Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association

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

William Turner Chrislip

1835–1923

William Turner Chrislip Family

William Turner Chrislip Family. William is shown standing in the doorway with his wife,
Mary Catherine Lawson Chrislip.






William Turner Chrislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3), born 4 Feb 1835, Harrison County, West Virginia; died 3 June 1923, Pecks Run, Upshur, West Virginia; buried Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Upshur County, West Virginia; married, 4 April 1859, Upshur County, Mary Catherine "Katy" Lawson, born 1840; died 30 June 1896, Buckhannon, West Virginia. Both Chrislip and Crislip surname spellings appear among the descendants of William Turner Chrislip.


Headstone-William Turner Crislip

William Turner Crislip Headstone, Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Upshur County, West Vinginia.

Headstone-Mary Catherine Lawson

Mary Catherine Lawson Crislip Headstone, Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Upshur County, West Vinginia.


William Turner Chrislip

William Turner Crislip




Children of William Turner Chrislip and Mary Catherine Lawson

  • Letta Alice Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [658], born 1860; died 1940; married 1st, 1879, Granville Warner, born 1854; died 1899; married 2nd, Benjamin Brake.

  • Elias William Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [661], born 11 March 1862; died 3 January 1935, Marshville, West Virginia; married, 1 January 1887, Emma Queen, born 1861; died 1944.

  • Chillian Ellsworth Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [668], born 24 December 1864; died 27 October 1948; married Kate Blair Young, died 1947. Chillian was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Berlin, Lewis County, West Virginia.

  • Elizabeth “Lessi” Melvina Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [669], born 7 September 1868, Buckhannon, West Virginia; died 23 February 1945, Buckhannon, West Virginia; married, 3 January 1889, William Wilbert Ward, born 1867; died 1936.

  • Myrtle C. Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [672], born 11 June 1869, Upshur County, West Virginia; married, 3 April 1890, Edwin E. Tutt.

  • E.M. Crislip (daughter) (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [672], born 11 June 1870.

  • Henry Lawson Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [672], born 16 August 1872, Upshur County, West Virginia; died 20 November 1936, French Creek, West Virginia; married, 1901, Lillie M. Barnes, born 1871; died 1938.

  • Theresa Maude Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [674], born 20 April 1874, Upshur County, West Virginia; died 13 March 1941, French Creek, West Virginia; married, 28 September 1892, Edwin Starcher, born 1871; died 1942.

  • Lora Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [678], married ___ Tutt.

  • Grace Wilna Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, William Chrislip3, William Turner Crislip4) [678], born 26 December 1882, Upshur County, West Virginia; died 6 April 1967; married, 19 September 1903, Oda Alva Queen, born 1882; died 1949.

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