George Craig searching for mother Jemima and his brothers Jefferson and Joseph
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
November 10, 1866
INFORMATION WANTED
Of the whereabouts of my mother, Jemima
Craig, and my brothers, Jefferson and Joseph
Craig. When last heard from in March, 1864,
my mother was living at Richard Prairie, near
Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas. Any in-
formation concerning them will be thankfully re-
ceived by addressing
GEORGE CRAIG,
2t. Frankfort, Ky.
Of the whereabouts of my mother, Jemima
Craig, and my brothers, Jefferson and Joseph
Craig. When last heard from in March, 1864,
my mother was living at Richard Prairie, near
Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas. Any in-
formation concerning them will be thankfully re-
ceived by addressing
GEORGE CRAIG,
2t. Frankfort, Ky.
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Judith Sweets
I was excited to find this 1866 advertisement by George Craig, [also known as "Joe" Craig] searching for his mother, Jemima, and two brothers. I am not related to him but I have been researching the Kansas Underground Railroad for many years. I learned that George Craig was a passenger on a Kansas Underground Railroad journey from Leavenworth, K.T. to Lawrence, K.T. to Iowa in 1860.
You may be interested to know that George Craig was able to reunite with his mother, Jemima Craig, and other Craig family members in Leavenworth, Kansas in March 1895. He indicated in a newspaper article [Leavenworth Weekly Times, Leavenworth, Kansas, 7 March 1895, p.3], that it was forty years since he had last seen them. He was able to spend a week with his family in Leavenworth before he went back home to Iowa.
antoinette broussard
This was an add placed by George Craig, my great uncle, born 1827-1902, Frankfort, KY. He was the sibling to Jefferson Craig (1823-1893), and their younger brother Joseph (Joe) who changed his name to George Russell Craig when he was a passenger on the underground railroad. It is accurate that George Russell made a life for himself in Iowa. He did visit with my great great grandmother, Jemima, after 40 years. But, it's been easy to confuse the two George's. At the time of this add George Russell was in Iowa, free, and building his own family. George who placed the add was still in Frankfort looking for his mother and siblings. Antoinette Broussard