Individual Details

Wilbur Ernest Craig

(19 Apr 1866 - 16 Dec 1941)

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday, December 20, 1941, Page 22, Col. 4: Aurora---Funeral services were conducted Thursday from the Baptist church for Wilbur E. Craig, who died Tuesday morning, by the Rev. E. W. Brayton. The son of Almarion and Maryetta Craig, he was born April 19, 1866, in Durant. His boyhood was spent in Norway and he moved with his family to Laurens where he assisted his father in farming. In 1904 he moved to Oelwein. On March 4, 1908, he was married to Sabra Frentress Hosier. A year later they moved to a farm they purchased one-half mile north of Aurora where he lived until his death. His wife and three children survive: A daughter, Mrs. Marion Dilley of Hickam Field, Hawaii, Arlo of Aurora and Harold of Cedar Rapids. Other survivors are a brother, Louis Craig of Idaho Falls, Idaho; two sisters, Mrs. Ira Sidall and Mrs. Matie Kier of Laurens; eight grandchildren. Burial was in Oakland cemetery in Manchester.

Events

Birth19 Apr 1866Durant, Cedar Co., Iowa
Residence16 Aug 1870Source: 1870 United States Federal Census. Line #2, - Fremont, Benton, Iowa, USA
Residence23 Jun 1880Source: 1880 United States Federal Census. Line #46. - Fremont, Benton, Iowa, USA
Residence1885Source: owa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 . Line #5, Marital Status: Single. - Marshall, Pocahontas, Iowa, USA
Residence1895Source: Iowa, State Census, 1895 - Marshall, Pocahontas, Iowa, USA
Residence8 Jun 1900Source: 1900 United States Federal Census. Line #91, Occ: Farmer, Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Washington, Pocahontas Co., Iowa
Marriage4 Mar 1908Source: FamilySearch, Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa - Sabra Dibel Frentress
Marriage5 Mar 1908Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa - Sabra Dibel Frentress
Residence25 Apr 1910Source: 1910 United States Federal Census. LIne #49, Occ: Farmer/General Farming, Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Buffalo, Buchanan, Iowa, USA
Residence12 Jan 1920Source: 1920 United States Federal Census. Line #86. Occ: Farming/General Farming. Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Buffalo, Buchanan, Iowa, USA
Residence1 Jan 1925Source: Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 , Line #85. Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Buchanan Co., Iowa
Residence7 Apr 1930Source: 1930 United States Federal Census. LIne #79, Occ: Farmer/General Farming. Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Buffalo, Buchanan, Iowa, USA
Residence1935Source: 1940 United States Federal Census. - Buffalo, Buchanan Co., Iowa
Residence27 Apr 1940Source: 1940 United States Federal Census. LIne #59, Occ: None Listed. Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Buffalo, Buchanan, Iowa, USA
Death16 Dec 1941Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa
BurialOakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa

Families

SpouseSabra Dibel Frentress (1876 - 1955)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. Obituary of Wilbur Ernest Craig, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday, December 20, 1941, Page 22, Col. 4.

3. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

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8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 212.

10. Obituary of Wilbur Ernest Craig, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday, December 20, 1941, Page 22, Col. 4.

11. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

12. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

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17. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

18. Obituary of Wilbur Ernest Craig, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday, December 20, 1941, Page 22, Col. 4.

19. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

20. Obituary of Wilbur Ernest Craig, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday, December 20, 1941, Page 22, Col. 4.