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.

Liston Leon Lightner

1868–1948

Liston Leon Lightner (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Lacy Ann Reed5) [231], born 29 June 1868, Ottumwa, Iowa; died 10 June 1948; married, 26 December 1997, Mary E. Black, born 13 October 1865, Delta, Iowa; died 30 August 1896, What Cheer, Iowa.


Children of Liston Lightner and Mary E. Black

  • Harold Lightner (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Lacy Ann Reed5, Liston Lightner6) [232], born 1 August 1888, What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa; died January 1972, Ottumwa, Iowa; married 1st, 1911, Emma Mohme, daughter of Charles Mohme and Caroline Hahn; married 2nd, 1929, May G. Klas, daughter of Lorenzo D. and Birdie E. Klas, born ca. 1890, South Dakota.

  • Nellie Lightner (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Lacy Ann Reed5, Liston Lightner6) [232], born April 1893, Keokuk County, Iowa; died December 1979, Denver, Colorado; married Chester Otis Preston, born 11 September 1886, Centerville, Iowa; died February 1964.

  • Josie Lightner (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Christiana Crislip3, Jacob Crislip Reed4, Lacy Ann Reed5, Liston Lightner6) [232], born May 1895, Iowa; married, 1913, Robert David Thompson, born 21 June 1895, Chariton, Iowa; died 1966, Mesa, Arizona.


Back to Top