Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameJesse Swisher CHRISTMANN 
152, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1...n/102305708808/facts,470, Jesse S. Chrisman
152, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1...n/102305708808/facts,470, Jesse S. ChrismanBirthAug 29, 1830, Fayette County, Indiana470, Jesse S. Chrisman
DeathNov 29, 1916, Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana470, Jesse S. Chrisman
BurialValley Grove(Havens Chapel)Cemetery, 6982 S. State Road 1, Milton, Wayne County, Indiana470, Jesse S. Chrisman
FatherJacob CHRISTMANN (1795-1862)
MotherNancy SWISHER (1803-1845)
Spouses
1Catherine Verlinda PRICE 470, Catherine V. Price Chrisman,152, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1...n/102305708818/facts
470, Catherine V. Price Chrisman,152, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1...n/102305708818/factsBirth1845, Alquina, Fayette County, Indiana470, Catherine V. Price Chrisman
DeathMay 12, 1918, Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana470, Catherine V. Price Chrisman,152, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1...n/102305708818/facts
BurialValley Grove(Havens Chapel)Cemetery, 6982 S. State Road 1, Milton, Wayne County, Indiana470, Catherine V. Price Chrisman
FatherWilliam PRICE (1808-1865)
MotherElizabeth CLEMENTS (1807-1894)
ChildrenEdward Robert (~1867-)
Lora A. (1869-)
Albert Lewis (1871-1932)
Minnie Myrtle (1874-1933)
Oliver Perry Morton (1877-1922)
Nona Grace (1880-1961)
Obituary Online notes for Jesse Swisher CHRISTMANN
The late Jesse S. Chrisman, for many years a well-known and substantial farmer of Harrison township, this county, who died at his home in Connersville in the fall of 1916, was a native son of Fayette county and lived here all his life. He was born on the old Chrisman farm in Harrison township, August 29, 1839, a son of Jacob and Nancy (Swisher) Chrisman, the former a native of Gifford county, North Carolina, born on November 27, 1795, and the latter of Mason county, Kentucky, born on July 27, 1803, who were early settlers in the northern part of this county. Upon coming here they made their home in the woods of Harrison township and there developed a good farm, on which they spent their last days. They were the parents of ten children, of whom the subject of this memorial sketch was the last survivor.
Reared on a pioneer farm, Jesse S. Chrisman grew up familiar with the trials and hardships of pioneer living. He received his schooling in the little old log school house in the neighborhood of his home and from boyhood was a valued aid to his father in the labors of developing and improving the home place. After his marriage he bought a tract of land near his old home and there established his residence, gradually adding to his holdings until he became owner of two hundred and thirty-two acres, on which he quite successfully carried on general farming and stock raising, and where he made his home until his retirement from the farm and removal in 1915 to Connersville, where he spent his last days, his death occurring on November 29, 1916, he having been in ill health for some time before his retirement from the farm. Mr. Chrisman was a Republican and had for years taken an active part in political affairs. He served as trustee of Harrison township for seven years and in other ways contributed of his time and his energies to the public service. He was a member of the Grand Avenue Methodist Episcopal church at Connersville, as is his widow, and ever took a proper interest in church work.
It was on November 1, 18651 that Jesse S. Chrisman was united in marriage to Catherine V. Price, who was born in the neighboring county of Franklin, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Clements) Price, the former of whom also was born in that county, son of Irons and Eleanor Price, who came to this state from Maryland and became early settlers in Franklin county. Irons Price was a substantial farmer and he and his wife spent their lives in the Blooming Grove neighborhood. They were the parents of twelve children, William, Mary, Rebecca, Susan, Unity, Harriet, Margaret, Edward, Jackson, James, David and Lydia. Elizabeth Clements was a daughter of Richard Clements, of Maryland, who also settled on a farm in Franklin county in pioneer days and there spent his last days. He and his wife had five children, Sarah, Nancy, Elizabeth, James and Caleb.
