Mankato, KS
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Mitchell P Creese
(1852 - 1922 )
1852 Jan
State records, Mitchel P Creese is born in Illinois
1876
State records, M P Creese and Susan A Wells are married
1870 Aug 02
Mazomanit, WI, US census, Mitchell Creese as carpenter
1880 Jun 08
Harrison, KS, US census, M P “Cease” as painter
1880 Dec 17
Burr Oak (KS) Reveille, small mention Mitchell P Creese as Painter
1881 Sep 09
Burr Oak (KS) Reveille, small mention of Creese Gallery
1882 Mar 31, Dec 21
Burr Oak (KS) Reveille, display ad for M P Creese photo rooms, Main Street
1883 Jun 02
Burr Oak (KS) Reveille, small story about Creese Gallery in Burr Oak, KS
1884 Aug 07
Burr Oak (KS) Herald, item tells of M P Creese and purchase of half interest in a “photo wagon” with Foster; Burr Oak to be general headquarters
1885 Nov 14
Burr Oak (KS) Herald, item about the photograph gallery of M P Creese; stocks albums, cases and frames
1886 Nov 13
Burr Oak (KS) Herald, small display ad for M P Creese gallery
1886 Feb 24
Burr Oak, (KS) Herald, display ad for M C Creese gallery
1887 Nov 24
Burr Oak, (KS) Herald, item says M P Creese has SOLD his gallery in Burr Oak, KS, and is leaving Burr Oak
1888 Apr 26
Burr Oak, (KS) Herald, item says M P Creese and family has moved to Mankato, KS;
1888 Nov 22
Burr Oak, (KS) Herald, display ad for gallery now operated by A M Armagost, successor to Creese
1889 Oct 03
Burr Oak (KS) Herald, small item mentions M P Creese “the Mankato photographer”
1900 Jun 02
Mankato, KS, US census, Mitchell Creese as photographer
1900 Dec 13
Burr Oak, (KS) Herald, small ad for Creese Gallery at Burr Oak, open only on Tuesdays 8am to 1pm
1902 Feb 06
Jewell County (KS) Monitor, item says Creese household is placed under quarantine; children are afflicted with viriloid
1902 Mar 03
Burr Oak (KS) Herald, item says Creese Gallery in Burr Oak will be closed until further notice
1902 Mar 13
Burr Oak (KS) Herald, item says M P Creese was released from quarantine
1902 Dec 25
Jewell County (KS) Monitor, ad offers Creese Gallery for sale
1905 Mar 01
Mankato, KS, state census, M P Creese as photographer
1910 Apr 23
Springfield, MO, US census, Mitchell Creese, no occupation listed
1915, 1920
Springfield, MO, city directory, Mitchell P Creese as Optician, wife Susan also listed
1922
Springfield, MO, Find a Grave, Mitchell P Creese dies at age 70
It appears Mitchell P Creese opened his first photography gallery in Burr Oak, KS, late in 1881. He operated there until late 1887 when he sold the gallery to A M Armagost. Creese then moves his family to Mankato, KS.
Creese operates a gallery in Mankato, KS, from about 1888 to 1905. He also operates his old gallery in Burr Oak, KS, one day a week, in at least 1900.
09 Sep 1881
18 Dec 1880
15 Apr 1881
03 Mar 1881
31 Mar 1882
21 Dec 1882
02 Aug 1883
07 Aug 1884
12 Nov 1885
18 Nov 1886 (repeated many times)
24 Feb 1887
24 Nov 1887
26 Apr 1888
22 Nov 1888
03 Oct 1889
13 Dec 1900
06 Feb 1902
13 Feb 1902
06 Mar 1902
13 Mar 1902
13 Sep 1902
26 Jun 1902
25 Dec 1902
Burr Oak, KS
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