Portage Journal Press Feb. 2, 1989 p. 27
B. G. Crisman
B. G. Crisman was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., June 14, 1814. He is one of the eight children of Benjamin and Mary (Yingling) Crisman, and the youngest. Both parents were natives of Maryland. When B. G. Crisman was four years old, his parents settled in Carroll County, Ohio, where he was reared, and where he lived until 1849, at which time he removed to De Kalb County, Ind., and in 1850 settled in Union Township, Porter County, Ind., after which he moved on his farm in Portage Township. On March 2, 1836, he was married to Elizabeth Baughman, of Carroll County, Ohio, a union which was blessed with twelve children, ten of whom are living - Addison, Isaac, Oliver (of Valparaiso), Nancy, Henry, Milton, Solomon F. (of Moore County, Minn.), Mrs. Eliza J. Cole (of Brainerd, Minn.), Mrs. Clara Bender and Washington W. Mr. Crisman owns a splendid farm, comprising 260 acres, with good improvements. In politics, he is a Republican.
Source: Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p. [see p. 370]
Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing
His wife's maiden name is Baughman Elizabeth Baughman Crisman 1816-1888 w/o Benjamin Gammer Crisman
Benjamin Grammer Crisman was born in Huntingdon Co., PA and died in Crisman.Porter Co., IN
Elizabeth Baughman Crisman born 16 Aug 1816 in Carroll Co., Oh and also died in Crisman.
Porter County Death Index 1884 - 1927: Crisman Benjamin Grammer 7/7/1904 90 Pennsylvania Crisman Hannah Benjamin Crisman Yinkling McCool, Indiana
Unknown paper & date copied from Twyla Boswell's papers
A PIONEER DEAD
Benjamin G. Crisman, a resident of Portage Township, this county, for over sixty years, died Thursday. The deceased was 90 years old and leaves a wife and seven children, Addison, Oliver, and Issac, whom reside in Portage township, Henry, of Chicago, Fred, of Autin, Minn., Wesley, of Iowa, and Mrs. Jane Cole, of Battle Creek, Mich. The funeral will be held on Sunday.
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Death of Old Resident.
Benjamin G. Crisman, of Crisman Station, this county, died at his home Thursday morning after an illness lasting several months, at the age of 90 years.
The deceased had been a continuous resident of this county since 1849. He was born June 9, 1814, at Sinking Valley, Huntingdom county, Pa.
The early life of Mr. Crisman was spent on a farm, and after he reached the age of twenty-one he continued to remain with and assist his father. In 1849 he came by wagon to this county where he purchased a 240 acre tract which he greatly improved with the assistance of his seven sons. He was married to Elizabeth Baughman, March 2, 1836. This union resulted in the birth of ten children, nine of whom reached maturity: Isaac, Milton, Oliver, Wesley, of Iowa; Fred, of Minnesota; Nancy, Henry, of Chicago; Mrs. Jane Cole, Battle Creek, Mich.; and Mrs. Joseph Bender. Milton, Mrs. Bender and Nancy are now deceased.
The wife died Dec. 15, 1888, having been an active and consistent member of the Christian church. Mrs. Hannah Foster, of Chicago, became Mr. Crisman's second wife.
The deceased has been in poor health for some time and his demise was momentarily expected by his family.
The funeral was held Sunday morning from the school house, the burial taking place at the cemetery north of Crisman, besides his first wife.
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 15, 1904; Volume 21, Number 15, Page 1, Column 3.
B. G. Crisman
B. G. Crisman was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., June 14, 1814. He is one of the eight children of Benjamin and Mary (Yingling) Crisman, and the youngest. Both parents were natives of Maryland. When B. G. Crisman was four years old, his parents settled in Carroll County, Ohio, where he was reared, and where he lived until 1849, at which time he removed to De Kalb County, Ind., and in 1850 settled in Union Township, Porter County, Ind., after which he moved on his farm in Portage Township. On March 2, 1836, he was married to Elizabeth Baughman, of Carroll County, Ohio, a union which was blessed with twelve children, ten of whom are living - Addison, Isaac, Oliver (of Valparaiso), Nancy, Henry, Milton, Solomon F. (of Moore County, Minn.), Mrs. Eliza J. Cole (of Brainerd, Minn.), Mrs. Clara Bender and Washington W. Mr. Crisman owns a splendid farm, comprising 260 acres, with good improvements. In politics, he is a Republican.
