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Henry H. Creamer

Henry H. Creamer (1856 (?) - July 12, 1899) was an African-American inventor, specializing in steam mechanization. Originally from Virginia, he moved to New York City, New York. He has been credited with up to twenty patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Creamer is among the African-American inventors mentioned in Henry E. Baker’s “The Colored Inventor; A Record of Fifty Years” (1913).

Early Life and Education in Virginia

Creamer was born enslaved on a plantation in western Virginia (or West Virginia) in approximately 1856. Sometime after the Civil War, he went to Richmond, Virginia, and learned the plumbing trade, and also attended a technical school in Richmond. During this time he demonstrated a skill in improving plumbing devices.