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         FOUNTAIN CRADDOCK, residing on section 5, Port Louisa Township, was born in Washtenaw County, Mich., in 1851, and was the seventh in a family of eight children born to Abraham and Mary (Watling) Craddock, both of whom were natives of England, and whose history appears in the sketch of J. W. Craddock on another page of this work. At an early age our subject came to Louisa County, where he received his education in the district schools, and was reared to farm life. In the year 1880 he was united in marriage with Belle Gray, a native of this county, where their union was celebrated, and a daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Porter) Gray, who were born in Ohio, and were pioneers of Iowa, having located in Louisa County in 1839, where they are yet residing, their home being in the village of Grand View.

Mr. and Mrs. Craddock began their domestic life upon the farm where they yet reside, and there three children have been born to them: Oscar and Clyde are both with their parents, but Clinton died July 9, 1888, at the age of eight months and seven days. The home farm of our subject comprises 122 ½ acres of fine land, all in a good state of cultivation, and the stock, of which he has a great many head, is of the best grades. Mr. Craddock is a Republican in politics, while his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and both are highly respected people, held in high esteem by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.