Biography

12/04/1865 - 12/02/1942

CRAIG, John Orr, a Representative from Franklin County; born in Welsh Run, Franklin County, Pa., December 4, 1865; attended, Welsh Run Academy; attended, Cumberland Valley State Normal School (now Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania); farmer; elected, council, Greencastle; judge of elections, Greencastle; elected, school board president, Greencastle; chair, Franklin County School Directors’ Association; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1921 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1922); died, December 2, 1942 in Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Welsh Run Presbyterian Cemetery, Welsh Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.