Col. Silas Crispin

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Husband Col. Silas Crispin ¹

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           Born: 9 Sep 1828 - Holmesburg, Philadelphia Co, PA 1
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           Died: 28 Feb 1889 - New York City, NY 1
         Buried: 8 Mar 1889 - Emmanuel Church, Holmesburg, Philadelphia Co, PA 1

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         Father: Hon. Benjamin Crispin (1792-1864) 2
         Mother: Maria Foster (Abt 1800-1882) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Silas Crispin

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He was educated at local schools, and the Philadelphia high school; appointed to U. S. Military Academy at West Point by Hon. Charles J. Ingersoll, M. C., and entered there July 1, 1846, graduated July 1, 1850, with distinction, being third in his class; was appointed brevet, Second Lieutenant in the Ordnance Department of the U. S. A., and assigned to duty at the Arsenal at Watervliet, New York, where he remained two years, subsequently serving at the Arsenals at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Missouri, and the Leavenworth Ordnance Depot, Kansas. In 1860 he became Assistant Inspector of Arsenals, and was promoted to Captain of Ordnance, Aug. 3, 1861, and served in that grade in the Civil War; was for a time on the staff of Gen. George B. McClellan; was also in charge of the New York Ordnance Agency; commandant of New York Arsenal, and President of the Ordnance Board for five years. He received successive brevets up to Colonel in the U. S. A. at the close of the Civil War; and promotion to actual rank as Major of Ordnance, on March 7, 1867; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 14, 1875; and Colonel on Aug. 23, 1881. After the War he was sent to England by the Government to study the making of ordnance. He was the inventor of a breech-loading cannon, called the "Crispin Gun," several of which were made by the government at a cost of $46,000 each. Col. Crispin was Commandant at the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, June, 1885, to June, 1886, and at the Benicita Arsenal, California, June, 1886, to shortly before his death, which occurred in New York City, Feb. 28, 1889. He was buried from the residence of his niece, Mrs. Catharine M. Clark, daughter of his brother, William Crispin, at Holmesburg, Philadelphia, March 8, 1889. The funeral services were held in Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, the Rev. D. Caldwell Millett, D. D., rector of that parish officiating. The interment was made in the grounds connected with the church.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 367.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 366.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 368.