Clymenia (Carlton) Crisman (1837 - 1909)

Born 9 May 1837 in Maine

Ancestors

Wife of Oscar Crisman — married 26 Mar 1877 in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States

Died 16 Nov 1909 at age 72 in Sycamore, Dekalb County, Illinois

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Biography

Clymenia was born in 1837. She was the daughter of Ezra Carlton and Mary Howland.^[1]

She married Silas F. Washburn in Dekalb Co, IL in 1856.^[2][3] Silas was a son of Marcus Washburn.

She married Oscar Crisman in Dekalb Co, IL in 1877.^[4][5][6]

She passed away in 1909.^[6][7]

Residence 1840 - Huron Twp, Wayne Co, NY

US Census, 1840 in Huron, Wayne County, New York^[8]

Ezra Carlton household

1 - male under 5 (Thaxter)

3 - males 5 to 10 (Ezra D., Hiram, David)

1 - male 40 to 50 (head Ezra Jr)

1 - male 50 to 60 (?)

1 - female under 5 (Clymena)

1 - female 5 to 10 (Mary)

2 - females 10 to 15 (Thurza, Anstasia)

1 - female 30 to 40 (wife Mary Howland)

Residence 1850 - Franklin Co, ME

US Census, 1850 in Franklin County, Maine^[9]

Mary Carlton, 44, b ME

David Carlton, 18, b ME

Ezra Carlton, 15, b ME

Mary A Carlton, 15, b ME

Clymenia Carlton, 13, b ME

Thaxter Carlton, 11, b NY

Wallace Carlton, 7, b ME

Jefferson Carlton, 3, b ME

Residence 1855 - Pampas, Dekalb Co, IL

Illinois State Census, 1855 in Pampas Township, Dekalb County, Illinois^[10]

Mary Carleton household

1 - male under 10 (Jefferson)

1 - male 10-20 (Thaxter)

2 - male 20-30 (Ezra, David)

1 - female under 10 (?)

1 - female 10-20 (Clymenia)

1 - female 30-40 (seems wrong - Mary is actually 49)

If we assume those female columns were shifted by 1, then it matches up a bit better (assuming daughter Mary is in the household):

1 - female 10-20 (Clymenia)

1 - female 20-30 (daughter Mary)

1 - female 40-50 (head Mary)

Her obituary^[6] indicates they moved to Dekalb Co, IL on 10-June-1855.

Residence 1860 - Memphis, Shelby Co, TN

US Census, 1860 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee^[11]

Silas Washburn, 25, b NY

Simenia C Washburn, 23, b ME

James Neal, 10, b TN

Mary Murphy, 30, b IL, "dressmaker"

Jane Smith, 20, b IL, "dressmaker"

Residence 1870 - Bloomington, McLean Co, IL

US Census, 1870 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois^[12]

In Samel W Burk household

Miss Washburn, 30, b ME "seamstress"

Her obituary ^[6] indicates that she moved to Bloomington 15 years after 1855.

Residence 1880 - Dekalb Twp, Dekalb Co, IL

US Census, 1880 in Dekalb Township, Dekalb County, Illinois^[13]

Oscar Crisman, 42, b NJ

Clymina Crisman, 38, b ME

Edward Wilson, 46, b NY, "laborer"

Residence 1900 - Dekalb Twp, Dekalb Co, IL

US Census, 1900 in Dekalb Township, Dekalb County, Illinois^[14]

Oscar Crisman, 63, b NJ

Clymena Crisman, 60, b ME mother of 10, 5 living

Frank Nehring, 22, b IL, "servant"

The children comment for her is odd. No children for her have been found. Perhaps she mistakenly answered it in the viewpoint of her mother, as those numbers would be true in 1900 for the children of Mary Howland Carlton.

Death 1909

MRS . OSCAR CRISTMAN - Stricken By Paralysis Respected Pioneer Suddenly Passes Away.

