Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Crago, T. J. July 16, 1843 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      T J Crago, surveyor and school teacher, was born near 
Carmicheals, this county, July 16, 1843.  His ancestors were 
among the pioneer farmers of the county.  His parents, 
Thomas Crago and Cassandra Hughes Crago, were of Irish and 
English descent.  His father, who was a farmer and teacher, 
died in 1884.  Mr Crago is fourth in a family of five 
children.  He was reared in this country, attended Greene 
Academy, and became a teacher early in life.
  
      In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, in what was known as 
the Ringold Cavalry, which was consolidated with the Twenty 
second Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1864, his company then being 
Company D.  He was in many engagements, among others the 
battles of Winchester and Lynchburg.  He was discharged May 
28, 1865, at the close of the war and has since taught 
school in Greene County, with the exception of two winters.  
He has also engaged to some extent in farming and surveying.
  
      Mr Crago was united in marriage June 23, 1868, with 
Fannie J Wright, daughter of James Wright, and is the father 
of three children: Mary Crago, Albert Crago and James Crago. 
 Mrs Crago's parents were natives of Westmoreland County, 
and of Irish and Dutch descent.  She died March 26, 1887, a 
faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Mr 
Crago is also one of the leading members of that 
denomination.  In politics he is a Republican; he is a 
member of the G A R, and commander of Post 265 of Cumberland 
Township.

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