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	Ex..Sl~ve Stories ‚ ~ 5th District
Vanderburgh County
Lauana Creel	The Bio~ra~hy of a Child Born in Slavery.

Dr. Baccn,a prominent citizen living at Chandler ~.venue and Second Street,, employed Samuel as coachman. His next service was as house.‘m~,n for Levi Igle.. heart, 1010 Upper Second Street. Mr. I(2lehe~rt grew to trust Samuel and gave him many privileges allowing hini to care for horses and. to iimnage business for the faraily.

	Samuel was married in 1890, His wife was born in Evansville end kne~ nothing of slavery by birth or indenture.

	Uncle Samuel ~s given a job at the Tririty Church, corner of Third and Chest..

	Streets. i~ir. Igleheert recommended hirn for the~ position. He received ~3O.OO

	month for his s€~rvices for ~ i~eriod of six years.

	!~r. 1~cNeely employed him for several years as janitor for lodges aiid secret orders. The old negro w~s also a paper hanger and wall cle~nor and did wel). un~ till bhe panic seized him as it did others.

	Uncle Samuel was entitled ~o an old c~‘e pension which he recieved frein lS~34 until 1935 but January 1~5th~ l~36 something went wrong and the money was with held. Then uncle Samuel ~s sent to the poor house. Still he was not unhappy and did What he could to make others happy.

	In 1936 he again appliedand recčived the pension. $17.00 per month is paid for his upkeep, his only labor consists of tending a little garden and doin~ light chores. 11e lives ~with‘Willlam Crosby on S. E. Fifth Street,
Laua~~a Creel
1415 8. Barker Avenue
Evansville ‚ Indiana.