Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Military Information:

• Deceased
• QR Code
• Host & Researchers-Colonial Dames XVII Century, Star of Destiny Chapter, Denton
• RTF #1 (TVHOF: Remember Them Forever)
• Cemetery: Oakwood, Denton, Denton County, Texas
• Civil War Union Army
• PVT (Private)
• 1-Alpha List

Bio:

John C. Craft

Personal information
Name: John C. Craft; John S. Craft; John Samuel Craft; J. S. Craft

Birth: January, 1826
Kentucky

1866 – Daughter was born in Tarrant County, Texas
1880 – lived in Bell County, Texas, with wife and eight children
1885 – lived in Denton, Denton County, Texas
1900 – lived as a boarder, Justice Precinct 1, Denton, Texas; boarder, widowed

Death: 15 February 1902
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Family: Parents: both born in Kentucky
Spouse: Susan Eudora Meeks
born about 1841 in Missouri
Children: Hana, Willie, Mattie Ada, John, Jennie, Joseph, Russell, Howard

Military Service
Military Branch: Army

Dates: Enlisted 15 July 1864
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
Mustered in 15 July 1864
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
Mustered out 12 February 1865
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky

Rank at Discharge: Private

Era/Service: Civil War (Union)

Assignments: Company A, Kentucky 1st Capital Guards

Civilian Life
Occupation: Agriculture

Sources:

1) 1900 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 1, dwelling 186, family 186, Dick Williams and Alverta Williams, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

2) 1880 U.S. Census, Bell County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 8, dwelling 381, John S. Craft and Susan Craft, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

3) U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, John C. Craft (1864), Ancestry.com (online database)

4) U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, John C. Craft (1865), Ancestry.com (online database)

5) Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910, Denton County, (1885) John C. Craft, FamilySearch.org (online database)

6) John. C. Craft, FindAGrave.com, Memorial #12584202 (online database), citing Oakwood Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, Texas, contributed by R. M. Leahy

7) Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate No. 22255, Mattie Ada Emswiler (1947), Austin, Texas

Author Information:

Name: Wanda Samek, Star of Destiny Chapter
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
Contact Information: samek@verizon.net
Date: 04 August 2023