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Ava Chenault

b. 12 Oct 1809 · North Carolina  |  d. 27 Mar 1861 · Albany, Linn Co., Oregon

Parents

Events

Birth
12 Oct 1809 · North Carolina
Death
27 Mar 1861 · Albany, Linn Co., Oregon

Family

Spouse: William Withers Chrisman (1810–) · m. 14 Jul 1831 · Union Co., Indiana

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Ann Chrisman (17 Feb 1834–3 Jan 1915)
    m. Elijah Jackson · (NOT MARRIED)
    Children: Christopher Columbus Jackson (1852–1934)
    m. Thomas Oliver Davis (15 Mar 1818–14 Jan 1886) · 12 Apr 1854 · Marion Co., Oregon
    Children: Ava Ann Davis (1854–1932); John W. Davis (1858–1917); Mary Frances Davis (1859–1917); Hetta Davis (1861–1876); Ella Davis (1863–1876); Leora Davis (1866–1888); Viola Belle Davis (1866–1900); Charles Franklin Davis (1869–1948); Walter Harold Davis (1872–1962)
  2. Abner Chenault Chrisman (14 Jan 1836–27 Sep 1926)
    m. Minerva J. Neal (22 Nov 1845–6 Sep 1909) · 18 Dec 1862 · Neal Residence, near Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
    Children: William Edward Chrisman (1864–1927); John Charles Chrisman (1866–1938); Elizabeth Mahala Chrisman (1866–1955); James Monroe Chrisman (1869–1959); Frances Chrisman (1870–1875); Elday Lewis Chrisman (1873–1959); George Nelson Chrisman (1874–1955); Ira S. Chrisman (1878–1884); Milton Morgan Chrisman (–1892); Infant Chrisman
  3. John Chrisman (14 Jan 1836–ABOUT 1836)
  4. Daniel Trimbel Chrisman (26 Dec 1838–30 Jul 1891)
    m. Maria Dippy (ABOUT 1848–(Bet 24 Jun 1870 & 11 Jun 1880)) · 3 Jan 1869 · Marion Co., Oregon
    Children: William W. Chrisman (1869–)
  5. Samuel Larkin Chrisman (30 Jan 1840–1 Jul 1915)
    m. Sarah Folli (–BEFORE Apr 1910) · 31 Dec 1862 · Linn Co., Oregon
  6. William S. Chrisman (26 Apr 1842–)
  7. Margaret Mary Jane Chrisman (24 Dec 1843–19 Jan 1911)
    m. Thomas Miller or McLean Munkers (22 Jun 1833–15 Jun 1899) · 13 Jan 1870 · Linn Co., Oregon
    Children: Ida Munkers (1870–); James Clinton Munkers (1873–1963); Cora J. Munkers (1878–1900)
  8. Charles Francis Chrisman (14 Jan 1846–1848)
  9. George Withers Chrisman (6 Sep 1847–ABOUT 1848)
  10. James Monroe Chrisman (25 Oct 1849–27 Jan 1862)

Notes

George Erwin Howell has in his records that she was born in 1810 and married on 14 jul 1830. Other family records indicated that she was born on 12 Oct 1809 and married 14 Jul 1831. Information from Marion Co. probate: Chrisman, Ava, file #208. Intestate. Died 27 Mar 1861. Wm Chrisman, husband, Adm Apr 1861. Heirs Elizabeth Ann Davis 27, wife of Thomas O Davis, Linn Co. A.C. Chrisman 25, D T Chrisman 22, S L Chrisman 21, Wm S Chrisman 18, Mary Jane Chrisman 17, James M Chrisman 11 (all of Marion Co., OR). She was about 57 when she died. From the Dec 1976 issue of the Oregon Historical Quarterly: a list of the wagons and people that came over the Oregon Trail, via the "Elliot Cut-Off, about 275 wagons are reported to have tried the route. On Sept 21, 1853 was listed, among many others, Chrisman, W., w, 6s, 2d. This must be Wm. Withers who had with him a wife, 6 sons, and 2 daughters (actually, one of the sons, a baby, was in fact a grandson born to Elizabeth).