Sketch of the Rev. James Craig, St. Charles County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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Rev. James Craig married a daughter of Col. Nathan Boone.  He was a
Hard-Shell Baptist preacher, and preached and taught school in St.
Charles for several years.  He baptized, by immersion, in the Missouri
River, the first person that ever received Protestant baptism in St.
Charles.  The candidate was a colored woman named Susan Morrison.
Daniel Colgin assisted Mr. Craig to perform the ceremony, by wading
out into the River and measuring the depth of the water with his cane,
singing as he went..."We are going down the River Jordan, As our Sav-
iour went before."  Revs. John M. Peck and Timothy Flint were present,
and joined in the singing.	

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