VETERAN: Civil War Co. E 73 rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Ancestry: Name: Oliver Crisman , Residence: Wheeler Station, Indiana Enlistment Date: 09 February 1865 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 556 556 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 09 February 1865
Enlisted in Company B, 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 09 February 1865.
Mustered out Company B, 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 September 1865 in Nashville, TN
engraved on his gravestone is Co. E 73rd Ind Volunteers
Vidette Messenger
Jan 9, 1928 p. 4
CRISMAN RITES ARE HELD TODAY
Interment of the remains of the late Oliver Crisman, civil war veteran, was made this morning in McCool Cemetery. Short services were held at the grave conducted by Rev. Carl G. Steward, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, assisted by Rev. Karl Darkey, of Wheeler.
Mr. Crisman died on December 29, and the funeral cortege was unable to reach the cemetery during the big snow storm of Saturday December 31, after battling snow drifts and cold for eight hours. Many of the machines became stuck in the drifts. The casket was taken to the Lynn Keen home, and later brought back to this city.
(submitted by Kathy Heckman)
Vidette Messenger
Friday Dec. 30, 1927 p. 1
O. CRISMAN G.A.R. 'VET' DIES AT 86
Oliver Crisman, age 86, and son of B.G. Crisman and Elizabeth Baughman, pioneer settlers of Crisman station and after whom the station was named, died last evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blair, at Crisman, Portage township, following a four days' illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Blair is a neice of the deceased.
The remains will lie in state at the Bartholomew chapel until the hour of the funeral.
Mr. Crisman was born in Carroll county, Ohio, November 19, 1841, coming to Porter county with his parents at the age of nine years.
At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted with Company E, Seventy-Third Indiana Volunteers Infantry, but was discharged on account of disability. He then enlisted with Company C, 151st Indiana Volunteers and served until the close of the war.
Sueviving are two sons, Charles H. Crisman of Valparaiso and Frank Crisman of Elkhart; one daughter, Mrs. Ina Belle Baker of Valparaiso; a sister, Mrs. Eugene Cole, Battle Creek, Mich., and two brothers Fred of London, Minn., and Wesley of Gelwein, Iowa. There are three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
With the death of Mr. Crisman, the fast thinning ranks of the G.A.R. has been reduced to thirteen in the county.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon from the McCool Church, Rev. Garl G. Steward officiating. Burial will be in McCool cemetery.
(from the papers of Twyla Boswell)
Ancestry: Name: Oliver Crisman , Residence: Wheeler Station, Indiana Enlistment Date: 09 February 1865 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 556 556 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 09 February 1865
Enlisted in Company B, 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 09 February 1865.
Mustered out Company B, 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 September 1865 in Nashville, TN
engraved on his gravestone is Co. E 73rd Ind Volunteers
Vidette Messenger
Jan 9, 1928 p. 4
CRISMAN RITES ARE HELD TODAY
Interment of the remains of the late Oliver Crisman, civil war veteran, was made this morning in McCool Cemetery. Short services were held at the grave conducted by Rev. Carl G. Steward, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, assisted by Rev. Karl Darkey, of Wheeler.
Mr. Crisman died on December 29, and the funeral cortege was unable to reach the cemetery during the big snow storm of Saturday December 31, after battling snow drifts and cold for eight hours. Many of the machines became stuck in the drifts. The casket was taken to the Lynn Keen home, and later brought back to this city.
(submitted by Kathy Heckman)
Vidette Messenger
Friday Dec. 30, 1927 p. 1
O. CRISMAN G.A.R. 'VET' DIES AT 86
Oliver Crisman, age 86, and son of B.G. Crisman and Elizabeth Baughman, pioneer settlers of Crisman station and after whom the station was named, died last evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blair, at Crisman, Portage township, following a four days' illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Blair is a neice of the deceased.
The remains will lie in state at the Bartholomew chapel until the hour of the funeral.
Mr. Crisman was born in Carroll county, Ohio, November 19, 1841, coming to Porter county with his parents at the age of nine years.
At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted with Company E, Seventy-Third Indiana Volunteers Infantry, but was discharged on account of disability. He then enlisted with Company C, 151st Indiana Volunteers and served until the close of the war.
Sueviving are two sons, Charles H. Crisman of Valparaiso and Frank Crisman of Elkhart; one daughter, Mrs. Ina Belle Baker of Valparaiso; a sister, Mrs. Eugene Cole, Battle Creek, Mich., and two brothers Fred of London, Minn., and Wesley of Gelwein, Iowa. There are three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
With the death of Mr. Crisman, the fast thinning ranks of the G.A.R. has been reduced to thirteen in the county.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon from the McCool Church, Rev. Garl G. Steward officiating. Burial will be in McCool cemetery.
