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Francis Burton Craige

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Born: March 13, 1811

Birthplace: Salisbury, North Carolina

Father: David Craige 1780 –

Mother: Mary Foster 1782 –

Wife:
Elizabeth Phifer Erwin 1815 – 1881
(Buried: Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina)​

Married: September 15, 1836 in Burke County, North Carolina

Children:

Major James Alexander Craige 1841 – 1914​
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee)​
Kerr Craige 1843 – 1904​
(Buried: Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina)​
Margaret Erwin Craige 1844 – 1845​
(Buried: Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina)​
Francis Burton Craige Jr. 1846 – 1913​
(Buried: Arlington Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Tennessee)​
Mary Elizabeth Craige Young 1848 – 1916​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina)​
John William Craige 1850 – 1851​
(Buried: Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina)​
Annie Erwin Craige Allison 1852 – 1941​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Concord North Carolina)​

Political Party: Democratic Political Party

Education:


1829: Graduated from University of North Carolina
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Occupation before War:

1829 – 1831: Editor and Proprietor of Western Carolinian Newspaper​
1832 – 1853: Attorney in Salisbury, North Carolina​
1832 – 1834: North Carolina borough State Representative​
1853 – 1861: United States Congressman from North Carolina​
1853 – 1855: Chairman of House Public Buildings Committee​
1855 – 1857: Member of House Revolutionary Pensions Committee​
1857 – 1859: Member of House Judiciary Committee​
1859 – 1861: Member of House Revolutionary Pensions Committee​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to North Carolina State Secession Convention​
1861: Author of North Carolina Ordnance of Secession​
1861 – 1862: North Carolina Delegate Confederate Provisional Congress​
1861 – 1862: Supporter of Strengthening the Central Government.​
1861 – 1862: Advocate of higher taxes​
1861 – 1862: Opposed the Produce loan.​
1861 – 1862: Didn’t support controls on State Militias.​
1862: Declined to be a candidate for regular Confederate Congress.​
1862 – 1875: Attorney in Salisbury, North Carolina​

Died: December 30, 1875

Place of Death: Getting ready to attend Court in Concord, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina
 
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