, Lewis Craft, William Craft, Garfield Craft, Ethel Craft, L. Craft, Carloss Craft, George Craft, Rosa Craft, Mary Craft

The story of William Emmett Craft began in 1846 in Bedford, Virginia, USA. In 1880, William Emmett Craft resided in New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA. In 1900, William Emmett Craft resided in Newcastle, Craig, Virginia, USA. William Emmett Craft married Elizabeth Anne Persinger, Mary Montgomery, and had children including Alonzo P Craft, Carloss C Craft, Charles C Craft, Elza R Craft, Ethel C Craft, Garfield Alfred Craft, George Franklin Craft, Harry Mckim Craft, L P Craft, Lee Andrew Craft, Lewis F Craft, Lewis P Craft, Mary Anna Craft, Moria L Craft, Phillip Lewis Craft, Rosa Elza J Craft, Rosa J Craft, Samuel Lee Montgomery Craft, William Carper Craft. William Emmett Craft passed away in 1926 in Craig, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of William Emmett Craft began in 1846 in Bedford, Virginia, USA.
  • In 1880, William Emmett Craft resided in New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA.
  • In 1900, William Emmett Craft resided in Newcastle, Craig, Virginia, USA.
  • William Emmett Craft married Elizabeth Anne Persinger, Mary Montgomery, and had children including Alonzo P Craft, Carloss C Craft, Charles C Craft, Elza R Craft, Ethel C Craft, Garfield Alfred Craft, George Franklin Craft, Harry Mckim Craft, L P Craft, Lee Andrew Craft, Lewis F Craft, Lewis P Craft, Mary Anna Craft, Moria L Craft, Phillip Lewis Craft, Rosa Elza J Craft, Rosa J Craft, Samuel Lee Montgomery Craft, William Carper Craft.
  • William Emmett Craft passed away in 1926 in Craig, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Philip Craft
1816–1907
Birth Location: Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA
PC
Rosanna Rule
1814–1868
Birth Location: Alleghany, Virginia, USA
RR

Spouses(s)

Mary Montgomery
1856–1895
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
MM
Elizabeth Persinger
1859–1917
Birth Location: Blue Spring Run, Alleghany, Virginia, USA
EP

Children(s)

Lewis Craft
1880–
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
LC
Lee Craft
1882–1937
Birth Location: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
LC
Harry Craft
1902–1959
Birth Location: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
HC
Charles Craft
1884–1916
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
CC
Moria Craft
1893–1969
Birth Location: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
MC
Elza Craft
1898–
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
EC
Alonzo Craft
1896–1967
Birth Location: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
AC
Rosa Craft
1898–1976
Birth Location: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
RC
Phillip Craft
1879–1934
Birth Location: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
PC
Samuel Montgomery-Craft
1874–1954
Birth Location: Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
SM
Lewis Craft
1888–1888
Birth Location: Barbours Creek, Craig, Virginia, USA
LC
William Craft
1884–1943
Birth Location: Craig, Virginia, USA
WC
Garfield Craft
1886–1963
Birth Location: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
GC
Ethel Craft
1890–1962
Birth Location: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
EC
L. Craft
1880–1934
Birth Location: Craig, Virginia, USA
LC
Carloss Craft
1904–1916
Birth Location: Craig, Virginia, USA
CC
George Craft
1877–1929
Birth Location: Alleghany, Virginia, USA
GC
Rosa Craft
1904–2004
Birth Location: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
RC
Mary Craft
1878–1943
Birth Location: Craig , Virginia, USA
MC

William Craft's Ancestors

Self
William Craft
1846–1926
Birth Place: Bedford, Virginia, USA
Parents
Philip Nicholas Craft
1816–1907
Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA
Rosanna (M.) Rule
1814–1868
Alleghany, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
David (Jonathan Craft) Sr.
1770–1860
Botetourt County, Virginia
Elizabeth (Betsy) Camper
1781–1870
Shenandoah, Page, Virginia, USA
John Rule
1785–1824
Fincastle, Botetort, Virginia, USA
Eve Copp
1790–
Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jacob (Krafft)
1749–1814
Catherine Craft
1757–1846
Peter Kemper
1742–1788
George Sr.
1746–1819
Rosanna Shipley
1748–1828
Christian Copp
1744–1830
Elizabeth Hottel
1750–1825
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Regina Mueller
1725–1806
Elisabetha Dochtermann
1728–1787

