Mary Ann Brannon Criswell, 1820-1909

The Semi-Weekly Iowegian - 5 November 1909

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IN COUNTY 50 YEARS - DIED AGE NINETY

Mrs. Mary Ann Brennen Criswell

Passed Away at Jerome at end of a Long Life

  To reach the ninetieth year is a privilege accorded very few, but such was the lot of Mrs. V. Chriswell, whose husband died in 1871, her death occuring Tuesday Nov. 2, at Jerome. Complications due to old age were the cause.

  Mary Ann Brennen was born May 20, 1820, in York county, Penn.  he was married to John V. Criswell March 29, 1847, and moved to Iowa in the early 50's, and has resided on the homestead in Lincoln township till two years ago when she moved to Jerome. She leaves a family of one son and five daughters, Mrs. Mary Crist, Seymour; Mrs. Carrie Jones, Jerome; Frank Criswell, Jerome; Miss Ida Criswell, Kansas City; Mrs. Thomas Banks, Bellair twp; Mrs. Wm. Johnston, Kansas City.

  Mrs. Criswell was a lovable woman, with many friends. She ws a member of the Presbyterian church in early life and affiliated with it in later years tho absence of a church from her vicinity prevented her maintaining active relations. The funeral was conducted Wednesday at 2:30 at the Methodist church, Jerome, by Rev. L. M. Beebe, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Seymour, and interment was at Jerome.

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Centerville Daily Citizen - 5 November 1909

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  Miss Mary Ann Brennen was born in York county, Pennsylvania May 20, 1820. She was married to John V. Criswell March 29th, 1847, moved to Iowa in the early fifties and has resided on the homestead until two years ago.

  Her husband died in 1871 leaving a family of one son and five daughters all of whom are living.

  Mrs. Criswell moved to Jerome two years ago where she died on November 2nd, 1909, in her ninetieth year respected and loved by all who knew her.

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Card of Thanks.

  We want to express our sincere thanks to our many kind friends and neighbors for the heartfelt manner in which they expressed their sympathy in our sorrow at the loss by death of our Dearly Beloved mother.

  Mrs. Mary Crist, Mrs. Carrie Jones, Mr. Frank Criswell, Miss Ida Criswell, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Johnston.

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Gravestone for
John V. and Mary Ann Criswell
in the Jerome Cemetery

Carrie Brannon Criswell Jones, 1856-1913

The Centerville Iowegian - 28 October 1913

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  Carrie B. Criswell was born March 7, 1856, in Appanoose county, Iowa, and died in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 7, 1913.

  She was married to William Jones in Sept. 1876. He dying in 1897. She was a great sufferer for a long time before her death, but bore all patiently. She was a member of the Methodist church for over thirty years.
  She leaves three sisters and one brother to mourn her loss, Mrs. M. E. Crist, of Seymour, Mrs. Thos. Banks, of Cincinnati and Frank Criswell, of Kansas City, Mo.
  The remains were brought to Jerome for burial. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. L. C. Moore at the M. E. church Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock.

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Missouri Death Certificate for

Carrie Brannon Criswell Jones

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Gravestone for 

Carrie Brannon Criswell Jones

in the Jerome Cemetery

Robert Franklin Criswell,1852-1934

Centerville Daily Iowegian and Citizen - 8 March 1934

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  Robert Franklin Criswell, son of John V. and Mary Ann Criswell, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1852, the family coming to Iowa when he was a small child and settled on a farm northwest of Numa, Ia., where he spent the greater part of his life.  For the past seven years he has made his home with his sister, Mrs. Thos. Banks at whose home he passed away, Thursday, March 1 at 11:20 a.m., at the age of 81 years, four months and 18 days. He is preceded in death by four sisters. Besides his sisters the only other near relatives are a niece, Mrs. Dwight Hughes of near Centerville, and three nephews, Ray Crist of Seymour, Iowa, Clyde Crist of Richland, Kansas, Bert Crist of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and cousins and friends.

