OBITUARY OF CURRAN CLARENCE CRAIG In THE GARNETT REPUBLICAN-PLAINDEALER GARNETT, KANSAS, 14 APRIL, 1899 Transcribed by Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net) (c) April 13, 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Curran Clarence Craig, Who surrendered his young life in defense of our flag in the Philippines was the youngest son of Samuel and S.J. Craig, residing near this city, was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, August 2, 1877, and removed to Anderson county, Kansas, in March, 1883, where he resided until the time of his enlistment, June 14, 1898, having enlisted on the second call for volunteers. The youngest of four boys, the brightest and jolliest of the family, his death is keenly felt by the family at home, and with the two other boys still in hourly peril, the grief and anxiety of the waiting hearts at home cannot be described. After his brothers Mark and Dan had enlisted his one desire was to be with them, to share their difficulties and dangers, and he ever thought of our fallen flag in Havana harbor, and among the last words that he said before leaving Garnett was "We must remember the Maine'" --and he has done so with his life. **********