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Josephus Powell Craghead Or Craighead
Male 1850 - 1915

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  • Birth  15 Mar 1850  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  28 Dec 1915  , Coffey, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: heart attack 
    Buried  Hartford, Lyon, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I4394  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  07 Jan 2008 
     
    Father  John Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 21 Sep 1805, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1892, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Julia A. Smith,   b. 27 Nov 1813, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1879, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  21 Dec 1830  , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F697  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Mildred Angeline English,   b. 3 Jan 1860, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1944, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  3 Apr 1884  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Richard Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 13 Jan 1885, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Jessie Clifford Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 2 Dec 1886, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1941
     3. Lena Francis Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 9 Jul 1899, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1948
     4. Harry Elmer Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 13 Mar 1892, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Walter Benjamin Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 9 May 1894, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Edith Earl Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 17 Sep 1897, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Durward Edward Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 21 Jul 1902, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified  31 Mar 2006 
    Family ID  F1521  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • still at home on 1880 census

      news - Callaway County Gazette, Jan 9, 1880
      A Fatal Affray - On Monday last Joseph P. Craghead and Joshua Myers had a difficulty in which Myers was killed. Craghead is a young unmarried man and lives at his fathers - John Craghead.

      TitleColumbia Statesman January 16, 1880 Page 4, Column 3
      SubjectCraghead, Jos. P.
      Description- Fulton man killed Joshua Meyers

      Prior to his marriage, he was a school teacher and also farmed, both near Toledo and later near Auxvasse. In 1905, for the benefit of the health of his daughter, Lena, threatened by T.B., he brought his family to Hodgeman Co., Kansas. they settled on a farm 9 miles southwest of Jetmore, in the Holbrock community where his children attended school, and where he farmed and raised cattle. In 1910 they removed to Coffey Co., Kansas where he died 5 years later of a heart attack.

      Josephus P. Craghead Miss Mildred A. English 3 Apr 1884 E219

      Josephus P. Craighead Jan. 1916 Callaway Weekly Gazette
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Mar 1850 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Apr 1884 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hartford, Lyon, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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