DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: CRAIG, L. J. (The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887  - Page 532

        L.J. CRAIG, county commissioner of Jay County, one of the leading
business men of Bryant, is a native of Ohio, born in Mercer County, October
1, 1852, a son of H.J. and Alpha (Baker) Craig, natives of Darke County,
Ohio, the father of Scotch and Welsh ancestry. The Craig family came to
Ohio in 1839 and were among the early settlers of Mercer County. L.J. Craig
was reared to manhood in Mercer County, and received his education in the
schools of that county. At the age of seventeen years he commenced to work
for the Royer Wheel Company, where he was employed for four years. When
twenty-one years old he entered the employ of the firm of S.H. Adams &
Company, as a common laborer, but by strict attention to his business, and
always having the interests of the company at heart, he was rapidly
promoted until he held a responsible position, which he filled with credit
to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the company. After being in
their employ but a short time he located at Bryant, to take charge of their
extensive business at that point. He is now extensively engaged in dealing
in hardwood lumber and ties, and is also contractor for gas and oil wells.
He is still making his home in Bryant, where he has a good house and
valuable farm property. Mr. Craig was married July 4, 1878, to Miss L.J.
Elberson, who was born and reared in Hancock County, Ohio, a daughter of
S.C. Elberson. Four children have been born to this union -Frank, Ada,
Grover C. and an infant son. In politics Mr. Craig casts his suffrage with
the Democratic ticket to the same office, for a term of three years, and is
serving to the best interests of the county. He has taken an active part in
the improvement of the county, and has been instrumental in having built
some of the best pikes in Jay County, to be found in the State of Indiana.
He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, belonging to Lodge No. 88, of
Portland.


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