Harrison Crecelius was the youngest of four sons of John G. Crecelius II & Diana Wilson. He had one glass eye, after a childhood accident. In the early 1850s, he joined seven siblings & their families in a westward migration to central Iowa, settling 12 miles north of Marshalltown.* But he'd left behind a sweetheart, and in 1856 he returned east and married on 1 January 1857 in Meade County, Kentucky, to Nancy Burris (1837-1877), daughter of Alexander F. Burris & Malinda Popham. Nancy died on February 7th, 1877, not long after the birth of her seventh child on December 23rd, 1876. Harrison & Nancy's seven children:
Malinda Frances Crecelius 1857-1945
John Thomas Crecelius 1860-1944
William Henry Crecelius 1863-1938
Mary Alice Crecelius 1866-1944
Sarah Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Crecelius 1869-1872
Walter Edward "Edward" Crecelius 1873-1941
Samuel David Crecelius 1876-1964
*The 1856 census of Grundy County, Iowa, lists seven Crecelius siblings & their families living side by side on the prairie, near Wolf Creek:
Mahala with husband John W. Conrad & 6 children
Adam Crecelius
Mary Crecelius Bartles & her 2 children
Harrison Crecelius
David Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
George Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
Phebe with husband Andrew J. Melton & 2 daughters
1913 obituary: HARRISON CRECELIUS
Dies at Home of His Daughter After Brief Illness, Aged
Eighty-one Years
Harrison Crecelius died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leander Bottles, two miles southwest of Corydon, last Friday afternoon, at half past two o'clock, after an illness of two weeks from the infirmities of old age, at the advanced age of eight-one years.
Funeral services were held at Bethel Chapel, a United Brethren church, at Cold Friday, in Scott township, last Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, conducted by Rev. D. T. Taylor, the United Brethren pastor at Corydon, and the burial was in the church cemetery nearby.
Mr. Crecelius was born and reared in this county. He leaves surviving him six children - four sons and two daughters - Walter E, and John, of Caruthersville
Missouri, Samuel D., of St. Louis, William and Mrs. Al. Crecelius, of Iowa, and Mrs. Leander Bottles, of this county.
The deceased was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Burris in 1856. To this union seven children were born, one of them, Elizabeth, dying at the age of two years.
Mrs. Crecelius died in 1877.
He also leaves three brothers, all of whom are older than he was, as follows, David, of this county, who is past ninety; George, of Marshalltown, Iowa, who is past eighty-five; and Adam, of Iowa, aged eighty-three. Also sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The deceased was a good citizen. He united with the United Brethren church fifty-six years ago and he lived a consistent Christian life from that time until his death. He had lived with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leander Bottles, nineteen years.
Malinda Frances Crecelius 1857-1945
John Thomas Crecelius 1860-1944
William Henry Crecelius 1863-1938
Mary Alice Crecelius 1866-1944
Sarah Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Crecelius 1869-1872
Walter Edward "Edward" Crecelius 1873-1941
Samuel David Crecelius 1876-1964
*The 1856 census of Grundy County, Iowa, lists seven Crecelius siblings & their families living side by side on the prairie, near Wolf Creek:
Mahala with husband John W. Conrad & 6 children
Adam Crecelius
Mary Crecelius Bartles & her 2 children
Harrison Crecelius
David Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
George Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
Phebe with husband Andrew J. Melton & 2 daughters
1913 obituary: HARRISON CRECELIUS
Dies at Home of His Daughter After Brief Illness, Aged
Eighty-one Years
Harrison Crecelius died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leander Bottles, two miles southwest of Corydon, last Friday afternoon, at half past two o'clock, after an illness of two weeks from the infirmities of old age, at the advanced age of eight-one years.
Funeral services were held at Bethel Chapel, a United Brethren church, at Cold Friday, in Scott township, last Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, conducted by Rev. D. T. Taylor, the United Brethren pastor at Corydon, and the burial was in the church cemetery nearby.
Mr. Crecelius was born and reared in this county. He leaves surviving him six children - four sons and two daughters - Walter E, and John, of Caruthersville
Missouri, Samuel D., of St. Louis, William and Mrs. Al. Crecelius, of Iowa, and Mrs. Leander Bottles, of this county.
The deceased was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Burris in 1856. To this union seven children were born, one of them, Elizabeth, dying at the age of two years.
Mrs. Crecelius died in 1877.
He also leaves three brothers, all of whom are older than he was, as follows, David, of this county, who is past ninety; George, of Marshalltown, Iowa, who is past eighty-five; and Adam, of Iowa, aged eighty-three. Also sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The deceased was a good citizen. He united with the United Brethren church fifty-six years ago and he lived a consistent Christian life from that time until his death. He had lived with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leander Bottles, nineteen years.
