Isaiah was born in 1782 in Franklin County, Virginia to parents John Craighead and Jane (Maxey) Craighead.
Marriage: He married Feminina Robinson on December 27, 1802 in Bedford Co, Virginia. They had at least seven children (all were born in Virginia).
Their children are:
They removed firstly to Kentucky about 1828 then on to Callaway County, Missouri (near Fulton, Missouri) by 1830. They were early pioneers in Callaway County, Missouri.
He passed away in Aug 1864 in Callaway County, Missouri andis buried at the Grand Prairie Cemetery in Auxvasse, Callaway County, Missouri. [1]
Notations on Isaiah Walter Craighread and Feminina (Robinson) Craighead: "Isaiah [Walter} Craghead, born September 10, 1782 and died August 22, 1864. He married Feminine Robinson December 27, 1802. They left Virginia and moved to Kentucky for two years and then on to Callaway, Co. Missouri. Isaiah always used the “i” in his last name. It is said that Isaiah made a practice of compounding various drugs and chemicals. His ledgers show many purchases of such items in large quantities. He is said to have been very capable in many ways. In fact, he lost his life trying to build some sort of building which only he knew how to build, even though he was up in years at the time. He fell and died a few days later."....excerpted, http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/files/original/33/3469/CragheadFamily.pdf; pgs.36-38
Notations on Isaiah Walter Craighead:
“ CRAIGHEAD, Robert M. and Isaiah Craighead were brothers, and they had a nephew named John who was a son of their brother, John, of VA. Robert M. married NANCY POWELL and they had William, Solomon, Robert, Jr., Jonathan, Stephen, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and Nancy. They settled in Callaway Co. in 1819. Isaiah married FEMININE ROBINSON, and settled in Callaway Co. in 1830. His children were John R., George, James, Isaiah W., William A. B., Jane, and Nancy )P. John R. married SARAH HALL [Hale], and they had Isaiah O., John W., Mark A., James, Patrick H., Caroline, and Lucy J. John Craighead, the nephew of Robert and Isaiah, married JULIA SMITH, and settled in Callaway Co. in 1828.”..... excerpted....
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/callaway/Biographies/pioneer.htm
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