Nelson
Creveling
Born in Almedia, Scott Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Creveling
and Charity (Moore) Creveling
Brother of
Martha (Creveling) Melick, Margaret (Creveling) Gearhart, Johnathan Creveling, Andrew A Creveling, Moore Creveling, John Creveling Jr, Jared Creveling, Delilah (Creveling) Barton and Mary (Creveling) Ricks
Husband of
Phoebe (Eck) Creveling
— married
9 Jan 1840 in Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Catherine (Creveling) Boudeman, Albert J. Creveling, James H. Creveling, Martha Alice Creveling, Harriet C. (Creveling) Hawkins, John F. Creveling, William E. Creveling, Anna M. (Creveling) Robbins, Delilah (Creveling) Catton and Joseph Nelson Creveling
Died
at age 80
in Three Rivers, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Aug 2017
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Biography
Nelson was born in 1817. He was the son of John Creveling and Charity Moore. Married Jan 9, 1940 in St Pauls Ch, Bloomsburg, by Rev B Hutchins th Phoebe Eck. He passed away in 1897.
In October 1845, Nelson and Phoebe left Columbia County, Pennsylvania and settled in Lockport, Midland, Michigan where he purchased 160 acres of land from William Rittenhouse Eck, his brother-in-law. Nelson improved the land over a two year period and then sold it and purchased more land, about 325 acres, in the same general area being about one and a half miles from the village of Three Rivers. The Creveling family established a fine farm there and had a total of ten children..
Sources
- Creveling Family History And Genealogy, 2nd Edition, pg 19
- Portrait and Biographical Album of St. Joseph, County pp 535-536, Michigan, 1889
- Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, PA, p 811; J. H. Beers and Company, 1915
- Helen E. Arkey, Eck Families Primarily Listing Descendants of Jacob Egg/Eck and Anna Maria Margaret Kilcher p. 400; Allentown, PA, 1992
- Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #86203856 (accessed 13 February 2024)
Memorial page for Nelson Creveling (14 Feb 1817-4 Jul 1897), citing Riverside Cemetery, Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA (plot: Section Q); Maintained by Rebecca Nielsen Drumm (contributor 47105628).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nelson:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nelson:
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~0.78%
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