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Author: S. J. Clarke

W. O. CREASON.
    High on the roll of capable and prosperous business men of Hot Springs
appears the name of W. O. Creason, who is the president of the Missouri Lumber
Company and the vice president of the Southern Hardware Company of this city.
Missouri claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred in Audrain county
on the 11th day of July, 1874, his parents being George H. and Mary A. (McClenny
Creason, both of whom were natives of Missouri, the former born in Ray county
and the latter in St. Charles. The father followed farming for many years in
Audrain and in Livingston counties of Missouri, continuing to cultivate the soil
until his life's labors were ended in death. His widow survives and now makes
her home in Hot Springs.

    W. O. Creason, having mastered the branches of learning taught in the
district schools near his boyhood home, afterward attended Avalon College at
Avalon, Missouri, where he pursued a classical course. Later he went to Kansas
City and for a time worked in connection with the street car system there. He
was thus employed during the daytime in order that he might earn money enough
with which to meet the expenses of a stenographic course, which he pursued at
night. When he had completed his studies he obtained a position as stenographer
in the office of the E. P. Cowen Lumber Company of Kansas City. Missouri, and
remained with that house until the failure of the firm three years later. He
afterward worked as office man for the Saunders-Turner Lumber Company of Kansas
City for a period of three years and then removed to Myrtis, Louisiana, where he
was placed in charge of the office of the Black Bayou Lumber Company. After a
brief period of six months, however, he returned to Kansas City and was made
assistant sales manager of the yellow pine department of the Long-Bell Lumber
Company, continuing in that position for a period of two years. In 1904 he went
to Kirksville, Missouri, and organized the Adair Lumber Company, which was
incorporated, the business starting with three lumberyards. Mr. Creason was made
secretary-treasurer and general manager of the new concern and remained with the
company in Kirksville for eight years, at the end of which time he severed his
connection with that business. This was in 1912. The trade of the corporation
had been greatly built up under his management and the business extended until
it included a chain of nine lumberyards. At length, however, Mr. Creason sold
his stock in the enterprise and removed to Hot Springs, where he purchased the
plant of the Missouri Lumber Company and has since continued business operations
in this city. In 1913 he became one of the organizers of the Southern Hardware
Company and is one of three partners who share equally in the business, his
official position being that of vice president. There are few men more
thoroughly acquainted with the lumber trade than Mr. Creason and his capability
and enterprise have made him one of the successful dealers in that field, while
at the present time he is manifesting equal ability in the conduct of the
hardware store.

    In 1897 Mr. Creason was united in marriage to Miss Berdine Lacock of Paola,
Kansas, and they have become parents of one son, Willard George, who is employed
in the office of the Missouri Lumber Company. Mr. Creason is well known through
his fraternal relations, being a life member of Kirksville Lodge, No. 464, B. P.
O. E. He now belongs to the Business Men's League of Hot Springs and for several
years was a member of the board of governors of the league. He also has
membership in the Hot Springs Country & Golf Club and is an associate member of
the Rotary Club. He and his wife belong to the Presbyterian church and its
teachings constitute a guiding spirit in their lives. They are today well known
in this city, having gained many friends since taking up their abode here, while
in commercial circles Mr. Creason is regarded as a man of weight, others
deferring to his sound judgment and recognizing the fact that he possesses those
substantial qualities which in every laud and clime awaken confidence and regard.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922



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