Neville B. Craig
1787 - 1863
BiographyNeville B. Craig was the son of early Pittsburgh businessman and landowner Major Isaac Craig and was born in the Fort Pitt blockhouse. Craig went to the Pittsburgh Academy and then Princeton, although he never graduated, before studying law under Judge Alexander Addison. He married Jane Fulton in 1811 and opened a store in Ohio for a few years before returning to Pittsburgh around 1820 and becoming Deputy Attorney General for Allegheny County and then city solicitor from 1821 to 1829 and clerk of Select Council from 1821 to 1825. The couple had 10 children and lived in Bellefield, now Oakland. In 1829, Craig purchased the Pittsburgh Gazette, and remained the editor till 1841. In the paper he promoted his support of the Anti-Masonic party, anti-slavery and temperance. After this he was elected to the PA House of Representatives where he served from 1842 to 1843. He later ran unsuccessful campaigns to become a US Representative and Mayor of Pittsburgh. Craig and his descendants were active in documenting the history of the region.
