Terrah A. Craft

Female1849–

Brief Life History of Terrah A.

When Terrah A. Craft was born in 1849, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, her father, Willis Craft, was 40 and her mother, Martha Terrell Franklin, was 40.

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Family Time Line

Willis Craft
1809–1874
Martha Terrell Franklin
1809–1880
Marion A Craft
1834–1880
Mary Frances Craft
1834–1878
John Gordan Franklin Craft
1838–1885
S G Craft
1839–
William Anderson Craft
1840–1909
Willis Moss Craft
1842–1876
Martha Ann Craft
1844–1860
James David Craft
1847–1882
Terrah A. Craft
1849–
Richard Pressley Craft
1850–1914

Sources (3)

  • L Craft in household of W Craft, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Terrah A Craft in household of Willis Craft, "United States Census, 1860"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (10)

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World Events (8)

1861

Age 12

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

1863

Age 14

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 32

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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