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.

Theodore Riley Crislip

1854 – 1898

Theodore Riley Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [534], born 19 February 1854, Harrison County, Virginia; died 20 December 1898 at age 80 years, 10 months and 1 day – buried at Spencer, West Virginia; married, 5 May 1881, in Harrison County at age 27, Mary Adeline Richards, age 16, daughter of David and Elizabeth Richards, born 22 July 1865; died 9 October 1944 in Charleston, West Virginia.

Children of Theodore Riley Crislip and Mary A. Richards


  • John Hamilton Crislip (Twin of Melissa Adeline Crislip) (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [535], born 29 January 1883; died 12 April 1961; married 1st, Ivy May Davis; married 2nd, Cora May Anderson. John Hamilton and Cora May Crislip were the parents of three sons and three daughters.

  • Melissa Adeline Crislip (Twin of John Hamilton Crislip) (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [539], born 29 January 1883; died 26 March 1913; married Roland Rush Petty, born 1870; died 1950.

  • Melvin Wade Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [541], born 13 March 1884, Goodhope, Harrison County, West Virginia; died 7 April 1959; married, 1908, Gertrude Hetchie.

  • Clara Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [541], born Harrison County, West Virginia.

  • Clarence Oscar Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [541], born 27 January 1888; died 18 March 1968, Roane County, West Virginia; married, January 1914, Mae Patrick, born 1895.

  • Ethel Osie Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [543], born 12 November 1889, Harrison County, West Virginia; died 2 November 1921; married, 1916 in Roane County, West Virginia, James G. Campbell.

  • Unnamed Crislip child, born Harrison County, West Virginia.

  • Fannie Maude Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [543], born 18 July 1891, Doddridge County, West Virginia; died 18 September 1945; married, 16 October 1913, Ray Vernon Sleeth, died 29 October 1968. To the couple were born two children whose names are unknown.

  • Iva Mae Crislip (Twin of Stella Jane Crislip) (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [543], born 11 January 1897; died 7 August 1917; married Walter Butcher.

  • Stella Jane Crislip (Twin of Iva Mae Crislip) (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [543], born 11 January 1897; died 10 February 1898, Linn, Roane County, West Virginia.

  • Hugh David Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [543], born, 5 June 1898, Linn, Roane County, West Virginia; died 20 December 1966, Charleston, West Virginia - buried in Cunningham Memorial Cemetery, St. Albans, West Virginia; married ___ Campbell. Hugh David and wife had two children whose names are unknown.

  • Charles Stephen Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [543], born 27 September 1901; died 17 May 1936 at age 34 years, 7 months and 20 days – buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Spencer, West Virginia; married, ca. 1924, ___ Smith. To the couple were born three children, two of which are unknown.

  • Herbert R. Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [543], born 12 April 1924, West Virginia; died 22 April 1994, Canton, Ohio.

  • Laken Ray Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [543], born 30 September 1927; died 27 September 2000.

  • Harley Rush Crislip (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, John Chrislip3, Martin Luther Crislip4 & Sarah Ann Chrislip4) [543], born 30 January 1904, Reedy, Roane County, West Virginia; died 26 December 1973, Canton, Ohio; married Hester Makin, born 26 December 1911, Large, Pennsylvania; died 30 January 1988, Canton, Ohio. To the couple were born a son and a daughter whose names are unknown.

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