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president of the company. His ability
and organization in management have
greatly influenced the growth of thai
company, which now operates some
twent) -one plants, and under his manage-
ment the company has become one of the
largest and strongest industries in the
State. \ public-spirited man, Mr. Moore
has taken an active interest in public
affairs, lie was for years a member of
the Board of Education, and has been
active in the industrial life of the State.
He is a director or trustee of many finan-
cial and industrial corporations, and
also in several institutions organized for
the betterment of community life. Mr.
Moore married, June [8, [891, Martha
Elizabeth Hart, daughter of William II.
and Martha (Peck) Hart, of New Britain.
They are the parents of the following
children: Barbara (Mrs. Maurice H.
Pease) born April 13, [892; Allen, born
September 23, 1896; Martha, horn December
30, 1901 ; Roswell, horn Novem-
ber [2, 1903; and Maxwell, born January
12, 1908.
CRAIG. John M.,
Brass Founder.
Of all the varied intere-ts which center
in the city of Hartford, the manufac-
ture of metal devices and mechanisms is
perhaps the greatest. The preparatory
processes through which these mesa's
must pass demand the greatest skill and
patience. In all life and industry the
work demanding these two qualities is
performed by men of great mental capac-
ity. Individual taste determines the kind
of work chosen, but big men choose work
which requires skill, and that element of
chance which only skill can govern. In
the brass foundry on Arch street, Hart-
ford, one branch of metallurgv has
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hed a high point of perfection, an'!
the man at the he. id 1- John M. ( raig.
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form of cairaig, signif) ing 1
wark. The name in tl
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i- noted, ha- it- parallel in the physical
characteristics of its hearer, whose splendid
physique is indicative of strength and
power of achievement.
John M. Craig was horn in Quincy,
Massachusetts, November 17. [860, and is
a -on of Joseph and Mary (Riley) Craig,
His father was horn in County Meath,
Ireland, in [830, and came to America
about 1850. He located first in Low<
Massachusetts. After a short time he
went to Quincy. where he found emplo
ment in the granite quarries. During the
latter part of the Civil War he removed
t' ' Springfield,
Massachusetts, and worked
in the arsenal there. He was a hardworking
man. quiet and thrifty, and ambitious
to make his way in the new coun-
try. He denied himself many pleasures
to lay aside a little money, and at length
established himself in the trucking busi-
ness. This was about 1867, and for a
number of years he continued in this
work, finally selling out his teams and
equipment, after which he entered the
employ of Perkins & Nye, with whom he
remained until his death. He met a tragic
end, which was a great shock to all his
friends. He was killed at a railroad
crossing. He was survived by his widow,
and the following children, named in
order of birth : John M., of further mention
; Elizabeth, who died in 1885: Mary,
who married Charles S. Hope, of Spring-
field ; Julia, widow of Edward French, of
Xew Haven; Christiana, who married
Fred Landry, of Springfield ; and Joseph,
also of Springfield. Massachusetts.
John M. Craig received most of his
formal education in the Springfield pub-
lic schools. After leaving school, like