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Robert Maxey Craghead Or Craighead
Male 1772 - 1857

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  • Birth  25 Sep 1772  , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  7 Dec 1857  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will  13 Jan 1858 
    Buried  Craghead Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I320  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  02 Sep 2009 
     
    Father  John Craghead Or Craighead,   b. Abt 1742, Chesterfield, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1808, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Jane Elizabeth Leodicea Maxey,   b. 1747, Lynchburg, Goochland, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1785, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1763  , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F94  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Nancy Powell,   b. 2 Feb 1776, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1859, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  18 Nov 1792  , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Children 
    >1. William Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 10 Jul 1795, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1879, , Livingston, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Solomon Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 30 Jun 1797, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1843, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Elizabeth P. Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 6 Dec 1800, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1865, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. Robert A Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 1 May 1803, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1875, , Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jonathan Craghead Or Craighead,   b. Abt 1805,   d. Bef 1850
    >6. Stephen Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 18 Jun 1808, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1880, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >7. Mary P Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 14 Jan 1811, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1878, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >8. Sarah P. Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 26 Aug 1813, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1908
    >9. Nancy Powell Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 22 Jan 1821,   d. 9 Oct 1901
    Last Modified  01 Feb 2006 
    Family ID  F97  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • The following is from the Pioneer Families of Missouri book written in 1876, which is not always accurate:
      "CRAIGHEAD, Robert M. and Isaiah Craighead were brothers, and they had a nephew named John who was a son of their brother, John, of VA. Robert M. married NANCY POWELL and they had William, Solomon, Robert, Jr., Jonathan, Stephen, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and Nancy. They settled in Callaway Co. in 1819. Isaiah married FEMININE ROBINSON, and settled in Callaway Co. in 1830. His children were John R., George, James, Isaiah W., William A. B., Jane, and Nancy )P. John R. married SARAH HALL, and they had Isaiah O., John W., Mark A., James, Patrick H., Caroline, and Lucy J. John Craighead, the nephew of Robert and Isaiah, married JULIA SMITH, and settled in Callaway Co. in 1828."(this date is not correct, s/b about 1835)

      Year: 1850; Census Place: District 12, Callaway, Missouri; Roll M432_393; Page: 197; Image: 390
      Name: Robert Craghead
      Age: 77
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1773
      Birth Place: Virginia
      Gender: Male
      Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 12, Callaway, Missouri
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Robert Craghead 77, farmer
      Nancy Craghead 74 wife
      Sarah Kemp 36, daughter widow
      Catharine I Craghead 18, granddaughter
      Geo W Kemp 8, grandson

      Craghead Cemetery
      Craghead Cemetery located 0.5 miles east of Highway 54 at Twin Church [RD?]. The NE 1/4 of NE 1/4, section 1, Township 46 north, Range 10 W. [This may be old Hy 54 now] Cemetery listing done in 1973.
      CRAGHEAD listed in this cemetery:
      Craighead, Nancy -wife of Robert M. Craghead, born in 02 Feb 1776 in Va. died 07 Feb 1859.
      Craghead, Robert M.- born 25 Sept 1772 in Va. died 07 Dec 1857. [Settled in MO Feb 1819]---both tombstones read "Settled on this land in Feb AD 1819".
      May, Elizabeth, wife of Gabriel May, 06 dec 1800- 14 Mar 1865- aged 64 years (daughter of Robert and Nancy Craighead)
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Sep 1772 - , Franklin, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Dec 1857 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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