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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES (he Pennsylvania College o f Dental Surgcr)-, graduating therefrom in 1900. Since that time he has been located in the practice o f his pro­ fession at Berwick. Ilis skill has attracted a large and representative practice, and he is recognized as one of the leading memliers of his profession in this section, l i e makes his home at MifSinville, but continues to nuintain his office at Berw ick, where in a wide ac­ quaintance he numbers nu n y warm friends. H e is a Mason, tolonging to Knapp Lodge, N o. 462, F. & A. M ., B erw ick; Caldwell Con­ sistory, three hundred and twenty, A. A. S. K ., o f Bloomsburg. and Irem Tem|ilc, A. A. O. N. M. S ., o f W ilkes-Barre. On Jan. 24, i888, D r. Creasy w as nurried to H arriet D. Bowers, daughter o f Adam ami M argaret (M ow ery) Bowers, the latter now deceased, and the former a resident o f Cata­ wissa and an employee of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company. Dr. and Mrs. Creasy have no children. P E R C Y B R E W IN G T O N has been con­ nected since 1900 with the Benton Argt4t, of which he has been sole proprietor for the List eight years. It has continued lo improve steadily under his efficient management, the influence o f his personality and public-spirited attitude on questions o f local interest having made the paper a power in the conununity. M r. Brcwington is a natii'e o f Maryland, bom A pril 28, 1878. in the city o f BaUiinorc, and he grew up .it S.ilisbury, that State, being educated in the public schools. H is c.xpcricnce as a printer began in 18 8 1, when he was but thirteen years old. H e started to Icam the trade under the guidance o f his uncles, who were doing a general printing business under the name o f Brewington Brothers. With them he remained until he enlisted for service during the Spanish-.American war, in 1898. A s a member o f Company F, 1st M ar)‘land A’olunteers, from eastern M aryland, he w as under Captain .Adams, at Fortress Monroe, later for several months at Camp Meade, Pa., and then at Cam p McKenzie, .Augusu. G a., where he w as mustered out Feb. 28, i89«;. Returning to Salisbur)', Md., he followed his trade there for a short time, but w as soon in Philadelphia, where he worked at printing for Bradley & Co. In 1900 he removed to Benton, Columbia county, to work as foreman in the A rgu s estab­ lishment. The paper w as the leading Demo­ cratic organ in the northern part of the county, and was owned by M r. Smith. When he died, in August. 1900, M r. Brewington re­ mained to conduct the pajicr for the widow.

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In December of the same year, in company with A. H. Edgar, Mr. Hrewin^on purchased it, this association lasting until Alay, 1906, when M r. Brewington acquired the sole owner­ ship, and the entire management has remained in his hands since. From June, 1906, until August, tpoS, he also ow ned and ran two other Columbia county ]iai>ers. the Oemocralic D aily Sentinel and the S cm i-W ce k h Sentinel, both o f which were published at Bloomsburg. T hey were, like the A rgus, rqircscntativc DcuKHTratic pajiers, doing recognized work for the party in this section. The subscription list of the A rg u s has increased greatly during M r. Brewington's ownership. H is activity in the Democratic party has kept him in close touch with its proceedings, enabling him to present its affairs to his readers most reliably. H e is now county chairnun for the party, and Suite committeeman, and for the last twelve years has been a member of the Columbia county cummittee. H e has been d c l^ a te to several State conventions at Harrisburg. Mr. Brewington's interest in business h.is made him an active member of the Board o f Trade at Benton; he belongs to the Benton Cemetery Association. Socially he has numerous con­ nections, being a member o f Benton Lodge, N o. 7 4 6, 1. O. O. P ., and the Benton Encamjiment o f Odd Fellows, No. 20 7; o f Camp No. 12 3, P. O. S. o f .A., Benton; the Knights of the Maccabees, also at Benton; and the B. P. O. KIks at Bloomsburg. H is religious asso­ ciation is with the Christian Church. M r. Brcwington married Elizabeth G. Kline, o f Stillwater, Columbia county, and they have had six children: Robert K .. boni Nov. 17, 19 0 2: Marion P.. M arch 3. 19C4; H arvard Oct. I, 19 0 5; Madge E .. A pril 19, 1909; Woodrow G .. Oct. 23 1 9 1 2; John, M av 4 ,1 9 1 4. Abram Kline, M rs. Brcwington s great­ grandfather, w as one of the four brothers wlio came to Pennsylvania from N cw Je rse y and settled in the vicinity o f Stillwater and Orange. H e farmed at Stillwater the rest o f his life. H e was born in 1767, and died in 1838. H is w ife’s maiden name w as Whiteman, and they had children as follow s: George married .Anna R ob erts; Abram married a R oberts; John nwrricd a K issn cr; Isaac .A. is mentioned below; Samuel married a D av is; Jacob m ar­ ried a F r itz; Matthias married a I I c r r : .Anna marricil John I<aubau; M ary married Peter Coleman. Is.iac .A. Kline, son o f .Abram, w as bom Feb. 2. 1802. and died in 1887 at the old homestead a l Stillwater, »n Fishingcreek township. He W 'a s a blacksmith and farm er, owning eight