Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Elisha Wayne Criswell and Clara Louise Drake




Husband Elisha Wayne Criswell 1 2 3

           Born: 5 Nov 1885 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Hon. George Stuart Criswell (1850-Aft 1926) 1 4 5 6
         Mother: Flora A. Smith (      -      ) 2 3 7


       Marriage: 11 Dec 1914 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 8



Wife Clara Louise Drake 9

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         Father: Dr. J. Clinton Merl Drake (1855-      ) 9 10 11
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General Notes: Husband - Elisha Wayne Criswell


He entered his father's profession, having been admitted to the bar in January, 1911. He was born at Franklin, Pennsylvania, and obtained his preparatory education in the local public schools, graduating from the high school in 1902, after which he took a course in Washington and Jefferson College, from which institution he was graduated in 1906. For two years thereafter he was in the employ of the State Highway Department of Pennsylvania, but having decided upon the law as his life work he began reading with John L. Nesbit, of Franklin, under whose able instruction he was well grounded in the fundamentals of legal learning and practice. Having become a member of the Venango County bar, he also applied successfully for permission to practice in the Superior and Supreme courts, and he gives practically all his time to law work, having built up a clientele which would indicate that his services carried no disappointment to those who have sought them. He will have to labor to approach his father's record, but he has made a promising start. His office is in the Exchange Bank building.
Mr. Criswell is a member of the Franklin and Venango County Clubs, and of the Masonic fraternity, affiliating with all the local bodies and with Coudersport (Pa.) Consistory and Zem Zem Temple at Erie. [HVC 1919, 434]

Residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Aug 1930.

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 810.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 433.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 63.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 432.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 266.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 62.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 810, 824.

8 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 52.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 434.

10 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 889.

11 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 620.


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