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Rev Charles Henry McCreery

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Rev Charles Henry McCreery

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8 Feb 1929 (aged 90)
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Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Charles H. McCreery entered service in the 8th Michigan Infantry as second Lieutenant. Commissioned September 3, 1862. Commissioned First Lieutenant and Adjutant, September 24, 1862. Commissioned Captain, company F, March 27, 1863. Mustered May 8, 1863. Wounded in action before Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864. Acting Assistant Inspector General, First Brigade, Third Division, Ninth Army Corps, from August 1864 to July 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, April 2, 1865, for conspicuous gallantry in an assault before Petersburg, Va. Discharged October 7, 1865

REV CHARLES H MCCREERY b. Feb 23 1838, Mount Morris, Livingston Co., New York d. Feb. 8, 1928 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. son of Reuben McCREERY and Susan Barker McCREERY and grandson of William BARKER and Phebe BUCKINGHAM
Was an officer in the Union Army. In the spring of 1866 he returned to Michigan, and in the autumn of the same year he again entered the Union Theological Seminary, graduating from that institution in 1868. Coming from there to Chetopa, and beginning his pastoral work here, he organized the First Presbyterian Church September 20, 1868. The first members were Samuel H. Carr, George F. Smith, Lorenzo Billington, Samuel Cellars and wife, and Mrs. Maggie Lenhart. The present membership of the church is 105; services were first held September 17, 1868, before an organization was effected. The meetings were held for about two years in a hall over a billiard room on Third street. In August, 1870, the new church was dedicated. The Sabbath school was started with an attendance of about fifty, which has increased to 185, the present number enrolled. Mr. McCREERY was ordained October 4, 1868, during a meeting of the Synod of Missouri held in Kansas City; and in August, 1869, was installed pastor of the church in Chetopa. In addition to his duties as pastor of the Chetopa Church he has charge of a new church in Hackberry Township, Labette County, preaching there twice a month. He is stated Clerk of Neosho Presbytery, Chaplain of Pea Ridge Post No. 118, G. A. R., and one of the Trustees on the Ladies' Seminary located at Oswego. .Was in Rice in 1910 living with his wife and sisters family.

Rev. Charles Henry McCREERY b: 23 FEB 1838 d: 8 FEB 1929 m. Cornelia Leverich BROWER b: 5 SEP 1837 d: 22 NOV 1877
1)REV. John Brower McCREERY b. Jan. 3, 1873 d: 4 JUL 1927, GARDENVILLE, NEW YORK, RECEIVED HONORS AT PRINCETON m. 15 AUG 1907 in South Wales, Erie County, New York Florence Tirzah EMERY b: 20 MAR 1881 d. March 19, 1947 in South Wales, Erie County, New York had 2 Children
a)John McCreery b: 16 JUN 1910 in South Wales, Erie County, New York
b)McCREERY m. Allan.ch: m.MOXHAM
2) Dr. Charles Reuben McCREERY b. Nov. 14, 1874 d: 1944 m. 14 MAY 1910 in Seattle, Washington Bertha Frances (Bettie) Harris b: 30 OCT d: 1964 Had 1 ch. Charles Reuben McCREERY JR.
3) Dr William Barker McCREERY b. Nov. 14, 1874 d: 28 DEC 1947 m. Helen Lathrop HOLMES b: 15 APR 1878 d: 22 MAR 1952
4) George Henry McCREERY b: 21 NOV 1877 d: 17 AUG 1878 in Chetopa, Kansas

Rev. Charles Henry McCreery m. 2nd Margaret SCOTT b. 15 APR 1854 d: 19 MAR 1887
5) Henry Stoddard McCREERY b: 26 JAN 1882 ELECTRICIAN m. 12 APR 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri Sallie (Sadie) L.LATHAM b. Sept. 10 1884. lived Laramie County, Wyoming 1910 had 3 ch: a)Henry Stoddard McCREERY, Jr. b.March 17, 1910 d. June 17, 1994 buried Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Rural Weston, PLatte County, Missouri..m. 1st Miss MITCHELL m. 2nd Christine MANN b. May 23, 1910 d. Nov.20 1998 b) Miss McCREERY m. MAUGHAM c)Unknown
6) Arthur Sturges McCREERY b: 3 NOV 1883 d: 5 JUL 1919 Tacoma, Washington. MINING ENGINEER attended Minnesota. University. OBIT Northfield News 11/JUL/1919 3:1 VOL 43
7) Kenneth Scott McCREERY b: 2 JUL 1886 d. 1961 m. 12 JUN 1912, Cheyenne, Wyoming Elizabeth (Bessie) Gertrude Hollis? McDONALD b. 17 JAN 1888 CLERK Laramie County, Wyoming 1910 1930 lived Pierce County, Washington had 1 child.

