Biographical Sketch of Stephen Cresswell, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Cresswell Stephen is a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Washington County, members of which settled in the county nearly if not quite seventy years ago. Stephen's father, George, and his mother Hannah (Cliff) Cresswell, were natives of England, and were born, respectively, April 17, 1796 and December 26, 1795. They were married in the year 1820, and in 1821 immigrated to the United States, settling first in Pennsylvania, but soon afterward removing to Wash- ington County, Mo., where the father was interested in farming, mining, smelting, milling and selling goods; he it was who built the second blast furnace, or Scotch Heath, for smelting in the county, and he also erected the mill which still bears his name. George Cresswell, who was one of the most prominent business men of his adopted county, died on April 4, 1871 and his wife died June 7, 1879. Their seven children were named as follows: Mary Ann, Abigail, George, Stephen, William C., Joseph and Rose N. Stephen Cresswell was born in Washington County November 8, 1827, and was principally reared on a farm; he now owns, besides 685 acres of land in his own right, an undivided half interest in the mill property on Mineral Fork, which includes 320 acres. Mr. Cresswell was married March 16, 1848, to Mrs. Catherine Simpson, a native of Washington County, who was born November 30, 1827, and is a daughter of Joseph and Lovey (Coates) Simpson, of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Cresswell have five children, who names are Hannah L., Jessie C., George S., Emma E. and William G. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================