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D. I. (David Irwin) Craig

1849–1925 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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StorylineEno Presbyterian Church moves to Cedar Grove, 1879–18991879–1899 · 6 events · After wind-driven woods fires burned Eno Presbyterian Church at its old site near the river in 1893, the congregation moved to Cedar Grove. Its frame church, built in 1878, had hosted Orange Presbytery in 1879, a meeting the Chapel Hill Ledger called the best attended since the war. In October 1893 the pastor, W. F. Wilhelm, died at Hillsborough after a long fever, and every business in town closed for his funeral. At Cedar Grove the congregation built its new church from 1897 to 1899, and the elder Robert W. Anderson became the first burial in its cemetery in 1898. H. S. Bradshaw was installed as pastor on the last day of 1899.

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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 in late April 1879, with D. I. Craig preaching the opening sermon; the Chapel Hill Ledger called it the best attended meeting since the war. People: James L. Currie, D. I. (David Irwin) Craig Place: Old Eno Presbyterian Church site, near Cedar GroveSearch the index · A. A. Ellis, History of Eno Presbyterian Church, Cedar Grove, North Carolina (1980), scan p. 10 · Also: The Chapel Hill Ledger, April 26, 1879, p. 2; The Chapel Hill Ledger, May 3, 1879, p. 3
  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) Craig, H. S. Bradshaw Place: Fairfield Presbyterian Church, near Efland; Presbyterian church, Hillsborough · Also named: S. M. HallSearch 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), H. S. Bradshaw Place: New Hope Presbyterian Church, Orange CountySearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 17, 1905, p. 3

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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.

UNC

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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NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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