William Craft's Descendants

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William (Emmett) Craft (18 July 1846–17 November 1926) m. Mary Montgomery (1856–05 Jul 1895) m. Elizabeth (Anne) Persinger (27 Jan 1859–26 Oct 1917)
  1. 1. Lewis (P.) Craft 1880–
  2. 2. Lee (Andrew) Craft 1882–1937 m. Susan (Rebecca) Pearl 1883–1957
    1. 1. William (Edward) Craft 1910–
    2. 2. Emmett (S) Craft 1912–1930
    3. 3. Jesse (L) Craft 1909–1926
    4. 4. Jaunita (Evans) Craft 1927–1994
    5. 5. Rebecca (E) Craft 1918–
  3. 3. Harry (McKim) Craft 1902–1959 m. Lena (Mabel) Bess 1910–1977
    1. 1. Leonard (Eugene) Craft 1926–1985
    2. 2. Harry (Richard) Craft 1930–1975
    3. 3. Ronald (Evans) Craft 1930–1986
    4. 4. Shirley (Ann) Craft 1938–2006
      1. 1. Danny (Wayne) Martin –1996
    5. 5. Doris (Elouise) Craft 1940–2004 m. Theodore (Eugene) Crouse 1940–1999
    6. 6. Helen Craft 1942–2019
    7. 7. Audrey (Lee "Pee Wee") Craft 1944–2025
  4. 4. Charles (C) Craft 1884–1916
  5. 5. Moria (L) Craft 1893–1969
  6. 6. Elza (R) Craft 1898–
  7. 7. Alonzo (P) Craft 1896–1967
  8. 8. Rosa (Elza J) Craft 1898–1976
  9. 9. Phillip (Lewis) Craft 1879–1934
  10. 10. Samuel (Lee) Montgomery-Craft 1874–1954
  11. 11. Lewis (F) Craft 1888–1888
  12. 12. William (Carper) Craft 1884–1943
  13. 13. Garfield (Alfred) Craft 1886–1963 m. Virona (Louisa) Smith 1887–1937
    1. 1. Infant Craft 1927–1927
    2. 2. Helen (Iris) Craft 1910–1988
    3. 3. Kenneth (Paul Craft) Sr 1913–1965
    4. 4. Melvin (Louis) Craft 1909–1994
    5. 5. Thomas (Byron) Craft 1932–1932
    6. 6. Almata (Murl) Craft 1916–1916
    7. 7. Nelle (L) Craft 1908–
    8. 8. Helen Craft 1910–1988
  14. 14. Ethel (C) Craft 1890–1962 m. Charles (Edward) Elmore 1879–1969
    1. 1. Edna (Louis) Elmore 1916–
    2. 2. Charles (G) Elmore 1910–
  15. 15. L. (P.) Craft 1880–1934
  16. 16. Carloss (C.) Craft 1904–1916
  17. 17. George (Franklin) Craft 1877–1929
  18. 18. Rosa (J) Craft 1904–2004
  19. 19. Mary (Anna) Craft 1878–1943 m. Davis (Montgomery) Tucker 1881–1937
    1. 1. Owen (Lewis) Tucker 1907–1983 m. Charlotte (Opal) Lowe 1910–1974
      1. 1. Brenda (Joy) Tucker 1943–1998
      2. 2. Wilmajean Tucker 1932–1937
    2. 2. Grace (E) Tucker 1909–1995 m. Lewis Scarbro 1904– m. Delbert (Lewis) Scarbro 1907–1934
      1. 1. Elbert (Lewis) Scarbro 1929–1985
      2. 2. Gladys (Elizabeth) Scarbro 1932–1978
    3. 3. Guilford (WIlliam) Tucker 1920–1994
    4. 4. Alvin (Andrew) Tucker 1915–1915
    5. 5. Mamie (Irene) Tucker 1911–1991 m. Coonie Griffith 1906–1954
      1. 1. Michael (Allen Griffith) Sr 1949–2002
      2. 2. Mary (Ellen) Griffith 1951–1958
      3. 3. Eugene (Paul) Griffith 1932–2010
      4. 4. Connie Griffith 1940–2010
      5. 5. Michael (Allen Griffith) Sr 1948–2002
      6. 6. Jesse (Phillip) griffith –2003
    6. 6. Ted (Elvin (Teddy) Tucker) Sr. 1903–1982 m. Irene (Christian) Dwier 1900–1977
      1. 1. Mavis (Juanita) Tucker 1929–1999 m. John (W) Dicicco 1929–1990
        1. 1. Rose (Marie Dicicco) (Stafford) 1927–2011
      2. 2. Dolores (Jean) Tucker 1937–2019 m. John (Michael Miguel) Gonzales 1936–2011 m. Jim Gillespie –2010
      3. 3. Katherine (Elizabeth Dwier) Tucker 1920–2000 m. Thomas Cafego 1911–1961
        1. 1. Sandra (Kay) Cafego 1941–2017 m. Alvin (Charles) Oldenburg 1935–2008
      4. 4. Helen (Leona Dwier) Tucker 1919–2005 m. James (Hudnall Workman,) Sr 1919–2012
      5. 5. Thomas (David) Tucker 1942–1942
      6. 6. Rebecca (MaryAnne) Tucker 1933–2018 m. John (Jacob "Johnny") Miller 1920–2007
        1. 1. David (B.) Miller 1945–1980
        2. 2. John (Jacob Miller) Jr. 1950–2019
        3. 3. James (Elvin) Miller 1951–1981
        4. 4. John (II) Miller 1914–2019
        5. 5. David Miller 1945–1980
      7. 7. Ernest Tucker 1923–
      8. 8. Teddy (Elvin Tucker) Jr. 1924–1991 m. Virginia (Olvetta) Asbury 1930–2009 m. Dolores (M.) Dworzynski 1930–2012
      9. 9. Shirlie (Rodney) Tucker 1927–2006 m. Marie (Easter) Thompson 1925–2002
      10. 10. Amelia (L) Burgess 1922–1948 m. Stanley (Cecil) Renick 1920–2006 m. Alton (Paul) Burgess 1924–1985
        1. 1. Cecil (Lee) Renick 1940–1997 m. Jayne (Elayne) Wingate 1942–1990 m. Sharon (Eileen) Persin –2014 m. Luella Stewart 1942–1992
        2. 2. Patricia (Ann) Renick 1945–2000
      11. 11. Joretta Tucker 1934–2001 m. Robert (Joseph) Galko 1933–2019

