Individual Details

Lucinda Longmire

(1805 - 15 Nov 1900)



Lucinda is said to have had three children prior to her marriage to John Craig - Nancy, b. 1827; Barbara, b. 1829; John F., b. 1830. The 1840 census does reflect children of these ages.

Married John Craig.

1840 Campbell Co, TN
John Craig Junr: 1m under 5, 1m 5-10, 1m 20-30. 2f 10-15, 1f 30-40.

1850 Census. Campbell, TN, Hh 478
John Craig Junr, 43
Lucy, 45
James A., 16. John R., 12. Elizabeth, 6.

1860 Census. Union Co, TN (strangely, John & Lucy had not aged...)
John Craig, 45
Lucy, 47
James, 25

Lucinda had 3 children (a son, John Franklin Longmire, a daughter, Nancy Longmire/Craig Reeves, and another daughter, Barbara "Barbary" Longmire Miller) out of wedlock before marrying John Craig.
Lucinda married John Craig about 1830 in Tennessee. Lucinda and John had 4 children as follows: Lucinda Craig Flatford Neil, Mr. James "Jim" A. Craig, Mr. John R. "Dump" Craig, and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Craig Miller.
Lucinda was listed as very feeble on the 1900 census in Union County, Tennessee. The census was taken on 6 Jun 1900. Five months before she died.

John died sometime between the 1860 census and the 1870 census most likely in Union County, Tennessee.

1870 Census. Union Co, TN, Hh 91
Lucy Criagg, 60
James, 35
Isaac Miller, 11 (grandson)

1880 Census. Union Co, TN, Hh 3
Isaac Miller, 20
Mary S., 18, wife
Lucinda Craig, 73, grandmother

1900 Census. Union Co, TN, Hh
Frank B. Miller, b. Oct 1829, 70, married 50 years, b. TN
Barbary, wife, b. 1829, 7 children - 5 are living, b. TN
Lewis B., son, b. Aug 1865, 34, single, b. TN
Lucy Craig, mother-in-law, b. 1790, 110, widow - 2 children, 2 living, b. NC, very feeble [almost nothing was correct - she wasn't that old and she had several other children - she was his mother-in-law and she was born in NC]
James Criag, bro-in-law, b. 1830, age 70, b. TN, an idiot [he was about 65]

Buried Bridges I Cemetery, Union Co, TN 57

Events

Birth1805North Carolina
Marriage27 Jan 1838Knox County, Tennessee - John Riley Craig Jr.
Death15 Nov 1900Union County, Tennessee

Families

SpouseJohn Riley Craig Jr. (1807 - 1860)
ChildJames A. Craig (1834 - )
ChildJohn R. Craig (1839 - 1915)
ChildElizabeth "Lizzie" Craig (1840 - 1859)
ChildJohn Franklin Longmire (1823 - 1892)
ChildNancy Longmire (1826 - 1906)
ChildBarbara Longmire (1828 - 1909)
FatherJohn Longmire (1769 - 1857)
MotherNancy Marshall (1774 - 1860)
SiblingAnnie Longmire (1790 - 1830)
SiblingPhoebe Jane Longmire (1797 - 1880)
SiblingElizabeth Longmire (1812 - 1874)
SiblingJohn Franklin Longmire (1822 - 1892)