Andrew S. McCreath and Eliza Berghaus

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Husband Andrew S. McCreath ¹

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           Born: 8 Mar 1849 - Ayr, Scotland 1
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         Father: William McCreath (Abt 1803-1878) 1
         Mother: Margaret Crichton (Abt 1807-1870) 2

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       Marriage: 4 Feb 1875 1

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Wife Eliza Berghaus ¹

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         Father: Dr. Charles L. Berghaus (      -      ) 1 3
         Mother: Mary Walborn Hummel (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Andrew S. McCreath

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He was educated at Ayr Academy, and Glasgow University for classical course, and took special chemical courses at Andersonian University, Glasgow, under Professors Penny and Dr. Clark, and subsequently at Gottingen, under Professors Wochler and Filtig. He came to America in 1870, and assumed charge of the chemical laboratory at the Pennsylvania Steel Works, where he remained till August, 1874, when he was appointed by the State geologist, chemist to the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. He prepared reports for the State geologist, and special reports on the mineral resources along the lines of the Shenandoah Valley, Norfolk and Western, and New River Railroads.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 585.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 347.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 123.