
| Posted By: | Terry | |
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| Subject: | Mc Clellan-Creager info | |
| Post Date: | May 27, 2000 at 08:32:19 | |
| Message URL: | http://genforum.genealogy.com/creager/messages/129.html | |
| Forum: | Creager Family Genealogy Forum | |
| Forum URL: | http://genforum.genealogy.com/creager/ |
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Sullivan County, Indiana > 175 Anniversary 1816-1991 > Commemorative Edition > Page 346 > > McClellan-Creager > Only a part of the article. > > Five Sullivan County pioneer families came together with the marriage of > William Wilson McClellan and katie Creager on Dec 24, 1893 at Cass. > > William Wilson's great-grandfather, Abraham McClellan, was one of the > first settlers in what is now Sullivan County. The same was true of > Katie's great-grandfather, Thomas Creager. The first government land > patents during the years 1816 and 1817 show land being deeded to Abraham > and Thomas. > > The McClellan family succession was Abraham, Wilson, William and William > Wilson. William Wilson's mother was Mary Jane Arnett of another pioneer > family. He was born 7 Feb 1873. (my note: the 1880 Census shows him as > "Wilson, age 7"). > > It goes on to give the Creager succession, plus data concerning William > Wilson and wife Katie Creager. There is also a write up concerning a > son of Wm. Wilson and Katie, named Ralph, born 29 Jan 1897. > |