Samuel McCreary and Elizabeth McDowell

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Husband Samuel McCreary ^{1 2}

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           Born: Jun 1833 - Hickory Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: Enoch McCreary (Abt 1803-1856) 2 3
         Mother: Margaret Pierson (Abt 1799-1885) 2 4

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       Marriage: 1857 4

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Wife Elizabeth McDowell ^{2 4}

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         Father: Abel McDowell (      -      ) 2 4
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Children

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1 F Emma J. McCreary ^{2 5}

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         Spouse: Dr. William L. Smith, M.D. (      -1872) 2 5

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2 F Mary A. McCreary ⁴

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         Spouse: J. E. Duff (      -      ) 4

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3 F Margaret McCreary ⁴

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         Spouse: Thomas W. Houston (      -      ) 4

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4 M Edwin McCreary ⁴

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         Spouse: Mary Riber (      -      ) 4

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5 M Samuel McCreary ²

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6 F Julia McCreary ²

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7 F [Unk] McCreary ²

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel McCreary

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He obtained his education in the early township schools. His life was an agricultural one and he was more than usually successful as a farmer. For more than twenty years he was a member of the State Board of Agriculture and was 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 secured the first medal from Lawrence County and the sweepstakes first medal from the state. In addition to general farming he gave a large amount of attention to sheep raising. After he came into possession of the old family homestead he made many improvements, erecting a substantial barn and other buildings and enlarging the house to a commodious two-story residence.

He always voted the Republican ticket, and was elevated to the position of school director, where he showed himself to be a man of excellent judgment, and was rewarded with thirteen and a half years of office in that capacity. The family were regular attendants of the M. E. Church.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 572.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 997.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 572, 607.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 575.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 575, 623.

6 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 624.