Nellie Cora McCreery

Female26 October 1890–3 June 1935

Brief Life History of Nellie Cora

When Nellie Cora McCreery was born on 26 October 1890, in Cary, McHenry, Illinois, United States, her father, Josiah Thompson McCreery, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Oberholtzer, was 24. She married Jacob Boise Glick on 24 September 1913, in Lawrence, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Bourbon, Bourbon Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Galveston, Jackson Township, Cass, Indiana, United States in 1930. She died on 3 June 1935, in Brownsburg, Lincoln Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Boise Glick
1880–1953
Nellie Cora McCreery
1890–1935
Marriage: 24 September 1913
Amanda Mary Glick
1919–1984
James Robert Glick
1923–1924

Sources (5)

  • Nellie C Mccrury in household of Josiah Mccrury, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Nellie C. Mccreery, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Nellie C Mccreery in household of Josiah Mccreery, "United States Census, 1900"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 September 1913Lawrence, Illinois, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1892 · The Chicago Canal

    Age 2

    The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 6

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

    Age 13

    A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and northern Irish: variant of McCreary .

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

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