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Joel Silas Criswell

Joel Silas Criswell

Male 1863 - 1948  (84 years)

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  1. 1.  Joel Silas CriswellJoel Silas Criswell was born on 25 Oct 1863 in Fayette County, Texas (son of John Yancy Criswell and Mary Rebecca O'Daniel); died on 11 Jun 1948 in Hamlin, Jones County Texas.

    Joel married Mary Alma Nikel on 19 Apr 1893 in Flatonia, Fayette, Texas. Mary (daughter of John August Nikel and Hedwig Johanna Sebesta) was born on 25 Dec 1869 in Fayette County, Texas; died on 25 Mar 1941 in Corpus Christy, Nueces County, Texas Rose Hill Memorial Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Owen Richard Criswell was born on 25 May 1895 in Flatonia, Fayette County Texas; died on 24 Oct 1971 in Ranger, Eastland County, Texas.
    2. Louie Leon Criswell was born on 1 Sep 1906 in Medina, Bandera County, Texas; died on 27 Feb 1961 in Hamlin, Jones County Texas.

    Family/Spouse: Dora Brackeen. Dora was born on 26 Oct 1874 in Charleston, Texas; died on 3 Aug 1957 in Hamlin, Jones County Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Yancy Criswell was born on 27 Nov 1824 in Knox County, Kentucky (son of John Yancy Criswell and Mary Eleanor Vannoy); died on 7 Oct 1896 in Waco, McLennan, Texas - Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Flatonia, Fayette County, Texas.

    John married Mary Rebecca O'Daniel on 2 Dec 1847. Mary (daughter of Josiah O'Daniel and Druscilia Millie Maxwell) was born on 22 Jul 1831 in Picken County, Alabama; died on 15 Apr 1892 in Waco, Mclennan, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Rebecca O'DanielMary Rebecca O'Daniel was born on 22 Jul 1831 in Picken County, Alabama (daughter of Josiah O'Daniel and Druscilia Millie Maxwell); died on 15 Apr 1892 in Waco, Mclennan, Texas.
    Children:
    1. 1. Joel Silas Criswell was born on 25 Oct 1863 in Fayette County, Texas; died on 11 Jun 1948 in Hamlin, Jones County Texas.
    2. Leander Harvey Criswell was born on 25 Dec 1848; died on 16 Mar 1926 in King County, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Yancy Criswell was born in 1786 in Knox County, Kentucky (son of John Criswell and Elizabeth Yancy); died on 30 Sep 1839 in Knox County, Kentucky.

    John married Mary Eleanor Vannoy in Oct 1812 in Knox County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of William Vannoy and Mary Sallee) was born in 1794 in Knox County, Kentucky; died on 30 Sep 1839 in West Point, Fayette County, Texas - Old Plum Grove Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Eleanor VannoyMary Eleanor Vannoy was born in 1794 in Knox County, Kentucky (daughter of William Vannoy and Mary Sallee); died on 30 Sep 1839 in West Point, Fayette County, Texas - Old Plum Grove Cemetery.
    Children:
    1. Leroy Vannoy Criswell was born in 1813 in Barboursville, Knox County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jul 1865 in Oso, Fayette County, Texas; was buried in Criswell Cemetery, Praha, Texas.
    2. William Vannoy Criswell was born on 15 Apr 1815 in , Knox, Kentucky; died on 19 Jan 1858 in Praha, Fayette County Texas - Kubena farm one mile southeast of Praha; was buried on 22 Jan 1858 in Oso, Fayette, Texas - re-interred 1936 State Cemetary, Austin, Texas.
    3. Mary Candice Ann Criswell was born on 23 Feb 1816 in Knox County, Kentucky; died on 28 Jul 1900 in Muldoon, Fayette County, Texas.
    4. Mary Jane Criswell was born on 10 Jun 1818 in Knox County, Kentucky; died in Dec 1866 in Alleyton, Colorado County, Texas.
    5. James Henry Criswell was born in 1822 in Knox County, Kentucky; died in 1872 in Blackjack Spring, Fayette County, Texas.
    6. 2. John Yancy Criswell was born on 27 Nov 1824 in Knox County, Kentucky; died on 7 Oct 1896 in Waco, McLennan, Texas - Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Flatonia, Fayette County, Texas.
    7. Joseph Eve Criswell was born on 6 Aug 1827 in Knox County, Kentucky; died on 29 Sep 1897 in Big Springs, Howard County, Texas.
    8. Andrew Jackson Criswell was born in 1829 in Knox County, Kentucky; died in 1862 in Mansfield, Louisiana.

  3. 6.  Josiah O'DanielJosiah O'Daniel

    Josiah married Druscilia Millie Maxwell on 2 Dec 1847 in Woods Prairie, Fayette County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Druscilia Millie Maxwell
    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Rebecca O'Daniel was born on 22 Jul 1831 in Picken County, Alabama; died on 15 Apr 1892 in Waco, Mclennan, Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Criswell was born in 1761 in Augusta County, Virginia (son of Henry Criswell and Rebecca R); died on 27 Aug 1845 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA.

    John married Elizabeth Yancy. Elizabeth (daughter of John Yancy and Mary Leighton) was born on 1 Mar 1761 in Orange, Essex, Virginia; died on 23 Oct 1837 in Garrard, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Yancy was born on 1 Mar 1761 in Orange, Essex, Virginia (daughter of John Yancy and Mary Leighton); died on 23 Oct 1837 in Garrard, Kentucky, USA.
    Children:
    1. 4. John Yancy Criswell was born in 1786 in Knox County, Kentucky; died on 30 Sep 1839 in Knox County, Kentucky.
    2. Susannah G Criswell was born on 13 Oct 1783 in Sullivan County, Tennessee; died on 27 Jan 1863 in Fayette County, Texas.
    3. Elizabeth Yancy Criswell was born in 1783; died in 1870.

  3. 10.  William VannoyWilliam Vannoy was born in 1771 (son of Francis Vannoy and Milicent Henderson); died in Jan 1846.

    William married Mary Sallee. Mary (daughter of Pierre Sallee and Charity Van Winkle) was born in 1768; died in 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Sallee was born in 1768 (daughter of Pierre Sallee and Charity Van Winkle); died in 1846.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Eleanor Vannoy was born in 1794 in Knox County, Kentucky; died on 30 Sep 1839 in West Point, Fayette County, Texas - Old Plum Grove Cemetery.
    2. Temperance Vannoy
    3. Samuel Vannoy
    4. Winneford Vannoy
    5. Alexander Vannoy
    6. Peter Vannoy
    7. Joseph Vannoy
    8. Telitha Vannoy



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