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From: Robert Stubbs <>
Subject: Re: [IADECATU] MARRIAGE LICENSES - 2l Dec l899
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:43:55 -0600
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Hi Paul & Jan,
I believe this is Robert Finley Craft, (b February 02, 1860, s of
Thomas and Martha Craft, s of Anderson Craft and Catherine King)

Best wishes for Christmas,

cousin Robert Stubbs
Carthage, MO

>
> Descendants of Robert Finley Craft
>
>
> Generation No. 1
>
> 1. ROBERT FINLEY3 CRAFT (THOMAS2, ANDERSON1) was born February 02,
> 1860 in Decatur Co., Iowa, and died November 09, 1924. He married (1)
> ELLA CORBETT. She died April 30, 1899. He married (2) FLORENCE
> REBECCA WILLIAMS in Abt 1903. She was born July 17, 1860 in Delaware
> County, Iowa, and died November 27, 1919 in Near Van Wert, Iowa.
>
> Notes for ROBERT FINLEY CRAFT:
> Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
> Thursday, November 20, l924
>
> ROBERT FINLEY CRAFT, son of THOMAS and MARTHA CRAFT was born near Van
> Wert, Iowa, February 2,
> l860, and departed this life, November 9, l924, age 64 years, 9 months
> and 7 days. In September, l874 he was
> married to ELLA CORBETT, and to this union were born six children,
> five of whom are living. His wife died April
> 30, l899, and he was again married to FLORENCE CARR, she having passed
> away in l9l9. Since the death of
> his last wife, he has made his home with his daughter, MARTHA HANKS,
> at whose home he died of that dread
> disease, cancer; he was a great sufferer for fourteen months but was
> patient through it all and never murmured,
> being kind and thoughtful to all those that ministered to him.
>
> He leaves to mourn his departure, his aged mother and step-father, two
> sons and three daughters, fifteen
> grandchildren; one daughter, LYDIA, and two sisters, MRS. LAURA POND
> and MRS. OLLIE DAVIS having
> preceded him in death. His loving children are; MRS. MARTHA HANKS, of
> Van Wert; THOMAS, of Sioux Falls,
> S.D.; MRS. JENNIE BRADFORD, of Dallas, Texas; and MRS. ZINA ROY, of
> Chicago, Ill.
>
> The funeral service was conducted at the home on Monday afternoon,
> November l0th, after which the body was
> laid to rest in the Van Wert Cemetery, Rev. Murdock Neve, Pastor of
> the M.E. Church officiating.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert
> List Administrator; Decatur County, Iowa GenWeb
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu
> "With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter"
> June 6, 2002
>
>
>
> More About ROBERT FINLEY CRAFT:
> Census: 1900, p325A Long Creek Twp, Decatur Co., IA
>
> Notes for FLORENCE REBECCA WILLIAMS:
> Decatur County Journal
> Thursday, December 4, l9l9
>
> VAN WERT NEWS:
>
> MRS. BOB CRAFT passed away at her home near DeKalb Thanksgiving
> morning. She had been ill for the past
> few weeks the result of injuries received when the horse she was
> driving became frightened and ran away.
> About a week ago, pneumonia set in which caused her death. Funeral
> services were held Sunday morning in
> the M.E. Church, Rev. Bronson preached the service, after which she
> was laid to her final resting place in the
> cemetery here. The sorrowing friends and relatives have the deepest
> sympathy of all in their sad hour of trial.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> OBITUARY
>
> FLORENCE REBECCA WILLIAMS CRAFT was born in Delaware County, Iowa,
> July l7, l860, and died at her
> home near Van Wert, November 27, l9l9, at the age of 59 years, 4
> months and l0 days. When about l8 years of
