Lee Mitchell Crist
Lee Mitchell Crist was born on February 13, 1853, in Plainfield, Illinois, to Peter and Nancy Crist. His father was a farmer who owned $3,500 of real estate and $300 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Plainfield until the 1860s, when they moved to Durant, Iowa. He married Clara A. Ames on December 20, 1877. They had at least two children: Ira and Jennie. They lived in Farmington, Iowa, and he worked as a farmer. His wife died on November 19, 1884, and he married Parthenia Doane on August 30, 1892. Their daughter Vera was born around 1893.
 
They lived in Summerset, Iowa, until the early 1900s, when they moved to Greenfield, Iowa. According to one writer, he “manifested a personal interest in all public affairs for the benefit of mankind,” and he was a “booster for any project that contained a community spirit and the uplifting of public opinion.” He died of paralysis in Greenfield on November 22, 1922.
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(5512)Crist, Lee Mitchell1853-02-131922-11-22
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (13503) [recipient] ~ Robert H. Crist to Lee M. Crist, 26 May 1864

People - Records: 10

  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [half sibling of] (3879) Crist, Robert Henry
  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [child of] (3880) Crist, Peter M.
  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [half sibling of] (3881) Crist, Parna Jane
  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [half sibling of] (3882) Crist, Deborah
  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [half sibling of] (5420) Weeks, Mary E.
  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [child of] (5422) Crist, Nancy Jane
  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [cousin of] (5424) Crist, Catharine
  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [cousin of] (5430) Crist, Isabella
  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [aunt/uncle of] (5431) Weeks, Esther A.
  • (5512) Crist, Lee Mitchell is the [cousin of] (5432) Crist, Ann

Places - Records: 2

  • (3118) [birth] ~ Plainfield, Will County, Illinois
  • (3120) [death] ~ Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa

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SOURCES

1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, available from Ancestry.com; The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, IA, 23 November 1922)