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Note: HI146
Note: (Research):Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929
about Thornton Craig
Name:Thornton Craig
Birth Date:1845
Death Date:20 Dec 1922
Death Place:Woodland, CA
Type Practice:Allopath
Practice Specialities:Capay, CA, 1876
Licenses:CA, 1876
Practice Dates Places:Capay, CA, 1876
Medical School:McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, 1876, (G)
JAMA Citation:80:126
Cause of Death:enteritis
Dr Thornton Craig - born January 2, 1845 - died December 20, 1922
Yolo County CA Archives Biographies
It is significant of the stable personal qualities possessed by Dr. Craig
that he has passed the entire period of his professional practice in the same
town. Immediately after his graduation from one of the most noted educational
institutions of the new world he came to California in 1876 and opened an office
at Capay, since which time by successful practice he has risen to rank among the
most distinguished physicians not only of Yolo county, but of the Sacramento
valley itself. The quiet but prosperous village that was the scene of his
earliest professional efforts has remained his home through all these years, and
from it he has answered summons from every part of the adjacent territory. In
the early period of his residence here he made his trips on horseback with
saddlebags, but later adopted a carriage for professional use and more recently
has purchased an automobile as offering the most expeditious mode of travel.
In the efficient discharge of his professional duties he has gone hither and
thither, has had to cope with disease in every form and has become an expert in
diagnosis as well as in the treatment of intricate and baffling cases, retaining
in the midst of all professional anxieties and successes the simple dignity,
companionable disposition and large-hearted kindly spirit characteristic of his
younger years.
The Craig lineage is traced to Scotland, whence James Craig brought his family to
the new world and settled in Ontario, Canada. John, a son of James, was born near
Glasgow, Scotland, but from early years lived on a farm in Glengarry, Canada, and
there passed his last days. In young manhood he had married Mary Westley, who
was born in Ontario, of English and Scotch descent. Their thirteen children
inherited sturdy physiques and robust constitutions.
It is a noteworthy fact that there was not a death in the family until after all of
the sons had entered into business or into the professions. The sixth in order
of birth was Thornton, born January 2, 1845, at the old family home on the
St. Lawrence river, at Glen Walter, Glengarry, Canada. His earliest recollections
are of the picturesque scenery of the river, the stern and rigorous winters and
the constant battle for a livelihood from the farm. The parents were ambitious
for their children and he was given excellent educational advantages, being sent
to the high school at Williams, a short distance down the St. Lawrence river.
After he had completed the studies of that school he passed successfully the
entrance examination into McGill University at Montreal, Quebec, and there
became a student in the medical department, from which in 1876 he was graduated
with the degree of M.D.C.M. Having decided to seek a location in the western
states, he came to California and found the desired opportunity at Capay.
During all the years of active practice he has found leisure to keep posted
concerning the advancement made in materia medica. Every development that
experience proves to be efficacious he adopts in his practice of the healing art.
At the same time he has identified himself with the county, state and American
Medical Associations.
At the time of coming to the west Dr. Craig was unmarried and it was a few years
before he established domestic ties, his marriage uniting him with Miss Lizzie
Rhodes, a young lady of education and culture, a native daughter of the state, born
and reared in Yolo county. She was a daughter of John M. Rhodes, a pioneer miller
of Woodland and banker of Sacramento, and for years one of the most influential
business men of that place. Eventually he removed to Lassen county, Cal., and he
died in Reno, Nev., August 4, 1908. Dr. and Mrs. Craig are the parents of three
sons, who have inherited the ability of their parents and give promise of
exceptional future success. The eldest, John M., was graduated from the mining
engineering department of the University of California and now has identification
with occupative interests at Cananea in Old Mexico. The second son, Thornton, Jr.,
is a member of the class of 1913, dental department, University of California, and
the youngest son, Charles, is a student in the Esparto high school. The family
maintain a warm interest in movements for educational and commercial
advancement and contribute to philanthropic and religious enterprises, having a.
special regard for the welfare of their own community. The doctor was reared in
the Presbyterian faith, but with broad-minded liberality sees the good in every
creed that aims at the uplifting of humanity. Since he became a citizen of our
country he has voted with the Republican party. Before leaving Ontario he was
made a Mason in the Ferrens Point Lodge and later became a charter member of
Landmark Lodge No. 253, F. & A.M., while he also is connected with Woodland
Chapter, R. A. M., and Woodland Commandery No. 19, K. T. Besides his Masonic
connections he is identified with Capay Lodge No. 230, I. O. O. F., in which he
ranks as past noble grand. The active years of maturity have been devoted
zealously to medical work. His ambition has been concentrated upon his chosen
tasks in life. However, he has found that outside interests broaden rather than
hamper his mental faculties and therefore, in making property investments, he has
sought principally interests that will take him into the open and thus give him a
pleasant relaxation from his practice.
Included in his possessions and requiring a portion of his time in their management
are six hundred and forty acres in the Yolo basin and a valuable orchard and
vineyard of fifty-five acres at Capay, besides which he also has invested in mines
in Sonora, Mexico
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