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Family: MCCREARY, Samuel / MCDOWELL, Elizabeth (F191)

m. 4 Jun 1857


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  • Male
    MCCREARY, Samuel

    Birth  1833  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1913  Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  4 Jun 1857  Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  MCCREARY, Enoch | F203 Group Sheet 
    Mother  PEARSON (PIERSON), Margaret | F203 Group Sheet 

    Female
    MCDOWELL, Elizabeth

    Birth  29 Oct 1834  Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  25 Jun 1910  Neshannock Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  27 Jun 1910  Briar Hill Cemetery, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  MCDOWELL, Abel | F136 Group Sheet 
    Mother  KING, Mary | F136 Group Sheet 

    Female
    + MCCREARY, Emma Jane

    Birth  11 Jun 1858  Neshannock Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Spouse  Dr. W. L. Smith | F156 
    Marriage  Jan 1880   

    Female
    + MCCREARY, Mary Annetta

    Birth  5 Nov 1861  Neshannock Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1955   
    Burial    Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  DUFF, James Edwin | F204 
    Marriage  18 Sep 1888  Neshannock Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Female
    + MCCREARY, Margaret Alura

    Birth  14 Sep 1863  Neshannock Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1955   
    Burial    Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  HOUSTON, Thomas Watson | F205 
    Marriage  18 Sep 1890  Neshannock Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Male
    + MCCREARY, Abel Edwin

    Birth  6 May 1869  Neshannock Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1935   
    Burial    Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  REIBER, Mary Rosetta | F206 
    Marriage  15 Jan 1891  Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Female
    MCCREARY, Sadie

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    Female
    MCCREARY, Julia

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    Male
    MCCREARY, Plus Two More Sons

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    MCCREARY, Plus One Daughter

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    + MCCREARY, Samuel Pearson

    Birth  1874   
    Death  1956   
    Burial    Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  GLASS, Jane D. | F171 
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  • Notes 
    • SAMUEL McCREARY, a representative citizen and prominent farmer of Hickory Township, resides on his valuable farm of 175 acres, which is situated three miles north of East Brook, on the Neshannock Road, was born on the present place and is a son of Enoch and Margaret (Pierson) McCreary.
      Mr. McCreary comes of Revolutionary stock, an ancestry in which every American takes justifiable pride. His grandfather served through the Revolutionary War, under General Washington's command. His father was equally patriotic, leaving his harvest field to go to the front in the War of 1812. The maternal grandfather, Athens Pierson, was one of the first settlers in Lawrence County. The Piersons were Quakers and the family has always been one of the substantial and representative ones of the county from that time. Enoch McCreary and wife settled on the present farm in Hickory Township in 1800, when it was only a wild tract of forest. They cleared up the land and spent their lives here. They had ten children born to them, six daughter and four sons.
      Samuel McCreary obtained his education in the early township schools. His life has been an agricultural one and he has been more than usually successful as a farmer. For the past twenty years he has been a member of the State Board of Agriculture and has been president of one of the oldest agricultural societies in Pennsylvania. Just prior to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis the commission on agriculture in Pennsylvania selected farmers to enter into a grain-raising contest, two prizes each being offered by county and state for corn, wheat, oats and rye. Mr. McCreary is proud of securing the first medal from Lawrence County and the sweepstake first medal from the state. In addition to general farming he has given a large amount of attention to sheep raising. Since he has come into possession of the old homestead he has made many improvements, erecting a substantial barn and other buildings and enlarging the house to a commodious two-story residence. In every direction the eye notes evidence of thrift and good management.
      Mr. McCreary married Elizabeth McDowell, a daughter of Abel McDowell, a prominent farmer of this section. They have had three daughters and one son — Emma J., who married Dr. W. L. Smith, physician, of New Wilmington; Samuel, who has not yet completed his education; Julia, who resides with her older sister, and one daughter, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. McCreary have two grandchildren, Eugenia and Hilda Wright. Mr. McCreary takes no very active interest in politics, but always lives up to every demand of good citizenship. [1]

    Married:
    • married in Abel McDowell home by Rev. H. H. Moore

  • Sources 
    1. [S387] Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, (Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1908), 1908, 997-998, 31833012051915. (Reliability: 2).