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Joseph Webber Dyer Craig

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Joseph Webber Dyer Craig Veteran

Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death
22 May 1942 (aged 62)
Troy, Pike County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
North Hill Lot 328
Memorial ID
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He was the son of John N. Craig and Isabella Dyer Craig.
On September 22, 1903 as Joseph W. Craig, he married Mary Lee Wright at Washington, District of Columbia.
They were the parents of one child.
Their marriage ended in divorce on August 8, 1933 at Jefferson, Arkansas.
The names on the divorce decree were Joseph W. Craig and Blossom Wright Craig.

The Veterans' Administration lists him with a military service date of November 11, 1898.
He served in the Spanish American War with the District Volunteer Regiment.

The Washington Post June 24, 1942
Craig, Joseph Webber Dyer. On Monday, June 22, 1942 in Troy, Alabama, Joseph Webber Dyer Craig, father of Mrs. Guan Fred McClerkin and brother to Dr. Henry Knox Craig. Services at Gawler's Chapel, 1756 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest on Wednesday, June 24 at 2PM. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery.
He was the son of John N. Craig and Isabella Dyer Craig.
On September 22, 1903 as Joseph W. Craig, he married Mary Lee Wright at Washington, District of Columbia.
They were the parents of one child.
Their marriage ended in divorce on August 8, 1933 at Jefferson, Arkansas.
The names on the divorce decree were Joseph W. Craig and Blossom Wright Craig.

The Veterans' Administration lists him with a military service date of November 11, 1898.
He served in the Spanish American War with the District Volunteer Regiment.

The Washington Post June 24, 1942
Craig, Joseph Webber Dyer. On Monday, June 22, 1942 in Troy, Alabama, Joseph Webber Dyer Craig, father of Mrs. Guan Fred McClerkin and brother to Dr. Henry Knox Craig. Services at Gawler's Chapel, 1756 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest on Wednesday, June 24 at 2PM. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery.

Inscription

JUAN FRED McCLERKIN
1895-1983
GEORGIE HAYS McCLERKIN
1904-[1997]
PRESLEY OLDHAM CRAIG
Lieutenant 2nd Artillery, U.S.A.
son of
General H.K. Craig
killed in battle at Bull Run
July 21, 1861
He lived 'till he was a man
and like a man he died
his hurts before
Why then God's soldier be he!
JOSEPH DYER CRAIG
1879-1942
HENRY KNOX CRAIG
1872-1948
CONWAY BETHUNE HUNT
1861-1947



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