Source: Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p. [see p. 370]
Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing
His wife's maiden name is Baughman Elizabeth Baughman Crisman 1816-1888 w/o Benjamin Gammer Crisman
Benjamin Grammer Crisman was born in Huntingdon Co., PA and died in Crisman.Porter Co., IN
Elizabeth Baughman Crisman born 16 Aug 1816 in Carroll Co., Oh and also died in Crisman.
Porter County Death Index 1884 - 1927: Crisman Benjamin Grammer 7/7/1904 90 Pennsylvania Crisman Hannah Benjamin Crisman Yinkling McCool, Indiana
Unknown paper & date copied from Twyla Boswell's papers
A PIONEER DEAD
Benjamin G. Crisman, a resident of Portage Township, this county, for over sixty years, died Thursday. The deceased was 90 years old and leaves a wife and seven children, Addison, Oliver, and Issac, whom reside in Portage township, Henry, of Chicago, Fred, of Autin, Minn., Wesley, of Iowa, and Mrs. Jane Cole, of Battle Creek, Mich. The funeral will be held on Sunday.
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Death of Old Resident.
Benjamin G. Crisman, of Crisman Station, this county, died at his home Thursday morning after an illness lasting several months, at the age of 90 years.
The deceased had been a continuous resident of this county since 1849. He was born June 9, 1814, at Sinking Valley, Huntingdom county, Pa.
The early life of Mr. Crisman was spent on a farm, and after he reached the age of twenty-one he continued to remain with and assist his father. In 1849 he came by wagon to this county where he purchased a 240 acre tract which he greatly improved with the assistance of his seven sons. He was married to Elizabeth Baughman, March 2, 1836. This union resulted in the birth of ten children, nine of whom reached maturity: Isaac, Milton, Oliver, Wesley, of Iowa; Fred, of Minnesota; Nancy, Henry, of Chicago; Mrs. Jane Cole, Battle Creek, Mich.; and Mrs. Joseph Bender. Milton, Mrs. Bender and Nancy are now deceased.
The wife died Dec. 15, 1888, having been an active and consistent member of the Christian church. Mrs. Hannah Foster, of Chicago, became Mr. Crisman's second wife.
The deceased has been in poor health for some time and his demise was momentarily expected by his family.
The funeral was held Sunday morning from the school house, the burial taking place at the cemetery north of Crisman, besides his first wife.
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 15, 1904; Volume 21, Number 15, Page 1, Column 3.
Portage Journal Press Feb. 2, 1989 p. 27
B. G. Crisman
B. G. Crisman was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., June 14, 1814. He is one of the eight children of Benjamin and Mary (Yingling) Crisman, and the youngest. Both parents were natives of Maryland. When B. G. Crisman was four years old, his parents settled in Carroll County, Ohio, where he was reared, and where he lived until 1849, at which time he removed to De Kalb County, Ind., and in 1850 settled in Union Township, Porter County, Ind., after which he moved on his farm in Portage Township. On March 2, 1836, he was married to Elizabeth Baughman, of Carroll County, Ohio, a union which was blessed with twelve children, ten of whom are living - Addison, Isaac, Oliver (of Valparaiso), Nancy, Henry, Milton, Solomon F. (of Moore County, Minn.), Mrs. Eliza J. Cole (of Brainerd, Minn.), Mrs. Clara Bender and Washington W. Mr. Crisman owns a splendid farm, comprising 260 acres, with good improvements. In politics, he is a Republican.
Source: Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p. [see p. 370]
Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing
His wife's maiden name is Baughman Elizabeth Baughman Crisman 1816-1888 w/o Benjamin Gammer Crisman
Benjamin Grammer Crisman was born in Huntingdon Co., PA and died in Crisman.Porter Co., IN
Elizabeth Baughman Crisman born 16 Aug 1816 in Carroll Co., Oh and also died in Crisman.
Porter County Death Index 1884 - 1927: Crisman Benjamin Grammer 7/7/1904 90 Pennsylvania Crisman Hannah Benjamin Crisman Yinkling McCool, Indiana
Unknown paper & date copied from Twyla Boswell's papers
A PIONEER DEAD
Benjamin G. Crisman, a resident of Portage Township, this county, for over sixty years, died Thursday. The deceased was 90 years old and leaves a wife and seven children, Addison, Oliver, and Issac, whom reside in Portage township, Henry, of Chicago, Fred, of Autin, Minn., Wesley, of Iowa, and Mrs. Jane Cole, of Battle Creek, Mich. The funeral will be held on Sunday.
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Death of Old Resident.
Benjamin G. Crisman, of Crisman Station, this county, died at his home Thursday morning after an illness lasting several months, at the age of 90 years.
