Benjamin James Craig

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for Virginia, Augusta Co., District 2 1/2 page 345 records Benjamin J. Craig (21) living in the home of his parents, James (69) and Patsy (56) Craig. Also in the home are children May B. (23), Martha I. (21), Susan M. (19), and Sarah I. C. (17). James is rather wealthy with real estate valued at $31,009.

The 1860 Federal Census for Virginia, Augusta Co., North Subdivision page 981 records Benjamin J. Craig (31) living in the home of his father, James Craig (79). Also in the home is Elizabeth Craig (25), wife of Benjamin. Benjamin has personal property valued at $4,000 while his father has real estate valued at $29,201 and personal property at $10,750.

The 1870 Federal Census for Virginia, Augusta Co., District 2, page 258A, Mount Sidney Post Office records Benjamin J. (41) and Elizabeth (36) Craig with children George McC. (8), James (5), and Martha B. (1) Craig. Benjamin is rather wealthy with real estate valued at $23,000 and personal property at $2,000.

The 1880 Federal Census for Virginia, Augusta Co., Middle River, District 22, page 318B records Benj. J. (51) and Elizabeth J. (45) Craig with children Geo. McC. (18), James (15), Mollie B. (11), Evaline H. (6), and William Brown (4) Craig.

The 1910 Federal Census for Virginia, Shenandoah Co., Stonewall District 96, page 210 records Benjamin J. (81) and Elizabeth (74) Craig in the home of his son-in-law Joseph Moffett (38). Joseph has been married to Mollie (41) (Craig) for 10 years while Benjamin and Elizabeth indicate they have been married 50 years.

A published family tree indicates that both Benjamin and Elizabeth died in Meridian, Mississippi in 1914, however, the last record I have found is in the 1910 census for Shenandoah Co., Virginia:
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/va/state/craig/usa/wmsct/d395506.htm#P395509
He was married to Elizabeth McCHESNEY (daughter of George W. McCHESNEY and Evelyn Moffett) in 1859 in FINCASTLE, VA.. Elizabeth McCHESNEY was born in 1836 in ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. She died in 1914 in MERIDIAN, MISS. Benjamin James Craig and Elizabeth McCHESNEY had the following children:

Benjamin married Elizabeth McChesney in 1859 in Fincastle, Virginia. (Elizabeth McChesney was born circa 1835 in Rockbridge Co., Virginia and died after 1910 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia.)