CRAIG, JOHN H.

CRAIG

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:54

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

CRAIG, JOHN H., born in Washington Co., Penn. ; graduated from Washington College in 1848 ; afterward spent three years in Natchez, Miss. ; engaged in teaching and pursuing his studies while in Natchez ; afterward read law in Wheeling, Va., and at Washington, Penn. ; admitted to the bar in the spring of 1856; came to Keokuk in the spring of 1857 ; engaged in practice of law here since May 1, 1857. For twelve years, he has been a member of the Board of Education ; for the last three years, he has been President of the Board. Mr. Craig has held the position of City Attorney several terms ; he is now serving in that capacity.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879