  Funeral services were from the Miller Funeral home Saturday, Mch 3, Rev. F. A. Wilder officiating. Interment at Plano.

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Iowa Death Record of Robert F. Criswell

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Name: Robert F. Criswell; Gender: Male; Burial Date: 03 Mar 1934; Burial Place: Jerome, Ia.; Death Date: 01 Mar 1934; Death Place: Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa; Age: 81; Birth Date: 10 Oct 1852; Birthplace: Ohio; Occupation: Farmer; Race: White; Marital Status: Single; Father's Name: John Criswell; Father's Birthplace: Ohio; Mother's Name: Mary Ann Brandes [Brannon]; Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania; Indexing Project (Batch) Numer: B75147-3; System Origin: Iowa-EASy; Source File Number: 1673930; Reference Number: p 26 #40. 

  Source: "Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XV41-PRF : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Robert F. Criswell, 01 Mar 1934.

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  Editor's Note: There is no gravestone for Robert Franklin Criswell in the Jerome Cemetery.  It is assumed that he is buried either in the Criswell family plot or the Thomas Banks' plot.

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John Rowan Bradley, 1850-1919

Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa

Volume II, Pages 402-404

[Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913]

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  Through well-directed activity and enterprise John R. Bradley has gained a high place in the business circles of Centerville, where since 1892 he has been engaged in general contracting and building. He was born in Morgan County, Indiana, August 9, 1850, and is a son of William H[enry] and Martha [Ann] (Elliott) Bradley, the former born in Clark County, Indiana, January 30, 1826, and the latter in Kentucky, February 20, of the same year. Mr. Bradley's paternal grandfather was Benjamin [Franklin] Bradley, a native of the South [Maryland]. His wife [Elizabeth Keynon] was born in Ireland [or Pennsylvania]. The mother of our subject removed from Indiana to Kentucky when she was still a child and there her marriage occurred. Immediately afterward Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bradley came to Iowa, locating in Appanoose County, where they purchased eighty acres of land in Vermillion Township, adding to it from time to time until the farm comprised six hundred and eighty acres. Upon this the father engaged in general farming but later gave much attention to buying and shipping stock, carrying on an extensive business along this line for a number of years. His wife passed away in 1881 and six years later the father sold the farm and went to Numa, where he engaged in the mercantile business. He remained there for eight years and then sold his business interests and moved to Centerville, where he made his home with the subject of this review. Later he moved to Mount Pleasant and there his death occurred at the home of his daughter, Melvina Boydston. For many years he was active in the Masonic order, holding membership in Centerville Lodge, No. 42, F. & A. M.

  John R. Bradley acquired his education in the district schools of Appanoose County and in the Centerville High School. After he laid aside his school books he helped his father with the work of the farm until he was married, after which he moved upon a portion of the homestead, which he developed and improved for some time. In 1884 he learned the carpentering trade and worked at it for wages for eight years, after which he established himself independently as a contractor and builder, in which work he is still active. He has erected some of the finest and most attractive business houses and residences in Centerville and the surrounding district and has handled much valuable property, doing a very extensive and profitable business.

  Mr. Bradley has been thrice married. His first wife was in her maidenhood Miss Mary [Ann] Crist, a daughter of John [G.] and Mary Ann [Coffman] Crist, the former a farmer in Appanoose County. The first Mrs. Bradley died one year later [was buried in the Jerome Cemetery] and in 1884 the subject of this review wedded Mrs. Martha C. Brown, a daughter of Addison and Rhoda (Bryant) Veach, the former born in West Virginia and the latter in Galesburg , Illinois. Both came to Appanoose County in the early '50s and there the father learned the blacksmith's trade, later opening a shop in Centerville. Afterward he removed to Numa and engaged in the same business until his death, which occurred in 1895. His widow returned to Centerville and died in that city at the home of the subject of this review. Mrs. Martha Bradley passed away on the 11th of February, 1902, and on the 29th of December, of the following year, Mr. Bradley was again married. His third union was with Miss Ann Spooner, a daughter of James B. and Catherine (Bryant) Spooner, the former a native of Indiana, born in 1828, and the latter of Galesburg, Illinois, where her birth occurred in 1833. The father came to Iowa in 1846 and entered eighty acres of government land in Center Township, Appanoose County. A few years later the mother came and in this section their marriage occurred, after which they settled upon the farm, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the mother dying in 1898 and the father on the 29th of April, 1905. Mr. Bradley had one daughter by his second marriage, Martha, who was born May 10, 1890, and who died October 9, 1911. During her life she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star at Centerville. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley are devout members of the Methodist church.

