CRAIG Jackson; CA,USA; 1861-1914 CRAIG Jackson; CA; 1861-1914 I'm searching for information on one member of my ancestral tree, named Jackson CRAIG. Jackson CRAIG was born in Preble Co., OH, approximately 11/8/1828. His parents were Reason Barkley CRAIG (sometimes went by the name Barkley CRAIG) and Melissa BROTHERTON, who lived in Preble and Darke Counties, OH, and then in Wayne Co., IN. Jackson CRAIG went to California in April, 1851. In 1861 he married Lucy Ann ARTHUR. According to an old letter written by him in 1891, he mentions that his son, Charles Edward CRAIG, was born on New Year's Eve (Dec 31), 1862. His wife died in 1874. I found the couple on the 1870 Santa Clara Co, CA, census, just as I expected. What I did not expect was to discover that there was a young girl named Alice, aged 13, who was apparently a daughter! I suspect she was Lucy Ann's daughter from a former marriage, since she would have been born around 1857. According to that 1870 census, Lucy Ann and her daughter, Alice, were both born in Missouri. After finding the marriage record for Jackson CRAIG and Lucy Ann ARTHUR in Santa Clara Co, CA, I started "browsing" through the microfilm and guess what: there is a record of Lucy Ann MOODY marrying John H. ARTHUR on Aug 12, 1860 (less than six months before marrying Jackson CRAIG)! That marriage lists Lucy Ann as being from Missouri, so I think these must be the same lady. She was listed as age 23 on both marriage records. Interestingly, in the 1870 census listing Jackson CRAIG and Lucy Ann, their neighbors are John MOODY, aged 66, born in Kentucky; and Mary MOODY, aged 73, born in Virginia. Were they parents of Lucy Ann's first husband? Perhaps Lucy Ann and Alice traveled with them from Missouri to California. Since Alice was born around 1857 and was born in Missouri, I suspect that Lucy Ann was married before that year, in Missouri. I am guessing that her husband's name was MOODY, so I still don't know what her maiden name was. There is a brief reference to other kin in Jackson CRAIG's pension papers many years later. In those papers it refers to a niece as next of kin, Mrs. Eva DISSY, who lived in California. I believe this niece must have been a niece of his wife's, as I don't know of any other CRAIGs in that line who made it out to California in that time period. Jackson CRAIG's letter goes on to say: "I went into the Army of the Union in the Rebellion; the California troops met the Rebs in Arizona and New Mexico and drove them back into Texas -- we had the Indians as well as the Rebs." He served in the Army between Oct, 1864, and Nov, 1865. I know from his pension papers that his wife was living while he was in the Army, and that he was released and worked for the Western Union Telegraph Company sometime around 1871, about 3 years before his wife died. Jackson CRAIG worked as a carpenter for at least 30 years in California. He spent a brief amount of time (1889-1895) in the Veteran's Home in Yountville, CA. He was discharged voluntarily. Later he ended up in the National Soldier's Home in Los Angeles, and I believe he lived there from about 1900 to 1914, when he died. He is buried at the Sawtelle Cemetery which I believe is now known as the L.A. National Cemetery, in Los Angeles, CA. Does anyone recognize any of these individuals? I have so far been unable to find any references to these individuals in the records (still searching), and would be delighted if anyone has information to share. Thanks in advance, Joan -- Email: [email protected]