Volume 13 , Issue 19

The Craighead Family - by James Geddes Craighead

On page 116, of The Craighead Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead (1658-1876), written by Rev. James Geddes Craighead, D.D., It shows a Samuel G. Craighead, son of William and Jane Gillespie Craighead; born 13 May 1814; married 22 Feb. 1838, Nancy McGill, who was born 28 Apr 1814. They resided at Sulphur Springs, Rhea County, Tennessee. Samuel G. Craighead was a part of the fourth generation of the Craighead family.

Their Children were:

• 1. William H., born 6 Nov 1840; died 8 Dec 1840.
• 2. Margaret M, born 22 Oct 1842; married 6 Apr 1865 to William I. Julian; died 3 Apr 1867, leaving a son B. R. Julian, born 8 Apr 1866
• 3. Beriah G., born 4 Aug 1846
• 4 Newton C., born 5 Apr 1849, died 10 Nov 1868

William Craighead was the oldest son of Capt. Robert and Hannah Clark Craighead. William was born in North Carolina, 1 Oct 1778, and married Jane Gillespie. William was a highly respected citizen of Lebanon, Tenn., serving for a long time as a civil magistrate in Knox county, Tennessee and as an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Lebanon. Will died 21 Mar 1835. William and Jane Gillespie Craighead children:

• 1. John V., born 1800; died unmarried 8 Sep 1827;
• 2. Robert Clark, born 1802; died unmarried 29 Aug 1823.
• 3. Thomas G., born 19 Aug 1805; married Rutelia Armstrong.
• 4. Hannah Malinda, born 20 May 1809; married Samuel S. Thatcher.
• 5. William, born 25 Aug 1811; died unmarried 15 Aug 1835.
• 6. Samuel G., born 15 May 1814; married Nancy McGill.
• 7. Benjamin Alexander, born 12 Aug 1816; died 29 Aug 1816

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