> age, she was united in marriage to SAMUEL CARR.
> Eleven years later MR. CARR died. To this union two children were
> born, one dying at birth and FRED, who
> lived to be nine years old. September 22, l903, she was married to
> ROBERT CRAFT.
>
> MRS. CRAFT spent her childhood until she was about ten years old in
> Delaware County, Iowa. Then she lived
> in Mt. Ayr until after she was married, then moved to Wahoo, Nebr.
> After the death of her husband, she came to
> Van Wert. She was converted when about sixteen years old and united
> with the Mt. Ayr M.E. Church. She was
> ever found striving to live a faithful and earnest Christian life.
> She leaves a sister, MRS. HATTIE KENNET, of
> Pingree, N.D.; three brothers, H.A. WILLIAMS, of Hydro, Okla.; DR.
> WILLIAMS, of Regina, Mo., and JAMES
> WILLIAMS, of Spokane, Wash.
>
> A husband and a host of friends remain to mourn her loss. Funeral
> services were held at the M.E. Church, Van
> Wert, Iowa, November 30, l9l9, conducted by the Pastor, J.A. Bronson.
> Interment was in Van Wert Cemetery.
>
>
>
> Children of ROBERT CRAFT and ELLA CORBETT are:
> i. GRANT4 CRAFT, b. February 1885, Iowa.
> ii. THOMAS CRAFT, b. September 1888, Iowa.
> iii. ZINA CRAFT, b. November 1889, Iowa; m. UNK ROY.
> iv. LYDIA CRAFT, b. June 17, 1893, Van Wert, IA; d. October 15,
> 1918, Chicago, IL; m. EBE LEWIS, March 31, 1913.
>
> Notes for LYDIA CRAFT:
> Decatur County Journal
> Thursday, November 7, l9l8
>
> LYDIA CRAFT LEWIS, fourth child of ELLA and ROBERT CRAFT, was born in
> Van Wert, Iowa, June l7, l893, and
> died at her home in Chicago, October l5, l9l8, at an age of 25 years,
> 5 months and 28 days. She contracted
> Spanish influenza which soon developed into pneumonia, and she died
> after having been ill only a few days.
> She was married March 3l, l9l3 to EBE LEWIS. Since that time they
> have made their home in Chicago.
>
> When a child she confessed her faith in Christ and was united with the
> M.E. Church. Besides her husband, she
> leaves to mourn her departure a father, step-mother, two brothers,
> GRANT, of Presho, South Dakota; and TOM,
> of Portland, Oregon; and three sisters, ZINA ROY, of Chicago, MARTHA
> HANKS, of Van Wert; and JENNIE
> HOFFHINES of Van Wert.
>
> More About LYDIA CRAFT:
> Cause of Death: Spanish influenza, developed into pneumonia.
>
> Children of ROBERT CRAFT and FLORENCE WILLIAMS are:
> v. MARTHA4 CRAFT, m. UNK HANKS.
> vi. JENNIE CRAFT, m. UNK HOFFINES.
>
> Notes for JENNIE CRAFT:
> Shown as MRS. JENNIE BRADFORD, of Dallas, Texas in 1924 obituary of
> her father.
>


Paul & Jan Craft wrote:

>Nancee,
> R.T. CRAFT is a new name for me. That is what I like about this list,
>it creats as many questions as it answers. Looking for more information on
>this couple. R.T. CRAFT, 39 to MRS. FLORENCE CARR, 39.
>Thanks,
>Paul Craft
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nancee Seifert" <>
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>Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:07 PM
>Subject: [IADECATU] MARRIAGE LICENSES - 2l Dec l899
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>>Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
>>Thursday, December 2l, l899
>>
>>The following marriage licenses have been issued the past week:
>>
>>WM. TWOMBLY, 2l to CORA MCCLEARY, 20
>>
>>J.P. JENKINS, 30 to MRS. MATTIE MCNELLY, 25
>>
>>R.T. CRAFT, 39 to MRS. FLORENCE CARR, 39.
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>>Copied by Cordelia Suzann
>>"With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter"
>>December l5, 2002
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