  Mr. Bradley gives his allegiance to the Republican Party and has held various responsible township offices, for he never seeks to avoid the duties of citizenship. Fraternally, he is connected with Centerville Lodge, No. 42, F. & A. M. Throughout his business career he has always faithfully discharged any obligation devolving upon him and has thus established a reputation for integrity and reliability, his name being an honored one wherever it is known.

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  Note: The notations in [ ]s were made by the editor of The Jerome Journal.

John G. Crist - Notice of Probate of Will

Notice of Probate of Will

State of Iowa, Appanoose County } ss

  District Court in and for Appanoose County, Iowa.

  To all whom it may Concern: Whereas, On the 7 day of October A. D., 1904, a paper purporting to be last will and testament of John G. Crist late of said county, deceased, was filed in my office, and was by me opened and read; and the 2 day of November, 1904, appointed and fixed as the time when the same will come before the court, at the October term thereof, then to be held for final proof and probate, as the last will and testament of the said John G. Crist deceased, at which time all persons interested may appear and show cause why the same should not be admitted to probate.

  Date this 7 day of October 1904.

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Transcribed from 1903-1909 Semi-Weekly Iowegian Obituaries, compiled by the Appanoose County Genealogy Society, on FHL US/CAN Film #1703962, Item #12 [Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990].

Edward Potter Inman & Cleo Olive Norris

  Edward Potter Inman was born 23 April 1893 in Appanoose County, Iowa, son of Alexander Inman and Laura Hattie Johnson, married first 28 November 1917 Cleo Olive Norris, died 4 May 1979 in Appanoose County, Iowa, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery, Lincoln Township, Appanoose County, Iowa.    Cleo Olive Norris was born 29 July 1896 in Appanoose County, Iowa, daughter of Lewis J. Norris and Minnie Crist, died 11 February 1947 in Appanoose County, Iowa, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery, Lincoln Township, Appanoose County, Iowa

  To this union were born seven sons:

  (1) Earnest Lazelle Inman was born 24 December 1918 in Appanoose County, Iowa, married 15 August 1937 Ruth Irene Bland, died 2 October 1948 in Appanoose County, Iowa, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery.  Ruth Irene Bland was born 17 January 1918 in Missouri, daughter of Edwin William Bland and Leah Hope Howard, died 2 March 1997 in Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery.  Two children were born of this marriage: Richard Lazelle Inman and Cleo (Jerri) Irene Inman.

  (2) Byron Norris Inman was born 6 April 1920 in Appanoose County, Iowa, married 1 January 1945 Norma Bales, died 1 January 2002 at the Seymour Care Center, Seymour, Wayne County, Iowa, and was buried in Southlawn Cemetery, Seymour, Wayne County, Iowa.  Norma Bales was born 10 April 1924, daughter of Charles Bales and Beola Burkhiser, died 11 July 1997 at University Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa, and was buried in the Southlawn Cemetery in Seymour, Iowa.  Two children were born of this marriage: Dixie Inman and Charles Inman.

  (3) Ralph Wendall Inman was born 10 October 1922 in Appanoose County, Iowa, married 12 October 1947 Carolyn Rupalo at the Jerome Methodist Church, died 30 March 2005 in Seymour, Wayne County, Iowa, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery.  Two children were born of this marriage: Dennis Inman and Diane Inman.

