Brief Life History of Richard Pressley
When Richard Pressley Craft was born on 13 March 1850, in Georgia, United States, his father, Willis Craft, was 40 and his mother, Martha Terrell Franklin, was 41. He married Sarah Lou Richardson on 21 February 1882, in Hart, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Centerville, Elbert, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Varennes, Anderson, South Carolina, United States in 1910. He died on 7 May 1914, in Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States.
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- Richard Craft in household of Willis Craft, "United States Census, 1870"
- R P Craft, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- R. Pressley Craft, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English craft ‘skillful, clever, learned’.
English: habitational name from Croft in Leicestershire. See also Croft .
Americanized form of German, Danish, Swedish, or Jewish Kraft . See also Croft .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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