Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Creamer, J. A. 1874 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

J. A. CREAMER.
More than a century ago George Washington said that agriculture is the most
useful as well as the most honorable occupation of man, and the truth stands
today as it did when the sentence was uttered. Mr. Creamer is numbered among
those who are devoting their lives to farm work, his property comprising a tract
of forty acres on section 24, Agency township. He was born in Arkansas, June 29,
1874, and is a son of A. J. and Samantha J. (Bartholomew) Creamer. The father's
birth occurred in Illinois, while the mother was a native of Ohio, and they came
to Wapello county about sixty years ago. For an extended period they were
identified with agricultural interests here, and in 1910 they removed to the
state of Washington, where they are now residing. They were the parents of four
children, but Leona J., their first born, is now deceased. The others are:
Amanda W., the wife of George Beall of Agency township; J. A., of this review;
and C. M., who is also in the state of Washington.

Although born in Arkansas, J. A. Creamer has spent the greater part of his life
in Iowa, and in the acquirement of his education he pursued a high-school
course. Through the period of his boyhood and youth he assisted his father in
the cultivation of the home farm, continuing to assist him until twenty-two
years of age. About that time he was united in marriage to Miss Birdie McDowell,
who was born September 1, 1877, in Jefferson county, Iowa, and is a daughter of
Aden and Man (Spurlock) McDowell, both of whom were natives of Jefferson county.
In 1911 they left Iowa for Colorado, where they now make their home. Mrs.
Creamer is the eldest of their four children, the others being: Cora O., the
wife of J. A. Reeve of Minnesota; Elna, who is a teacher; and Hazel, who is
living at Boulder, Colorado.

Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Creamer began their domestic life upon a
rented farm, and for some years he continued to cultivate land which he leased,
but during that period he carefully saved his earnings and when his economy and
industry had brought him sufficient capital he invested in property, becoming
the owner of forty acres on section 24, Agency township. He has since devoted
his attention to its cultivation and improvement and now has an excellent farm,
which is well equipped with modern accessories and conveniences. To Mr. and Mrs.
Creamer have been born two children: Harry L., who was born May 4, 1898, and is
now a pupil in the high school of Agency; and Helen Fern, born August 9, 1902.
The parents arc members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Agency and are
loyal to its teachings. Mr. Creamer also belongs to the Modern Woodmen camp and
to the Grange of Agency, and his political allegiance is given to the republican
party, which he has supported since age conferred upon him the right of
franchise. Practically his entire life has been passed in this state, and he has
ever been an interested witness of its development and progress. His life in a
way has been quietly and uneventfully passed, yet the record illustrates what
may be accomplished when energy and ambition point out the way to success.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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