  (4) Milfred Duane Inman was born 7 December 1924 in Appanoose County, Iowa, married 24 April 1949 Margaret L. Hughes, died 8 May 2003 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery, Appanoose County, Iowa.

  (5) Arthur Erwin Inman was born 26 April 1928 in Numa, Appanoose County, Iowa, married 26 December 1948 Marjorie McElvain in the Jerome Methodist Church in Jerome, Iowa, and died 30 October 2004 while living in Littleton, Jefferson County, Colorado.

  (6) Kenneth Inman - Living.

  (7) Donald Inman - Living.

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  About four years after the death of Cleo Olive Norris Inman in 1947, Edward went to Tennessee to visit his boyhood sweetheart Mattie Tishaw.  Her husband had died and Edward brought her back to Iowa.  They were married on 20 August 1951 on the lawn of his farm home between Jerome and Numa. The Rev. M. R. Gonzalez of the Jerome Methodist Church performed the ceremony.

Inman-Tishaw Wedding Day - 20 August 1951

Byron Inman, Edward Inman, Rev. M. R. Gonzalez, 

Mattie (Tishaw) Inman, Norma (Bales) Inman.

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  The editor sincerely appreciates the contribution to The Jerome Journal of the above photographs and information on Edward P. Inman's second marriage by Richard Inman of Hamilton, Ohio. 

Ida May Criswell Johnston

  Ida May Criswell was born 8 January 1860 in Numa, Appanoose County, Iowa, daughter of John Vance Criswell and Mary Ann Brennen, died 19 April 1927 in Centerville, Appanoose county, Iowa, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery.  She married 8 October 1913 in Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, William Johnston of Kansas City who was born c1863 in England, son of Thomas Johnston (born Ireland) and Julia Ann Walsh (born Ireland),and who had first married Ida May's sister Casander "Cassie" Criswell who died in 1912.

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Unidentified Obituary - April 1927

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Death Takes Mrs. Wm. Johnston

Well Known Resident of City Died Tuesday Afternoon

From Paralysis -- Burial Thursday

  Mrs. Wm. Johnston of 515 East Clark street, died after an illness of six and a half months, caused by apoplexy.  She had a stroke October 6th, and the second April 16th at 2:30 p.m. from which she never regained consciousness, death coming at 2:55 Tuesday.

  She leaves to mourn her death a husband, Wm. Johnston, a brother, Frank Criswell of the home residence, a sister, Mrs. Thos. Banks of Drake avenue and Mrs. M. E. Crist of Seymour, all at the bedside at the time of her death.

  Mrs. Johnston was a daughter of J. V. and Mary Ann Criswell, of Numa, Iowa, where she was born Jan. 8th, 1860.  Died April 19, 1927, aged 67 years, three months and 11 days.

  She joined the Methodist church when young and has been a faithful member ever since, but being in poor health has not attended of late.  She moved to Kansas City about 1890, was married there in 1913, moved back to Iowa in 1924 and has lived at the home residence in Centerville since, where she died.

Marriage License for William Johnston & Ida May Criswell

Department of Records, Jackson County, Missouri

Certificate Number:  1913K0059929

  Funeral services will be preached at the home by Rev. Schwartz of the Methodist church at 10 a.m. on Thursday.  Burial will be at Jerome cemetery beside her parents and sisters who preceded her in death. 

Gravestone in Jerome Cemetery

Footstone in Jerome Cemetery

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  Census Record:  1920 US Census, Kansas City Ward 11, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T625_928; Page 6B; Enumeration District: 176; Image: 14 on Ancestry.com.

  Census Record:  Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, 1925 Census, Roll: IA1925_1591, Line 26 and 27, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa.

