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D. I. (David Irwin) Craig

1849–1925 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By D. I. (David Irwin) Craig

D.I. Craig papers, 1876-1929.

Craig, D. I. (David Irwin), 1849-1925 · 1876

Diaries, photographs and account books of the Presbyterian minister David Irwin Craig, 1849 to 1925, roughly fifty items across 4.5 linear feet in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5399. Topics include the Presbytery of Orange and Reidsville Presbyterian Church, cemeteries photographed in Orange County, the Wilmington massacre of 1898, African American suffrage, and the boxers Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries.

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Historical sketch of New Hope Church : in Orange County, N.C.

Craig, D. I. (David Irwin), 1849-1925 · 1876

D. I. Craig's 1876 history of New Hope Church, a Presbyterian congregation in Orange County. A family history section on the Strayhorn, Craig, Blackwood and Kirkland families fills pages 41 to 53, and the author added a handwritten addendum. 67 images.

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  1. Eno Presbyterian dedicates its third church at the old site Built in 1878 under James L. Currie, the frame church replaced earlier log and frame buildings near the Old Eno cemetery. Orange Presbytery met there the same year, with D. I. Craig preaching the opening sermon. People: James L. Currie, D. I. (David Irwin) CraigSearch the index · A. A. Ellis, History of Eno Presbyterian Church, Cedar Grove, North Carolina (1980), scan p. 10
  2. H. S. Bradshaw is installed as pastor of Fairfield Presbyterian Church S. M. Hall of Greensboro installed H. S. Bradshaw as pastor of Fairfield Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning. The same report describes a pastor's installation at the Hillsborough Presbyterian church before a large congregation, with a sermon by D. I. Craig of Reidsville and charges to pastor and people by Hall and Craig. People: D. I. (David Irwin) CraigSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 6, 1894, p. 3
  3. The Rev. H. S. Bradshaw is installed as pastor of New Hope Presbyterian Church A presbytery committee led by the Rev. D. I. Craig installed the Rev. H. S. Bradshaw as pastor of New Hope Presbyterian Church on August 13; ruling elder Shepperd Strudwick of Hillsborough gave the charge to the congregation. People: D. I. (David Irwin) Craig, Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961)Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 17, 1905, p. 3

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