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Lieut James Hewitt Creighton

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Lieut James Hewitt Creighton

Birth
Stark County, Ohio, USA
Death
17 Oct 1912 (aged 80)
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 6, Block 9, Lot 2, Space 1
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CO D 18TH IA INF

Senior Vice Deparment Commander of J.W. Owen Phoenix GAR Post No. 5.

History of Warren County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879.

CREIGHTON, J. H., of the firm of Creighton & Creighton, attorneys, abstracters and loan agents; was born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1832; he was educated at the Mount Union College, and graduated in 1859; and read law and graduated at the Union Law College in 1861; he came in the State in 1861, and settled in Sigourney in 1862; he enlisted in the 18th Iowa Infantry, and was commissioned 1st Lieutenant of Company D; after serving three years he was mustered out at Springfield, Missouri; he engaged in the practice of his profession at his place, and was appointed prosecuting attorney of the 14th Judicial District of Missouri; he was also elected mayor of Springfield; he was appointed Judge of the 13th Judicial District of Missouri, by Gov. Fletcher, but he declined to accept it, and returned the appointment; he married Miss Laura C. Hudson, of Lebanon, Mo., in 1868; they have four children: Carl H., Abilena, Harry S. and Hugh McM.
CO D 18TH IA INF

Senior Vice Deparment Commander of J.W. Owen Phoenix GAR Post No. 5.

History of Warren County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879.

CREIGHTON, J. H., of the firm of Creighton & Creighton, attorneys, abstracters and loan agents; was born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1832; he was educated at the Mount Union College, and graduated in 1859; and read law and graduated at the Union Law College in 1861; he came in the State in 1861, and settled in Sigourney in 1862; he enlisted in the 18th Iowa Infantry, and was commissioned 1st Lieutenant of Company D; after serving three years he was mustered out at Springfield, Missouri; he engaged in the practice of his profession at his place, and was appointed prosecuting attorney of the 14th Judicial District of Missouri; he was also elected mayor of Springfield; he was appointed Judge of the 13th Judicial District of Missouri, by Gov. Fletcher, but he declined to accept it, and returned the appointment; he married Miss Laura C. Hudson, of Lebanon, Mo., in 1868; they have four children: Carl H., Abilena, Harry S. and Hugh McM.


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  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49894348/james_hewitt-creighton: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut James Hewitt Creighton (31 Jan 1832–17 Oct 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49894348, citing Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by TNB (contributor 46538775).