William Craft's Timeline

6 Records

1846
18 July 1846
Birth of William Emmett Craft in Bedford, Virginia, USA
Bedford, Virginia, USA
1880
1880
Age 34
William Emmett Craft resided here in New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
1900
1900
Age 54
William Emmett Craft resided here in Newcastle, Craig, Virginia, USA
Newcastle, Craig, Virginia, USA
1910
1910
Age 64
William Emmett Craft resided here in New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
1920
1920
Age 74
William Emmett Craft resided here in Clifton, Alleghany, Virginia, USA
Clifton, Alleghany, Virginia, USA
1926
17 November 1926
Age 80
Death of William Emmett Craft in Harvey, Fayette, West Virginia, USA
Harvey, Fayette, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 July 1846
    Event Place: Bedford, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Clifton, Alleghany, Virginia; Roll: T625_1878; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 4
    [2] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: New Castle, Craig, Virginia; Roll: 1361; Family History Film: 1255361; Page: 276C; Enumeration District: 023
    [3] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Newcastle, Craig, Virginia; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1241705
    [4] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: New Castle, Craig, Virginia; Roll: T624_1626; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1375639
    [5] Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
    [6] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [7] Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA; Virginia Marriages, 1853-1935

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: New Castle, Craig, Virginia; Roll: 1361; Family History Film: 1255361; Page: 276C; Enumeration District: 023

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Newcastle, Craig, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Newcastle, Craig, Virginia; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1241705

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: New Castle, Craig, Virginia; Roll: T624_1626; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1375639

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Clifton, Alleghany, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Clifton, Alleghany, Virginia; Roll: T625_1878; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 4

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 November 1926
    Event Place: Harvey, Fayette, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] West Virginia, Deaths Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Craig, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] West Virginia, Deaths Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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