Hello Mary Jo; It is very nice to hear from you. I ran into a bunch of brick walls at the same time so I have not been doing much research for a couple of years. Also thank you for the Creal notes. Maud Creal is my 1st cousin 3 times removed. George Washington "Wash" Creal 1855-1920 is my great great grandfather. Wash's dad was Jasper Creal and he sold some land to his younger brother Edward Creal which later became Creal Springs. I don't have an Esco Creal in my records I am curious about him because the only Creal clan in the area were all descended from Elijah Creal 1795-1856 as far as I know so I suspect he fits in somewhere. I hope you are in good health. Mike Howerton Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:50:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Mary Jo Moore <mryj_mr@yahoo.com> Subject: [ILWILLIA] CREAL To: ILWILLIA@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060921225001.58118.qmail@web58603.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mike, Good to see your post and know you are still researching. I don't remember what Creal names you are researchinb but thought I would send the following items I found in one of my books. Mary Jo ~~ An Obit for Mrs. Della CREAL, wife of ESCO CREAL of White Ash. She died at the late home at age 30 years and 1 month. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John HARRIS of Creal Springs and was survived by her husband and five small children. Mentions --Mrs. Ennie Newton, Mrs. Ray Creal, Mrs. Alice Creal, Mrs. Laura Castleman, Mrs. R.A. Lyerla and daughter and Mrs. Stella Davis, all of White Ash. From MDR March 11, 1920 Another item from Creal Springs reads: Maud CREAL, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.T. CREAL passed away at her parent's home in East St. Louis on Sunday and was brought to Creal Springs for burial in the nearby cemetery. She was 33 years of age. Funeral services were held in St. Louis. MDR- November 6, 1920 Creal Springs: Mesdames J.W. CREAL and Wash CREAL went to St. Louis to be at the bedside of Wash CREAL who is in St. John's Hospital suffering with cancer. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.6/453 - Release Date: 9/20/2006