James Edward Craig

Background

Craig, James Edward was born on October 8, 1881 in Norborne, Missouri, United States. Son of Review Jesse Thomas Jefferson and Kathleen (O’Donoghue) Craig.

Education

Public schools and high schools, Maryville and King City, Missoury. Student of University of Missouri, 1901-1905.

Career

June 6, 1911;Caroline (Mistress Frank R. Nichols). Began as printer’s apprentice, 1894. Reporter successively with Kansas Missouri Journal, Star, Post, Saint Louis (Missouri) Republic, 1907-1911.

Reporter and editorial writer, Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, 1911-1918.

City editor Saint Louis Globe-Democrat, 1918. Managing editor Brownsville (Texas) Herald, 1920.

City editor and dramatic critic New York Evening Mail, 1921-1924. Editorial writer New York Sun, 1925-1943, chief editorial writer, 1940, and editor of the editorial page, 1943-1950.

Managing editor Protestant World.

Achievements

• James Edward Craig has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member James Gordon Bennett Memorial Fund Corporation, Delta Tau Delta, Trustee Park Avenue Christian Church, New York City.

Connections

Married Jessie Caroline Hall.

Father:

Review Jesse Thomas Jefferson Craig

Mother:

Kathleen (O’Donoghue) Craig

Spouse:

Jessie Caroline Hall.