Nicholas County, West Virginia          Biography of ARDEN L. CRAIG

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 419
Nicholas

ARDEN L. CRAIG.  As a banker and real estate man
Arden L. Craig continues the business service so long
represented by his late father, James S. Craig. He is a
lawyer by profession, but the law has become secondary to
his extensive business interests.

Mr. Craig, whose home is at Richwood in Nicholas County,
was born at Summersville in the same county, September 8,
1874. He graduated A. B. from the National Normal Uni-
versity at Lebanon, Ohio, and had an active experience as a
teacher for several years. In 1901 he graduated from West
Virginia University Law School. When he began practice
he had the distinction of being the first lawyer to locate at
Richwood, and for over twenty years has exercised an im-
portant influence in the development of that industrial
town. His law office has become his headquarters for an
extensive real estate business, and he is also the successor of
his father as president of the Richwood Banking and Trust
Company.

Mr. Craig has twice served as mayor of Richwood, is an
active republican in politics, is affiliated with Richwood
Lodge No. 122, A. F. and A. M., and attends and supports
the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife is a member.
September 11, 1907, Mr. Craig married Miss Ann Veon, of
Waverly, Wood County, West Virginia. They have one son,
Eugene, born June 4, 1912.