Craigue, Nelson Francis
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 0, credited to Unknown Unit(s): 4th WI CAV Service: enl, Boston, MA, 7/10/61, m/i, CPL, Co. F, 4th WI CAV, 7/10/61, pr SGT, comn 2LT 1/11/62, pr MAJ 5/24/64, pr LTCOL 1/6/65, pr COL, not mustered, 11/9/65, m/o 5/28/66 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1835, Unknown Death: 1916 Burial: Greenbush Cemetery, Weathersfield, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 117311725 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 5/13/1867, VT; widow Jane S., 2/23/1916, VT Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Nelson F. Craigue
The Vermont Journal, April 30, 1926
Obituary
Mrs Jane Spafford Craigue, who died on April 22nd in Evanston, Ill. Was born Dec. 12, 1838, in "Greenbush" Weathersfield, the daughter of John and Marianne Hemenway Spafford. She had two brothers, both Civil War Veterans, Lieut. Joseph Spafford who died April 25, 1866, and Dr. George Spafford, who died June 18, 1906; both of these brothers were in the battle of Gettysburg, her brother, Joseph, leading the famous attack that turned the tide of battle in favor of the Union forces.
In July, 1863, she was married to Col. Nelson F. Craigue , also of Weathersfield. He served all through the Civil War. After the close of the war Col. And Mrs. Craigue made their home for a few years in Marshalltown, Iowa, where one son, Joseph Spafford Craigue, was born to herm.
They lived for a few years In Allouez, Mich, where a daughter, Mabel Frances, now Mrs. John Pollock of Evanston, was born.
In the summer of 1887 Col. And Mrs. Craigue came back to Greenbush where they made their home until 10 years ago, when Col. Craigue died. Since then she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Pollock, in Evanston, Ill. On March 25, she fractured her hip from which injury she never recovered.
Contributed by Cathy Hoyt.