s/o James & Margaret (Slater) Craig, both of PA; h/o Emily M; DC#28348
Enos Craig was the City Marshall of St. Joseph, Missouri, and the first official on the scene when the outlaw Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford. He subsequently had many dealings in the aftermath of the killing, including arresting the Ford brothers, taking possession the body, having it photographed (appearing in at least one of the photographs himself), providing security at the subsequent funeral and burial, and testifying in subsequent trials and proceedings.
Postscript: Enos was a brother of General James Craig, one of the cemetery's famous graves.
"HISTORY of Buchanan County and ST. JOSEPH, Mo. : from the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1915 ... biographical sketches of noted citizens, living and dead"
" ENOS CRAIG was born April 27, 1829, in Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, his parents being James Craig, a lawyer, and Margaret Slater. At the age of fourteen he removed with his parents to Farmington, Iowa, where he helped to break the prairies of the West.
At the age of twenty one years he left Iowa and located in St. Joseph. April 4, 1852, he married Emily Miranda Barnes, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Barnes, at DeKalb, Mo. Three weeks later they crossed the plains to California, where Mr. Craig prospected for several years, returning to St. Joseph in 1859. He soon was appointed to the position of general delivery clerk in the post office, where he made many friends. They loyally supported him in running for sheriff of Buchanan County, to which office he was overwhelmingly elected in the fall of 1862, and was appointed by President Lincoln keeper of the military prison at St. Joseph, which position he held during his term as sheriff. In 1863 he was commissioned captain to raise a company for the Union army, but while making up the company a slow, lingering illness of typhoid befell him, and he was compelled to give up his military ambitions.
In 1866 he was elected City Marshal, and later he was appointed the marshal of the first supreme court held in the city of St. Joseph. In 1880 he was again elected city marshal. In 1884 he was appointed deputy United States marshal for the Western District of Missouri. In 1890 he was again appointed to the same office. In 1894 he defeated Robert M. Nash by one vote for county clerk. He held the office for four or five months, but after a spirited contest, which was finally decided against him by the supreme court, he surrendered the office. In 1898 he again ran for county clerk and was defeated.
In 1908, in his eightieth year, he was defeated for county judge by forty-seven votes. In his eighty-third year he was appointed city weigh-master, and when eighty - five years of age was re-appointed, which position he is now holding successfully.
Mr. Craig has been a lifelong Republican and refused to recognize any faction in his party. He has always abhorred treachery, deception, untruthfulness and selfishness, and has never made a promise that he did not regard as sacred. Hs is a member of the First Baptist Church.
In 1907 he lost his beloved wife, who had borne him four children, Corydon F. , Morte H., Lelia M. McReynolds, and Lulu Alice."
Contributor: W B Craig (48316869)
Enos Craig was the City Marshall of St. Joseph, Missouri, and the first official on the scene when the outlaw Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford. He subsequently had many dealings in the aftermath of the killing, including arresting the Ford brothers, taking possession the body, having it photographed (appearing in at least one of the photographs himself), providing security at the subsequent funeral and burial, and testifying in subsequent trials and proceedings.
Postscript: Enos was a brother of General James Craig, one of the cemetery's famous graves.
"HISTORY of Buchanan County and ST. JOSEPH, Mo. : from the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1915 ... biographical sketches of noted citizens, living and dead"
" ENOS CRAIG was born April 27, 1829, in Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, his parents being James Craig, a lawyer, and Margaret Slater. At the age of fourteen he removed with his parents to Farmington, Iowa, where he helped to break the prairies of the West.
At the age of twenty one years he left Iowa and located in St. Joseph. April 4, 1852, he married Emily Miranda Barnes, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Barnes, at DeKalb, Mo. Three weeks later they crossed the plains to California, where Mr. Craig prospected for several years, returning to St. Joseph in 1859. He soon was appointed to the position of general delivery clerk in the post office, where he made many friends. They loyally supported him in running for sheriff of Buchanan County, to which office he was overwhelmingly elected in the fall of 1862, and was appointed by President Lincoln keeper of the military prison at St. Joseph, which position he held during his term as sheriff. In 1863 he was commissioned captain to raise a company for the Union army, but while making up the company a slow, lingering illness of typhoid befell him, and he was compelled to give up his military ambitions.
In 1866 he was elected City Marshal, and later he was appointed the marshal of the first supreme court held in the city of St. Joseph. In 1880 he was again elected city marshal. In 1884 he was appointed deputy United States marshal for the Western District of Missouri. In 1890 he was again appointed to the same office. In 1894 he defeated Robert M. Nash by one vote for county clerk. He held the office for four or five months, but after a spirited contest, which was finally decided against him by the supreme court, he surrendered the office. In 1898 he again ran for county clerk and was defeated.
In 1908, in his eightieth year, he was defeated for county judge by forty-seven votes. In his eighty-third year he was appointed city weigh-master, and when eighty - five years of age was re-appointed, which position he is now holding successfully.
Mr. Craig has been a lifelong Republican and refused to recognize any faction in his party. He has always abhorred treachery, deception, untruthfulness and selfishness, and has never made a promise that he did not regard as sacred. Hs is a member of the First Baptist Church.
In 1907 he lost his beloved wife, who had borne him four children, Corydon F. , Morte H., Lelia M. McReynolds, and Lulu Alice."
