The Sentinel-Echo (London, KY)
Thursday, 23 September 1920
JOHN H. CRAFT DEAD
Born Dec. 20, 1835 and died Sept. 13, 1920 at the ripe old age of 85 years, 8 months and 23 days. He was born in Letcher County, on Boone's Fork of Kentucky River and was the son of Judge Joseph Craft.
At the age of eighteen he became a Christian and later united with the Primitive Baptist Church. He was very devoted to his church and the work of his Master and he never let any business step between him and his churchwork at any time as long as he was able to attend. He served as clerk of the Red Bird Association of Primitive Baptists for 25 years.
He married to Nancy J. Caudill, Oct. 11, 1855. This union was blessed with three sons and seven daughters, all of whom survive him. They are: J. D. Craft, Bilvia, Ky, Rachel V. Smith, Larue, Ky, Martha A. Reynolds, Speedwell, Tenn, Mary N. Smallwood, Waynesburg, Ky, J. L. Craft, Larue, Ky, M. V. Craft, Hooker, Ky, Sarah E. Green, London, Letetia Young, London, Ky, Polly House, London, Ky, and Nannie Isaacs, Egypt, Ky.
When the Civil War began he being a citizen south of the Mason and Dixon line took sides with the South and became a soldier of the Southern Confederacy and served till the end of the war during which time he was captured and held prisoner on Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio, for 22 months.
While there he suffered many hardships and privations of the war. He came back to Kentucky at the close of the war and lived happy and peaceful on a farm the remaining part of his life, during which time his companionship and fatherly wisdom was the comfort of his family and friends.
He died Sept. 13, 1920 after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, at 10 a.m. at his home by Revs. John Hinkle and Wm. Wilson. His body was taken to the Link's Graveyard where it was laid to rest in the presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends.
We can say of him as a citizen, that he was law abiding, peaceful, and full of patriotism. As a father and husband, he was a true husband and a wise and faithful father, bringing up a family of good citizens by means of his fatherly wisdom and Christ-like examples.
He was honest, truthful, sober and discrete in every particular. He lived for his country's Cause, second and gave glory to his God in the highest and the Crown is his.
A LOVING GRANDSON
Thursday, 23 September 1920
JOHN H. CRAFT DEAD
Born Dec. 20, 1835 and died Sept. 13, 1920 at the ripe old age of 85 years, 8 months and 23 days. He was born in Letcher County, on Boone's Fork of Kentucky River and was the son of Judge Joseph Craft.
At the age of eighteen he became a Christian and later united with the Primitive Baptist Church. He was very devoted to his church and the work of his Master and he never let any business step between him and his churchwork at any time as long as he was able to attend. He served as clerk of the Red Bird Association of Primitive Baptists for 25 years.
He married to Nancy J. Caudill, Oct. 11, 1855. This union was blessed with three sons and seven daughters, all of whom survive him. They are: J. D. Craft, Bilvia, Ky, Rachel V. Smith, Larue, Ky, Martha A. Reynolds, Speedwell, Tenn, Mary N. Smallwood, Waynesburg, Ky, J. L. Craft, Larue, Ky, M. V. Craft, Hooker, Ky, Sarah E. Green, London, Letetia Young, London, Ky, Polly House, London, Ky, and Nannie Isaacs, Egypt, Ky.
When the Civil War began he being a citizen south of the Mason and Dixon line took sides with the South and became a soldier of the Southern Confederacy and served till the end of the war during which time he was captured and held prisoner on Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio, for 22 months.
While there he suffered many hardships and privations of the war. He came back to Kentucky at the close of the war and lived happy and peaceful on a farm the remaining part of his life, during which time his companionship and fatherly wisdom was the comfort of his family and friends.
He died Sept. 13, 1920 after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, at 10 a.m. at his home by Revs. John Hinkle and Wm. Wilson. His body was taken to the Link's Graveyard where it was laid to rest in the presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends.
We can say of him as a citizen, that he was law abiding, peaceful, and full of patriotism. As a father and husband, he was a true husband and a wise and faithful father, bringing up a family of good citizens by means of his fatherly wisdom and Christ-like examples.
He was honest, truthful, sober and discrete in every particular. He lived for his country's Cause, second and gave glory to his God in the highest and the Crown is his.
