Arthur Edgar Craig was born September 1, 1903, in Kahoka, Missouri. He was the son of William Arthur Craig and Lurena Jennings Craig. Arthur married Ella Irene Schlaser on February 20, 1929 in rural Keswick (at Ella's Uncle Bill and Aunt Edna's home), Keokuk County, Iowa.

Ella Irene Schlaser was born March 30, 1904, in Deep River, Poweshiek County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Frederick Herman Schlaser and Sarah Jemima Watts Schlaser. Ella died on February 5, 1956 at Prairie Hill, Chariton County, Missouri. She is buried in Prairie Hill Cemetery in rural Prairie Hill, Missouri.

Children:

Earl Eugene Craig - March 24, 1930

Florence Lucille Craig - June 21, 1931

Dorothy Marie Craig Fitzgerald - September 14, 1933

Kathryn Lorene Craig Quinn - April 18, 1935

Arthur Dean Craig - August 20, 1938

Duane "Mud" La Verne Craig - December 11, 1942

Leonard Merlyn Craig - December 13, 1946