"History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Compiled by James P. Snell, (Author of "History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, N. J."), Assisted by Prof. W. W. Clayton and a Numerous Corps of Writers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881. Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia." (Transcribed by a volunteer, tagged by Rolland Everitt)

Page 712. Warren County. Franklin (township). Biographical Sketches. William Creveling.

“His grandfather, Peter Creveling, resided near Jugtown, in Warren County, and was a farmer. His father, John P. Creveling, born Sept. 30, 1791, married Jerusha Happock, who was born July 31, 1797, and died March 19, 1865. He died prior to 1854. He was a farmer by occupation, and owned something over one hundred acres of land adjoining the village of Broadway, where he lived the greater part of his business life.

“William Creveling, son of John P., born April 2, 1810, on the homestead at Broadway, was a man of strong force of character, and lived a quiet and unostentatious life as a farmer. For a time he carried on the farm for his grandmother, after her husband’s death, but soon after his father’s decease he moved on to the homestead, where he remained until his death, which occurred Aug. 5, 1873. He was somewhat active in politices, but never aspired to high offices, and, as a member of the Democratic party, he represented several minor offices in the township during his life. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Stewartsville for some time, and during the latter part of his life he was connected with the church at Washington. His first wife was Margaret Opdyke, whom he married Jan. 21, 1836. She died Dec. 25, 1852, aged thirty-eight years.

“For his second wife he married, Oct. 25, 1854, Tamzen, daughter of William and Anna (Weller) Miller, and widow of the late Robert Simanton. By her first marriage, Nov. 26, 1844, she had one son, William M. Simanton, who resides at Asbury, and married Arabella, daughter of George Richey. Mrs. Creveling was born Nov. 8, 1822. Her brothers and sisters are Samuel, born May 11, 1812; Catharine, born Dec. 2, 1813, wife of James Lomerson; Robert, born Jan. 1, 1817 (deceased); Elizabeth, born Jan. 30, 1819 9deceased), who was the wife of William Welsh.

“Her father, William Miller, born Oct. 7, 1786, died Jan. 13, 1872. He was fifth son in a family of seven sons and five daughters of Robert Miller, born in 1746 and died in 1816. His wife was a daughter of Peter Weller, whom he married Sept. 17, 1811. She was born Jan. 21, 1793, and died Jan. 3, 1858.

“The Miller homestead was in the township of Washington, adjoining the Williiam Shields farm. Mrs. William Creveling survives in 1880, and resides on the farm left by her second husband at his death. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Washington, and a woman of great moral worth.”