BIRD SMITH CREASEY 1814-1860

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July 6, 2008, corrected the place of birth for Mariah Adeline Creasey.

FRIENDSHIP CEMETERY
McDONOUGH COUNTY, ILLINOIS

BIRD SMITH CREASEY
1814-1860
(tombstone not yet photographed)

B. S. CREASEY
DIED JULY 25, 1860
AGED 46 Ys.

Visitors to this page should follow the next link to an essay on Bird Smith Creasey, wife Nancy George Wilkes and their extended family, written by Gaylord and Eppie Mason, and submitted to

Lauderdale County, Alabama, Biographies. This biography is complete with tintype images of Bird and Nancy. Return to this page with your browser button.

We have drawn full names, dates and birth locations from the Creasey biography.

See also: Mary Foster Wilkes, Nancy's mother.

Bird and Nancy's children:

i.	James Frances Creasey, born about 1841 in Lauderdale County, Alabama.
ii.	John Foster Creasey, born about 1843 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. He died August 25, 1865, burial at Friendship Cemetery.
iii.	Mary Ann Creasey, born about 1844 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, died in Greenup County, Kentucky, before June 1, 1850.
iv.	George Washington Creasey, born September 12, 1846, in Greenup County, Kentucky.
v.	Hiram Ferguson Creasey, born about 1848 in Greenup County, Kentucky.
vi.	Henry Thomas Creasey, born about 1851 in Greenup County, Kentucky.
vii.	Sarah Lavinda Creasey, born April 10, 1852, in Greenup County, Kentucky.
viii.	Mariah Adeline Creasey, born January 8, 1854, in Greenup County, Kentucky.
ix.	Martha Alice Creasey, born about 1856 in McDonough County, Illinois.
x.	Eliza Jane Creasey, born about 1857 in McDonough County, Illinois.

1850 Kentucky Census, Greenup County, District 2, page 196A
enumerated August 27, 1850, dwelling #553

B S Creasey, 36, male, farmer, born VA
Nancy G, 33, female, born VA
James F, 9, male, born AL, [no school attendance indicated]
John F, 7, male, born AL, [no school attendance indicated]
George W, 3, male, born KY
Hiram F, 1, male, born KY

1860 Illinois Census, McDonough County, Hire Township, page 658
enumerated June 29, 1860, dwelling #2158

Bird Creasey, 45, male, farmer, value of real estate 375, value of personal estate 275, born VA, male, could not read or write
Nancy, 41, female, born VA, could not read or write
James, 19, male, born AL
John, 16, male, born AL
George W, 18, male, born KY
Hiram, 11, male, born KY
Henry, 9, male, born KY
Lavinda, 9, female, born KY
Maria, 6, female, born KY
Alice, 3, female, born IL
Eliza, 2, female, born IL
Polly Wilks, 77, female, born VA

1870 Illinois Census, McDonough County, Hire Township, page 454A
enumerated June 27, 1870, dwelling #4
(immediately following the household of her son, Frank)

Cressy, Nancy, 40, female, white, keep house, value of personal estate 200, born AL
Hiram, 21, male, white, farmer, born AL, male, citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Henry, 18, male, white, farmer, born AL
Vinda, 16, female, white, born IL
Mariah, 14, female, white, born IL
Alice, 12, female, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Eliza, 10, female, white, born IL, attended school within the year

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