Mrs. Oscar Cristman appeared to be in her usual health last Tuesday morning, but when her husband returned from a visit to DeKalb in the evening, he found the house dark and his wife lying on the sofa. She did not respond to his greetings, and as he went to her she reached for his hand, clasped it, and a few minutes later expired. Her death was caused by a stroke of paralysis.

Clymena C. Carlton was born May 9, 1837, at Letter, Maine. She came with her mother Mrs. Ezra Carlton to Cortland township, this county, on June 10, 1855. After a residence there of some 15 years she removed to BIoomington, Ill., and then to Sycamore, where she made her home for several years, when she removed to the farm four miles southwest of Sycamore and two miles north of DeKalb, where they continued to reside for some 30 years. Over two years ago they again became residents of Sycamore, making their home on DeKalb avenue, east of the Northwestern station

Clymena C. Carlton and Oscar Cristman were married on March 26, 1877.

Mrs. Cristman leaves surviving besides her husband, two brothers, David, who is a resident of the Cherokee reservation, and Ezra Carlton, who is a resident of Denver, Col., and one sister, Mrs. Mary Ward of Portland, Maine.

The funeral services were held at the home on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and were conducted by Rev. J. P. Brushingham, pastor of the Methodist church. The interment was in the family lot in Cortland cemetery.

Mrs. Cristman was a lady of many graces of character, loved and esteemed by all.

Among those at the funeral were: H. C. Saehlemonn of New York City, a, nephew; Mrs. Addie Thompson of Lexington, Neb., a niece; T. R. and L. M. Ricker and Mrs. Lauretta Crossett, relatives, all of Cortland.^[6]

Research Notes

• There is suspicion that Marcus Washburn (father of Silas) is a brother to Daniel Washburn (father of Adelia). Thus, Clymenia and her brother Ezra may have married Washburn cousins.

Sources

1. ↑ Gross, Lewis M., Past and Present of Dekalb County, Illinois, Vol II, Chicago, IL: Pioneer Publishing Company, 1907, Page 273 under Timothy Ricker. Linked here.
2. ↑ Illinois Marriage database on Ancestry.com:

   Name: WASHBURN, SILAS F.

   Spouse: CARLTON, CLEMEMIA

   Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1856

   County: DeKalb

   State: IL.

3. ↑ The True Republican, Sycamore, Illinois, 19-December-1916, page 6. Linked here.
4. ↑ Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 database on Ancestry.com,

   Name: Mrs. Climena Washburn

   Gender: Female

   Spouse Name: Oscar Crisman

   Marriage Date:, Mar 26, 1877

   Marriage County:, De Kalb

   Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Sycamore, IL.

5. ↑ The True Republican, Sycamore, Illinois, 7-April-1917, page 1. Linked here.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} The True Republican, Sycamore, Illinois, 20-November-1909, page 1. Linked here.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #77088781. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 January 2020), memorial page for Clymenia C. Carlton Crisman (9 May 1837–16 Nov 1909), Find A Grave Memorial no. 77088781, citing Mound Rest Cemetery, Cortland, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by kvap (contributor 46489254).
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB3-HK3 : 16 August 2017), Ezra Carlton, Huron, Wayne, New York, United States; citing p. 111, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 350; FHL microfilm 17,210.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JG-HBV : 12 April 2016), Ezra Calton in household of Mary Calton, Weld, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing family 160, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ "Illinois State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:61QH-33Z : 11 March 2018), Mary Carleton, Pampass, DeKalb, Illinois; citing Pampass, DeKalb, Illinois, 7, p. 83, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T2-VR1 : 12 December 2017), Simenia C Washburn in entry for Silas Washburn, 1860.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HF-3LD : 12 April 2016), Miss Washburn in household of Samel W Burk, Illinois, United States; citing p. 110, family 806, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,757.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJC-9BM : 15 September 2017), Clymina Crismar in household of Oscar Crismar, De Kalb, DeKalb, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 28, sheet 46A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0202; FHL microfilm 1,254,202.
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS72-NXC : accessed 14 January 2019), Clymena Crisman in household of Oscar Crisman, DeKalb Township (excl. DeKalb city), DeKalb, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 3A, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,296.