[p. 1005] a substantial citizen of Hickory Township, residing on his well improved farm of seventy-five acres, which is situated on the south side of the East Brook Road, about one mile northwest of the village, was born January 1, 1841, and is a son of Enoch and Margaret (Pierson) McCreary, and a grandson of Samuel McCreary, a very early settler in Lawrence County.
John McCreary belongs to an agricultural family and farming has been his life-long occupation. He obtained a country school education and has always been an advocate of a liberal system of public schooling. He was married June 13, 1867, to Rachel McCaslin, who is a daughter of Robert and Nellie (Alfred) McCaslin, and their children were: Robert L., Ernest M., Geneva E., Samuel P., Edith E., and Ruth Ellen. Robert Leon married Minnie Blakeley. Ernest M. married Louise Stemple, and they have three children: Alice L., Geneva E., and Robert P. Samuel P., who was born March 4, 1874, learned the cigarmaking trade after completing his education and now operates a cigar factory at Skidmore. He married Jennie Glass, a daughter of W. J. and Mary (McMillin) Glass, and they have one child, Leon Everett. Edith Estrella married Rev. James Briceland, and they have one son, Donald Briceland. She is a graduate of Westminster College and a very accomplished musician. Ruth Ellen is a graduate of the State Normal school and is a popular and successful teacher in Allegheny. The ladies of the family have been socially prominent in New Castle society, members of which are often hospitably entertained at the country home. The family residence is a commodious two-story frame one and in the background stand substantial farm buildings. Mr. McCreary and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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