Harrison Crecelius was the youngest of four sons of John G. Crecelius II & Diana Wilson. He had one glass eye, after a childhood accident. In the early 1850s, he joined seven siblings & their families in a westward migration to central Iowa, settling 12 miles north of Marshalltown.* But he'd left behind a sweetheart, and in 1856 he returned east and married on 1 January 1857 in Meade County, Kentucky, to Nancy Burris (1837-1877), daughter of Alexander F. Burris & Malinda Popham. Nancy died on February 7th, 1877, not long after the birth of her seventh child on December 23rd, 1876. Harrison & Nancy's seven children:
Malinda Frances Crecelius 1857-1945
John Thomas Crecelius 1860-1944
William Henry Crecelius 1863-1938
Mary Alice Crecelius 1866-1944
Sarah Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Crecelius 1869-1872
Walter Edward "Edward" Crecelius 1873-1941
Samuel David Crecelius 1876-1964
*The 1856 census of Grundy County, Iowa, lists seven Crecelius siblings & their families living side by side on the prairie, near Wolf Creek:
Mahala with husband John W. Conrad & 6 children
Adam Crecelius
Mary Crecelius Bartles & her 2 children
Harrison Crecelius
David Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
George Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
Phebe with husband Andrew J. Melton & 2 daughters
1913 obituary: HARRISON CRECELIUS
Dies at Home of His Daughter After Brief Illness, Aged
Eighty-one Years
Harrison Crecelius died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leander Bottles, two miles southwest of Corydon, last Friday afternoon, at half past two o'clock, after an illness of two weeks from the infirmities of old age, at the advanced age of eight-one years.
Funeral services were held at Bethel Chapel, a United Brethren church, at Cold Friday, in Scott township, last Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, conducted by Rev. D. T. Taylor, the United Brethren pastor at Corydon, and the burial was in the church cemetery nearby.
Mr. Crecelius was born and reared in this county. He leaves surviving him six children - four sons and two daughters - Walter E, and John, of Caruthersville
Missouri, Samuel D., of St. Louis, William and Mrs. Al. Crecelius, of Iowa, and Mrs. Leander Bottles, of this county.
The deceased was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Burris in 1856. To this union seven children were born, one of them, Elizabeth, dying at the age of two years.
Mrs. Crecelius died in 1877.
He also leaves three brothers, all of whom are older than he was, as follows, David, of this county, who is past ninety; George, of Marshalltown, Iowa, who is past eighty-five; and Adam, of Iowa, aged eighty-three. Also sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The deceased was a good citizen. He united with the United Brethren church fifty-six years ago and he lived a consistent Christian life from that time until his death. He had lived with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leander Bottles, nineteen years.
Malinda Frances Crecelius 1857-1945
John Thomas Crecelius 1860-1944
William Henry Crecelius 1863-1938
Mary Alice Crecelius 1866-1944
Sarah Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Crecelius 1869-1872
Walter Edward "Edward" Crecelius 1873-1941
Samuel David Crecelius 1876-1964
*The 1856 census of Grundy County, Iowa, lists seven Crecelius siblings & their families living side by side on the prairie, near Wolf Creek:
Mahala with husband John W. Conrad & 6 children
Adam Crecelius
Mary Crecelius Bartles & her 2 children
Harrison Crecelius
David Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
George Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
Phebe with husband Andrew J. Melton & 2 daughters
1913 obituary: HARRISON CRECELIUS
Dies at Home of His Daughter After Brief Illness, Aged
Eighty-one Years
Harrison Crecelius died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leander Bottles, two miles southwest of Corydon, last Friday afternoon, at half past two o'clock, after an illness of two weeks from the infirmities of old age, at the advanced age of eight-one years.
Funeral services were held at Bethel Chapel, a United Brethren church, at Cold Friday, in Scott township, last Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, conducted by Rev. D. T. Taylor, the United Brethren pastor at Corydon, and the burial was in the church cemetery nearby.
Mr. Crecelius was born and reared in this county. He leaves surviving him six children - four sons and two daughters - Walter E, and John, of Caruthersville
Missouri, Samuel D., of St. Louis, William and Mrs. Al. Crecelius, of Iowa, and Mrs. Leander Bottles, of this county.
The deceased was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Burris in 1856. To this union seven children were born, one of them, Elizabeth, dying at the age of two years.
Mrs. Crecelius died in 1877.
He also leaves three brothers, all of whom are older than he was, as follows, David, of this county, who is past ninety; George, of Marshalltown, Iowa, who is past eighty-five; and Adam, of Iowa, aged eighty-three. Also sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The deceased was a good citizen. He united with the United Brethren church fifty-six years ago and he lived a consistent Christian life from that time until his death. He had lived with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leander Bottles, nineteen years.
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