Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Crago, Thomas J. June 30, 1847 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      Thomas J Crago, boat builder, was born in Cumberland 
Township, Greene County, Penna, June 30, 1847.  He is a son 
of Joseph Crago and Maria L Thomas Crago and grandson of 
Thomas Crago and Priscilla Thurman Crago, who were of 
English descent.  His grandfather was a farmer, and one of 
the early settlers of the county.  He was the father of 
fifteen children, of whom Thomas Crago's father, Joseph 
Crago, was the youngest.
  
      Joseph Crago was born in Cumberland Twonship, August 
7, 1811.  He had two older brothers in the War of 1812, and 
his grandfather, Archibald Crago, was killed in this 
township by the Indians.
  
      Thomas Crago, the oldest in a family of seven 
children, received a common school education, and early in 
life engaged in the saw mill business.  He has also paid 
considerable attention to boat building, having build a 
number of boats and started them out from his place of 
business.  In addition to his saw mill, he owns a nice 
little farm of thirty eight acres, which he has secured 
through his own industry and a strong determination to 
succeed.
  
      In 1866 he was united in marriage with Mary E Ridge, 
daughter of John Ridge.  They have eight children: Amos A 
Crago; W L Crago; Lorenzo Crago; Susannah Crago; Louella 
Crago; Bertha Crago; Grover Cleveland Crago; and Tina M 
Crago.  In politics Mr Crago is a Democrat, and he and his 
wife are members of the M E Church, in which he is a 
trustee.

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