Peter Creager

            PETER CREAGER is the son of Peter and Elizabeth Creager, natives of Maryland, the father’s birth occurring in 1777, and the mother’s in 1789. They moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1812. They then took up their residence in Whitley County, Ind., in 1836. Their death occurred in Cleveland Township, where they first settled. Mr. Creager died March 16, 1849, and his wife April 5, 1870. In their family were twelve children. Peter, the subject, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 26, 1829, came with his parents to this county, and has since made it his abiding-place.

    January 1, 1854, he married Melissa J. Williamson, a native of Ohio, born May 22, 1835. He remained on the home farm until about 1855, when he bought and removed to his farm of 160 acres in this township (Washington Twp.). Mrs. Melissa Creager died December 25, 1865, and August 30, 1866, the subject was married to his second wife, Margaret Chamberlin, born in Wayne County July 31, 1842, by whom he has two children –Margaret M. and Arthur C. His first wife bore him three children –Victoria E. (now deceased), Lida A. and Joseph L.

    Mr. and Mrs. Creager belong to the Church of the United Brethren, and he has g9iven efficient service in the office of Township Trustee.

Source: Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor. Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor. F.A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1882, page 377.