John Finis Criswell

1846 - 1918  (72 years)

• Name	John Finis Criswell
  Birth	1846	Republic of Texas
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	4923
  Death	1918	Canyon County, New Mexico
  Person ID	I4923	Brownlow
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Leroy Vannoy Criswell,   b. 1813, Barboursville, Knox County, Kentucky d. 6 Jul 1865, Oso, Fayette County, Texas (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann McMicken,   b. 1825, Tennessee d. 18 Mar 1866, Oso, Fayette County, Texas (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Feb 1842	Fayette County, Republic of Texas   [1]
  Family ID	F1285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Rhillie Jackson,   b. 27 Dec 1852, Fayette County, Texas
  Marriage	5 Feb 1868	Fayette County, Texas
  Children	1. Eva Criswell,   b. 1891  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. George Leroy Criswell,   b. 1890  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Harvey Criswell,   b. 4 Oct 1874  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Anna Criswell  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Clarence Martin Criswell  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Etta Criswell  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Harvey Criswell  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. John Yancy Criswell  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Melletta Jane Criswell  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Oliver Criswell  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

• Documents

  John Finis Criswell Convict record

  
  

  Headstones

  John Fines Criswell Headstone

  
  

  Histories

  John Y Criswell III Letter from John Finis Criswell to Bettie Criswell Jones

  
  

• Notes

  Criswell Family Among Early Settlers and Heroes of Texas History John Fines Criswell, b. Dec. 25, 1845 at Black Jack Springs, Fayette Co., Texas, m. Feb. 5, 1868 to Margaret Rhilie Jackson in Oso, Texas. In 1881-82 he and family were living in Bandera, Bandera Co., Tex. He was farming, raising some cattle and trading horses and mules Migrated to Bayard, N. M. where he died after 1918. His wife died August 1, 1915. Children: Oliver b. 1870, James Harvey b. 1874, William Henry b. 1877, John Yancy b 1883, Qeorge Leroy b. 1886, Clarence Martin b. 1895, Eva, Etta, and Anna, daughters

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Republic of Texas Marriage License, Republic of Texas Marriage License (Reliability: 4).