Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Silas Criswell and Lucinda Reath




Husband Silas Criswell 1 2 3

           Born: 6 Feb 1852 1 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1947
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA


         Father: Robert Chesney Criswell (1813-1897) 3 4 5
         Mother: Hannah Nickle (1814-1893) 3 4 6


       Marriage: 30 Mar 1876 1 2



Wife Lucinda Reath 1 2 3

           Born: 1848
     Christened: 
           Died: 1930
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA


Children
1 U [Infant] Criswell 5

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 



2 F Eva Myrtle Criswell 1 2

           Born: 12 May 1878
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Mar 1963
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M Fleming Byers Criswell 1 2 7

           Born: 8 Nov 1880 - Pennsylvania 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Nov 1976
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: Hattie Catherine May (1881-1976)
           Marr: 22 Mar 1905 - Knox, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA


4 F Nellie Criswell 1 2

           Born: 17 Dec 1882
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Feb 1971
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA



5 F Mary Criswell 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



6 F Elizabeth Criswell 2

            AKA: Edith Criswell 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Silas Criswell


He was a funeral director and furniture merchant, and for twenty-five years served as a justice of the peace in Richland Township, Emlenton Borough, Venango County and in Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1118.

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 62.

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 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1112.

7 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 82.

8 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 83.


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