1870 OR CENSUS Sumter Craig (7y, b Oregon) enumerated with D.W. [David] (39y, b Kentucky, occupation printer), W.L. [Wealthy] (34y, b Michigan) and E.S. [female] Watrous (26y, b Michigan)

1880 OR CENSUS - Sumpter Craig, age 17, b. Oregon is enumerated with David W. Craig, age 47, occupation farmer, b. Kentucky, and his wife Wealthy, age 44, b. Michigan. Also enumerated with the family is Mirim [sic?] Newton, age 22, b. Oregon, occupation school teacher.

MARRIAGE - "Mr. F. S. Craig, over 24 & Miss Ella L. Calvert, over 21, m 02 Jan 1887 at house of Chas. Calvert by M. L. Rugg, M. G. Aff: Mark Skiff. Wit: Chas. & Mrs. Chas Calvert #3309 pg 333".
1900 OR CENSUS - F. Sumptor Craig, age 37, occupation printer, b. Oregon, is enumerated with his wife of 13 years, Ella L., age 35, mother of 2 children, b. Oregon, along with Emmann, age 11, b. Apr 1889 in Oregon, and Chas. W., age 7, b. Oregon.

1910 OR CENSUS F. Sumter Craig (47y, b Oregon, married 23y, occupation newspaper printer) enumerated with wife Ella J. (44y, b Oregon, mother of 2 children) and 2 children, Eunana (21y, b Oregon) and Charles W. (16y, b Oregon)

1920 OR CENSUS Sumtner Craig (56y, b Oregon, occupation printer) enumerated with wife Ellen (54y, b Oregon) and 2 children, Eunque (30y, b Oregon, occupation stenographer) and Charles (25y, b Oregon, occupation clerk); also with family was lodger William Haire DeKay (36y, b Oregon, occupation accountant)

1930 OR CENSUS Sumter M. Craig (67y, b Oregon, married at age 23y, occupation proof reader, state printing office) enumerated with wife Ella L. (65y, b Oregon, married at age 21y)

1940 OR CENSUS Sumter Craig (76y, b Oregon, occupation department head, state printing) enumerated with wife Ella (75y, b Oregon); family was living in same place in 1935

BIOGRAPHICAL: 
"This was long before the day of typewriters. There were at least two best spellers in Oregon in those days. Asahel Bush was one of them. D. W. Craig was the other. And that was an art then. (F. Sumpter Craig, son of the pioneer best speller and newspaper worker, is one of the present best spellers of Oregon; he is appropriately, proof reader for the state printing office.)" From: Oregon Statesman 23 Mar 1941 4:1 (Bits for Breakfast, by R. J. Hendricks)

Sumpter Craig Ex-Statesman Employee, Dies. 
F. Sumpter Craig, 87, onetime proofreader in the state printing office here and for many years an Oregon Statesman employee, died Thursday at the printer's home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Prior to leaving Salem two years ago, Craig lived at the Devereau apartments. He was born at Oregon City, March 6 1863. Surviving are two children, Mrs. C. H. White of Los Angeles and Charles W. Craig of Seattle. Services will be held in Salem and will be announced later by the W. T. Rigdon chapel. 
The Statesman 7 Apr 1950 8:4-5. 

F. Sumpter Craig, at Colorado Springs, Colo., April 6, at the age of 87 years. Survived by daughter Mrs. C. H. (Eunane Craig) White of Los Angeles; and a son, Charles W. Craig, Seattle. Announcement of services later by the W. T. Rigdon chapel. 
The Statesman 7 Apr 1950 21:1. 

Final Rites for Sumter Craig Set Thursday. 
Funeral services for F. Sumter Craig, long-time Salem journalist and state printing department employee, will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the W. T. Rigdon chapel. The Rev. Lloyd T. Anderson will officiate. Interment will be in the IOOF cemetery. Craig, 87, died April 6 at a printers' home in Colorado Springs, Colo. He was employed at the Oregon Statesman for 26 years and later served as a proofreader with the state printing department. Born March 6, 1863 at Oregon City, Craig was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. David Watson Craig, pioneer journalist who came to the state in 1853. Craig's wife, Ella Calvert Craig, died two years ago. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. C. Herbert White, Los Angeles; a son, Charles W. Craig, Seattle, and a grandson, Peter Jordan Craig. 
The Statesman 10 Apr 1950 5:5.

F. S. Craig 
1863 - 1950

LD

1870 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, FA#38)
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Mehama, pg 158B)

Marion Co, Oregon, Marriage Records 1884-88, Vol V, pg 30
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 220, sheet 8A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 222, sheet 12A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 345, sheet 4A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 58, sheet 5A)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 24-57B, sheet 9A)

Statesman 7 Apr 1950 8:4-5 
Statesman 7 Apr 1950 21:1 
Statesman 10 Apr 1950 5:5.