Brief Life History of Milton Philip
When Milton Philip Craig was born on 30 October 1838, in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky, United States, his father, Henry Harrison Craig I, was 25 and his mother, Emily Carraway Hancock, was 22. He married Margaret Elizabeth Buford on 15 July 1873, in Woodford, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 5 December 1914, in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States.
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- Mitton P Craig in household of Henry H Craig, "United States Census, 1850"
- Milton P Craig, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Milton P Craig, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a steep or precipitous rock, Older Scots crag, craig. Compare the synonymous English Cragg .
Manx: either a shortened form of Gaelic Mac Concharraige ‘son of Cu Charraige (‘hound of the rock’) or possibly of Mac Thorveig ‘son of Thorveig’, from the Old Norse personal name Thórveig (from the god's name Thórr + veig ‘pith, strength’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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