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- Levi Finley Craft was the son of George Benjamin Craft and Sarah Elizabeth Lynch.
Before 1850 (birth of daughter, Florence), he married Elizabeth Legate at Mineral Point, WI. Following the wedding, they moved to Sacramento, CA, where he engaged in the mercantile business. They also lived for a time in Marysville, CA. They had two children: Florence Adelle Craft (1850-1910); and Everett Legate Craft (1856-1886).
In 1857, he moved his family to Woodland, CA, where he lived for the rest of his life.
Following is an obituary from the Woodland Daily Democrat (Woodland, California), dated September 26, 1892 (Monday):
"The death of Levi F. Craft occurred at his home on First street, Saturday evening [September 24] at 5 o'clock. Mr. Craft had been suffering with typhoid-malarial fever for several weeks. The immediate cause of death was heart failure, superinduced by the attack of fever. The deceased was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1819. He was the son of a clergyman, Rev. George B. Craft, of the Christian Church. At the age of nineteen he was married to Miss Elizabeth Leegate, at Mineral Point, Wisconsin. In 1850 he came to California and located in Sacramento, where he engaged in the mercantile business. He afterwards went to Marysville. In 1857 he came to this city where he resided continuously up to the time of his death. The deceased was one of Woodland's most highly respected citizens, and was upright and honorable in all his dealings. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs. F. A. Arnold, of Denver, to mourn his loss. The funeral will take place from the Christian Church, Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock."
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1819 - 1892
