Bio of CRAIG, George M. (b.1878), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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GEORGE M. CRAIG (George Marshall Craig) - Vol III, pg 454-457
George M. Craig, who occupies a creditable position in business circles in
Minneap­olis as vice president of the Reilly-Craig Auto Company, is widely
recognized as a young man of enterprise, energy and determination. His birth
occurred in the province of Quebec, Canada, on the 2d of February, 1878, his
parents being James and Mary (O'Hara) Craig. The family is of Scotch descent,
the paternal grandfather having emigrated to Canada from the land of hills and
heather. The latter devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits throughout his
active business career and the work of the fields also claims the attention of
his son, James Craig, who crossed the border into the United States in 1888,
settling at Bathgate, North Dakota. James Craig owns and operates a farm in that
state, where he and his wife are living.
George M. Craig, who was a lad of ten summers when his parents took up their
abode in this country, pursued his early education in the public schools of
Bathgate, North Dakota, while subsequently he took a course in the Archibald
Business College of Minneapolis. He began his business career on the road as a
salesman of threshing machines and was so successful in this work that he
continued therein until 1922. After three years as a threshing machine salesman
he traveled for the J. D. Towner Company of Mendota, Illinois, until the winter
of 1914. On the 1st of March, 1914, he was made traveling supervisor for the
Maxwell-Chalmers Motor Company and was thus
employed for eight years, or until the 1st of January, 1922, when he became a
stock­holder in the Reilly-Herz Company, which handles the Maxwell cars in
Minneapolis. Soon after he entered this company the name was changed from
Reilly-Herz Company to Reilly-Craig Company, and Mr. Craig became vice
president, in which official capacity his efforts are proving an important
factor in the continued growth and success of the undertaking.
On the 21st of November, 1904, Mr. Craig was united in marriage to Miss Lillian
M. De Mars, who passed away February 14, 1916, leaving four children: Lucile V.,
Dean G., Len O. and May A. On the llth of June, 1917, Mr. Craig married Olive M.
Fournier of Dayton, Minnesota. The Fournier family was among the very earliest
in Minneap­olis, the grandfather of Mrs. Craig having taken up his abode on the
present site of the city in 1847. The latter still survives and now makes his
home in Dayton, this state.
In his political views Mr. Craig is a stanch republican, while fraternally he is
identified with the Masonic order, belonging to the blue lodge in Fargo, North
Dakota. In Minneapolis he is identified with the Masonic, the Automobile, the
Minneapolis Athletic, the Elks and the Calhoun Commercial clubs. Fishing affords
him pleasurable recreation when leisure permits. His career has been a busy and
successful one and he has gained an enviable reputation as a progressive and
enterprising representative of the automobile business in Minneapolis.