Craig Homes 1872
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
The 1872 Atlas of the County of Fayette and the State of Pennsylvania, by G.M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, shows four Craig homes associated with our family.
The home of John Smilie Craig, grandson of John Smilie, is marked with the star in the upper left of the map. My grandparents' generation (pre-1900) still spoke of the house, but I don't know when it disappeared.
Three red arrows point to the homes of three of the sons of John Smilie Craig.
- Joseph Huston Craig 1824 - 1907
- Joseph Huston Craig being named for the husband of John Smilie's daughter Mary Smilie
- William Craig 1831 - 1903
- William Craig being the name of his grandfather, William Craig, husband of Jane Smilie
- Robert Porter Craig 1836 - 1899
- Robert Porter Craig being named for John Smilie's only son, Robert Porter Smilie
The home of Joseph Huston Craig previously appeared in the August 15, 2015 post here in the Smilie Chatter. This is the house pointed at by the red arrow on the right (east) side of Uniontown and marked as "J. H. Craig". To my knowledge, it is still standing and is occupied.
The home of William Craig on the map is at the top near the home of "Jno S. Craig" The red arrow points to a house on the east side of the road. The map identifies this house as one of several properties belonging to "G. Crossland", which was Greenbury Crossland, the father-in-law of William Craig.
This photo of the house with William Craig at the gate includes his wife, Emily Crossland, and William's younger daughter, Sarah (Sallie). The young man on the wagon is Sallie's future husband, Rush Morris. Sallie was to live her entire life in this house. Sallie died before I was born but I knew her husband and her children.
The house had several major changes over the years. This would have been about 1915 when Rush and Sallie Craig Morris were raising their children here.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania took this property by eminent domain to build the present-day interchange of US 119 and PA51 which was completed in 1971.
These are pictures of the house just prior to its demolition.
Below is the Living Room fireplace
Above is the basement fireplace of the William Craig house.
The home of Robert Porter Craig was at 367 Morgantown Street, Uniontown, which is the bottom (most southern) red arrow on the 1872 map. He commonly went by Porter Craig.
