Urban G. Creamer
A conspicuous position among the attorneys of Faytte County is held by this gentleman, who is actively engaged in professional duties, and who, through well-directed efforts, has gained success in his calling. Although he has resided in Washington C. H. for a brief period only, having located here m 1889, he has already secured a permanent place in the regard of the people, and his wide knowledge of the law renders his opinion valuable and often sought.
The early years of the life of our subject were passed amid rural scenes on his father's farm near Jeffersonville, Ohio, where he was born July 25, 1851. For further facts in his paternal history, the reader is referred to the sketch of A. R. Creamer, presented elsewhere in this volume. He passed the summer seasons in farm work, and in the winter diligently applied himself to his studies in the district school. At the age of eighteen, he commenced to teach and was thus engaged during winters for five years, his summers being devoted to agricultural labors. For a few years he worked exclusively on a farm, having charge of the old homestead where he was born.
At the age of twenty-eight, Mr. Creamer was elected .Justice of the Peace and served with efliciency in that capacity for six years. Meanwhile he read law whenever opportunity offered, and at the expiration of his term of service as Justice, he left Jeffersonville and proceeded to Williamsburgh, Clermont County, where he studied law for one year entirely under his own direction. March 1, 1888, he was admitted to practice at the Bar of the State of Ohio, and located for the practice of his profession at Williamsburgh, where he remained until he came to Washington C. H., in February, 1889. Since that time, he has gained a good practice and devotes his attention closely to the demands of his professional duties. In the spring of 1892, he was elected Justice of the Peace at Washington C. H.
The marriage of Mr. Creamer to Miss Laura McLean, of Williamsburgh, was celebrated January 21, 1889, and their pleasant home in Washington C. H. is brightened by the presence of one child, a son, J. Byron. Religiously, Mr. Creamer is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and socially, is a member of the Cerneau Scottish Rite, F. & A. M., which includes the Blue Lodge.
From PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF FAYETTE, PICKAWAY AND MADISON COUNTIES, OHIO - Chapman Bros. [Chicago, 1892]