Grayson County, Texas  -- J.A.Creager Obituary
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Note: This obituary appeared in vol. XXXIII, March, 1925, p. 106 
of "The Confederate Veteran Magazine".


J. A. CREAGER

	On Sunday, February 1, there passed to his reward James
    A. Creager, one of the oldest and most honored citizens of Wilbarger
    County, Tex., in his eighty-fourth year.
    He was the son of William and Bexia McKinney Creager, born in Red
    River County, Tex., November 26, 1841.  When he was four years old
    his parents moved to Grayson County, where he grew up on his father's 
    farm.  When the great struggle between the North and the South began,
    he joined Capt. Tom Bowen's company, Stone's Regiment, Ross's Brigade,
    and served throughout the war.  He was a true son of the South, a 
    valiant soldier, and a faithful comrade.
       Returning to his home in Grayson County, he began farming again.
    He married Miss Nettie Cave in 1867, and fifteen children were born
    to them, eight of them reaching maturity, and only six surviving him
    ---three sons and three daughters.
       Comrade Creager located in Wilbarger County forty-five years ago
    and became one of the leading citizens of the county.  He was made a 
    Mason in 1865, and advanced in office to be Worshipful Master in Mantua
    Lodge.
       In 1865 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the
    First Methodist Church of Vernon, now among the largest Churches of
    Northwest Texas, was organized in his home, he, his wife, and his son
    being among the charter members, and through all the years since he 
    had been a faithful and consistent member.
       Mr. Creager was perhaps the oldest native Texan living in the State.
    His life was active and useful, and as citizen, soldier, Mason, father,
    Christian, he lived out his allotted span, honoring every station in 
    life which he filled. He was laid to rest by the side of the beloved 
    wife, who preceded him some fifteen years.

[From tribute by E. L. Moore]