Edward Wester Creal (1883 - 1943)

Born 20 Nov 1883 in Mount Sherman, Larue County, Kentucky, USA

Husband of Alice Beatrice Crady — married 13 Aug 1908 in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Died 13 Oct 1943 at age 59 in Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, USA

Biography

U.S. Congressman. He was a school teacher and between teaching terms attended, attended East Lynn College, graduated from the law department of Centre College in 1906 and commenced to practice law in Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1910. He was county superintendent of schools of Larue County, (1910-18) county attorney (1918-28), Commonwealth attorney (1929-36) and owner-publisher of a weekly newspaper in Hodgenville. In 1935, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Cap R. Carden, reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until his death at age 59 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)

Name

Name: Edward Wester Creal

Birth

Birth:

Date: 20 November 1883

Place: Mount Sherman, LaRue County, Kentucky, United States

Marriage

Wife: Alice Beatrice Crady

Date: 13 Aug 1908

Place: Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Death

Death:

Date: 13 October 1943

Place: Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, United States

Burial

Burial:

Date: 15 October 1943

Place: Red Hill Cemetery, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, United States

Historic Information

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_W._Creal
• https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/edward_creal/403010

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6868077
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7TP-GFQ : accessed 15 February 2017), Edward W Creal, Hodgenville, Magisterial District 1, Larue, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-1, sheet 5A, line 14, family 100, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1327.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K35L-DWF : 12 December 2014), Edward Wester Creal, 1917-1918; citing Larue County, Kentucky, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,653,497.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKC4-2YYH : 9 April 2016), Edward W Creal, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q2QD-HS6X : accessed 15 February 2017), Edward W. Creal and Alice Beatrice Crady, 13 Aug 1908; citing Jefferson, Larue, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 409,560.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M26S-84D : accessed 15 February 2017), Ed W Creal, Hyden, Larue, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 15A, family 305, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 489; FHL microfilm 1,374,502.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M946-L7H : accessed 15 February 2017), Eddy W Creal in household of Edward Creal, Magisterial District 4, Hammonville, Hart, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 2B, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,526.