Edgar Moses Crees ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on June 1880. ⁷

1880 US Census
Page 171B, Roll 0331
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Moses E. Crees..Son..2m..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1885 Iowa State Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 1885. ⁸

1885 Iowa State Census
Page 385-386, Line 30, Family 106
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Township 79, Range 3, Section 35; SE Quarter of the SW Quarter
Moses Crees..4..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Moscow Township, Muscatine County, IA on January 1895. ⁹

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 232, Line 7, Family 100
Moscow Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
Edgar Crees..14..Cedar County, IA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 4 June 1900. ¹⁰

1900 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 31, Family 26
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Edger Crees..Son..Apr 1880..20..IA..Farm Laborer

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on April 1910. ¹¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 34, Family 100
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Edgar M. Crees..Son-in-law..30..IA

(Living with wife at home of her parents.)
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• His occupation in September 1918 was a Farmer in Atalissa, IA. ¹⁵

• He resided at Route #1 in September 1918 in Atalissa, IA.
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• On 12 September 1918, he registered for the World War I Draft at Tipton, IA.

Name: Edgar M Crees
Birth Date: 01 Apr 1880
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 38, Family 76
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Edgar M. Crees..Self..39..IA

(Living with wife and daughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 15, Family 17, Roll 647
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Edgar E. Crees..Head..50..IA

(Living with wife, 3 children, and mother-in-law.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 17 April 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 16-15, Family 55, Roll 1145
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Home rented, $12
Edgar M. Crees..Head..60..IA..8th grade..Farmer

(Living with wife, son, and widowed mother-in-law.)
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• He was buried after 12 September 1966 in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in West Liberty, IA.

Find A Grave Memorial #104613960
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• His obituary was published in the Muscatine Journal on 13 September 1966 in Muscatine, IA.

¹² Edgar M. Crees, 86, died at 4:30 p.m. Monday at his home on Rt. 2, in Bloomington Township.

Mr. Crees, a farmer, had lived in Cedar county until retiring in 1953 when he moved to Muscatine county.

He was born April 1, 1880, in Cedar county, the son of Joseph W. and Jane Linn Crees. He was married Sept. 8, 1909, in Cedar county to M. Grace Carney.

He was a member of the Atalissa Christian church; a 60-year member of Golden Rule Lodge No. 24 A.F. & A.M. of Rochester, a 50-year member of Order of Eastern Star Atalissa, and a township trustee from 1929 to 1953.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. M. Grace Crees, at home; two sons, Leonard E. Crees of Suitland, Maryland, and Ivan W. Crees of Davenport; one daughter, Mrs. Lawrence (Inez) Rogers of Muscatine; three sisters, Mrs. Estella Adams of Bettendorf, Mrs. Alice Black of Blackwell, Okla., and Mrs. Luella Fiderlein of Atalissa; and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, three brothers and two sisters.

The body is at the George M. Wittich funeral home, where services are pending.

(Source: Muscatine Journal, 13 Sep 1966, Page 6)

NOTE - 14 Sep 1966 Journal brief obit says he was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Edgar married Minnie Grace Carney, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Carney and Eunice Abigail Jennings, on 8 September 1909 in Tipton, IA.^{1 3 4 5 13} (Minnie Grace Carney was born on 11 March 1889 in Tipton, IA,^{3 4 5 11 13 16} died on 1 December 1967 in Muscatine, IA ^{13 16} and was buried after 1 December 1967 in West Liberty, IA ^{13 16}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on April 1910. ¹¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 34, Family 100
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Thomas J. Carney..Head..49..IA
A. Eunice Carney..Wife..54..IA
Allie B. Carney..Daughter..12..IA
Edgar M. Crees..Son-in-law..30..IA
M. Grace Crees..Daughter..21..IA
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 38, Family 76
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Edgar M. Crees..Self..39..IA
Grace M. Crees..Wife..30..IA
Iris F. Crees..Daughter..3..IA
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, Roll 647, District 15, Family 17
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Edgar E. Crees..Head..50..IA
Grace Crees..Wife..41..IA
Inez Crees..Daughter..13..IA
Leonard Crees..Son..9..IA
Ivan Crees..Son..5..IA
Eunice Carney..Mother-in-law..74..IA..Widowed
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 17 April 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 16-15, Family 55, Roll 1145
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Home rented, $12
Edgar M. Crees..Head..60..IA..8th grade..Farmer
Minnie G. Crees..Wife..51..IA..12th grade..Housewife
Ivan Wayne Crees..Son..15..IA..10th grade
Eunice A. Carney..Mother..84..IA..8th grade..Widowed
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