(from the papers of Twyla Boswell)
VETERAN: Civil War Co. E 73 rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Ancestry: Name: Oliver Crisman , Residence: Wheeler Station, Indiana Enlistment Date: 09 February 1865 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 556 556 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 09 February 1865
Enlisted in Company B, 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 09 February 1865.
Mustered out Company B, 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 September 1865 in Nashville, TN
engraved on his gravestone is Co. E 73rd Ind Volunteers
Vidette Messenger
Jan 9, 1928 p. 4
CRISMAN RITES ARE HELD TODAY
Interment of the remains of the late Oliver Crisman, civil war veteran, was made this morning in McCool Cemetery. Short services were held at the grave conducted by Rev. Carl G. Steward, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, assisted by Rev. Karl Darkey, of Wheeler.
Mr. Crisman died on December 29, and the funeral cortege was unable to reach the cemetery during the big snow storm of Saturday December 31, after battling snow drifts and cold for eight hours. Many of the machines became stuck in the drifts. The casket was taken to the Lynn Keen home, and later brought back to this city.
(submitted by Kathy Heckman)
Vidette Messenger
Friday Dec. 30, 1927 p. 1
O. CRISMAN G.A.R. 'VET' DIES AT 86
Oliver Crisman, age 86, and son of B.G. Crisman and Elizabeth Baughman, pioneer settlers of Crisman station and after whom the station was named, died last evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blair, at Crisman, Portage township, following a four days' illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Blair is a neice of the deceased.
The remains will lie in state at the Bartholomew chapel until the hour of the funeral.
Mr. Crisman was born in Carroll county, Ohio, November 19, 1841, coming to Porter county with his parents at the age of nine years.
At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted with Company E, Seventy-Third Indiana Volunteers Infantry, but was discharged on account of disability. He then enlisted with Company C, 151st Indiana Volunteers and served until the close of the war.
Sueviving are two sons, Charles H. Crisman of Valparaiso and Frank Crisman of Elkhart; one daughter, Mrs. Ina Belle Baker of Valparaiso; a sister, Mrs. Eugene Cole, Battle Creek, Mich., and two brothers Fred of London, Minn., and Wesley of Gelwein, Iowa. There are three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
With the death of Mr. Crisman, the fast thinning ranks of the G.A.R. has been reduced to thirteen in the county.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon from the McCool Church, Rev. Garl G. Steward officiating. Burial will be in McCool cemetery.
(from the papers of Twyla Boswell)
Ancestry: Name: Oliver Crisman , Residence: Wheeler Station, Indiana Enlistment Date: 09 February 1865 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 556 556 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 09 February 1865
Enlisted in Company B, 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 09 February 1865.
Mustered out Company B, 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 September 1865 in Nashville, TN
engraved on his gravestone is Co. E 73rd Ind Volunteers
Vidette Messenger
Jan 9, 1928 p. 4
CRISMAN RITES ARE HELD TODAY
Interment of the remains of the late Oliver Crisman, civil war veteran, was made this morning in McCool Cemetery. Short services were held at the grave conducted by Rev. Carl G. Steward, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, assisted by Rev. Karl Darkey, of Wheeler.
Mr. Crisman died on December 29, and the funeral cortege was unable to reach the cemetery during the big snow storm of Saturday December 31, after battling snow drifts and cold for eight hours. Many of the machines became stuck in the drifts. The casket was taken to the Lynn Keen home, and later brought back to this city.
(submitted by Kathy Heckman)
Vidette Messenger
Friday Dec. 30, 1927 p. 1
O. CRISMAN G.A.R. 'VET' DIES AT 86
Oliver Crisman, age 86, and son of B.G. Crisman and Elizabeth Baughman, pioneer settlers of Crisman station and after whom the station was named, died last evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blair, at Crisman, Portage township, following a four days' illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Blair is a neice of the deceased.
The remains will lie in state at the Bartholomew chapel until the hour of the funeral.
Mr. Crisman was born in Carroll county, Ohio, November 19, 1841, coming to Porter county with his parents at the age of nine years.
At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted with Company E, Seventy-Third Indiana Volunteers Infantry, but was discharged on account of disability. He then enlisted with Company C, 151st Indiana Volunteers and served until the close of the war.
Sueviving are two sons, Charles H. Crisman of Valparaiso and Frank Crisman of Elkhart; one daughter, Mrs. Ina Belle Baker of Valparaiso; a sister, Mrs. Eugene Cole, Battle Creek, Mich., and two brothers Fred of London, Minn., and Wesley of Gelwein, Iowa. There are three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
With the death of Mr. Crisman, the fast thinning ranks of the G.A.R. has been reduced to thirteen in the county.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon from the McCool Church, Rev. Garl G. Steward officiating. Burial will be in McCool cemetery.
(from the papers of Twyla Boswell)
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