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Samuel A. Craig, general merchant, who carries a stock of goods valued at $2,000, and whose annual sales equal $6,000, has been in business at Wedington, Ark., for the past six years, and has met with flattering success. He was born in Greene County, Tenn., February 14, 1826, and is the son of James and Jane (Hall) Craig, both natives of Greene County, Tenn. The father died in Hamblin County, of that State, in 1884, and was eighty-four years of age at that time. The mother died in 1836, and when comparatively a young woman. They were married in Greene County, Tenn., and lived in that and Hamblin County all their lives. The father was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and after the death of his wife married Mrs. Barton, a widow, who died in 1878. Mr. Craig had followed farming all his life, and in this occupation was very successful. By his first marriage were born four children, two now living: Samuel A. and John; the latter, living in Carroll County, Ark., is a prominent citizen and a leading farmer. At the age of twenty-one Samuel A. left home, and learned the tanner’s trade in Parisville, Cocke Co., Tenn., and worked at his trade in that and Greene County, Tenn., for several years, but gave that up and engaged in trading, selling goods for himself and other people. A few years before the war he left Tennessee and located in Johnson County, Mo., but soon after moved to Cincinnati, Ark., where he sold goods for W. B. Rhea for sixteen years. He then came to this county. He was in the Confederate army during the war, and was in Capt. Eubanks’ company. In 1860 he married Miss Sarah Rhea, a sister of W. B. Rhea, and a native of Benton County, Ark., born in 1833. This union was blessed by the birth of one child, a son, P. V., who is now in his uncle’s store at Cincinnati. Mr. Craig is a Democrat in his political views, and is a good citizen.