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Dr. William Spencer Craghead Or Craighead
Male 1863 - 1938

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  • Prefix  Dr. 
    Birth  13 Feb 1863  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  4 Jan 1938  Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Grand Prairie Cemetery, Near, Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I4476  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  26 Apr 2011 
     
    Father  William Thomas Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 15 Nov 1834, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1911, Jackson Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mary Ann Gilbert,   b. 31 Dec 1841, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1916, Jackson Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  28 Oct 1858  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F1209  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Signed his father's death certificate in 1911

      per the Cra(i)ghead book:
      Divorced, left no heirs. He was a physician at Marshall Colorado for a time, later moving to Denver where he practiced medicine and was also a druggist. He is said to buried in Auxvasse.

      I found him on a listing for Grand Prairie cemetery, which is just north of Auxvasse. He is buried next to his parents.

      Married but Lived Single. A Denver Couple Occupied Separate Rooms and Didn't Speak for a Year
      Date: 1917-04-07; Paper: Kansas City Star
      From the Rocky Mountain News, Denver
      Growing weary of living single, though married, Mrs. Martha V. Craghead sued Dr. W. Spencer Craghead for divorce. The action came up for hearing in District Judge Denison's court the other day.
      Mrs. Craghead's testimony revealed an odd state of affairs as between herself and husband. Though the pair lived in the same house they occupied separate rooms, and for more than a year neither spoke to the other or manifested any sign of the other's presence. The kitchen in the divided home was a sort of a "community" affair, one doing the cooking duing the absence of the other. Sometimes, however, there was a silent conflict when both wished to prepare melas simultaneously. Both depended upon the same food supply, which was ordered by Mrs. Craghead and paid for by her husband.
      By her own admissions that she had remained in the same house with her husband Mrs. Craghead defeated the purpose of her suit. Judge Denison held that the couple had not lived "separate and apart" as comprehended by the divorce laws of Colorado, and that, therefore, a divorce could not be granted.
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Feb 1863 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Jan 1938 - Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Grand Prairie Cemetery, near, Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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