Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - John W. Cradduck

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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John W. Cradduck, farmer, is a son of Presley M. and Sarilda (Lamb) Cradduck, 
who came from Kentucky to this county about 1840. The father died in 
Fayetteville, while looking after his stock interests, when about fifty-six 
years of age, and the mother died four years later, in 1865, aged fifty. The 
father was a Whig during the days of that party, but afterward became a 
Republican, and as such held the office of constable in Kentucky. Both himself 
and wife belonged to the Methodist Church. John W. Cradduck is the ninth of a 
family of thirteen children, and was born November 10, 1852, in this county. He 
lost his parents when but a boy, and from the age of thirteen has been dependent 
upon his own resources. With the exception of four years spent in Missouri, his 
entire life has been passed in this county. Although he received a meager 
education during his youth, he is a prosperous farmer of 160 acres, fifty of 
which he has under cultivation. In March, 1873, he married Penelope Phillips, a 
native of this county, and the mother of the following children: Charles B., Ira 
(deceased), James N., Rosa A., Fred and Dovie J. Since his marriage Mr. Cradduck 
has resided upon his present farm.