Leonard P. Craig

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• Name	Leonard P. Craig  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	22 Aug 1844 Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Co. M 2nd US Colored Cavalry
  Military	LengthOfService: 1 Yrs 6 Days; MilitaryCompany: M.; Rank: Private [7]
  Military	MilitaryUnit: M, 2 U.s.c. Cavalry [8]
  Birth	1846
  Residence	1860 Middle Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1]  –  Residence Post Office: Dauphin
  Military Enlistment	18 Feb 1865 [7]
  MilitaryDischarge	12 Feb 1866 [7]  –  2nd US Colored Cavalry
  Residence	1880 East Hanover, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4]  –  Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
  Census	1890 [7]
  Residence	Jun 1890 East Hanover, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [7]  –  EnumerationDistrict: 32
  Military Pension	10 Oct 1890 [8]
  Race	Black [6]
  Role	Veteran [7]
  Name	Lenard P Craig [6]
  Name	Leonard Craig [7]
  Name	Leonard P Craig [8]
  Name	Lewis Craig [8]
  Residence	​ Pennsylvania, USA [8]  –  Soldier RelationToHead: Soldier
  Residence	1920 Middle Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6]  –  75 Age: 75; None Occupation: None; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 121; HomeMortgaged: Free; HomeOwnership: Owned; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
  Died	7 Sep 1923 Middle Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 3]
  Buried	​ Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2]
  Notes	•From the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, pages 854-855, we learn the following about Leonard Craig: L. P. Craig, section foreman, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, was born in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 22 August 1844. He is a son of Andrew Craig and Rachel [Enty] Craig. Andrew Craig was born near Fort Hunter, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, 21 September 1795. He died 21 August 1861. His wife, Rachel Enty, was a native of Schuylkill County. She died 7 January 1887. They had eleven children: Esther Craig; John Craig; Cyrus Craig; Hannah Craig; L. P. Craig; Richard H. Craig; Mary R. Craig, wife of William R. Hopkins; and four who are deceased. L. P. Craig attended the public schools during the winter. From ten to twelve years of age he attended the public schools of Dauphin, and afterwards in Stony Creek Valley. He left school at the age of sixteen and worked at farming in the summer; he also sawed wood with Elijah Stout for the Pennsylvania Railroad company. He afterwards succeeded Mr. Stout and furnished the company with wood for locomotive use until 1865, when coal took the place of wood as fuel. At Harrisburg, 19 February 1865, he enlisted for one year in Company M, Second United States Cavalry [2nd U.S. Colored Troops], Captain Edwin Hughes. He was sent with his company to Camp William Penn, Philadelphia; thence to Norfolk, Virginia; thence to Brazos, Santiago, Texas; and thence to Clarksville. He was returned to City Point, Virginia, where he was mustered out of service 11 February 1866. He then returned home, and was for three employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in sawing wood, and afterwards as track repairer. In 1872 he was sent from Dauphin to Rattling Run and placed in charge of a section of railroad, controlled by the Philadelphia and Reading Company, as foreman, which position he has held to the present time. Mr. Craig was married 3 February 1876 to Amelia Surls, daughter of William Surls and Mary Ann [Care] Surls. Of their two children one died in infancy, not yet named; the other, Andrew Edward L. Craig, was born 17 August 1879 and died 24 November 1891. Mr. Craig is a Republican. He belongs to G.A.R. Post No. 520, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Surls, Mrs. Craig's father, was an iron worker. Mrs. Surls died at the age of fifty-nine; eleven months later Mrs. Surls died aged sixty-two years. Both were natives of Berks County, where they spent their lives, except the last twelve years during which they lived in Lebanon County. They had sixteen children of whom five are living: Amelia Surls, Mrs. Craig; Jacob Surls; Susanna Surls, wife of James Underhill; Nelson Surls; and Marry Emma Surls, wife of William Jones. Mrs. Jones has four children, two of whom are living with their uncle, Mr. Craig: Naomi Nora Jones, whom Mr. and Mrs. Craig have adopted, and Joshua Birch Jones. •The following information is from Civil War Blog Posted By Norman Gasbarro on April 22, 2013 : While working as track foreman on the Rattlling Run Division of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Leonard Craig was stabbed by another employee when he tried to stop a work-place quarrel. The attached article appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot, 18 June 1889. The mother of Leonard Craig, was Rachel Enty - who was the granddaughter of Tobias Enty, previously discussed on this blog. See: Enty Family in the Civil War (4 parts). Rachel died in 1887 and as a later census indicates, Leonard re-married. Leonard Craig was located in the 1860 Census in the household of his parents in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County. He, and his older brothers, as well as his father Andrew Craig, were working as day laborers. In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. By 1865, he stood 5' 10" tall and had black hair, black eyes, and a black complexion. A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Harrisburg February 18, 1865, as a substitute for John Crouse, and mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. M, 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry. During September and October 1865, he was detached to duty with the battalion armorer and honorably discharged with his company February 12, 1866, at Brazos Santiago, Texas. All of his compiled military service records list his first name either as "Lewis" or "Louis" with the two first names cross referenced in his pension indexes. Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • tbng@comcast.net
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  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Andrew Henry Craig (Age 65 years) b. 21 Sep 1795, Fort Hunter, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Aug 1861, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rachael Enty (Age 85 years) b. Abt 1802, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 7 Jan 1887, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6028 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Amelia Surls (Age 58 years) b. 27 Feb 1841 d. 26 Jun 1899 (Age 58 years)
  Children	1. Andrew Edward Craig (Age 12 years) b. 17 Aug 1879 d. 24 Nov 1891 (Age 12 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F7297 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Annie E. Bair (Age 56 years) b. 3 Oct 1871, Lawnton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Mar 1928, Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1905 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [5, 9]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F7318 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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