Contributor: W B Craig (48316869)
s/o James & Margaret (Slater) Craig, both of PA; h/o Emily M; DC#28348
Enos Craig was the City Marshall of St. Joseph, Missouri, and the first official on the scene when the outlaw Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford. He subsequently had many dealings in the aftermath of the killing, including arresting the Ford brothers, taking possession the body, having it photographed (appearing in at least one of the photographs himself), providing security at the subsequent funeral and burial, and testifying in subsequent trials and proceedings.
Postscript: Enos was a brother of General James Craig, one of the cemetery's famous graves.
"HISTORY of Buchanan County and ST. JOSEPH, Mo. : from the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1915 ... biographical sketches of noted citizens, living and dead"
" ENOS CRAIG was born April 27, 1829, in Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, his parents being James Craig, a lawyer, and Margaret Slater. At the age of fourteen he removed with his parents to Farmington, Iowa, where he helped to break the prairies of the West.
At the age of twenty one years he left Iowa and located in St. Joseph. April 4, 1852, he married Emily Miranda Barnes, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Barnes, at DeKalb, Mo. Three weeks later they crossed the plains to California, where Mr. Craig prospected for several years, returning to St. Joseph in 1859. He soon was appointed to the position of general delivery clerk in the post office, where he made many friends. They loyally supported him in running for sheriff of Buchanan County, to which office he was overwhelmingly elected in the fall of 1862, and was appointed by President Lincoln keeper of the military prison at St. Joseph, which position he held during his term as sheriff. In 1863 he was commissioned captain to raise a company for the Union army, but while making up the company a slow, lingering illness of typhoid befell him, and he was compelled to give up his military ambitions.
In 1866 he was elected City Marshal, and later he was appointed the marshal of the first supreme court held in the city of St. Joseph. In 1880 he was again elected city marshal. In 1884 he was appointed deputy United States marshal for the Western District of Missouri. In 1890 he was again appointed to the same office. In 1894 he defeated Robert M. Nash by one vote for county clerk. He held the office for four or five months, but after a spirited contest, which was finally decided against him by the supreme court, he surrendered the office. In 1898 he again ran for county clerk and was defeated.
In 1908, in his eightieth year, he was defeated for county judge by forty-seven votes. In his eighty-third year he was appointed city weigh-master, and when eighty - five years of age was re-appointed, which position he is now holding successfully.
Mr. Craig has been a lifelong Republican and refused to recognize any faction in his party. He has always abhorred treachery, deception, untruthfulness and selfishness, and has never made a promise that he did not regard as sacred. Hs is a member of the First Baptist Church.
In 1907 he lost his beloved wife, who had borne him four children, Corydon F. , Morte H., Lelia M. McReynolds, and Lulu Alice."
Contributor: W B Craig (48316869)
Enos Craig was the City Marshall of St. Joseph, Missouri, and the first official on the scene when the outlaw Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford. He subsequently had many dealings in the aftermath of the killing, including arresting the Ford brothers, taking possession the body, having it photographed (appearing in at least one of the photographs himself), providing security at the subsequent funeral and burial, and testifying in subsequent trials and proceedings.
Postscript: Enos was a brother of General James Craig, one of the cemetery's famous graves.
"HISTORY of Buchanan County and ST. JOSEPH, Mo. : from the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1915 ... biographical sketches of noted citizens, living and dead"
" ENOS CRAIG was born April 27, 1829, in Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, his parents being James Craig, a lawyer, and Margaret Slater. At the age of fourteen he removed with his parents to Farmington, Iowa, where he helped to break the prairies of the West.
At the age of twenty one years he left Iowa and located in St. Joseph. April 4, 1852, he married Emily Miranda Barnes, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Barnes, at DeKalb, Mo. Three weeks later they crossed the plains to California, where Mr. Craig prospected for several years, returning to St. Joseph in 1859. He soon was appointed to the position of general delivery clerk in the post office, where he made many friends. They loyally supported him in running for sheriff of Buchanan County, to which office he was overwhelmingly elected in the fall of 1862, and was appointed by President Lincoln keeper of the military prison at St. Joseph, which position he held during his term as sheriff. In 1863 he was commissioned captain to raise a company for the Union army, but while making up the company a slow, lingering illness of typhoid befell him, and he was compelled to give up his military ambitions.
In 1866 he was elected City Marshal, and later he was appointed the marshal of the first supreme court held in the city of St. Joseph. In 1880 he was again elected city marshal. In 1884 he was appointed deputy United States marshal for the Western District of Missouri. In 1890 he was again appointed to the same office. In 1894 he defeated Robert M. Nash by one vote for county clerk. He held the office for four or five months, but after a spirited contest, which was finally decided against him by the supreme court, he surrendered the office. In 1898 he again ran for county clerk and was defeated.
In 1908, in his eightieth year, he was defeated for county judge by forty-seven votes. In his eighty-third year he was appointed city weigh-master, and when eighty - five years of age was re-appointed, which position he is now holding successfully.
Mr. Craig has been a lifelong Republican and refused to recognize any faction in his party. He has always abhorred treachery, deception, untruthfulness and selfishness, and has never made a promise that he did not regard as sacred. Hs is a member of the First Baptist Church.
In 1907 he lost his beloved wife, who had borne him four children, Corydon F. , Morte H., Lelia M. McReynolds, and Lulu Alice."
Contributor: W B Craig (48316869)
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