Alice married James Creelman on December 10, 1891 in Paris.
Written correspondence between the two shows they had been in contact since at least 1890.
By 1894 she had begun writing a biographical sketch of James, who was already making a name as a reporter.

The couple lived among and were friends with many of the New York City elite.
Harry Scovel, an attempted recruit of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst who was invited to the Creelman's apartment for dinner, characterized the couple and their home as "charming".

Creelman's husband, James, died in 1915 while reporting on World War I. When James fell ill in Berlin, Alice applied for a visa to go visit and tend to her husband, but did not make it to Germany before his death.
Indeed, she could not even reach his body because of the blockade.


At this time Creelman was faced with financial issues.
In a letter to Henry Clay Frick she lamented that "with the passing away of my husband, my life and fortune have been completely wrecked".
Though James left his whole estate to his wife, and named her as "the sole executrix" of his will, the New York Times from 13, March 1915 also states that "Mr. Creelman left no real estate".
In August 1915, Creelman bought an apartment from Malcom E. Smith & Co, moving from the Upper West Side apartment she had shared with James to a "large, duplex" apartment at 131 East Sixty-sixth Street.

 After her move, Creelman, then 57, brought a suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company after a fall going down the stairs of Penn Station.
Creelman suffered several broken bones as well as a severe concussion of the brain and spinal cord.
She asked for $25,000 from the Rail Company because she asserted the cause of her fall was improper stairway treads that had the wrong type of "corrugations and grooves".
Alice married James Creelman on December 10, 1891 in Paris. Written correspondence between the two shows they had been in contact since at least 1890. By 1894 she had begun writing a biographical sketch of James, who was already making a name as a reporter.
The couple lived among and were friends with many of the New York City elite. Harry Scovel, an attempted recruit of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst who was invited to the Creelman's apartment for dinner, characterized the couple and their home as "charming".
Creelman's husband, James, died in 1915 while reporting on World War I. When James fell ill in Berlin, Alice applied for a visa to go visit and tend to her husband, but did not make it to Germany before his death. Indeed, she could not even reach his body because of the blockade.

At this time Creelman was faced with financial issues. In a letter to Henry Clay Frick she lamented that "with the passing away of my husband, my life and fortune have been completely wrecked". Though James left his whole estate to his wife, and named her as "the sole executrix" of his will, the New York Times from 13, March 1915 also states that "Mr. Creelman left no real estate". In August 1915, Creelman bought an apartment from Malcom E. Smith & Co, moving from the Upper West Side apartment she had shared with James to a "large, duplex" apartment at 131 East Sixty-sixth Street. 
 After her move, Creelman, then 57, brought a suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company after a fall going down the stairs of Penn Station. Creelman suffered several broken bones as well as a severe concussion of the brain and spinal cord. She asked for $25,000 from the Rail Company because she asserted the cause of her fall was improper stairway treads that had the wrong type of "corrugations and grooves".
Alice Creelman