BIO: John S. McCREERY, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 870 & 871.
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  JOHN S. McCREERY, who has been a justice of the peace in Ferguson township for 
twenty-seven years, enjoying the distinction of having served continuously in 
this office longer than any other in this township, is a qualified civil and 
mining engineer and timber estimator.  He was born March 4, 1854, at Marion 
Center, Indiana county, Pa., and is a son of Robert and Nancy McCreery, both of 
whom are now deceased.
  John S. McCreery was educated in the public schools, Mt. Pleasant Institute, 
and Westminster College, and afterward spent some years teaching school in 
Westmoreland and Clearfield counties, and in the latter was an instructor in the 
Lumber City Academy.  He also had farm interests and engaged also in lumbering 
to some extent and in a professional way is known all through this section, 
serving at present as mine engineer for three clay mines and having many 
contracts on hand for land surveys and timber estimates.
  Mr. McCreery was married to Miss Emma Watts, a daughter of Martin Watts, of 
Ferguson township.  They are members of the Presbyterian church, in which he is 
an elder.  Mr. McCreery is a charter member of Kerrmoor Grange.  In his views on 
public questions he is a Prohibitionist.  He has served several terms as school 
director in his township and has been a jury commissioner of Clearfield county.  
He is a stockholder in the different telephone companies in this section of the 
county and is a charter member of the Farmers and Traders Bank of Clearfield.