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Robert Dunlap Craghead Or Craighead
Male 1829 - 1884

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  • Birth  28 Dec 1829  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  26 Feb 1884  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: murdered, gunshot 
    Obituary  29 Feb 1884  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Callaway Weekly Gazette 
    • A Dastardly Deed
      A Well Known Citizen Called Out of his Home and Shot Down in Cold Blood - Who is the Murderer of Robert B. Craghead.
      On Tuesday night - crime was committed at the residence of Robert B. Craghead -. Mr. and Mrs. Craghead and Etta and John Thomas, who are adopted children of Mr. Craghead, and are aged respectively 14 and 12 years - . The funeral took place Thursday - interment at the new cemetery. - he was about 50 years of age.
    Buried  Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I3642  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  07 Jan 2008 
     
    Father  Solomon Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 30 Jun 1797, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1843, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth S. Dunlap,   b. 19 Sep 1801, , , North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1864, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  13 Nov 1828  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F981  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Mary Senere Findley,   b. 1 Jan 1837, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1911, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1 Mar 1858  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified  02 Feb 2006 
    Family ID  F1207  Group Sheet
     
  • Newspaper
    Murder of Robert D. Craighead    		Murder of Robert D. Craighead
    Account of the murder of Robert Dunlap Craighead, killed February 26, 1884. Article in the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, February 28, 1884. He was my 2nd cousin 4 times removed.
     
  • Notes 
    • Craghead, Robert M - Findley, Mary S - Mar 1 1858

      TitleColumbia Statesman, March 5, 1858 Page 2, Column 6
      SubjectCraghead, R. D.
      Description-Marries Mary S. Finley February 21, 1858

      1880 census
      Robt. D. CRAGHEAD Self M Male W 50 MO Assessor VA NC
      Mary S. CRAGHEAD Wife M Female W 43 MO Keeping House KY KY
      Alta THOMAS Niece S Female W 10 MO MO MO
      Joel WISELEY Other S Male W 18 MO Laborer TN ---

      Robert D. Craghead 28 Dec 1829 26 Feb 1884 29 Feb 1884 Fulton Telegraph, Callaway Weekly Gazette
      Robert Dunlap Craghead 28 Dec 1829 26 Feb 1884 Fulton Telegraph (Callaway Co.)
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Dec 1829 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Mar 1858 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: murdered, gunshot - 26 Feb 1884 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Callaway Weekly Gazette - 29 Feb 1884 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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