Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameCapt. James Craig 
Birth21 Nov 1785, Loudoun Co., Virginia
Death31 Mar 1847, Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Hanover, Jo Daviss Co., Illinois
OccupationHe Was A "Hardshell" Baptist Preacher.
Alias/AKARev. James Craig
FatherWilliam Craig (1759-1808)
MotherDeborah Holmes (1761-1834)
Spouses
Birth3 Feb 1802, St. Charles Co., Missouri
Death18 Sep 1877, Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Hanover, Jo Daviss Co., Illinois
FatherColonel Nathan Boone (1781-1856)
MotherOlive Van Bibber (1783-1858)
Marriage29 Apr 1819, Femme Osage, St. Charles Co., Missouri
ChildrenMinerva Harriett Warner (1829-1895)
Nathan Boone (1822-1907)
Nancy Lucas (1826-)
Clinton (1828-1865)
Jane (1831-1903)
Lura (1832-1918)
Edward Milton (1834-1876)
BirthVirginia
Deathabt 1814, Columbiana Co., Ohio
FatherWilliam “Billy” Rhodes (~1755-1835)
MotherMary Conner (-1817)
Marriage19 Oct 1808, Sandy Springs MM, Columbiana Co., Ohio
Notes for Capt. James Craig
393page 304
Rev. James Craig married a daughter of Col. Nathan Boone. He was a Hard-Shell Baptist preacher, and preached and taught school in St. Charles for several years. He baptized, by immersion, in the Missouri river. The first person that ever received Protestant baptism in St. Charles was a colored woman named Susan Morrison. Daniel Colgin assisted Mr. Craig to perform the ceremony by wading out into the river and measuring the depth of the water with his cane, singing as he went --
"We are going down the river Jordan,
As our Savior went before."
BIRTH: NOV 1784, Midwest, Canada [S021667] ????
* DEATH: 31 MAR 1847, Hanover, IL [S021667]
Rev. James Craig married a daughter of Col. Nathan Boone. He was a Hard-Shell Baptist preacher, and preached and taught school in St. Charles for several years. He baptized, by immersion, in the Missouri river. The first person that ever received Protestant baptism in St. Charles was a colored woman named Susan Morrison. Daniel Colgin assisted Mr. Craig to perform the ceremony by wading out into the river and measuring the depth of the water with his cane, singing as he went --
"We are going down the river Jordan,
As our Savior went before."
BIRTH: NOV 1784, Midwest, Canada [S021667] ????
* DEATH: 31 MAR 1847, Hanover, IL [S021667]
Notes for Delinda (Spouse 1)
Temperance
Kett History of Jo Daviess County, IL 1878 Page 759
. . . On April 24, 1856 approximately sixty women led by Delinda, took law and order into their own hands to rid Hanover of its drinking and gambling building. The women worked at destroying the building with crowbars and ropes until all four walls tumbled down. Delinda died September 18, 1877 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery." Other references tell that the ladies carried out their threat even though the saloon owner had said he would shoot anyone who attempted to put him out of business. Delinda, leading the women, chopped holes in the walls while others laced ropes in and out of them and the windows. After they pulled on the ropes, the walls gave way, the roof caved in, and the building was such a complete wreck that the owner left town and never returned. This incident may make Hanover the birthplace of the American Temperance Movement. Years later one of the women involved in this act moved to Gutherie, OK, and lived next door to the renowned Cary Nation who became the American crusader for temperance. It is said that Cary Nation got her inspiration from hearing about the Hanover women of 1856. 30
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392Delinda Boone Craig's Obituary-October 4, 1877
DELINDA BOONE CRAIG - A GRANDDAUGHTER OF DANIEL BOONE
Mrs. Delinda Boone Craig, better known here as "Grandmother Craig" died at the residence of her youngest daughter, in the village of Hanover, on the 18th day of September 1877.
The burial servides, which were held on the following day at the M.E. Church were conducted by Rev. D.W. Linn and were attended by a large concourse of people, all of whom felt that they had sustained a great loss in the death of our "good Samaritan". Her death was not unexpected, as she had been failing rapidly for several weeks, but when the messenger of Death finally came and took her away, a great sorrow settled down upon the entire community.
