Nancy Moore Strayhorn

(1814-1889)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Nancy Moore Strayhorn was born on July 31, 1814, in Orange County, NC. She died on July 22, 1889, and was buried in New Hope Cemetery in New Hope, NC.

Relatives

• Spouse: David Craig (1810-1893), married on February 2, 1835 [1].
  Children:
  
  • four sons, Samuel A. Craig (1836-1862), William H. Craig (1840-1862), Gilbert Nettleton Craig (1849-1879) and David Thompson Craig (1851-1854).
  • three daughters, Martha Jane Craig (1838-1912)  [1], Mary Emeline Craig (1843-1910) and Melissa Moore Craig (1845-1913).
• Other children: three sons (Samuel A. Craig (1836-1862), William H. Craig (1840-1862) and David Thompson Craig (1851-1854)) and two daughters (Mary Emeline Craig (1843-1910) and Melissa Moore Craig (1845-1913)).
• Others: Herbert Nettleton Blackwood (grandson, 1876-1957) and William Alexander Blackwood (grandson, 1882-1964).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).