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 Charles Edward Creager

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Charles Edward Creager Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Death
11 Jan 1964 (aged 90)
Oktaha, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
Memorial ID
6836261 View Source

U.S. Congressman. After attending Northern Indiana University, he worked in journalism on several Ohio newspapers and was editor of the Columbus Press. During the Spanish-American War, he served as a Sergeant Major in the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, US Army. After the war, he moved to Muskogee Indian Territory Oklahoma, engaged in the newspaper business, was a oil inspector and was a clerk in the Indian agent office. In 1909, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress, serving until 1911. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was employed in the United States Indian Service and later engaged in oil production until he retired in 1934. He died of emphysema at age 90, at the Muskogee Veterans Administration Hospital.

U.S. Congressman. After attending Northern Indiana University, he worked in journalism on several Ohio newspapers and was editor of the Columbus Press. During the Spanish-American War, he served as a Sergeant Major in the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, US Army. After the war, he moved to Muskogee Indian Territory Oklahoma, engaged in the newspaper business, was a oil inspector and was a clerk in the Indian agent office. In 1909, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress, serving until 1911. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was employed in the United States Indian Service and later engaged in oil production until he retired in 1934. He died of emphysema at age 90, at the Muskogee Veterans Administration Hospital.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith


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  • Added: 6 Oct 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6836261
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6836261/charles-edward-creager: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Edward Creager (28 Apr 1873–11 Jan 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6836261, citing Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.