  Death Records, Appanoose County, Iowa, Book 4, Page 56:  Ida May Johnston, born January 8, 1860, Numa, Iowa; age 67 years, 3 months, 11 days; father, J. V. Criswell (born Wheeling, WV); mother, Mary Ann Brannon (born Pennsylvania); housewife, died April 19, 1927, Centerville; buried April 21, 1927, Jerome. 

Carrie Brannen Criswell Jones

  Carrie Brannen Criswell was born 7 March 1856 in Appanoose county, Iowa, daughter of John Vance Criswell and Mary Ann Brannen, died 17 October 1913 at the University Hospital in Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery, Appanoose County, Iowa.  She married 19 September 1875 in Appanoose county, Iowa [Book 6; Page 307], William I. Jones who was born c1853 and died 1897.  In 1885, William I. Jones, 32, farmer, and Carrie B. Jones, 28, keeping house, were living in Bellair [Block 3, Lot 4, 68-18-14], Bellair township, Appanoose county, Iowa.

Missouri Death Certificate for

Carrie Brannen Jones

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Iowegian - October 1913

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  Carrie B. Criswell was born March 7, 1856, in Appanoose county, Iowa, and died in Kansas City, Mo., October 17, 1913.

  She was married to William Jones in September, 1876, he dying in 1897.

  She was a great sufferer for a long time before her death, but bore all patiently.  She was a member of the M. E. church for more than thirty years.

  She leaves three sisters and one brother to mourn her loss, i.e. Mrs. Mary Crist of Seymour; Mrs. Thos. Banks, of near Cincinnati; Mrs. Ida Johnson and Frank Criswell of Kansas City, Mo.

  Funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Jerome Sunday at 11:00 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Moore.

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Carrie Brannen Criswell Jones

Gravestone in Jerome Cemetery

Robert Franklin Criswell, 1852-1934

Iowegian - March 1934

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  Robert Franklin Criswell, son of John V. and Mary Ann Criswell, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, Oct. 10 1852, the family coming to Iowa when he was a small child and settled on a farm northeast of Numa, Ia., where he spent the greater part of his life.  For the past seven years he has made his home with his sister, Mrs. Thos. Banks at who home he passed away, Thursday, March 1 at 11:20 a.m., at the age of 81 years, four months and 18 days. He is preceded in death by four sisters. Besides his sisters the only other near relatives are a niece, Mrs. Dwight Hughes of near Centerville, and three nephews, Ray Crist of Seymour, Iowa, Clyde Crist of Richland, Kansas, Bert Crist of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and cousins and friends.

  Funeral services were from the Miller Funeral home Saturday, Mch 3, Rev. F. A. Wilder officiating. Interment at Plano.

John G. Crist & Mary Ann Coffman

  John G. Crist was born in Delaware, Pennsylvania, 28 October 1819, son of John and Mary Crist, died in Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1904, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery [Row 7].  He married in Union County, Indiana, 20 February 1842, Mary Ann Coffman, who was born 22 October 1823 in Indiana, died 2 November 1903 in Iowa, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery [Row 7]. 

  John G. Crist served as a Private of Captain George W. Backus, Company B, 87th Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers from 6 August 1862 to 28 August 1864 when he was discharged at Madison IN by reason of surgeons certificate of disability.  His Discharge is registered in Appanoose, County, Iowa, and states that "John G. Crist was born in Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania, is 30 years of age, five feet seven 1/2 inches high, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a carpenter."  At time of Induction, he lived in Star City IN. He filed for a Civil War Pension on 5 May 1864 [Application #45063; Certificate #359553] His widow filed for a Pension on 11 November 1904 [Application #816540; Certificate # 585271].

  John G. Crist's Estate Probate, administered by J. R. Bradley, filed 10/7/1904, Book 6, Page 284, Probate # 2616.0, Roll 43, Frame 3796, Box 76, in Appanoose County, Iowa.

  Mary A. Crist's Estate Probate, administered by C. R. Noble, filed 12/12/1905, Book 7, Page 104, Probate #2753.0, Roll 46, Frame 976, Box 80, in Appanoose County, Iowa.

