John Wimbish Craddock

(1824-1884)

At a Glance

Being the father of several girls, Dr. Craddock established a home school for them and then opened it up to girls from the neighborhood in Black Walnut in the attic of their home, Oak Grove. “In the attic of the Craddock home at Cluster Springs, where the classes were taught, the white plaster walls still bear the monograms of girls who attended there and smoked their initials on the walls with candles.”

Biographical Data

Important Dates

John Wimbish Craddock was born in 1824. He died in 1884, and was buried in Black Walnut (Now Cluster Springs), Halifax County, VA, USA.

Occupations

• Physician.
• Farmer.

Relatives

• Spouse: Mary Bailey Easley  (1834-1928), married on November 24, 1854.
• Other children: seven sons (Charles G. Craddock (b. 1856), William Easley Craddock (1861-1916), Granville Craddock (1863-1919), Robert Owen Craddock (1867-1927), John Bailey Craddock (1866-1944), Edward Branch Craddock (1872-1955) and Frank Leigh Craddock (1874-1954)) and three daughters (Eliza Craddock (b. 1859), Harriet Catherine Craddock (1870-1923) and Sara Jarvis Craddock (1880-1954)).
• Others: Harriet Catherine Bailey (mother-in-law, 1800-1873) and Thomas Easley (father-in-law, 1780-1835).