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.

Sarah Jane Reed

1809–1891

Sarah Jane Reed (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3) [250], born 1 April 1809, Harrison County, Virginia; died 26 December 1891, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio; married, March 26, 1829, Champaign County, Ohio, to Joseph Cameron, born Pennsylvania, 3 January 1807, son of John Cameron and Ann Dorothea Peck; died 20 June 1872, Union County, Ohio. In 1828, Sarah Jane Reed, along with her brothers, Jacob and William, rode horseback, a distance of 250 miles from Virginia to Champaign County, Ohio, where, in the following spring, she wedded Joseph Cameron. In 1830, they removed to Jackson Township near Richwood, Ohio. Sarah Jane Reed and Joseph Cameron were the parents of 13 children, one of whom fought in the Civil War and was the first white child born in Jackson Township, Ohio. History of Union County, Ohio, Volume II, p. 502.


Children of Sarah Jane Reed and Joseph Cameron

  • Harvey "Harry" Allen Cameron (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [251], born 8 March 1830. He is said to have been the first white child born in Jackson Township, Union County, Ohio; Harvey fought in the Civil War. He died at age 31 on 6 March 1862; married 30 June 1853, Union County, Ohio, to Sarah Jane Bennett, born 22 May 1832 in Ohio, daughter of James Cummings Bennett and Rachel VanZant; died 29 May 1915, Buchanan County, Missouri.

  • Erastus Reed Cameron, MD (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [254], born 2 April 1833, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died 6 November 1911, Richwood, Union County, Ohio; married 24 June 1858, Keokuk County, Iowa, Mary Jane Mackay, daughter of James Mackay and Abigail Long; born September 1839, Illinois; died 18 April 1925, Union County, Ohio.

  • Eliza Ann Cameron (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [256], born 18 June 1835, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died 21 November 1917; married, 24 December 1868, Marion County, Ohio, Charles Augustus Millikan, born 8 December 1834, Ohio, son of William Millikan and Amanda Holmes; died 12 January 1914, Union County, Ohio.

  • Elvira Morse Cameron (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [257], born 15 March 1839, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died 1 February 1895, Richwood, Union County, Ohio; married, 28 October 1858, Richwood, Union County, Ohio, John Warrick, born 16 April 1822, Greene County, Pennsylvania, son of Thomas Warrick and Sarah Armstrong; died 6 March 1894, Richwood, Union County, Ohio.

  • William Dowling Cameron (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [276], born 26 October 1841, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died 9 October 1933, Bevier, Macon County, Missouri; married 1st, 3 February 1870, Union County, Ohio, Clara Emma Snowden, born 5 November 1848, Ohio; died 30 April 1912; married 2nd, Anna Smith; married 3rd, 1917 Marion County, Ohio, Ola Augusta Roberts, born 5 October 1872, Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri, daughter of George W. Roberts and Mary Leticia Cooper; died 9 October 1933, Macon County, Missouri.

  • Jesse Lamont Cameron (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [282], born 22 May 1844, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died 18 June 1921, Marysville, Union County, Ohio; married in Champaign County, Ohio, Emma E. Tumire, born 19 May 1848, Champaign County, Ohio; died 20 October 1911, Marysville, Union County, Ohio.

  • Franklin McMullen Cameron (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [285], born 9 November 1847, Jackson Union County, Ohio; died 25 December 1932, Marysville, Union County, Ohio; married, 14 February 1872, Union County, Ohio, Ella Elnora Smith, born 13 October 1853, Jackson, Union County, Ohio, daughter of Anthony Wayne Smith and Ann Atcheson; died 22 December 1932, Marysville, Union County, Ohio.

  • Sarah Jane Cameron (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [290], born 14 June 1851, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died 19 April 1864, Union County, Ohio.

  • Caroline "Carrie" Matilda Cameron (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [290], born 16 July 1853, Jackson, Union County, Ohio; died 15 Oct 1925, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio; married 16 June 1881, Union County, Ohio, Herbert Emelias Blake, born 19 Jun 1855, Portage County, Ohio, son of Orville Blake and Emily Louise White; died 28 Mar 1891, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio.

  • Christianna Cameron (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Sarah Jane Reed4) [293], born 1858. “Christianna "Christie" CAMERON was raised in the Cameron family, but her parents are "as yet unknown." Some sources show her as the last child of Joseph and Sarah Jane Reed CAMERON as shown in the 1860 census. But in the 1870 census her family name is given as REED.” Audrey Leota Landes, Marysville, Ohio.

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