Horatio McCreery

Male12 October 1879–23 January 1949

Brief Life History of Horatio

When Horatio McCreery was born on 12 October 1879, in Jefferson, Iowa, United States, his father, George Cowger McCreery, was 59 and his mother, Margery Ross, was 41. He married Mary Jane Sutton on 6 March 1900. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Benton Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Jackson Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 23 January 1949, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Hayesville, Keokuk, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Horatio McCreery
1879–1949
Mary Jane Sutton
1880–1961
Marriage: 6 March 1900
Clarence Raymond McCreery
1901–1993
Jesse H McCreery
1903–1987
Charles Merle McCreery
1906–1927

Sources (29)

  • Horatio Mccreery in household of Margery Mccreery, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Horatio Mccreery, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Horatio McCreery, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 March 1900
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 2

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1882

    Age 3

    Historical Boundaries: 1882: Keokuk, Iowa, United States

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 19

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and northern Irish: variant of McCreary .

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

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