JACOB CREAMER, manufacturer of Mole Ditching Machines, Mechanicsburg ; was born in Fayette Co., Ohio, in 1809, and is the son of Michael and Mary (Gray) Creamer, both of Virginia. Michael was a farmer by occupation, and emigrated to Fayette Co. in 1805, where the remainder of his life was passed. His death occurred at an advanced age, and that or his wife in 1865. He had twelve children, ten of whom grew up to maturity. Our subject was the seventh child, and was reared and schooled in his native county, where he resided till the fall of 1871, when he became a resident of this county. He located first for two years in Urbana, and then moved to his present place in Mechanicsburg. He followed the calling of his father, and has made farming his principal occupation. He served as County Surveyor of Fayette Co. for nineteen years, and nine years as Justice of the Peace; has given considerable attention to carpentering, and, for the last twenty years, has been engaged in operating a " Mole Ditching Machine," of which he is the patentee. It is a contrivance by means of which a secret ditch is cut any depth up to four feet, making a cheap and durable drainage. It can be regularly graded as the machine passes along, and the capstan, by means of which it is propelled, is mounted on wheels, thereby economizing time. From 100 to 300 rods can be cut per day. We think it destined to become the mode of under-draining on account of its proficiency and cheapness, not costing more than one- fifth as much as ordinary ditching. Mr. C. finds his political creed in the Republican party, and religious in the M. P. Church. He takes an active interest in the temperance cause, and puts himself in sympathy with all temperance movements. He married Elizabeth Benson, of Fayette Co., in 1835, by whom he has had six children, all living.