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    1. [CRAIG-L] Robert Craig born 1816-17 accrding Missouri 1860-Illinois 1870 Census.
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Craig, Wilson, Bidleman, Scott, Stone, Eden, Mergenthaler etc.... Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4IQ.2ACEB/2352 Message Board Post: My ancestor Robert Craig is said to have married a Margaret Wilson. He was born about 1816-17 according to census records in Virginia. She was born about 1820-21 in Ohio. I find them in Liberty Twp, Putnam County, Missouri, July 15, 1860. My ancestor David Bidleman and Margaret Craig (Robert and Margaret's daughter) is also there where they have a child in 1861. Robert is found in Timber, Peoria County, Illinois 1865 State Census Robert and Margaret Craig are then found in Liberty Twp, Peoria, County, Illinois September 7, 1870. David and Margaret Bidleman married 1858 in Delaware Co., Ohio have a child in Timber, Illinois in 1864. David died in Civil War in 1865 serving with the 47th as re-organized. The 1860 and 1870 Census list Robert Craig and Margarets children as Mary Alice Craig born about 1842 George W Craig born about 1851 in Ohio Robert Samuel Craig born January 1860 in Ohio Caroline Craig born about 1864 in Illinois Robert Craig born about 1867 in Illinois Robert Craig diappears after that. I do not find Margaret Craig either. I assume they are buried at one of the cemeteries around Timber or Glasford, Illinois. He is not in Lancaster Cemetery that I know of. Does anyone know anything about this family? My web site is at www.myfamilybranches.com

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