BIO: William KREAMER, Centre County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/centre/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/centre/1picts/commbios/comm-bios.htm _____________________________________________________________________ Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898. _____________________________________________________________________ WILLIAM KREAMER is one of the most prominent and substantial citizens of the pleasant little town of Millheim, Centre county, and his history shows that he possesses the characteristic qualities of the typical business man. He is a native of Centre county, and was born June 5, 1839, in Miles township, where his father, John Kreamer, was a prominent farmer. John Kreamer was born in Berks county, Penn., and when he was a boy of twelve summers accompanied his parents to a new home upon a farm in Rebersburg. He grew to manhood there, and married Miss Sally Weaver, by whom he had six children: Jonathan, a resident of Jefferson county, Kans.; Reuben, of Rebersburg; Mary, who died unmarried in Miles township, Centre county; William, our subject; Jestie Ann (deceased), who did not marry; and Jerad, a resident of Potter township, Centre county. The father was an industrious man and prospered in his affairs. He was influential in local and religious movements as a member of the Lutheran Church and was active in politics as well, being elected to various township offices on the Democratic ticket. He attained the good old age of eighty-six years, and his wife, who was a devout member of the German Reformed Church, passed away at eighty- eight years of age, the remains of both being interred in the cemetery at Rebersburg. William Kreamer's early opportunities for schooling were none of the best, being limited to the country schools of the time and locality, and this is probably one cause of his earnest advocacy of improved methods for the training and instruction of the youth of to-day. His interest has been shown by his many years of service as a member of the school board of Miles township, Centre county, and for six consecutive years he was the secretary of that body. Mr. Kreamer grew to manhood on the farm where he was born, and at the age of twenty-five he was married in Rebersburg to Miss Annie M. Ruhl, who was born in the same township, July 13, 1839, a daughter of John Ruhl. Mr. Kreamer took his bride to the old homestead, where they resided until the spring of 1895, when they removed to their present home in South Penn street, Millheim. He has not only been a most successful farmer, but has been largely interested in buying and selling stock, having paid out thousands of dollars to stock raisers in his county and those ad- 248 COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Joining. At present he is retired from active business with the exception of the care of certain investments and loans. His home in Millheim is both comfortable and tasteful, making a pleasant spot in which to spend the leisure which his prosperity gives. He and his wife are prominent members of the Lutheran Church, and have become identified with its varied helpful activities. They have one daughter, Ida V., now the wife of W. H. Klepper, a teacher in the Grammar School at Lock Haven, Pann.; they have had four children: Lee R., Paul K., Fairy G. (deceased in 1892) and Anna M. Politically, Mr. Kreamer is a Democrat, but, while he is a stanch and influential supporter of his party, he has never been a politician in the ordinary sense of the term. The different township offices which he has held from time to time have been filled most creditably, the same shrewd judgment and energetic management which have won him success in the business arena having been devoted to the discharge of his official duties.