Pueblo County, History of Colorado, BIOS: CRAFT, R. Lee (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 258


R. LEE CRAFT.

	R. Lee Craft, special agent at Pueblo for the United States 
Bureau of Investigation. was born in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, on the 
9th of September, 1888, a son of Kline W. and Estelle (Warren) Craft. 
The family came to Colorado in 1887, and the father engaged in the real 
estate business for many years, continuing active in that line until 
his death in 1901.

	Brought to Colorado during his early infancy, R. Lee Craft 
pursued a public school education in Pueblo, passing through 
consecutive grades to the high school, and when his textbooks were put 
aside he made his initial step in the business world. He was employed 
in various positions in Pueblo and afterward took up the study of law 
under the direction of W. S. Palmer and Lyman Henry, with whom he 
studied for several years, but he never took the bar examination. In 
1914 he became identified with his present branch of government service 
as a local officer and has been twice promoted, being now special agent 
for the southern and western part of Colorado for the Bureau of 
Investigation, with headquarters in Pueblo. He has done important work 
in this connection, and his devotion to his duties is questioned by 
none.

	Mr. Craft was married in 1907 to Miss Edith M. Plumlee of Kansas, 
and to them have been born three children, Mildred Lucile, Orville D. 
and Roger Lee. The religious faith of the family is that of the 
Methodist church. Mr. Craft has practically spent his entire life in 
Pueblo and has therefore witnessed much of its .growth and development. 
He has ever been actuated by marked devotion to high American 
principles and standards of citizenship, and as an officer he has made 
an excellent record, doing especially valuable work at the present 
time.