Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association

Portions of the text that follow, are from the Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association-sponsored history
and genealogy publication, Ancestors and Descendants of Friedrich Carl and Anna Catharina Christlieb.

Matilda Reed

1815–1861


Matilda Reed (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3) [295], born ca. 1815, Harrison County, Virginia; died 1 November 1861, Jones County, Iowa; married, 7 August 1833, Asael Mershon, son of Cornelius Mershon and Anna Louise Hendrickson, born 6 March 1813, Kentucky; died 22 December 1865, Jones County, Iowa.



Children of Matilda Reed and Asael Mershon

  • Christiann Mershon (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Matilda Reed4) [295], born 10 July 1835, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died 1 November 1862; married, January 1851, David Reese Carpenter, born 28 June 1826, Ohio; died 17 September 1901, Jones, Iowa, son of Ezra and Sarah (Reese) Carpenter.

  • Jesse R. Mershon (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Matilda Reed4) [298], born 1837, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died 20 February 1860, Rome, Iowa; married, 30 December 1858, Sarah A. Carpenter, Olin, Jones County, Iowa, born 1836, Ohio; died 22 May 1864, Jones County, Iowa.

  • Miranda Mershon (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Matilda Reed4) [298], born October 1838, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died after 1920; married, 29 April 1857, Thomas G. Smith, born April 1831, Maine; died 1900-1910.

  • Elizabeth "Libbie" Mershon (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Matilda Reed4) [300], born December 1849, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; married, 9 June 1872, Jones County, Iowa, David J. Stewart, born 1845, Ohio.

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