Sara Jarvis Craddock

(1880-1954)

At a Glance

Named for her aunt, her father’s sister Sara W. Jarvis.

Sara Craddock may have taught at the Chowan Female Collegiate Institute at Edenton, NC; it is certain that she taught elocution at a boys’ academy near her home, the Cluster Springs Academy. Sara lived most of her life in with members of her family in Halifax County, VA [1] [2].

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Sara Jarvis Craddock was born on January 25, 1880. She died on August 31, 1954 [1], and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Relatives

• Parents: John Wimbish Craddock (1824-1884) and Mary Bailey Easley (1834-1928) .
• Maternal grandparents: Thomas Easley and Harriet Catherine Bailey (1800-1873).
• Siblings:
  • seven brothers, Charles G. Craddock (b. 1856), William Easley Craddock (1861-1916), Granville Craddock (1863-1919), John Bailey Craddock (1866-1944), Robert Owen Craddock (1867-1927), Edward Branch Craddock (1872-1955) and Frank Leigh Craddock (1874-1954).
  • three sisters, Eliza Craddock (b. 1859), Harriet Catherine Craddock (1870-1923) and Mary Easley Craddock (1878-1970).
• Uncles: Robert Easley (1819-1819), Thomas S. Easley, Jr. (1823-1847), Charles Bruce Easley (1832-1889) and William Henry Easley (1833-1861).
• Aunts: Sara Ann Easley (1815-1821), Harriet Amanda Easley (b. 1825) and Fannie Yancey Easley (1825-1885).

References

1. Virginia Death Records.
2. Advertisement for Cluster Springs Academy, Richmond Times Dispatch.