Background
Craighead, Erwin was born on April 4, 1852 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James B. and Ellen Kirkman (Erwin) Craighead.
Craighead, Erwin was born on April 4, 1852 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James B. and Ellen Kirkman (Erwin) Craighead.
Student Racine (Wisconsin) College. Bachelor of Letters of Nashville, 1872. Post-graduate student Middle Temple, London, England, and University of Leipzig.
Doctor of Laws, University of Alabama, 1906.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1876, but never practiced.
1 son, Frank. In journalism, since 1877. Music critic and editorial writer, New Orleans Times, 1878-1880. Managing editor New Orleans Daily States, 1880-1882.
City editor, 1882-1884, managing editor from 1884.
Also editor Vice-President from 1923, editor emeritus, 1926, Mobile Register. President Mobile Commercial Club, 1897-1898, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, 1910-1911, Iberville History Society of Mobile, 1913-1917.
1st district trustee Alabama State Department of Archives and History, 1915-1923.
Married Lura Harris, December 12, 1878.