Crafton, Wiley

Born: 1801-01-25 Lunenburg County, Virginia

Died: 1884-03-31 Springfield, Illinois

Around 1814, Crafton moved to Kentucky, where in 1824 he married Agnes Chalfant. In 1831, Crafton moved his family to Illinois, eventually settling in Sangamon County, where he established himself as a farmer. In 1859, he moved to Springfield and opened a livery business. In 1860, Crafton owned real estate worth $17,000 and personal property worth $200.

Daily Illinois State Register (Springfield), 1 April 1884, 3:5; John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 233-34; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 201.