Peregrine G. "Perry Green" Chrislip
1823–1898
Peregrine G. Chrislip, born 23 July 1823, in Harrison County, Virginia; died 5 June 1898, Braxton County, West Virginia; buried in Evans Cemetery, Heaters, West Virginia. Known as “Perry Green,” he married 1st, Elizabeth “Eliza” Marple, born 18 March 1825, Upshur County, Virginia; died 14 May 1855, Barbour County, Virginia; married 2nd, 27 December 1855 in Upshur County, Elizabeth’s cousin, Barbara Ann Marple, born 1 July 1836, Lewis County, Virginia; died 27 September 1913, daughter of Amos T. Marple and Jemima Cummings, Harrison County, West Virginia.
Shown here is Peregrine and Eliza’s marriage bond that was procured on 22 December 1842. The bond was co-signed by the bride’s father, J. D. Marple. Note Peregrine’s quaint signature.
Thirteen years after their marriage, Eliza died at age 29, following the birth of her fourth child. She was buried in the Crislip Cemetery on Brushy Fork at Peppertown, Barbour County, West Virginia. After Eliza’s death, Peregrine married 2nd, 27 December 1855, in Upshur County, Elizabeth’s cousin, Barbara Ann Marple, born 1 July 1836, Lewis County, Virginia; died 27 September 1913, daughter of Amos T. Marple and Jemima Cummings, Harrison County, West Virginia.
The 2005 publication, “Union and Confederate Soldiers and Sympathizers of Barbour County, West Virginia,” lists Peregrine and his cousin, Ervin G. Chrislip, as members of the Barbour Light Horse Company, under the command of Capt. William K. Jenkins. Colonel George Porterfield had been ordered by Richmond to gather together volunteer and militia companies, but when Porterfield’s little army was driven from Philippi, in 1861, he dismissed Jenkins’ entire company, because there were too many abolitionists in the outfit for his liking. Also enrolled in the Barbour Light Horse Company were Peregrine’s cousins, Squire Crouse, Charles S. Callihan, Salatial M. Callihan, and Joel Reger. Capt. William K. Jenkins was the second husband of Mary Jane Callihan.
Peregrine’s father-in-law, Amos T. Marple, and his brother-in-law, Minter F. Marple (who was married to Minerva Elizabeth Chrislip) both enlisted in Company H, 10th West Virginia Infantry to serve the Union cause. Peregrine Chrislip, also a Union sympathizer, would serve as a Delegate to the 1864 Union Party Convention at Grafton. While Peregrine and his in-laws, as well as his first-cousin, Squire Crouse, supported of the Union Cause, his Callihan cousins, Joel Reger, and William K. Jenkins would remain faithful to the Confederacy.
Elizabeth (Marple) Chrislip Headstone
Children of Peregrine Chrislip and Elizabeth Marple
Alvin Demosthenes Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [568], born 7 November 1847 in Barbour County, Virginia; died 30 November 1872, Lewis County, West Virginia; married, 11 November 1868, Walkersville, Lewis County, West Virginia, Mary Victoria Anderson.
William Augustine Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [589], born 2 August 1849, Lewis County, Virginia; died 18 February 1900, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, buried in the Green Valley Cemetery, Bridgeport, West Virginia; married Florence Parks.
Nancy Euphratia Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [590], born 21 May 1852, Barbour County, Virginia; died 12 January 1899, Volga, West Virginia. She married, ca. 1870, John Wesley Zinn.
Catherine M. Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [590], born 5 May 1855, Barbour County, Virginia; died 8 May 1855, Barbour County, West Virginia. The family was shown in the 1850 Barbour County Census as Perry G., age 29, farmer; Eliza, wife, age 24; Calvin, son, age 2; William, son, age 1 year.
Second Marriage of Peregrine Chrislip
Peregrine Chrislip
Barbara Ann (Marple) Chrislip
Peregrine Chrislip’s second marriage was recorded as follows: “Marriage, 27 December 1855: Perry Green Crislip, Widower, age 32 years, 5 months, 4 days to Barbara A. Marple, age 20 years, 5 months, 26 days. He was born in Harrison County and, she, in Upshur. Barbara's parents were A.F. & J. Marple. The Rev. Elias Bennett performed the marriage ceremony." Upshur County Register of Marriages and Deaths, 1853, p. 3.
Children of Peregrine Chrislip and Barbara Ann Marple
James Battelle Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [591], born 22 June 1857, Buckhannon, Virginia; died 8 September 1877, Hyndman, Pennsylvania; married, Margaret Laverna Hinkle.
Florence Annaliza E. Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [596], born 13 April 1860, Barbour County, Virginia; died Weston, West Virginia; married, 29 May 1891, Zedoc McBee Martin.
Virginia I. Dora Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [596], born 18 September 1862; married, 6 January 1880, Upshur County, West Virginia, Isaac M. Hinkle.
Columbia E. Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [596], born 11 May 1864, Barbour County, Virginia; died 28 May 1864, Barbour County, Virginia.
Ulysses S. Grant Crislip/Chrislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [597], born 2 May 1865, Barbour County, West Virginia; died 1953, Braxton County, West Virginia; married, 27 December 1893, Martha Alberta Cassaday.
Sarah Lettitia Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [597], born 11 May 1864, Barbour County, Virginia; died 28 May 1864, Barbour County, Virginia.born 11 March 1867, Barbour County, West Virginia; died 31 December 1921, Braxton County, West Virginia; married, 20 March 1890, Omar Singleton.
Mary Victoria Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [597], born 15 January 1869, Barbour County, West Virginia; died 2 May 1940, Lewis County, West Virginia; married 24 March 1891, Stanley Singleton.
Dora E. Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [597], born 15 January 1870, Barbour County, West Virginia; died 8 March 1870, Barbour County, West Virginia.
Columbia Luceivia Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [597], born 9 February 1871; died 13 January 1950, Cary, Wake County, North Carolina; married, 4 September 1890, at Heaters, Braxton County West Virginia, Charles Robert Heater.
Olive Jemima Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [604], born 26 September 1873, Barbour County, West Virginia; died 28 October 1929; married, 3 July 1895, Barney Murray.
John C. Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [604], born 28 May 1874, Barbour County, West Virginia; died 6 June 1874, Barbour County, West Virginia.
Fannie Cegerne Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [604], born 1 November 1876, Barbour County, West Virginia; died 14 July 1947, Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia; married William Leonard Criss.
Amos Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [604], born 15 July 1878, Barbour County, West Virginia.
Winfield Marple Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, Peregrine Chrislip4) [605], born 17 February 1881, Barbour County, West Virginia; died 3 May 1932, Harrison County, West Virginia; married, Anna Shields.
