Crisman Cemetery, Portage TownshipIndex of Crisman Cemetery burials . . . .
The index of Portage Township cemeteries published in 1995 by the Northwest
Indiana Genealogical Society provides the following information concerning the
Crisman Cemetery:
"Benjamin & Elizaberth (Baughman) Crisman
arrived in Porter
Co. in 1850. The family consisted of
Solomon, Isaac, Addison,
Oliver, Henry, Milton, Haney, Wesley,
Eliza, Jane. While
excavating for a service station at
the SE corner of US 20
in section 1, stone were found. One
stone had I. & J. Crisman
and another had Wilbur - Martha
children of I & J Crisman.
Isaac Crisman was born June 3, 1839
and married Jane
White on December 12, 1870."
Given this information, the Crisman Cemetery would have been located in the southwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 1. The 1876
plat of Portage Township indicates that this land was once owned by J. White.
The following obituary for one of Isaac Crisman's children appeared in the
December 7, 1876, issue of the Porter County Vidette, Valparaiso, Porter County,
Indiana [Volume 20, Number 49, Page 3, Column 6], and may refer to one to Martha
Crisman or Wilbur Crisman:
"Joy's Run Items.
One of Ike Crisman's little children
died Thursday of scarlet
fever; the other is at the point of
death."
NOTE: If you have information that you
like to add to this database, including corrections, then please contribute it
to
Steve Shook.
CRISMAN, Isaac
Birth: June 3, 1839, in Carroll County, Ohio
Death: February 3, 1923, in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana
Note: husband of Jane (White) Crisman; tombstone for Isaac Crisman appears in
the McCool Cemetery in Portage Township
CRISMAN, Jane (White)
Birth: 1847, in Illinois
Death: 1898, in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana
Note: wife of Isaac Crisman
CRISMAN, Martha
Birth:
Death:
Note: daughter of Isaac and Jane (White) Crisman; given name may have been
Mertie
CRISMAN, Wilbur
Birth:
Death:
Note: son of Isaac and Jane (White) Crisman; given name may have been spelled as
Wilber
Crisman Cemetery data prepared by Steven R. Shook