Rev. Charles Henry McCREERY m. Mary Elizabeth PINKERTON b: 1 SEP 1846 d: 28 MAR 1922

Charles H. McCREERY and Papers of Bentley Library
Charles H. McCreery entered service in the 8th Michigan Infantry as second Lieutenant. Commissioned September 3, 1862. Commissioned First Lieutenant and Adjutant, September 24, 1862. Commissioned Captain, company F, March 27, 1863. Mustered May 8, 1863. Wounded in action before Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864. Acting Assistant Inspector General, First Brigade, Third Division, Ninth Army Corps, from August 1864 to July 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, April 2, 1865, for conspicuous gallantry in an assault before Petersburg, Va. Discharged October 7, 1865

REV CHARLES H MCCREERY b. Feb 23 1838, Mount Morris, Livingston Co., New York d. Feb. 8, 1928 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. son of Reuben McCREERY and Susan Barker McCREERY and grandson of William BARKER and Phebe BUCKINGHAM
Was an officer in the Union Army. In the spring of 1866 he returned to Michigan, and in the autumn of the same year he again entered the Union Theological Seminary, graduating from that institution in 1868. Coming from there to Chetopa, and beginning his pastoral work here, he organized the First Presbyterian Church September 20, 1868. The first members were Samuel H. Carr, George F. Smith, Lorenzo Billington, Samuel Cellars and wife, and Mrs. Maggie Lenhart. The present membership of the church is 105; services were first held September 17, 1868, before an organization was effected. The meetings were held for about two years in a hall over a billiard room on Third street. In August, 1870, the new church was dedicated. The Sabbath school was started with an attendance of about fifty, which has increased to 185, the present number enrolled. Mr. McCREERY was ordained October 4, 1868, during a meeting of the Synod of Missouri held in Kansas City; and in August, 1869, was installed pastor of the church in Chetopa. In addition to his duties as pastor of the Chetopa Church he has charge of a new church in Hackberry Township, Labette County, preaching there twice a month. He is stated Clerk of Neosho Presbytery, Chaplain of Pea Ridge Post No. 118, G. A. R., and one of the Trustees on the Ladies' Seminary located at Oswego. .Was in Rice in 1910 living with his wife and sisters family.

Rev. Charles Henry McCREERY b: 23 FEB 1838 d: 8 FEB 1929 m. Cornelia Leverich BROWER b: 5 SEP 1837 d: 22 NOV 1877
1)REV. John Brower McCREERY b. Jan. 3, 1873 d: 4 JUL 1927, GARDENVILLE, NEW YORK, RECEIVED HONORS AT PRINCETON m. 15 AUG 1907 in South Wales, Erie County, New York Florence Tirzah EMERY b: 20 MAR 1881 d. March 19, 1947 in South Wales, Erie County, New York had 2 Children
a)John McCreery b: 16 JUN 1910 in South Wales, Erie County, New York
b)McCREERY m. Allan.ch: m.MOXHAM
2) Dr. Charles Reuben McCREERY b. Nov. 14, 1874 d: 1944 m. 14 MAY 1910 in Seattle, Washington Bertha Frances (Bettie) Harris b: 30 OCT d: 1964 Had 1 ch. Charles Reuben McCREERY JR.
3) Dr William Barker McCREERY b. Nov. 14, 1874 d: 28 DEC 1947 m. Helen Lathrop HOLMES b: 15 APR 1878 d: 22 MAR 1952
4) George Henry McCREERY b: 21 NOV 1877 d: 17 AUG 1878 in Chetopa, Kansas

Rev. Charles Henry McCreery m. 2nd Margaret SCOTT b. 15 APR 1854 d: 19 MAR 1887
5) Henry Stoddard McCREERY b: 26 JAN 1882 ELECTRICIAN m. 12 APR 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri Sallie (Sadie) L.LATHAM b. Sept. 10 1884. lived Laramie County, Wyoming 1910 had 3 ch: a)Henry Stoddard McCREERY, Jr. b.March 17, 1910 d. June 17, 1994 buried Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Rural Weston, PLatte County, Missouri..m. 1st Miss MITCHELL m. 2nd Christine MANN b. May 23, 1910 d. Nov.20 1998 b) Miss McCREERY m. MAUGHAM c)Unknown
6) Arthur Sturges McCREERY b: 3 NOV 1883 d: 5 JUL 1919 Tacoma, Washington. MINING ENGINEER attended Minnesota. University. OBIT Northfield News 11/JUL/1919 3:1 VOL 43
7) Kenneth Scott McCREERY b: 2 JUL 1886 d. 1961 m. 12 JUN 1912, Cheyenne, Wyoming Elizabeth (Bessie) Gertrude Hollis? McDONALD b. 17 JAN 1888 CLERK Laramie County, Wyoming 1910 1930 lived Pierce County, Washington had 1 child.

Rev. Charles Henry McCREERY m. Mary Elizabeth PINKERTON b: 1 SEP 1846 d: 28 MAR 1922

Charles H. McCREERY and Papers of Bentley Library


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