Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 23 December 2004

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ELI McCREARY, retired fanner; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 1806; he is the son of James and Mary (Daugherty) McCreary, natives of Fayette Co., Penn., who emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, in 1800. They were the parents of nine children, six boys and three girls, of whom three girls and two boys survive, all of them being over 70 years of age; the father died in 1814 with the "cold plague," leaving his widow with her young family to battle alone with the world. Our subject had but few opportunities for obtaining an education, and was early put to work on the farm. He was married, Aug. 29, 1837, to Miss Catharine Hart, a native of Turtle Creek Township, and related to John Hart, of New Jersey, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. This marriage resulted in the birth of three children, Zephaniah, the only survivor, who is now taking, charge of his father's farm, and Aletha and Catharine, both deceased. Mr. McCreary was an industrious and hard-working farmer until 1869, when he retired from hard labor and moved into Lebanon, but, after a nine years' residence in town, he returned to the country and is now living with Zephaniah and his wife on the old place. His farm consists of 95 acres of rich, arable, well-improved land, which yields him abundant support for his declining years.