Elizabeth Edna Creekmore

Female23 March 1827–15 January 1918

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Edna

When Elizabeth Edna Creekmore was born on 23 March 1827, in Wayne City, Wayne, Illinois, United States, her father, Elisha Battlestick Creekmore, was 22 and her mother, Margaret M Gilreath, was 19. She married Harbin Wilburn McCurry on 21 January 1842, in Jennings, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Creek Township, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Chickasaw Nation Reservation, Murray, Oklahoma, United States in 1900. She died on 15 January 1918, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harbin Wilburn McCurry
1823–1899
Elizabeth Edna Creekmore
1827–1918
Marriage: 21 January 1842
William Worth McCurry
1849–1864
Thomas Creekmore McCurry
1850–1939
Jacob Monroe McCurry
about 1861–1890
Sophronia McCurry
about 1862–1883
Hardin Thomas McCurry
about 1873–
Edward McCurry
1851–1930
Mary McCurry
1856–1880
Samuel Perry McCurry
1857–1944
John Richard McCurry
1859–1941
Arthur W McCurry
1866–1954
Daniel Fletcher McCurry
1868–1954
Nathaniel Albert McCurry
1870–1946

Sources (7)

  • Elizabeth Mccurry in household of Edd Mccurry, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Elizabeth Mc Curry in household of Harbin Mc Curry, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Fountain in entry for Nathaniel Albert McCurry, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 January 1842Jennings, Indiana, United States
  • Children (12)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 3

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1830

    Age 3

    Historical Boundaries: 1830: Indian Territory, United States 1907: Murray, Oklahoma, United States

    1863

    Age 36

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English: probably a habitational name from a place in Dorset namedCreekmoor, from Middle English crike ‘creek, inlet’ +more ‘moor, marshy ground’. However, this surname is notfound in current English records.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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