GIDEON WINFIELD6 CREAGER
s/o John C. (Carl or Christian)5 Creager & Sarah "Sally" Ann Prugh
(Christian4, Adam3 Creager, Johann Casper2 Krieger/Creager, Hans Ernst1 Krieger)
Biographical Sketch
by
Audrey Ann (Shields)9 Hancock
October 23, 2004
Ancestors
of
Audrey (Shields) Hancock
Hans Ernst KRIEGER of Germany
m to #3 Catharina WERNER
Johann "Casper" KRIEGER/CREAGER (1697-bef Oct 1765)
m 1728 to Anna "Christina" HOFFARTH/HOFFERT (1706-aft 1769)
Adam CREAGER (ca 1737-1804)
m bef 1772 to Christina HOFFARTH/HUFFERT (1749-aft 1801)
Christian CREAGER (1774-1836)
m 1800 to Anna Mary WOOLF (????-1842)
John C. (Carl or Christian) CREAGER (1817-1897)
m 1844 to Sarah "Sally" Ann PRUGH (1822-????)
Gideon Winfield CREAGER (1859-1940)
m 1882 to Mary Jane DUNHAM (1864-1942)
Sarah "Sally" Margaret CREAGER (1883-1961)
m to Raymond Dale SHIELDS
Dale Caleb SHIELDS
m Rita Marie Margaret LEHMANN
Audrey Ann Patricia SHIELDS
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GIDEON WINFIELD6 CREAGER, son of John C. (Carl or Christian)5 CREAGER and Sarah "Sally" Ann PRUGH, was born 6 June 1859 Van Buren Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. On 30 November 1882 he married Mary Jane DUNHAM probably in Darke County, Ohio, home of the bride. Mary Jane, daughter of James DUNHAM, Jr. and Margaret Elizabeth SLONAKER of Darke County, Ohio, was born 21 October 1864 in Darke County. Her father, James Dunham, died at Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia as a Civil War P.O.W.. She was born 20 days after her father's demise.
Mary Jane (Dunham) Creager
Courtesy of: Rea Leda (Shields) McKinley Schlosser, dec'd 2001
Undated Photo
The couple originally made their home in Darke County, Ohio where it appears he was given land by his father or bought land. Here their large family of eleven children were born. Sometime between 1910 & 1920 the family moved to Piqua, Miami County, Ohio.
While residing in the Greenville area they attended the Zion Reformed Church in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, and they evidently kept their membership there through the years, even after relocating to Piqua.
CREAGER FAMILY PHOTO
ca 1915
Courtesy of: James L. Creager II
Identification by Jeri (Creager) Scherer, dau/o James Leo Creager I, s/o Lester Creager
Gideon Winfield Creager & Mary Jane Dunham
Back: L > R: Flossie, Bion "Peck", Burley "Burl", Abdel/Abdiel "Ab", & John
Middle: L > R: Lester "Leck" (left behind Gideon) and further down, Opal
Sitting: L > R:
Virgie "Elizabeth", Gideon, Robert Leo "Lee" (Gideon's lap), Mary Jane, & Sarah "Sally" Margaret
1 September 1894
Courtesy of: Audrey (Shields) Hancock
From the clippings & records of Sarah Margaret (Creager) Shields, dau/o Gideon & Mary Jane (Dunham) Creager
Gideon and Mary Jane celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary with their family and friends on Saturday, 26 November 1932.
50th Wedding Anniversary
of
Gideon Winfield Creager & Mary Jane (Dunham) Creager
The Piqua Daily Call
Wednesday, 30 November 1932
Courtesy of: Audrey (Shields) Hancock
From the clippings & records of Sarah Margaret (Creager) Shields, dau/o Gideon & Mary Jane (Dunham) Creager
Gideon died 19 August 1940 from an auto accident in Miami County, Ohio. Mary Jane died 6 March 1942 in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio. They were both buried at the Zion Reformed Church Cemetery (aka East Zion Cemetery and East View Cemetery), near Greenville in Greenville Township, Darke County, Ohio.
Courtesy of: Audrey (Shields) Hancock
From the clippings & records of Sarah Margaret (Creager) Shields, dau/o Gideon & Mary Jane (Dunham) Creager
2007, Photo courtesy of Audrey (Shields) Hancock
Courtesy of: Katha (Sullenberger) Kievit
Opal Creager
Courtesy of: Rea Leda (Shields) McKinley Schlosser, dec'd 2001
L: Fern & Opal
R: Opal & Fern
Photos Undated
Courtesy of: Katha (Sullenberger) Kievit
Opal is in the back and Fern on the right.
The other girl was identified as Edna Lenon/Lenox.
Undated
Courtesy of: Rea Leda (Shields) McKinley Schlosser, dec'd 2001
L: Lee & Lester
R: Mary Jane, Gideon, and Lee
Photos Undated
Courtesy of: Rea Leda (Shields) McKinley Schlosser, dec'd 2001
Photos Undated
L: Gideon, Mary Jane, & Lee
R: Lee Creager & his older nephew, Dale Caleb Shields (Audrey's father)
Courtesy of: Rea Leda (Shields) McKinley Schlosser, dec'd 2001
L: Gideon, Mary Jane, and Unknown Grandchildren
Undated
Courtesy of: Rea Leda (Shields) McKinley Schlosser, dec'd 2001
L to R: Dale Shields, Mary Imo Shields, Mary Jane (Dunham) Creager, Sarah Margaret (Creager) Shields (wf/o Raymond Shields & mother of Dale, Imo, & Earl)
Little boy was perhaps Earl Shields (s/o Raymond Dale Shields & Sarah Margaret Creager)
Lee Creager, s/o Gideon Creager & Mary Jane Dunham (unknown) said to be peering around the corner.
Little girl: Louise Hickey, dau/o Fred Hickey and Fern Creager & gdau/o Gideon & Mary Jane (Dunham) Creager
Undated (perhaps ca 1925)
Courtesy of: Rea Leda (Shields) McKinley Schlosser, dec'd 2001
L: Lee and Bion
Undated
Courtesy of: Rea Leda (Shields) McKinley Schlosser, dec'd 2001
L: Lee Creager
R: Lester Creager & dog, Bill; Piqua, Ohio
Undated
19 Nov 2012, Courtesy of: Jeri (Creager) Scherer
Left: Lester Creager & Tressa (Brush) Creager at the Bradford, Ohio Pumpkin Festival where one traditionally gets hammered with confetti.
Right: 1935: Photo of Lester, Tressa, and son, James Creager
19 Nov 2012, Courtesy of: Jeri (Creager) Scherer
Wedding Day: 20 Nov 1954: James Leo Creager and Joy Clara Current Creager
James L. Creager, s/o Lester Creager & Tressa Brush
Courtesy of: Katha (Sullenberger) Kievit
Louise Hickey
Daughter of: Frederick Gus Hickey & Flossie Fern Creager
ca 1925
From the Album of Dale & Rita (Lehmann) Shields
L>R: Cecil Cromwell, Abdel Creager, Raymond Dale Shields,
John Creager, Charles Patterson, & Caleb Shields
Unknown children.
Photo taken at the Caleb Shields Family Homestead
Van Buren Twp., Darke Co., OH
Raymond (hus/o Sarah Margaret Creager), s/o Caleb
Cecil and Charles, sons-in-law of Caleb
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