April 19, 2024: This is my mother's story, as she wrote during 1995. Scanned in April 2024. I've also included many miscellaneous scanned old Creel photos as well as a few more of my Father.
I also transcribed this document to make it a little more legible …
read moreApril 7, 2024: This is my father's story, as he wrote in 1996. Scanned in April 2024.
I transcribed the document to make it a little more legible and is now a much smaller file. PDF format.
A Story of One Life by Charles E Brandt
Added my mother's …
read moreMarch 27, 2024: This is a digitized copy of the Powers Family, 1654-1937 binder that my mother had purchased and gave to me back in 1984. I made a field trip in 1999 after my mother's passing and I've included some pictures from that outing as well. There is quite …
read moreMarch 15, 2024: My sister, Joyce, had inherited Great Aunt Joyce's Senior college cook book from my mother some time ago. Since my sister's passing in December 2023, her daughter, Mary, inherited it. And she let me borrow it, so that I might digitize and share with the rest of …
read moreMarch 11, 2024: Very large format old maps.
Benton County Indiana Map 1917 This is a large format scan (30mB) jpg file. It will take a little while to download and open.
Colton Map of Indiana 1860 This is a large format scan (73mB) jpg file. It will take a …
read moreMarch 10, 2024: Very old Creel Wood Powers Payne Photo Album. Circa late 1800's? Anybody else know, please let me know.
Also included here are some old Creel and Wood family photos that my sister, Joyce, had kept. Some real family treasures.
read moreMarch 15, 2024: My sister, Joyce, had inherited Great Aunt Joyce's Senior college cook book from my mother some time ago. Since my sister's passing in December 2023, her daughter, Mary, inherited it. And she let me borrow it, so that I might digitize and share with the rest of …
read moreAUGUST 27, 2008: Jane Creel sent me several old pictures and letters that she had been keeping of the Creel family. This is a treasure trove of information on my mother's side of the family.
Be sure and read Lorenzo's autobiography, my Great Grandfather's brother.
read moreSummer 1956: These are pictures from old negatives I came across of my Grandfather's and Grandmother's 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary party held at Holcomb Gardens on the Butler campus in Indianapolis. You'll also find a picture from their wedding in 1906. I don't have the exact date of their wedding …
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