Profiles of Persons Who Have Shaped
Craigville Over the Years
An ongoing project that will present brief profiles, often with supplementary material, of individuals and families have who have contributed to today’s Craigville.
Criteria for inclusion are (a)the persons (or families) have made substantial contributions to the development of Craigvile as a community, not persons who have simply passed through for a summer visit; (b)those profiled have been deceased for five years or more.
We will be adding additional profiles in the months and years to come!
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Joseph and Elizabeth Barry
For whom Lake Elizabeth is named
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John Bearse
Whose drawn “barge” (“My Friend*) transported summer visitors to Craigville
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Luther Broad
Luther “Uncle” Broad was one of the village’s early “characters.”
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J. Austin Craig
After whom Craigville is named
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Willis E. Elliott
Craigville “Biblical Scholar in Residence”
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Gabriel Fackre
Theologian, Preacher, Social Activist and CCMA President
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Ellen G. Gustin
Early Christian preacher, and one-time owner of the Craigville Inn
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H. Lizzie Haley
H. Lizzie Haley, a Christian minister and evangelist and popular Craigville speaker
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Captain Prentiss Kelley
Provided boat across the river to a landing north and east of the Tabernacle.
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Nevin Kirk
Conference center activities director and tennis pro; Red Lily Pond activist
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Ralph Leopold
Pianist and Midway Visitor
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William Miller
First president of the CCMA
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Perry Brothers
Sold and Contributed 160 Acres to CCMA in 1872
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Martyn Summerbell
Probably the most important early leader of Craigville
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Tabernacle Musicians
Tabernacle Sunday morning worship featured the Allen Family Singers in the 1950s. In the summer of 1961, Helen Salem Rizk was the soprano soloist.
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Marion Rawson Vuilleumier
The moving force of Craigville in the 60s and 70s
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Pierre Dupont Vuilleumier
First Craigville Conference Center Director
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John Burns Weston
CCMA president and president of the Christian Biblical Institute in Stanfordville, NY
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Carroll E. Whittemore
Owner of a church supply store in Boston and Craigville who sold the land for “Ministers’ Row” (AKA Divinity Lane, Craigville Heights)