ARVILLA was born February 18, 1845, near Woodstock, Ohio. She was the twin daughter of Calvin and Sarah (Hawkins) Dresser. When she was 10 years old, the family removed from Ohio to Postville, Iowa, where she grew to young womanhood. She was one of a family of 13 children, five sons and eight daughters. Of this family only three remain. Her twin sister, Mrs. Henry Webb, still living at Postville, Iowa, Mrs. Harriet Bayliss, also of Postville, and Mrs. Jane Hagensick of Elkader, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Robert McCready, October 6, 1867. In the spring of 1869, they came to Cherokee County to build a home in this new country. They had received money as a wedding gift from her parents to purchase the land which had no buildings. Their first task was to build a house in addition to planting crops. They "set up" their temporary home by living in their wagon and when the weather was good they slept under the wagon. Here they lived for many years and raised their family. About 20 years ago they retired to Cherokee, where they have since resided. To this union were born four children. One daughter died in infancy. Those remaining are A.R. McCready, Hartley, Iowa; Mrs. John Klema, Holstein, Iowa, and Mrs. Lucy Smith, Cherokee, Iowa; also 14 grandchildren. There with a host of friends remain to mourn her passing. She was buried Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Presbyterian Church. Interment was at Oak Hill.
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Arvilla was the twin sister to Rozilla (Dresser) Webb. Arvilla was called "Vill" and Rozilla was called "Zill".

Arvilla "Vill" (Dresser) McCready died on October 29, 1925 in Cherokee, Iowa. Her husband's full name was Robert Theodore McCready.

Arvilla was the daughter of Calvin and Sarah "Sally" (Hawkins) Dresser.

The children of Arvilla and Robert McCready were:
1. Albert Robert McCready, who was a druggist in Hartley, Iowa. He married Katharine Vogle and both are buried in a Cherokee, Iowa cemetery.

2. An infant daughter (name is unknown) died of smallpox.

3. Lucy Jane McCready was first married to Thomas "Clem" Klema who died in 1919.Her second marriage was to Cassius P. "Cash" Smith.

4. Rozilla Mae McCready married John Klema. They are both buried in a cemetery at Holstein, Iowa.

The siblings of Arvilla (Dresser) McCready are:
1. Charles Dresser, who died at the age of 3
2. Francis Dresser
3. Hiram Dresser
4. Lucy (Dresser) Clark
5. Mehitable (Dresser) Reed
6. Alonzo Harvey Dresser
7. Harriet (Dresser) Bayless
8. Rozilla "Zill" (Dresser) Webb

Their mother, Sarah "Sally" (Hawkins) Dresser, was also a twin to a brother named Benjamin Hawkins
9. Lydia (Dresser) Chase
10. John Smith Dresser
11. Sarah Jane (Dresser) Hagensick

In 1869 Robert and Arvilla (Dresser) McCready left Postville, Iowa in Allamakee County to farm land near Cherokee, Iowa, which was given to them by her father, Calvin Dresser. They slept under a wagon box until they could get lumber to build a home on the farm. The land continued to remain in the McCready family until 1990 when their granddaughter, Myrna (McCready) Nichols of Evansdale, Illinois *daughter of Albert and Katherine McCready* passed away. All of the buildings on the farm had been removed and the land was farmed on contract basis.