The deceased had been a continuous resident of this county since 1849. He was born June 9, 1814, at Sinking Valley, Huntingdom county, Pa.
The early life of Mr. Crisman was spent on a farm, and after he reached the age of twenty-one he continued to remain with and assist his father. In 1849 he came by wagon to this county where he purchased a 240 acre tract which he greatly improved with the assistance of his seven sons. He was married to Elizabeth Baughman, March 2, 1836. This union resulted in the birth of ten children, nine of whom reached maturity: Isaac, Milton, Oliver, Wesley, of Iowa; Fred, of Minnesota; Nancy, Henry, of Chicago; Mrs. Jane Cole, Battle Creek, Mich.; and Mrs. Joseph Bender. Milton, Mrs. Bender and Nancy are now deceased.
The wife died Dec. 15, 1888, having been an active and consistent member of the Christian church. Mrs. Hannah Foster, of Chicago, became Mr. Crisman's second wife.
The deceased has been in poor health for some time and his demise was momentarily expected by his family.
The funeral was held Sunday morning from the school house, the burial taking place at the cemetery north of Crisman, besides his first wife.
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 15, 1904; Volume 21, Number 15, Page 1, Column 3.
B. G. Crisman
B. G. Crisman was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., June 14, 1814. He is one of the eight children of Benjamin and Mary (Yingling) Crisman, and the youngest. Both parents were natives of Maryland. When B. G. Crisman was four years old, his parents settled in Carroll County, Ohio, where he was reared, and where he lived until 1849, at which time he removed to De Kalb County, Ind., and in 1850 settled in Union Township, Porter County, Ind., after which he moved on his farm in Portage Township. On March 2, 1836, he was married to Elizabeth Baughman, of Carroll County, Ohio, a union which was blessed with twelve children, ten of whom are living - Addison, Isaac, Oliver (of Valparaiso), Nancy, Henry, Milton, Solomon F. (of Moore County, Minn.), Mrs. Eliza J. Cole (of Brainerd, Minn.), Mrs. Clara Bender and Washington W. Mr. Crisman owns a splendid farm, comprising 260 acres, with good improvements. In politics, he is a Republican.
Source: Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p. [see p. 370]
Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing
His wife's maiden name is Baughman Elizabeth Baughman Crisman 1816-1888 w/o Benjamin Gammer Crisman
Benjamin Grammer Crisman was born in Huntingdon Co., PA and died in Crisman.Porter Co., IN
Elizabeth Baughman Crisman born 16 Aug 1816 in Carroll Co., Oh and also died in Crisman.
Porter County Death Index 1884 - 1927: Crisman Benjamin Grammer 7/7/1904 90 Pennsylvania Crisman Hannah Benjamin Crisman Yinkling McCool, Indiana
Unknown paper & date copied from Twyla Boswell's papers
A PIONEER DEAD
Benjamin G. Crisman, a resident of Portage Township, this county, for over sixty years, died Thursday. The deceased was 90 years old and leaves a wife and seven children, Addison, Oliver, and Issac, whom reside in Portage township, Henry, of Chicago, Fred, of Autin, Minn., Wesley, of Iowa, and Mrs. Jane Cole, of Battle Creek, Mich. The funeral will be held on Sunday.
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Death of Old Resident.
Benjamin G. Crisman, of Crisman Station, this county, died at his home Thursday morning after an illness lasting several months, at the age of 90 years.
The deceased had been a continuous resident of this county since 1849. He was born June 9, 1814, at Sinking Valley, Huntingdom county, Pa.
The early life of Mr. Crisman was spent on a farm, and after he reached the age of twenty-one he continued to remain with and assist his father. In 1849 he came by wagon to this county where he purchased a 240 acre tract which he greatly improved with the assistance of his seven sons. He was married to Elizabeth Baughman, March 2, 1836. This union resulted in the birth of ten children, nine of whom reached maturity: Isaac, Milton, Oliver, Wesley, of Iowa; Fred, of Minnesota; Nancy, Henry, of Chicago; Mrs. Jane Cole, Battle Creek, Mich.; and Mrs. Joseph Bender. Milton, Mrs. Bender and Nancy are now deceased.
The wife died Dec. 15, 1888, having been an active and consistent member of the Christian church. Mrs. Hannah Foster, of Chicago, became Mr. Crisman's second wife.
The deceased has been in poor health for some time and his demise was momentarily expected by his family.
The funeral was held Sunday morning from the school house, the burial taking place at the cemetery north of Crisman, besides his first wife.
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 15, 1904; Volume 21, Number 15, Page 1, Column 3.
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