Joseph Craig

Candidate Biography:

Born: August 14, 1849 in Clinton County, Missouri
Married: Kate Stephens (d. 1912), Chloe A. Routzahn
Died: July 28, 1921 in Yolo Co., CA

1883-1886: District Attorney, Yolo County
1889-1891: Member, Board of Prison Directors

• According to Pen Portaits, Craig "patented and commenced the introduction of the "Globe" and "Little Giant" hydraulic mining machines..." at age 22.

Source: "Pen Portraits" Compiled by R.R. Parkinson, Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton as part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)