To Jesse S. and Catherine V. (Price) Chrisman six children were born, namely: Edward Robert, Laura A., Albert L., Minnie M., Oliver Perry Morton and Nona Grace. Lieut.-Col. Edward R. Chrisman, United States Army, is now stationed at Panama. Colonel Chrisman was graduated in 1888 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, which institution he entered at the age of eighteen, and participated in the battle of Vera Cruz, with the rank of second lieutenant. He later was promoted to a lieutenant-colonelcy. Colonel Chrisman married Florence Ryan and has two children, Catherine and Albert O. Laura A. Chrisman married Robert Henry, of Harrison township, this county, and has one child, a daughter, Ouidabon. Albert L. Chrisman, a well-known attorney at Connersville, married Rebecca L. Lockhart and has two children, John and Dorotha. Minnie M. Chrisman married J. L. Bush, of Ft. Wayne, this state, and has two children, Mary, Grace and Edward Robert. Oliver P. M. Chrisman is unmarried and continues to make his home with his widowed mother at Connersville. Nona Grace Chrisman married Harry Stephens, of Ft. Wayne, and has one child, a son, Maynard Moody. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Chrisman has continued to make her home at Connersville. She has a pleasant home at 1947 Ohio street and takes a warm interest in the general affairs of the community.
"History of Fayette Counties, Indiana"
published by B. F. Bowen & Co. Indianapolis, IN 1917
Obituary: Evening News
P1, C7, 12/1/1916 470, Jesse S. Chrisman
Reared on a pioneer farm, Jesse S. Chrisman grew up familiar with the trials and hardships of pioneer living. He received his schooling in the little old log school house in the neighborhood of his home and from boyhood was a valued aid to his father in the labors of developing and improving the home place. After his marriage he bought a tract of land near his old home and there established his residence, gradually adding to his holdings until he became owner of two hundred and thirty-two acres, on which he quite successfully carried on general farming and stock raising, and where he made his home until his retirement from the farm and removal in 1915 to Connersville, where he spent his last days, his death occurring on November 29, 1916, he having been in ill health for some time before his retirement from the farm. Mr. Chrisman was a Republican and had for years taken an active part in political affairs. He served as trustee of Harrison township for seven years and in other ways contributed of his time and his energies to the public service. He was a member of the Grand Avenue Methodist Episcopal church at Connersville, as is his widow, and ever took a proper interest in church work.
It was on November 1, 18651 that Jesse S. Chrisman was united in marriage to Catherine V. Price, who was born in the neighboring county of Franklin, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Clements) Price, the former of whom also was born in that county, son of Irons and Eleanor Price, who came to this state from Maryland and became early settlers in Franklin county. Irons Price was a substantial farmer and he and his wife spent their lives in the Blooming Grove neighborhood. They were the parents of twelve children, William, Mary, Rebecca, Susan, Unity, Harriet, Margaret, Edward, Jackson, James, David and Lydia. Elizabeth Clements was a daughter of Richard Clements, of Maryland, who also settled on a farm in Franklin county in pioneer days and there spent his last days. He and his wife had five children, Sarah, Nancy, Elizabeth, James and Caleb.
To Jesse S. and Catherine V. (Price) Chrisman six children were born, namely: Edward Robert, Laura A., Albert L., Minnie M., Oliver Perry Morton and Nona Grace. Lieut.-Col. Edward R. Chrisman, United States Army, is now stationed at Panama. Colonel Chrisman was graduated in 1888 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, which institution he entered at the age of eighteen, and participated in the battle of Vera Cruz, with the rank of second lieutenant. He later was promoted to a lieutenant-colonelcy. Colonel Chrisman married Florence Ryan and has two children, Catherine and Albert O. Laura A. Chrisman married Robert Henry, of Harrison township, this county, and has one child, a daughter, Ouidabon. Albert L. Chrisman, a well-known attorney at Connersville, married Rebecca L. Lockhart and has two children, John and Dorotha. Minnie M. Chrisman married J. L. Bush, of Ft. Wayne, this state, and has two children, Mary, Grace and Edward Robert. Oliver P. M. Chrisman is unmarried and continues to make his home with his widowed mother at Connersville. Nona Grace Chrisman married Harry Stephens, of Ft. Wayne, and has one child, a son, Maynard Moody. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Chrisman has continued to make her home at Connersville. She has a pleasant home at 1947 Ohio street and takes a warm interest in the general affairs of the community.
"History of Fayette Counties, Indiana"
published by B. F. Bowen & Co. Indianapolis, IN 1917
Obituary: Evening News
P1, C7, 12/1/1916 470, Jesse S. Chrisman