Family Group Sheet
NameAndrew Craig
Birth15 Jan 1872, Jackson Co., Ohio
Death19 Dec 1961, Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio
BurialShawnee Cemetery, Perry Co., Ohio
FatherThomas Craig (~1824-)
MotherElizabeth Ann Short (1820-1925)
Marriageabt 1897, Ohio
SpouseMartha Jane Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth1 Feb 1878, Greenup Co., Kentucky
Death1 Jan 1921, Shawnee, Perry Co., Ohio
BurialShawnee Cemetery, Perry Co., Ohio
FatherJohn A. Pettit (1850-1923)
MotherNancy Susan Holley (1850->1900)
Children
1 FMary M. Craig, Half 2C2R
BirthAug 1898, Perry Co., Ohio
SpouseJohn William Woods
SpouseSpencer
2 MWilliam Craig, Half 2C2R
Birth18 Jul 1901, Perry Co., Ohio
Death21 Apr 1982, Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio
3 MJames Edward Craig, Half 2C2R
Birth19 Apr 1903, Perry Co., Ohio
Death13 Apr 1973, Newark, Licking Co., Ohio
SpouseMyrtle Arthur
4 FFlossie Maye Craig, Half 2C2R
Birth21 Jun 1908, Shawnee, Perry Co., Ohio
Death12 Dec 1968, Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio
SpouseWilliam Youstey
SpouseCharles John Gohring
Notes for Andrew Craig
His obituary in the Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder of Wed., 20 Dec 1961, reported “Andrew Craig, 91, of Shawnee died at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mount St. Mary Hospital, Nelsonville, where he had been a patient nine days. A retired coal miner, he had been ill five months.
He was born Jan. 15, 1870, in Jackson County, the son of Thomas and Anna Compson Craig. His wife died several years ago.
Surviving are two sons, William of Shawnee, with whom he resided, and James E. of New Straitsville; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Spencer and Mrs. Flossie Maye Gohring, both of near Malta; 13 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren.”
He was born Jan. 15, 1870, in Jackson County, the son of Thomas and Anna Compson Craig. His wife died several years ago.
Surviving are two sons, William of Shawnee, with whom he resided, and James E. of New Straitsville; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Spencer and Mrs. Flossie Maye Gohring, both of near Malta; 13 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren.”
Notes for Martha Jane Pettit
Her death certificate records Martha Craig, age 42 years 11 months, born 1 Feb 1877 in Kentucky, died 1 Jan 1921 in Shawnee township, Perry Co., Ohio, married, father John Petitt born in Kentucky, mother’s maiden name Susan Holley born in West Virginia, cause of death pulmonary tuberculosis, informant Andy Craig, Shawnee, Ohio, burial in Shawnee Cemetery.
Census Notes for Andrew & Martha Jane (Family)
1900 census of Perry Co., Ohio, Salt Lick township, enumerated 22 June, lists on p. 19A as family #337/370:
Graig, Andy, 27, b. Jan 1873, Ohio Ohio Ohio, coal miner; Martha, wife, 22, b. Feb 1878, Ky Ky Va; Mary, dau, 1, b. Aug 1888 (should be 1898), Ohio Ohio Ky.
1910 census of Perry Co., Ohio, Salt Lick township, enumerated 29 April, lists on p. 17B as family #396:
Crag, Ander (or Anda), 37, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, coal miner; Martha, wife, 31, b. Ky Ky Ky, first marriage for both, married 13 years, mother of 5 children, 4 living; Mary, dau, 11; William, son, 8; Edward, son, 7; Flossie, dau, 2. All children born Ohio Ohio Ky. Jack, Nora, boarder, 25, single, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio.
Nora Jack is probably related to John Jack who married Martha’s twin sister Mary.
1920 census of Perry Co., Ohio, Salt Lick township, Shawnee village, enumerated 30 Jan, lists on p. 7B as family #138/149:
Craig, Andy, 48, coal miner; Martha, wife, 48; William, son, 19; Edward, son, 17; Flossie M., dau, 12. All are listed as born Ohio Ohio Ohio, although it is wrong for Martha.
1930 census of Perry Co., Ohio, Salt Lick township, Shawnee village, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 9B as family #234/239:
Craig, Andrew, 55, widowed, coal miner; William, son, 28, coal miner; Gohring, William, 6, grandson; Woods, Fay E., granddaughter, 14; Walter A., grandson, 12; Gohring, Flossie, dau, 21, age at first marriage 19; Charles, son-in-law, 25, age at first marriage 23; Donald D., grandson, 1 9/12; Clyde E., grandson, 0/12.
All are listed as born Ohio Ohio Ohio. The Woods grandchildren were apparently just visiting; their parents John Woods and Mary Craig were both still living in 1930.
Graig, Andy, 27, b. Jan 1873, Ohio Ohio Ohio, coal miner; Martha, wife, 22, b. Feb 1878, Ky Ky Va; Mary, dau, 1, b. Aug 1888 (should be 1898), Ohio Ohio Ky.
1910 census of Perry Co., Ohio, Salt Lick township, enumerated 29 April, lists on p. 17B as family #396:
Crag, Ander (or Anda), 37, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, coal miner; Martha, wife, 31, b. Ky Ky Ky, first marriage for both, married 13 years, mother of 5 children, 4 living; Mary, dau, 11; William, son, 8; Edward, son, 7; Flossie, dau, 2. All children born Ohio Ohio Ky. Jack, Nora, boarder, 25, single, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio.
Nora Jack is probably related to John Jack who married Martha’s twin sister Mary.
1920 census of Perry Co., Ohio, Salt Lick township, Shawnee village, enumerated 30 Jan, lists on p. 7B as family #138/149:
Craig, Andy, 48, coal miner; Martha, wife, 48; William, son, 19; Edward, son, 17; Flossie M., dau, 12. All are listed as born Ohio Ohio Ohio, although it is wrong for Martha.
1930 census of Perry Co., Ohio, Salt Lick township, Shawnee village, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 9B as family #234/239:
Craig, Andrew, 55, widowed, coal miner; William, son, 28, coal miner; Gohring, William, 6, grandson; Woods, Fay E., granddaughter, 14; Walter A., grandson, 12; Gohring, Flossie, dau, 21, age at first marriage 19; Charles, son-in-law, 25, age at first marriage 23; Donald D., grandson, 1 9/12; Clyde E., grandson, 0/12.
All are listed as born Ohio Ohio Ohio. The Woods grandchildren were apparently just visiting; their parents John Woods and Mary Craig were both still living in 1930.
