DIED.
Craig - only son of C.J. and Lizzie Craig, Oct.31, 1889.
Eli J. Craig was born at McCormick Lake, Minnesota where he lived until his death. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church of Sauk Centre at the age of fifteen. The summer previous to his death, he had been in Dakota, but returned home Oct. 1, 1889, when he was stricken with typhoid fever, and other disease caused by drinking surface and slough water while in Dakota, which caused his death. A council was held by Dr. Lewis the attending physician, with Dr. Crozier of Glenwood.
He was a charter member of the Sons of Veterans of Sauk Centre.
Sauk Centre Herald (MN). Thursday, November 7, 1889
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Eli J. Craig
died: Oct 31, 1889
male, single, age 21y-28d
born: Ohio[sic]
cause of death: typhoid fever
occupation: farmer
father: Christopher J. Craig, born Ohio
mother: E. E. Craig, born Scotland.
recorded: Dec 17, 1889.
Stearns County, Minnesota Deaths. (Township of Sauk Centre)

note: Ancestry trees say he was born Oct 10, 1869. I'm not sure where October 10 came from. Based on the gravestone inscription, 1868 is the birth year. Given the county death record (21y-28d age at death), he was born October 3, 1868.

DIED.
Craig - only son of C.J. and Lizzie Craig, Oct.31, 1889.
Eli J. Craig was born at McCormick Lake, Minnesota where he lived until his death. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church of Sauk Centre at the age of fifteen. The summer previous to his death, he had been in Dakota, but returned home Oct. 1, 1889, when he was stricken with typhoid fever, and other disease caused by drinking surface and slough water while in Dakota, which caused his death. A council was held by Dr. Lewis the attending physician, with Dr. Crozier of Glenwood.
He was a charter member of the Sons of Veterans of Sauk Centre.
Sauk Centre Herald (MN). Thursday, November 7, 1889
View the newspaper article on Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers.

Eli J. Craig
died: Oct 31, 1889
male, single, age 21y-28d
born: Ohio[sic]
cause of death: typhoid fever
occupation: farmer
father: Christopher J. Craig, born Ohio
mother: E. E. Craig, born Scotland.
recorded: Dec 17, 1889.
Stearns County, Minnesota Deaths. (Township of Sauk Centre)

note: Ancestry trees say he was born Oct 10, 1869. I'm not sure where October 10 came from. Based on the gravestone inscription, 1868 is the birth year. Given the county death record (21y-28d age at death), he was born October 3, 1868.