Biography: James Monroe Creager, s/o David Creager & Catherine Waggoner

JAMES MONROE6 CREAGER
son of David5 Creager and Catherine Waggoner
(Casper4, Johann Christian3, Johann Casper2 Krieger/Creager, Hans Ernst1 KRIEGER)


Information courtesy of:
Karen Anderson


JAMES MONROE6 CREAGER, son of David5 CREAGER and Catharine WAGGONER/WAGNER, was born 4 November 1847 in Middletown, Warren County, Ohio. In censuses he was enumerated 1850 Census as James M., age 2 and in 1860 Census as James M., age 12.

James married 7 February 1878 in Milford, Kosciusko County, Indiana to Elizabeth RAPP, daughter of Jacob Rapp and Sophia Starris, born 2 December 1853 in Kosciusko County, Indiana.

James (age 30) and Elizabeth (age 28) (enumerated as CRAGER) resided in Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana at the time of the 1880 Census with their one year old daughter, Mattie.


1880 U. S. Federal Census
Kosciusko County, Indiana
Van Buren Township
E.D. 47 Sheet 6 Pg. 10
7 June 1880
Crager, James, 30, white, male, 30y, married, laborer, born OH, father b OH; mother b OH
Crager, Elizabeth, 28, white, female, wife, married, keeping house, born IN, father b Germany; mother b OH
Crager, Matia M., white, female, 1, daughter, single, born IN, father b OH, mother b IN
(Source: Internet, 9 Oct 2010, Research of ASH)



They have not yet been found in the 1900 Census.

On 25 February 1908, he moved with his family to Michigan, having purchased a farm in St. Joseph County near Constantine. He resided on that farm for a couple of years before retiring and moving into the village of Constantine.


1910 U. S. Federal Census
St. Joseph County, Michigan
Constantine Village
E.D. 122 Sheet 6-A Pg. 44
CREAGER, James, 62, head, married once, married 30y, born OH, father b PA (sic) [b OH], mother b Germany (sic) [b OH]
CREAGER, Elizabeth, 58, wife, married once, married 30y, born IN, father b Germany, mother b OH
CREAGER, Perry, 24, son, married once, married 1/12 months, born OH, father b OH, mother b IN
CREAGER, Montella, 17, dau-in-law., married once, married 1/12 months, born MI, father b MI, mother b MI
CREAGER, Mattie, 28, dau., Single, born IN, father b OH, mother b IN
(Source: Internet, 5 May 2006, E-mail to ASH: Karen Anderson)




1920 U. S. Federal Census
St. Joseph County, Michigan
Constantine
E.D. 145
Family 131
Creiger, James, 77, born Ohio, father b PA (sic); mother b Germany (sic)
Creiger, Elizabeth, 75, born Indiana; father b Germany; mother b OH
(Source: Internet, 5 May 2006, E-mail to ASH: Karen Anderson)



James died 3 September 1926 in Constantine, St. Joseph County, Michigan. He is buried at the Constantine Township Cemetery.
See: Find-a-Grave: James Monroe Creager

September 2000, Courtesy of: Karen Anderson


[Note: Karen Anderson states, "The information is slightly off, as it says he moved to Darke Co. in 1859. The family was still on Warren Co., Ohio at the time of the 1860 Federal Census. They also lived in Kosciusko Co., IN, then removed to Constantine, MI."]


Elizabeth (Rapp) Creager died 19 February 1935 in Constantine, St. Joseph County, Michigan.
See: Find-a-Grave: Elizabeth Rapp Creager
September 2000, Courtesy of: Karen Anderson


[Note: Obituary of Elizabeth (Rapp) Creager mentions her brother, David Rapp of Ligonier, IN and sister, Mrs. Margaret Creager [aka Margaret (nee Rapp) Angel-Creager] of Ft. Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Margaret "Maggie" Rapp married (1) Marion Angel in Kosciusko County, Indiana. In 1885 Margaret married Lewis Creager in Darke County, Ohio and they settled in Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio. She moved to Ft. Wayne after Lewis died. (Source: Karen Anderson]


Children of James and Elizabeth:
1. Mattie/Matie Mae7 Creager (1878 - 1935)

2. Perry Edward7 Creager (1883 - 1939)


Webpage by: Audrey (Shields) Hancock of Portage, Michigan


Created: 10 October 2010
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