William Creighton and Elizabeth Dinsmore

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Husband William Creighton ¹

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           Born: 15 Sep 1837 - County Donegal, Ireland 2
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           Died: Aft 1908
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         Father: David Creighton (1795-1855/1860) 3
         Mother: Jane Erskine (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: Mar 1863 2

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Wife Elizabeth Dinsmore ²

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           Born: 1837 - Crafton, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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           Died: 26 Jan 1908 2
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         Father: Henry Dinsmore (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Margaret [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Jane Creighton ²

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           Died: Aft 1908
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         Spouse: James Murphy (      -Bef 1908) 2

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2 F Margaret Creighton ²

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         Spouse: Vance Spohn (      -      ) 2

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3 M William Creighton ⁴

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         Spouse: Margaret Kelly (      -      ) 4

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4 F Elizabeth Creighton ⁴

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         Spouse: Thomas Davin (      -      ) 4

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5 M David Creighton ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died: when two years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M James McClintock Creighton ⁴

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           Died: in infancy
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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 F Ella Creighton ⁴

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           Died: in infancy
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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - William Creighton

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He attended the public schools of the Third ward, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, acquiring a practical education. He was employed in Pittsburgh by different firms until arriving at majority, when he became a riverman, boating coal to New Orleans and other river points. He became a pilot, and during the war was in charge of the movement of river coal for the government. In 1863 he retired from the river and began farming, also owning many teams and conducting general contracting, grading, etc. He went to the oil regions when the Allegheny County field was exploited, and for ten years was engaged in a very heavy business of hauling and delivering to the wells their machinery and supplies. He became one of the representative citizens of Chartiers township, and his residence in Crafton, which was built in 1871, was the second building erected in the borough. He was the owner of large real estate holdings in Crafton and farm property in Morgan County, Ohio. In 1881 he was elected supervisor of Chartiers township, and reelected several times to the same office; in 1898 was made chief inspector of the county roads; in 1903 assistant superintendent of county roads, and served as councilman and assessor of the borough of Crafton. He was a director of the Trust Company of Crafton. He was a Republican in politics, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He was always an active political worker, and stood high in the local councils of his party.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Dinsmore

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The homestead of the Dinsmore family, where she was born, was an old log cabin located about midway between Bradford and Noble avenues, in Crafton, about one square distant from the crossing point of those two thoroughfares. Her parents and eight children made their home in the log cabin from 1822 until 1847.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 77.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 78.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 76.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 79.