Craig, C. W.

Born: 1816-XX-XX Virginia

Flourished: McHenry County, Illinois

C. W. Craig was a tailor, town official, justice of the peace, and assistant doorkeeper pro tem of the Illinois House of Representatives. In 1850, Craig was living in Brooklyn, Illinois, and was employed as a tailor. Originally a Whig, Craig gravitated to the Republican Party after the demise of the Whigs. In May 1856, he represented McHenry County at the Illinois Anti-Nebraska Convention, and in September 1856, he again represented McHenry County at an Anti-Nebraska Convention held in Springfield, Illinois. From 1857 to 1859, he was constable and collector of the town of Woodstock, Illinois. In 1860, he was living in Woodstock, where he was employed as a justice of the peace and had a personal estate of $100. In 1861, the Illinois House of Representatives appointed Craig assistant doorkeeper pro tem.

U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Brooklyn, McHenry County, IL, 348; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Woodstock, McHenry County, IL, 507; Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 30 May 1856, 2:2; 25 September 1856, 2:2; History of McHenry County, Illinois (Chicago: Inter-State, 1885), 555; Illinois House Journal. 1861. 22nd G. A., 3; Abraham Lincoln and Others to the Whigs of Illinois.