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GEORGE W CRAIG, SR
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller and Ruggles
Havana Township
Page 755

GEORGE W. CRAIG, Sr., dealer in cigars and tobacco, Havana; was born in Canton, Fulton Co., III., Jan. 28, 1845, where he resided till about 19 years of ago; he then, worked at his present trade in different localities in the Western and Southern States, and, in 1868, located in Havana, his present home, where he engaged in his present business about eight years since. In December, 1871, he married Miss Annie, daughter of Henry Taylor; she was born in Washington Co., Penn.; they have two children:  Frank F. and George W., Jr. Mr. Craig is a member of the following Masonic bodies: Havana Lodge, No. 88, and Havana Chapter, No. 86. He enlisted in Co E, 132d I V I in the spring of 1864, and served until fall of that same year.



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