Children:

1.  Sarah Elizabeth Crist, born c1846 in Indiana, married John Emerson.

2.  Isaac Crist, born c1847 in Indiana.

3.  Alfred Crist, born c1849 in Indiana.

4.  John C. "Ray" Crist, born 28 February 1853 in Indiana, married in Appanoose County, Iowa, 24 December 1874, Mary Elizabeth Criswell, daughter of John Vance Criswell and Mary Ann Brannen, who was born 21 March 1855 in Belmont County, Ohio, died 1 June 1927 in Seymour, Iowa, and was buried in Southlawn Cemetery in Seymour, Wayne County, Iowa [Section 1, Row 4.38; her gravestone is inscribed "Mother, Mary E. Crist, 1855-1927].  Children:  (a) William Ray Crist, born 3 May 1883 in Iowa, died 4 May 1869 in Iowa, married 8 April 1908 Hilda May Yarnell; both are buried in Southlawn Cemetery, Seymour, Iowa [Section 1, Row 4.39] - their gravestone is engraved "Crist, Ray 1883-1969, May 1887-1965;  (b) Edmond Clyde Crist, born 30 April 1885 in Nebraska, died 20 July 1970 in Kansas, married 21 November 1911 in Kansas Margaret Elizabeth Becker; and (c) Bert Evert Crist, born 26 August 1887 in Nebraska, died Decembe 1967 in Arizona, and married 13 April 1914 Sadie P. Freeborn.

5.  Mary A. Crist, born c1854 in Indiana.

6.  Emily A. Crist, born c1858 in Indiana.

7.  William Crist, born c1861 in Indiana.

8.  Minnie E. Crist, born 1865 in Indiana, married Lewis J. Norris, son of Jacob Norris and Mary J. Abbott, died 1947, buried in the Jerome Cemetery, Appanoose County, Iowa 

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Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa, compiled under the editorial supervision of S. Thompson Lewis.   [New York & Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1903], pages 444-445.  Digitized 24 January 2008 by the Google Book Project.

JOHN G. CRIST
  The above named, who is now leading a retired life at his home near Jerome, has been a resident of Appanoose county for thirty-three years. Previously he had lived many years in Indiana, where his parents brought him in what the historians call an "early day," and thus Mr. Crist has been familiar with life in the west for the full period allowed by the psalmist as the limit of human existence. Though his career has not been especially adventurous,  Mr. Crist has seen much and can tell many interesting stories of his experiences of what used to be called "the far west," but which is now in the very center of civilization.
  A son of John and Mary Crist, he was born at Delaware, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1819. When he was still a lad his parents left their native state and located in Franklin county, Indiana, where they spent the remainder of their days. Though not members of any church, they were believers in the truths of the gospel, often attended divine services and instructed their offspring in the fundamental truths of Christianity.  Of their eight children the four now living are John G., Isaac, Allison and Margaret. 
  Mr. Crist grew up in Indiana, where he got some education by irregular attendance at the country schools, and when the Civil war came on he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served loyally until injury from a fall while marching compelled his discharge for disability, after twenty-one months in the army.
  In 1869 he left Indiana for Iowa, and upon arrival took up his abode on a farm in Appanoose county, near Jerome, which has ever since been his abiding place. In 1849 Mr. Crist was married in Indiana and has eight children : John, Isaac, Alfred, Sarah Elizabeth, Emily, Mary, William and Minnie. The parents are members of the Baptist church and the whole family are among the most respected residents of the neighborhood around Jerome.

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History of Appanoose County, Iowa  [Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878], page 611:

CRIST, JOHN G., far., S. 1 ; P. 0. Numa; born in Delaware Co., Penn., Oct. 28, 1819; located here in 1870 ; 120 acres of land, valued at 825 per acre. He is a member of the Baptist Church and a Republican. His wife, Mary Ann Coffman, was born in Indiana Oct. 22, 1823 ; married Feb. 20, 1845 ; their chldren's names are Sarah Elizabeth, Isaac, Alfred, John, Mary Ann, Emma A, William A. and Minnie E. 

