When General Austin returned from Mexico Mr. Chriesman was appointed surveyor, and he held this office until the Mexican invasion of 1836. His assistants were Ross Alley, Bartlett Sims, Seth Ingram, William Selkirk, Thomas S. Borden, Moses Cummings, and John S. Moody, all of Austin's Colony. In 1825 Mr. Chriesman married the second time, Miss Augusta Hope being, his choice. He filled the office of alcalde at San Felipe, and was in the army in 1835, but was on detached service when San Antonio was taken in the commencement of the Texas Revolution. He helped to remove families during the flight from the Mexicans, and missed the battle of San Jacinto. He died in Burleson County in 1878 at the home of his daughter and son_in_law Thomas Coke and Mary Jane (Chriesman) Thomson.
Source: History of Fort Bend County, Texas
1850 U.S. Census
Oracio Chrisman [Horatio Chriesman]
1798 Birth Virginia
1850 Residence Burleson county, Burleson, Texas
1850 Age 52
Gender Male
Film Number 24887
Household
Oracio Chrisman (age 52) [Horatio Chriesman]
Augustious Chrisman (age 44) [Augusta (Hope)]
Rector O. Chrisman (age 22)
Ellen Virginia Chrisman (age 15)
Cornelia E. Chrisman (age 12)
Richard Oscar Chrisman (age 10)
Vincenth Chrisman (age 8) [Orcenith Wisley]
Sarah Chrisman (age 4)
Thomas Chrisman (age 2)
Thomas C Thomson (age 26)
Mary Thomson (age 20)
Oracio Thomson (age 4)
Rector Thomson (age 2)
1860 U.S. Census
H Chriesman
1798 Birth Virginia
1860 Residence [Blank], Burleson, Texas, United States
1860 Age 62
Gender Male
State Texas
Place Burleson, Texas
Page 38
Family No. 239
Household
H Chriesman (age 62)
A Chriesman (age 53)
R O Chriesman (age 20)
O W Chriesman (age 18)
Sallie Chriesman (age 14)
Thomas F Chriesman (age 12)
MC R Nelms (age 32)
V Nelms (age 24)
Hanrietta Nelms (age 4)
Austin Nelms (age 2)
When General Austin returned from Mexico Mr. Chriesman was appointed surveyor, and he held this office until the Mexican invasion of 1836. His assistants were Ross Alley, Bartlett Sims, Seth Ingram, William Selkirk, Thomas S. Borden, Moses Cummings, and John S. Moody, all of Austin's Colony. In 1825 Mr. Chriesman married the second time, Miss Augusta Hope being, his choice. He filled the office of alcalde at San Felipe, and was in the army in 1835, but was on detached service when San Antonio was taken in the commencement of the Texas Revolution. He helped to remove families during the flight from the Mexicans, and missed the battle of San Jacinto. He died in Burleson County in 1878 at the home of his daughter and son_in_law Thomas Coke and Mary Jane (Chriesman) Thomson.
Source: History of Fort Bend County, Texas
1850 U.S. Census
Oracio Chrisman [Horatio Chriesman]
1798 Birth Virginia
1850 Residence Burleson county, Burleson, Texas
1850 Age 52
Gender Male
Film Number 24887
Household
Oracio Chrisman (age 52) [Horatio Chriesman]
Augustious Chrisman (age 44) [Augusta (Hope)]
Rector O. Chrisman (age 22)
Ellen Virginia Chrisman (age 15)
Cornelia E. Chrisman (age 12)
Richard Oscar Chrisman (age 10)
Vincenth Chrisman (age 8) [Orcenith Wisley]
Sarah Chrisman (age 4)
Thomas Chrisman (age 2)
Thomas C Thomson (age 26)
Mary Thomson (age 20)
Oracio Thomson (age 4)
Rector Thomson (age 2)
1860 U.S. Census
H Chriesman
1798 Birth Virginia
1860 Residence [Blank], Burleson, Texas, United States
1860 Age 62
Gender Male
State Texas
Place Burleson, Texas
Page 38
Family No. 239
Household
H Chriesman (age 62)
A Chriesman (age 53)
R O Chriesman (age 20)
O W Chriesman (age 18)
Sallie Chriesman (age 14)
Thomas F Chriesman (age 12)
MC R Nelms (age 32)
V Nelms (age 24)
Hanrietta Nelms (age 4)
Austin Nelms (age 2)
Gravesite Details
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Family Members
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Lewis Chriesman
1819–1836
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Rector O. "Guy" Chriesman
1828–1851
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Mary Jane Chriesman Thomson
1830–1877
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Ellen Virginia Chriesman Nelms
1835–1881
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Cornelia E. Chriesman Nelms
1836–1925
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Richard Oscar Chriesman
1840–1871
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Orcinth Wesley Chriesman
1842–1901
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Sarah Amanda "Sallie" Chriesman Armstrong
1846–1951
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Thomas Francis "Frank" Chriesman
1848–1910