★  Craig, James

James Craig

Born: February 28, 1818
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Birthplace: Washington County, Pennsylvania

Father: James Craig 1792 – 1874

Mother: Margaret Slater 1793 – 1855

Wife: Helen Moots Pfouts 1825 – 1907
(Buried: Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri)​

Children:
Clara C. Craig Garth 1845 – 1912​
(Buried: Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri)​
Colonel Louis Aleck Craig Sr. 1851 – 1904​
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Occupation before War:
Attorney in Saint Joseph, Missouri​
Served in the Mexican – American War rising to Captain​
1852 – 1856: Missouri State Attorney for twelfth Judicial Circuit​
1856 – 1857: Missouri State Representative​
1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Missouri​

Civil War Career:
1861 – 1872: President of Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad
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1861 – 1863: Union Army Brigadier General in Union Army​
Sent west to protect the route of the Overland Mail​
Assigned to the Command of the District of Nebraska​
1863: Resigned from the Union Army in May​
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Missouri State Militia​
1865: Resigned from the State Militia in January​

Occupation after War:
1861 – 1872: President of Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad​
Builder of Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad​
1st​ President of Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad​
President of St. Joseph and Denver Railroad Co.​
First Comptroller for the City of St. Joseph, Missouri​

Died: October 22, 1888

Place of Death: St. Joseph, Missouri

Cause of Death: Cancer

Age at time of Death: 71 years old

Burial Place: Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Missouri
 
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He was not renominated in 1860 so his career as a House member came to a close. He became a "political" brigadier the next year. It was Lincoln's hope that Craig's influence would help persuade his political friends to help keep Missouri in the Union and with the war effort.
 
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