Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....CREASY, Samuel C. 1860 - living in 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 3, 2005, 7:33 pm Author: Biographical Publishing Co. SAMUEL C. CREASY, senior member of the firm of Creasy & Wells, the largest lumber merchants of Columbia County, Pa., whose yards are located at Bloomsburg, is one of the prosperous and enterprising business men of the borough. This highly esteemed citizen was born at Light Street, Columbia County, Pa., November 21, 1860, and is a son of Henry W. and Martha E. (Sloan) Creasy, and a grandson of Samuel and Mary (Brown) Creasy. Our subject's great-grandfather was Henry Creasy, who came from the state of New Jersey and settled in Mifflin township, Columbia County. His son Samuel, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Mifflin township, Columbia County, and began life as a farmer, which occupation he followed but a short time, when, in partnership with George and Elisha Brown, he embarked in the mercantile business, which he carried on until death claimed him, at the age of seventy-five years. He married Mary Brown, who bore him a family of eight children, namely: Henry W.; Nathan B.; Horace; Elizabeth; Daniel B.; William; John J.; and Fanny. Our subject's grandmother passed from this life aged eighty-six years. Henry Wesley Creasy, the father of our subject, was born at Mifflinville, Columbia County, Pa., October 17, 1825. His boyhood days were spent attending school and when young he began clerking in a flouring mill and later worked in a mercantile store at Berwick, Pa. Having become thoroughly acquainted with the mercantile business he went to Lime Ridge, Pa., where he ran a store on his own account; later he sold out and went to Light Street, Pa., where he clerked for James M click, but was soon taken in as a partner. William Creasy subsequently purchased the interests of Mr. Melick, and for three years the business was carried on under the firm name of Creasy Bros. Upon the death of William he was succeeded by his brother Daniel, who is now a merchant of Bloomsburg. The two brothers, Henry and Daniel, in addition to carrying on a mercantile store, conducted a lumber-yard until the death of our subject's father, which occurred October 30, 1868. Mr. Creasy was an active member of the Presbyterian Church and was steward and superintendent of the Sunday School. He was joined in marriage with Martha Sloan, a daughter of George and Susan (Melick) Sloan, and granddaughter of David Sloan, who came from Ireland and settled at Summer Hill, Briarcreek township, Columbia County. George Sloan was a farmer and started his son Samuel in the mercantile business at Light Street, Pa.; while he was en route to Philadelphia to purchase goods Samuel was drowned and his father took charge of the store and conducted it until his death. He died aged sixty-three years. He was married to Susan Melick and they had a family of five children, who grew to maturity, as follows: Samuel; Susanna; Mary Jane; Margaret B.; and Martha E., the mother of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy were the parents of five children, all of whom died young except our subject. They were as follows: Alice and Wilbur, deceased, were twins and were born March 26, 1859: Samuel, our subject; George Edwin, died May 29, 1863; and Maggie A., died February 17, 1867. Our subject, with his mother, moved to Bloomsburg in 1871, where Samuel attended the State Normal School and later the Kingston Seminary. Upon leaving school he clerked for a period of three years, and in 1883 he embarked in the lumber business on a small scale. Later he took in Mr. Wells as a partner and they now have their yard located between Sixth and Seventh streets, which is the largest lumber-yard in the county. They also carry a complete line of sashes, doors, blinds, and other house furnishings, and give employment to a large force of men. They own a mill and cut and saw their own lumber, and have purchased many hundred acres of timberland in the vicinity. The proprietors are men of hustling ability and have established a trade second to none in the county, and our subject has not only sold many houses in the town but has erected more houses than any other man in Bloomsburg. Mr. Creasy is one of the most energetic and active business men of Bloomsburg, and has assisted in many of the most flourishing enterprises in the borough. He is popular, and is held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens. Samuel C. Creasy was united in the bonds of matrimony to May Wells, a daughter of E. C. Wells, whose sketch also appears in this Book of Biographies. Seven children have blessed this happy union: Annie, Martha, Edward, Ruth and Ethel; and Clifton and Clyde, deceased. Mr. Creasy has served his fellow-citizens as president of the town council and has held other public offices. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb