Robert Edward Craig 1840

Robert was born on 21 February 1840, the son of Albert Gallatin Craig and Virginia Brooking, at Gallatin County, Kentucky. He first married Elizabeth Aspinwall Kearny. After her untimely early death he married the widow Susan "Sarah" White.

(1^st Wife)
Elizabeth Aspinwall Kearny 1840-1878

Elizabeth was born about 1840, at Ghent, Kentucky.
I have identified the following children.

Alice Kearny	Born abt 1868	Kentucky
Virginia Judith	Born Nov 1869	Kentucky	Married Richard D. Chotard
Elizabeth Aspinwall "Bessie"	Born 2 Dec 1872	Kentucky	Married Henry Blackwell Wiggs
Robert Edward Jr.	Born abt 1873		Died 26 Oct 1878
Sarah Kearny	No Date
Maime Kearny	No Date	Zanesville, Ohio

Birth of Parents

Robert Edward Craig

b: 21 Feb 1840 Gallatin County, Kentucky
son of Albert Gallatin Craig and Virginia Brooking

Elizabeth Aspinwall Kearny

b: 6 Jun 1840 Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky

Marriage

6 Sep 1865
Robert Edward Craig
Elizabeth Aspinwall Kearny

Children

Alice K. Craig

b: abt 1868 Kentucky
daughter of Robert Edward Craig and Elizabeth Aspinwall Kearny

Virginia J. Craig

b: abt 1870 Kentucky
daughter of Robert Edward Craig and Elizabeth Aspinwall Kearny

Elizabeth Aspinwall "Bessie" Craig

b: abt 1872 Kentucky
daughter of Robert Edward Craig and Elizabeth Aspinwall Kearny

Death

Elizabeth Aspinwall (Kearny) Craig

Died 1878 Kentucky

1880 Census	1 June 1880		Gallatin County, Kentucky
Hoggins District, Image 23 of 23		Occupation	Birth Place
			Self	Father	Mother
Albert G. Craig Virginia J. Sarah W. Laura B. Virginia Alice K. (GrDau) Virginia J. (GrDau) Bessie A. (GrDau) Plus 1 Servant	Age 73 Age 63 Age 35 Age 24 Age 22 Age 12 Age 10 Age 8	Farmer Keeping House Farmer	Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky	Virginia Virginia Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky	Virginia Virginia Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ohio Ohio Ohio	abt 1807 abt 1817 abt 1847 abt 1856 abt 1858 abt 1868 abt 1870 abt 1872

Susan "Sarah" White 1853- (2^nd Wife)

Sarah was born in November 1853, in Alabama. She was a widow ahen she married Robert.
I have not identified any children.

Birth of New Wife

Susan "Sarah" White

b: Nov 1853 Alabama

Marriage

abt 1898
Robert Edward Craig
Susan "Sarah" L. White

1900 Census	1 Jun 1900		Carter Township, Ashley County, Arkansas
District 186, Image 6 of 55			Years Married	Children/ Living	B I R T H P L A C E Person Father Mother			Month & Year of Birth
Robert E. Craig Sarah L. (Wife) Mn Bettie Pugh (DauLaw)(M) Thomas White (StepSon) (s) Mary G. White (StepDau) (s) Plus 5 Boarders	Age 56 Age 46 Age 23 Age 20 Age 16	Lawyer	25 25 3	5/4	Kentucky Alabama Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas	Kentucky Maryland Alabama Alabama Alabama	Kentucky Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama	Feb 1844 Nov 1853 Sep 1876 Feb 1880 Oct 1892

1910 Census	15 April 1910		Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas
District 5, Image 3 of 28			Years Married	Children/ Living	B I R T H P L A C E Person Father Mother
Robert Craig Sarah L. (Wife) John S. White (Son) Virginia Johnson	Age 70 Age 65 Age 32 Age 27	Lawyer	12 12	5/4	Kentucky Alabama Arkansas Arkansas	Kentucky Maryland Arkansas Arkansas	Kentucky Alabama Arkansas Arkansas	abt 1840 abt 1845 abt 1878 abt 1883

Death

Robert Edward Craig

Died 1911 Hamburg, Arkansas

1920 Census	1 Jan 1920		Carter, Ashley County, Arkansas
District 5, Image 12 of 31, Lincoln Street			Birthplace Person	Birthplace Father	Birthplace Mother
Sarah L. Craig (Widow) Turner White (Son)(s)	Age 66 Age 39	None ??	Alabama Arkansas	Maryland Alabama	Alabama Alabama	Nov 1853 abt 1880

Death

Susan "Sarah" L. White

No Data

SPECIAL THANKS to , a descendant of Lawthan McGehee Austin (1896-1987) and Virginia Cephise Wiggs (1898-1970), for many of the details provided above.