... James A. Creath, the father of our subject, was married April 7, 1836, to Lusetta M. Weatherby, and continued to live on the home farm a few years, until two children had been born. He then moved to lands that he had purchased, one mile west of Holton. Here he lived till the time of his death in 1866. He was engaged, besides the management of his farm, in buying and selling western lands, and contracted the smallpox at Peoria, Illinois, and was taken to a hospital at Centralia, Illinois, where he died. The mother died February 26, 1887, at Hazel Dell, Illinois, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lusetta Patrick. This family consisted of thirteen children, all of whom are dead except four. Those living are Almon S. Creath, Oliver P. Creath and Miss Martha E. Creath, of this city, and Daniel L. Creath, of Lebanon. Of those dead, Ann married Ed Evans, a well known farmer of Jackson township; Amy married William Barkley, of New Point; Isaac married a daughter of John B. Evans, of Sandcreek township. Other members of the family died in early years, and some in Illinois. ...
