Alexander Creel (abt. 1865 - aft. 1930)

Born about 1865 in Mississippi, United States

Husband of Fannie (Carney) Creel — married 21 Dec 1908 in Jones County, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Alexander Creel was born in 1871 (1910 census), May 1877 (1910 census), 1867 (1920 census), 1865 (1930 census), in Mississippi, USA as a child of Lou Creel.

He died between the censuses of 1930 and 1940. Did find a news article from May 1935 that appears to include him and his son. ^[1]

When he was 20, he married Alice Wright, daughter of Mary Wright, ^[2] on Dec 21, 1891 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA ^[3] or about 1889 (based upon 1900 census).

When he was 37, he married Lydia Frances "Fannie" Carney on Dec 21, 1908 in Jones County, Mississippi, USA. ^[4]

Alexander Creel lived in Southwest, Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1900 (Age: 23; Marital Status: Married; Relation: Head). He lived in Ellisville Ward 4, Jones, Mississippi in 1910 (Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation: Head). He lived in Southeast, Jones, Mississippi in 1920 (Age: 53; Marital Status: Married; Relation: Head). He lived in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 65; Marital Status: Married; Relation: Head).

Alexander Creel and Alice Wright had the following children:

1. Chalmer Creel was born on Aug 16, 1887 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. He died on May 21, 1944 in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 56). Note: There are inconsistencies on his birth date, see his profile. Bishop-4082 20:04, 19 May 2016 (EDT)
2. Millie Creel was born in Feb 1897 in Mississippi, USA. She died before 1959 (not named in brother's, Dowford Tom, obituary).
3. Dollie Creel was born in 1902 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 14, 1944 in Lake Providence, East Carroll, Louisiana, USA (Age at Death: 42). ^[5]

Alexander Creel and Lydia Frances "Fannie" Carney had the following children:

1. Alford Creel was born on Aug 13, 1904 in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA. He died on Jan 10, 1929 (Age at Death: 24). (step-child to Alex)
2. Dowford Tom Creel Sr. was born on Aug 13, 1904 in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA. He died on Sep 13, 1959 in Baytown, Harris, Texas, USA (at home; Age at Death: 55). (step-child to Alex) He married Audrey Louise "Audulou" Carney on Apr 09, 1923.
3. Hannon C. Creel was born on Oct 11, 1909 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Aug 06, 1991 in Petal, Forrest, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 81). He married Hassie Allen about 1929.

Sources

1. ↑ Visits from Tom Creel family Clipped from The Leader-Call, 28 May 1935, Tue, Page 10
2. ↑ Unknown Source
3. ↑ Hunting For Bears, comp., Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), www.ancestry.com. Name: Alexander Creel Spouse: Alice Creel Marriage Date: 21 Dec 1891 County: Simpson
4. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZR-9VN : accessed 19 May 2016), Alex Creel and Fannie Creel, 21 Dec 1908; citing Jones, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 903,690.
5. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBH-KSS : accessed 19 May 2016), Dollie Creel Dennis, 14 Dec 1944; citing Lake Providence, East Carroll, Louisiana, certificate number 517116, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,220,775.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1H-LDY : accessed 19 May 2016), Alex Creel, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8P-38D : accessed 19 May 2016), A Creel, Ellisville Ward 4, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 242B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,758.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XM-VS5 : accessed 19 May 2016), Alex Creel, Beat 5 Southwest Albertson & Estabutchie towns, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 31B, family 565, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,813.