Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 269
MRS. MARY CRAIG, one of the earliest settlers of Muscatine, Iowa. is a native of New Castle, England, born on the 14th of February, 1821, and is a daughter of John and Mary Minto. Her girlhood days were passed in her native land, and there her education was received, and at the age of nineteen years she emigrated to America in company with her parents, locating in the State of New York, where she resided for about two years. She was then twice married, her first union being celebrated in 1842 when she became the wife of Jake A. Haig. Their union was graced by a family of three children, namely; Maggie, the eldest, who is now the wife of F. G. Maarkart, a resident of Leavenworth, Kan.; John Maarkart, who is living in Muscatine; and Mary, who wedded C. Connell, a resident of Chicago. In 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Haig removed to Muscatine , Iowa, where three years later the death of the husband occurred.

After a few years Mrs. Haig was again married, becoming the wife of Thomas Craig, a native of Ireland, but in 1864 he too was called to his final home, dying in Muscatine, in the fifty-third year of his age. To them was born one child, Martha F.

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