Mrs. Craig was born Feb 3, 1802 in St. Charles Co., MO. She married Apr. 29, 1819 to Mr. James Craig; moved to Galena, IL in June 1827 and settled in Hanover with her husband in the following year. Immediately after coming to Hanover, Mr. Craig built a saw and grist mill, which he continued to run until the year 1842, when it was burned down. Mr. Craig was Captain of a Company of Volunteers during the Black Hawk War. Since 1847 Grandmother Craig has been a widow and has made it her chief business to go about doing good. There are but few families in this town that have not been blessed with the presence and kindly ministrations of Mother Craig during seasons of severe illness, hence we all felt that we had an interest in her. A true and faithful wife, a devoted and indulgent mother, a kind and generous neighbor, she sought to make her daily life radiant with the virtues of the golden text, "Do unto others as ye would that they do unto you." So, peacefully and in Christian hope, has passed from our midst a granddaughter of the famous Daniel Boone, of Kentucky, who, inheriting much of the fearless disposition of her ancestry never quailed in the midst of danter, nor timidly shrank from the daily hardships of a pioneer life. During the funeral obsequies held her, greater respect was shown the worthy dead than have been accorded to any citizen dying in our midst during a period of thirty years. Shops, stores and factories were closed, and all joined in the general sorrow.
Kett History of Jo Daviess County, IL 1878 Page 759
. . . On April 24, 1856 approximately sixty women led by Delinda, took law and order into their own hands to rid Hanover of its drinking and gambling building. The women worked at destroying the building with crowbars and ropes until all four walls tumbled down. Delinda died September 18, 1877 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery." Other references tell that the ladies carried out their threat even though the saloon owner had said he would shoot anyone who attempted to put him out of business. Delinda, leading the women, chopped holes in the walls while others laced ropes in and out of them and the windows. After they pulled on the ropes, the walls gave way, the roof caved in, and the building was such a complete wreck that the owner left town and never returned. This incident may make Hanover the birthplace of the American Temperance Movement. Years later one of the women involved in this act moved to Gutherie, OK, and lived next door to the renowned Cary Nation who became the American crusader for temperance. It is said that Cary Nation got her inspiration from hearing about the Hanover women of 1856. 30
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392Delinda Boone Craig's Obituary-October 4, 1877
DELINDA BOONE CRAIG - A GRANDDAUGHTER OF DANIEL BOONE
Mrs. Delinda Boone Craig, better known here as "Grandmother Craig" died at the residence of her youngest daughter, in the village of Hanover, on the 18th day of September 1877.
The burial servides, which were held on the following day at the M.E. Church were conducted by Rev. D.W. Linn and were attended by a large concourse of people, all of whom felt that they had sustained a great loss in the death of our "good Samaritan". Her death was not unexpected, as she had been failing rapidly for several weeks, but when the messenger of Death finally came and took her away, a great sorrow settled down upon the entire community.
Mrs. Craig was born Feb 3, 1802 in St. Charles Co., MO. She married Apr. 29, 1819 to Mr. James Craig; moved to Galena, IL in June 1827 and settled in Hanover with her husband in the following year. Immediately after coming to Hanover, Mr. Craig built a saw and grist mill, which he continued to run until the year 1842, when it was burned down. Mr. Craig was Captain of a Company of Volunteers during the Black Hawk War. Since 1847 Grandmother Craig has been a widow and has made it her chief business to go about doing good. There are but few families in this town that have not been blessed with the presence and kindly ministrations of Mother Craig during seasons of severe illness, hence we all felt that we had an interest in her. A true and faithful wife, a devoted and indulgent mother, a kind and generous neighbor, she sought to make her daily life radiant with the virtues of the golden text, "Do unto others as ye would that they do unto you." So, peacefully and in Christian hope, has passed from our midst a granddaughter of the famous Daniel Boone, of Kentucky, who, inheriting much of the fearless disposition of her ancestry never quailed in the midst of danter, nor timidly shrank from the daily hardships of a pioneer life. During the funeral obsequies held her, greater respect was shown the worthy dead than have been accorded to any citizen dying in our midst during a period of thirty years. Shops, stores and factories were closed, and all joined in the general sorrow.