From the Hastings Tribune.
Philip Crecelius was born in 1794 in Washington County, Tennessee and served during the War of 1812 in the 2nd East Tennessee Volunteer Militia.
His parents moved to what is now southern Indiana's O'Banon Woods in 1811. he joined them after his service and eventually was married twice and had seventeen children.
He died in 1850 and is buried with his two wives.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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