A LOVING GRANDSON
The Sentinel-Echo (London, KY)
Thursday, 23 September 1920
JOHN H. CRAFT DEAD
Born Dec. 20, 1835 and died Sept. 13, 1920 at the ripe old age of 85 years, 8 months and 23 days. He was born in Letcher County, on Boone's Fork of Kentucky River and was the son of Judge Joseph Craft.
At the age of eighteen he became a Christian and later united with the Primitive Baptist Church. He was very devoted to his church and the work of his Master and he never let any business step between him and his churchwork at any time as long as he was able to attend. He served as clerk of the Red Bird Association of Primitive Baptists for 25 years.
He married to Nancy J. Caudill, Oct. 11, 1855. This union was blessed with three sons and seven daughters, all of whom survive him. They are: J. D. Craft, Bilvia, Ky, Rachel V. Smith, Larue, Ky, Martha A. Reynolds, Speedwell, Tenn, Mary N. Smallwood, Waynesburg, Ky, J. L. Craft, Larue, Ky, M. V. Craft, Hooker, Ky, Sarah E. Green, London, Letetia Young, London, Ky, Polly House, London, Ky, and Nannie Isaacs, Egypt, Ky.
When the Civil War began he being a citizen south of the Mason and Dixon line took sides with the South and became a soldier of the Southern Confederacy and served till the end of the war during which time he was captured and held prisoner on Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio, for 22 months.
While there he suffered many hardships and privations of the war. He came back to Kentucky at the close of the war and lived happy and peaceful on a farm the remaining part of his life, during which time his companionship and fatherly wisdom was the comfort of his family and friends.
He died Sept. 13, 1920 after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, at 10 a.m. at his home by Revs. John Hinkle and Wm. Wilson. His body was taken to the Link's Graveyard where it was laid to rest in the presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends.
We can say of him as a citizen, that he was law abiding, peaceful, and full of patriotism. As a father and husband, he was a true husband and a wise and faithful father, bringing up a family of good citizens by means of his fatherly wisdom and Christ-like examples.
He was honest, truthful, sober and discrete in every particular. He lived for his country's Cause, second and gave glory to his God in the highest and the Crown is his.
A LOVING GRANDSON
Thursday, 23 September 1920
JOHN H. CRAFT DEAD
Born Dec. 20, 1835 and died Sept. 13, 1920 at the ripe old age of 85 years, 8 months and 23 days. He was born in Letcher County, on Boone's Fork of Kentucky River and was the son of Judge Joseph Craft.
At the age of eighteen he became a Christian and later united with the Primitive Baptist Church. He was very devoted to his church and the work of his Master and he never let any business step between him and his churchwork at any time as long as he was able to attend. He served as clerk of the Red Bird Association of Primitive Baptists for 25 years.
He married to Nancy J. Caudill, Oct. 11, 1855. This union was blessed with three sons and seven daughters, all of whom survive him. They are: J. D. Craft, Bilvia, Ky, Rachel V. Smith, Larue, Ky, Martha A. Reynolds, Speedwell, Tenn, Mary N. Smallwood, Waynesburg, Ky, J. L. Craft, Larue, Ky, M. V. Craft, Hooker, Ky, Sarah E. Green, London, Letetia Young, London, Ky, Polly House, London, Ky, and Nannie Isaacs, Egypt, Ky.
When the Civil War began he being a citizen south of the Mason and Dixon line took sides with the South and became a soldier of the Southern Confederacy and served till the end of the war during which time he was captured and held prisoner on Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio, for 22 months.
While there he suffered many hardships and privations of the war. He came back to Kentucky at the close of the war and lived happy and peaceful on a farm the remaining part of his life, during which time his companionship and fatherly wisdom was the comfort of his family and friends.
He died Sept. 13, 1920 after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, at 10 a.m. at his home by Revs. John Hinkle and Wm. Wilson. His body was taken to the Link's Graveyard where it was laid to rest in the presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends.
We can say of him as a citizen, that he was law abiding, peaceful, and full of patriotism. As a father and husband, he was a true husband and a wise and faithful father, bringing up a family of good citizens by means of his fatherly wisdom and Christ-like examples.
He was honest, truthful, sober and discrete in every particular. He lived for his country's Cause, second and gave glory to his God in the highest and the Crown is his.
A LOVING GRANDSON
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