Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Cragg, Martin 1836 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Martin Cragg, farmer, P. O. Gardner. Martin Cragg is probably the first white 
child born in Braceville Township, the date of his birth being January 21, 
1836; he is a brother of George H., whose biography appears in this book. His 
early days were spent as much as was convenient in the log school cabin; he 
was very fond of chasing the wild animals that were so numerous when he was a 
boy. On one occasion the grey-hounds caught a deer and Martin was a little 
swifter on foot than the other boys who were with him on the chase, and on 
arriving, he bounced the wild animal, and the dogs thinking their master could 
manage it, let loose, and as soon as they did, the deer mad a leap with Martin 
on its back, and away it went for the thicket. The gritty little fellow was 
going backward, and hung on until the brush forced him off. He was married, 
December 17, 1861, to Helen N. Caverly, a daughter of Isaac and Hannah 
(Newell) Caverly, natives of New Hampshire, and parents of four children; 
Helen only survives; her mother died when she was six years old, and her 
father was married a second time to Kate Kipp, of Philadelphia, Penn., the 
result being two children - William and Louisa; her father died in 1856, and 
Helen lived with her uncle, Robert Newell, of Boston, until she was fourteen, 
when she came to Gardner, Ill., to live with her uncle and aunt, Sawyer; her 
marriage with Mr. Cragg has resulted in four children, two of whom are living, 
viz., Edward C. and Jennie. Mr. Cragg has been Constable of Braceville 
Township two terms; he owns 170 acres of fine land, the most of which is the 
reward of his own labors. He is raising many plants for sale, having an 
excellent hot garden; grows entirely for the Braidwood market; votes the 
Republican ticket.

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Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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