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Census Records Related to John G. Crist's Family 

--1850 Federal Census, Indian Creek, Pulaski County, Indiana, Roll: M432_166, Page 337, Image 340 on Ancestry.com:  John G. Crist, 29, born PA, farmer; Mary A. Crist, 22, born IN; Sarah E. Crist, 5, born IN; Isaac Crist, 2, born IN; Alfred Crist, 1, born IN.

--1860 Federal Census, Indian Creek, Pulaski County, Indiana, Roll: M653_290, Page 1091, Image 566 on Ancestry.com:  John G. Crist, 46, born PA, farmer, Real Estate Value: $2000; Personal Property Value: $400; Mary A. Crist, 35, born IN; Sarah E. Crist, 14, born IN; Isaac Crist, 13, born IN; Alfred Crist, 11, born IN; John Crist, 7, born IN; Mary A. Crist, 6, born IN; Emily A. Crist, 2, born IN. 

--1870 Federal Census, North, Marshall County, Indiana, Roll: M593_342, Page 156, Image 312 on Ancestry.com:  John I. Christ, 51, born PA, farmer; Mary A. Christ, 46, born IN; Alfred Christ, 22, born IN; C. John Christ, 17, born IN; Mary A. Christ, 15, born IN; Emily Christ, 13, born IN; William A. Christ, 9, born IN; Minnie E. Christ, 5, born IN.

--1880 Federal Census, Lincoln Township, Appanoose County, Iowa, Roll: T9_326, Family History Film: 1254326, Page 496.3000, Enumberation District 16, Image 0072 on Ancestry.com:  J. G. Crist, 61, born PA, Farmer; Mary A. Crist, wife, 56, born IN; Keeping House; William Crist, son, 19, born IN, Farmer; Minnie Crist, dau, 14, born IN, At Home.

--1885 Iowa State Census on Ancestry.com:  Township 68, Range 19, Section 2, NW SW - John G. Crist, 65, born PA, farmer; Mary A. Crist, 61, born IN; William A. Crist, 23, born IN, farmer; Minnie E. Crist, 19, born IN. 

--1895 Iowa State Census on Ancestry.com:  Lincoln Township, Appanoose County, Iowa - John G. Crist, 75, born PA, Carpenter, Baptist, Civil War Service: Company B, 87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry; Mary A. Crist, 71, born IN, Baptist.  Next House: Lewis J. Norris, 31, born Davis County IA, farmer, Methodist; Minnie N. Norris, 29, born IN, Methodist.

--1895 Iowa State Census on Ancestry.com:  Walnut Township, Wayne County, Iowa - John Emerson, 52, born IN, Farmer; Sarrah E. Emerson, 51, born IN, Keeping House, Christian.

--1900 Federal Census, Lincoln Township, Appanoose County, Iowa, Roll: T623_416, Page 3 on Ancestry.com:  John G. Crist, Head, 78, born PA Oct 1821, married 58 years, farmer; Mary A. Crist, wife, 76, born IN Oct 1923, married 58 years, 8 children, 6 living; John Emerson, son-in-law, 58, born IN Mar 1842, farm laborer; Elizabeth Emerson, wife, 55, born IN Oct 1844, No children.

--1910 Federal Census, Polk Township, Marshall County, Indiana, Roll: T624_370, Page 6B, Enumeration District 111, Image 384 on Ancestry.com:  John Emerson, Head, 67, born IN, farmer; Sarah E. Emerson, wife, 65, born IN. 

--1930 Federal Census, Lincoln Township, Appanoose County, Iowa, Roll: 641, Page 2A, Enumeration District 17, Image 330.0 on Ancestry.com:  Lewis J. Norris, 66, born IA, farmer; Minnie E. [Crist] Norris, 64, born IN; Sarah E. [Crist] Emerson, 85, born IN.