From: Sherri Hall [ldrbelties@earthlink.net] Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 4:48 AM To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYF] OBIT: B.C. Craddock, 1896, Hart Co. Submitted by Sandi Gorin NOTE: I have no connection, have no further information and am not seeking additional information. "Hon. B. C. Craddock, One of Hart County's Prominent Citizens Succumbs to Paralysis. "Munfordville, KY., Feb 18. Hon. B. C. Craddock, a well known citizen of this county, died at his home in this place last Saturday of paralysis. He was stricken on Wednesday morning just after he had eaten breakfast and was helpless and unconscious from that time until his death. He was buried in the town cemetery Sunday. He served in the Federal army during the last war, was Second Lieutenant of Company A, Thirtieth Kentucky Volunteers. In 1873 he was elected to the Legislature from this county and served one term. "He was appointed Master Commissioner of the Hart Circuit Court by Judge D R. Carr in February 1877, and served until January, 1898. He leaves a wife and a large family of children, only two of whom are grown. He was 59 years old and a cousin of Judge G. W. Craddock, the venerable Frankfort lawyer. He was a member of the Methodist church here, and the remains taken in charge by the Masonic brotherhood. His family consisted of a wife and eight children who, with many relatives and friends, mourn his loss." Glasgow (KY) Weekly Times, 19 Feb 1896. ______________________________