John Creighton LAST NAME: Creighton FIRST NAME: John MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME:  MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3:  TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY:  BORN: 13 Aug 1834 DIED: 22 Dec 1884 BURIED: 1884 ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:   BIRTH PLACE:  Dundee, Scotland DEATH PLACE: Joseph, Wallowa Co., Oregon NOTES:  1880 OR CENSUS - John Creighton, age 44, occupation farmer, b. Scotland, is enumerated with his wife Mary, age 35, b. Iowa, along with Mary P., age 9, Jessie M., age 8, Mable, age 6, and Rosa E., age 1, all born in Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is a boarder, Albert E. Faulkner, age 27, occupation stock farmer, b. New York. OBITUARY:  John CREIGHTON d. 22 Dec 1884 at his home near Joseph, OR - age 50 yrs 4 mo 9 days; of angina pectoris. Son of James H. CRICHTON, one of eight children. He was born in Scotland, lived there until 11 years old; family immigrated to Indiana. He left home when he was about 19, spent 10 years on the frontier; came across the plains when General W. S. Hancock came to Salt Lake City; spent several years in the Great Basin country, came to the Pacific Coast "about 20 years ago"; m. Mary J. McCULLY of Salem, OR , "sixteen years ago this Christmas". He survived by his wife and 4 daughters. Wallowa Chieftain INSCRIPTION:  John Creighton 1834 - 1884 SOURCES:  LD 1880 OR CENSUS (Union Co., Prairie Creek, ED 115, pg 119C) THE McCULLY TRAIN: Iowa to Oregon 1852 by Sanford R. Wilbur and Sally H. Wilbur, pub. 2000, Symbios, 4367 S. E. 16th, Gresham, OR 97080, pg 134 -135. CONTACTS:  LOT: 468 SPACE:  LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: