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RISTON GENEALOGY
MORE CHILDREN OF ELISHA RISTON AND SARAH MAYO
3. Rachel RISTON b.
abt 1796 in Greenbriar Co. VA (Now Monroe Co., WVA) She died after
Feb 1837.
+ Robert
HENDERSON b. Christian Co., KY.
Married 13 Nov 1819 Christian Co., KY. A
Thomas RISTEN who may have been
her brother signed this marriage
“certificate”.
(Book #6 in Christian Co., KY)
3. Thomas J. RISTON / WRISTON
b. 13 Dec 1800 OR 28 Oct
1801 in Kentucky
d. 28 Oct 1881
Hancock, IL.
+ Hannah
BOGGESS (BOGGS) b. 23 Apr 1800
d. 10 Sept 1846 in IL. Married
1 Mar 1821 in
Christian Co., KY. She was the daughter of Henry BOGGESS and Anna Mary
(Polly)
PITZER.
4.
John Henry WRISTEN/WRISTON/RISTON
b. 28 Jan 1822 in Christian Co., Ky
(moved to Macoupin Co., Illinois with parents)
d. 9 Jan 1912 in Hancock Co.,
Illinois.
Buried in Providence Baptist Cemetery, Hancock Co., IL. (He may be
buried
at McGee Cemetery in Macoupin Co., IL.)
+ Mary Ann PITZER b. 23 May 1827 in Christian Co., KY d. 11 Jan 1857. Buried
in
Providence Baptist Cemetery, Hancock Co., IL.
Married 21 Dec 1843 in
Macoupin Co., Il. Moved to Hancock
Co., Illinois in 1851.
5.
William Leander WRISTEN b.
25 Sept 1845. He went to Tabor
College in Iowa
and was a teacher.
+ Mary F. MOORE
married 20 June 1880
5.
John Marshall WRISTEN b. 8
Dec 1847 Buda, IL d. 1868 Hancock
Co., IL.
+ Dell WINZEL (Amanda
F. WENSEL/WENZEL) married 11 Apr 1867
6. Charles R. WRISTEN b.
1869 d. Rushville, IL. (His
uncle was a Charles
J. WRISTEN who married Hettie WILHITE)
+ Josephine A. WILHITE m. 10 Feb 1890 Hancock Co., Il.
7. David Earl WRISTEN
+ Sadie Lulu SWIGIT (unknown dates) b. 7 Sept 1894
m. 16 April 1914 Hancock Co., Il. (She was Indian and Dutch)
8. Otis WRISTEN (unknown dates)
8. Paul WRISTEN (unknown dates)
8. Mary WRISTEN (unknown dates)
8. Daisy WRISTEN (unknown dates)
8. Unknown female (put up for adoption while David Earl WRISTEN
was in WWI)
6. John W. WRISTEN b.
1870 d. Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL
(OR b. 1880 +
in Augusta, Hancock Co., IL. and d. aft 1920 in Rushville,
Schuyler
Co., IL
+ Martha A TOMLINSON
b. 20 Sept 1847 Hunphreys Co., TN. married July 1875
d. 4 May 1920 Kewanee, Henry Co., Il.
6. Ella May WRISTEN b.
14 Dec 1879 Augusta, Hancock Co., IL d.
Sept 1969 in
+ (Unknown) (Tomlinson?) NORBERG (?)
6. Emory B. WRISTEN b.
1876 Augusta, Hancock Co., IL, d. aft 1920 in
+ Edith BARNETT/BARRETT married 15 June 1915
6. Jennie Alice WRISTEN b.
11 Oct 1887 Augusta,
Hancock Co., Il. d. 3 Jan
1969 Peoria, Peoria Co., Il.
+ Clarence
LANPHER
Il. married 18 May 1907
6. Lee R. WRISTEN b.
13 May 1886 Augusta, Hancock Co., IL d.
Dec 1965
6. Mary E. WRISTEN b.
aft 1880 or aft 1887 d. aft 1920
Peoria, Peoria Co.,
IL.
+ (Unknown) STEVER or Stever TOMLINSON?
6. Maude WRISTEN b.
13 Mar 1889 Augusta, Hancock Co., IL d.
Sept 1975
Quincy, Adams Co., Il.
5.
George Marion WRISTEN b. 13
Feb 1850 d. 12 Apr 1855
5.
Theodore Francis WRISTEN b.
20 Jan 1852 d. 17 Oct 1853
5.
Thomas Claiborne/Claborn WRISTEN b.
28 Dec 1854 d. 7 May 1917 He is
buried in Dighton, KS.
+ Allabelle Carolyn McCOY
married 28 Dec 1884 in Hancock Co., Plymouth, Il.
+ Catharine MATTHEWS
b. 13 June 1839 d. 25 July
1873. Buried in Providence
cemetery Macoupin Co., IL.)
Married 22 Apr 1858 in Bowen, Hancock
Co., IL. Most of this family is
buried at Primitive Provident Baptist
Cemetery between Plymouth and Denver, IL.)
5.
Henry Alexander WRISTEN b.
26 Feb 1859
+ Elizabeth HARRISON
married 6 Mar 1884
5.
Melvina Angeline WRISTEN b.
28 Oct 1861
+ Morton B. HINSON
married 12 Dec 1883
5.
Charles Jefferson WRISTEN b.
28 Aug 1863
+ Hattie WILHITE
married 25 Feb 1891
5.
Mary Louise WRISTEN b. 27
Sept 1865 d. 20 July 1886
5.
Cora Belle WRISTEN b. 5 June
1868
+ Beauregard HINSON
married 20 Oct 1892 in
Kansas
5.
Lewis Edward WRISTEN b. 20
July 1870 d. 28 Dec 1896
+ Juda BOWLEN
married 13 Oct 1892
+ Rachel GRIFFITTS CAIN
(Mrs.) b. 30 May 1828 d. 31 Oct 1898. Buried in
Providence Baptist Cemetery,
Hancock Co., IL.(She may be buried at McGee
Co., IL.
She was the daughter of William GRIFFITTS and Mary (Unknown).
4.
Mary Ann WRISTEN/RISTON b.
22 May 1824 in KY d. 24 Feb
1854 in IL.
+ Thomas Newington WILLS
Married 22 Jan 1843 in Macoupin Co., IL.
4.
Sarah A. WRISTEN b. 21 Sept
1826 in KY d. 1 May 1855
+ William F. OSBURN (?)
(unknown dates) Married on 11 Mar 1851 in Macoupin
Co., IL.
4.
William D. WRISTEN/RISTON b.
9 Sept 1828 in Christian Co., IL. d.
5 Mar 1902 in Los
Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA. (Fresno?)
+ Agnes Ardelia DEW b. 22 Jun 1829 in Potts Creek, Alleghny Co., VA
d. 2 Jan 1913
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA.
Buried 4 Jan 1913 in Rosedale
Cemetery, Ocean Park, Los Angeles Co., CA.
Married on 25 Dec 1849 in
Carlinville, Macoupin Co., IL.
She was the daughter of Charles DEW and
Nancy PINKLEY/PINCKNEY.
5.
Anita Magnola WRISTEN b. 20
Sept 1867 d. 29 July 1933 Tucson,
AZ
+ Theodore SCHMIDT
Married in LA.
+ Walter GRADY
(unknown dates) Married 13 Apr 1885 in Santa Rosa, CA.
5.
Elizabeth Nevada WRISTEN b.
29 July 1863 (born while crossing
the plains to
CA. d. 20 Mar 1931 in Hollywood Hospital, Hollywood, CA.
+ Edward Howard BENTLEY
(unknown dates) Married 31 May 1885 Fresno,
CA.
5.
John Oscar WRISTON b. 11
June 1856 d. 19 Sept 1857. Buried
in McGee
Cemetery, Macoupin Co., IL.
5.
Josephine “Josie” Edith WRISTEN
b. 1 Apr 1858 Macoupin Co., IL. d.
19 Jan
1944 Burlingame, San Mateo Co., CA. Has written a family history about
family. (4 volumes)
+ William Henry COOK Married
20 June 1883 San Jose, CA.
5.
Laura A. WRISTEN b. 25 Sept
1850 d. 17 Dec 1850.
Buried in McGee Cemetery,
Macoupin Co., IL.
5.
Maria Louella WRISTON b. 29
May 1860 IL d, 1947 Davisville, Yolo Co., CA.
+ Oluf Bernard OLUFS
d. 7 May 1999 Seattle, WA.
6. Dick WRISTEN (unknown
dates)
5.
Mary Virginia WRISTEN b. 30
Sept 1851 d. 20 Sept 1893
+ Joseph Phillip GRAHAM
b. Il d. near Santa Rosa,
Sonoma Co., CA. Married
12 Mar 1870
near Davisville, Yolo Co., CA.
5.
Nancy Isabel WRISTEN b. 8
Feb 1854 d, 27 Aug 1855.
Buried in McGee
Cemetery, Macoupin Co., IL.
5.
Nellie Maude WRISTEN b. 25
Feb 1869 d. 20 Dec 1913 Ocean Park,
CA.
+ William Smith WALTERS
(unknown dates) Married 20 Oct 1889 in LA.
Both
are buried in Rosedale Cemetery.
5.
William Barton Lee WRISTEN b.
13 May 1871 CA d. 18 May 1938
Stockton,
San Joaquin Co., CA.
4.
Louisa A. WRISTON b. 11 Apr
1833 in KY. d. 20 July 1906
in Hancock Co., IL.
+ Jesse BURLARD (?) (unknown dates) Married before 1854. There are questions
about whether this is the correct named “husband” and whether she
had a
child out of wedlock by him.
+ David COLLINS (unknown dates) Married
1 Nov 1883 in Hancock Co., IL.
4.
Albert Clay WRISTEN b. 23
Feb 1835 in IL, d. 24 Aug 1894
+ Martha
Ann SMITH b. 17 Feb 1836 in
Hancock Co., IL. Married 10
Dec 1856 in
Hancock Co., IL.
5.
Valentine WRISTEN b. 1859
+ Alice Virginia SCHINDEL
(unknown dates)
6. Cora Blanche WRISTON b.
2 Sept 1897 Beaver District,
Nicholas Co.,
WVA d. 1971
Craigsville, Nicholas Col, WVA
+
Hansford Thomas SPARKS unknown
dates. Married 12 Oct 1918
Nicholas Co., WVA.
6. Lucy Agnes WRISTON b.
25 July 1901 Beaver District,
Nicholas Co.,
WVA.
+ Milton
WOODS unknown dates
6. Margaret Thelma WRISTON
b. 30 Sept 1899 Beaver District, Nicholas Co.,
WVA.
+ Clayton
CUSICK unknown dates.
6. John Thomas WRISTON b.
1904 Beaver District, Nicholas Co.,
WVA
+ Esther
KRANTZ unknown dates.
5.
Levi E. WRISTEN b. 29 Sept
1865
5.
Sylvester WRISTEN b. 21 Oct
1857 d. 20 Apr 1926
4.
Milton Washington WRISTEN b.
28 Oct 1836 in Macon, IL. d. 31 Dec
1912 in San
Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA or in Antioch.
Buried on 31 Dec 1912 in
Liberty Cemetery, Oakgrove Park, Antioch Co.,
CA. He had settled in Klickitat
Co., WA in 1883 via IA, KS, and CA.
+ Alta Jane HARRIS b. 10 Oct 1840 in Adams Co., IL.
d. 17 July 1914 in Prosser,
Benton Co., WA. Married 29 June 1859 in Adams
Co., IL. Alta was buried
in July 1914 in Liberty Cemetery, Oak Grove Park, Antioch, CA. NOTE #9
There is also a marriage date of 30 June 1857 in Hancock Co., IL.
5. George W. WRISTEN b. 19 Mar 1860 Hancock Co., IL d. 9 Dec 1880
San
Joaquin Co., CA. Buried in Liberty Cemetery, Antioch, CA.
5. Dottie WRISTEN (?) b. 1860
5. Lela WRISTEN (?) b. 1876
5.
Hannah L. WRISTEN b. 14 Aug
1861 Hancock Co., IL
+ William C. RAFFETY
b. 19 Oct 1841 Greene Co., IL. He was the son of James
RAFFETY b. 1814
Nashville, TN and Arthanussa SAGE. His
mother died
in Pike Co, IL where both James and Arthanussa moved. William married
Hannah on 19 Mar 1883 in Stockton, CA. They
moved to Klickitat,
Yakima/Kittitas Co., WA.
6. Lalita W. RAFFETY b.
12 June 1886 San Francisco, San Francisco Co.,
CA
5.
Viola WRISTEN b. in KS and
brought up in CA. Married 18 Nov
1885 in
Klickitat Co., WA. (Her
“nickname” was “Mamie”).
+ George H. ELLIS
b. 10 May 1861 Jefferson Co., IA. NOTE #10
6. Lellia ELLIS b.
abt 1887
6. Ina ELLIS (unknown
dates)
6. George ELLIS b.
abt 1891
6. Jane ELLIS b.
abt 1893
6. Carl ELLIS b.
abt 1895
6. Juanita ELLIS b.
abt 1897
5.
Alverdia Alice WRISTEN b. 1 Nov
1865 IL. Married 18 Nov 1885/6 in Goldendale, OR.
d. 14 July 1957 Tacoma, WA. Buried 17 July 1957 New Tacoma Cemetery.
Another record says they married in Grandview, WA.
+ Paul Pendleton CHAMBERLAIN
b. 16 May 1863 Washington Co.,
5. Oliver WRISTEN
b. abt. 1873
5.
Donald WRISTEN
5. Liddie (Lidda, Lattie) WRISTEN
b. 1867 Adams Co., IL
+ (Unknown) SMITH lived in CA
5. Emmet WRISTEN
b. abt 1871 lived in Bickleton
5. Dillard R. WRISTEN b. 1872 Adams Co., IL d. 10 Dec 1882 San
Joaquin Co., IL. Buried
Dec 1882 Liberty Cemetery. (Could also have been Willard R.)
5. Claude WRISTEN b. 1874 Il.
4.
Martha Jane WRISTEN b. 9 Dec
1840 in IL., d 26 Apr 1935.
+ (Unknown) LUCENT (unknown dates)
+ Henry SMART
(unknown dates) Married 8
Dec 1859 in Hancock Co., IL.
+ Sally
ROGERS (unknown dates)
+ Nancy FIREMAN
b. 1806 d. 8 Jan 1866 in Hancock Co., IL. Married 6 Dec
1848 in Montgomery,
Madison Co., IL.
Buried in Providence Baptist Cemetery Hancock
Co., IL.
(Some say her surname was TOSEMAN.
+ Mary
ECKELS (Mrs.) (unknown dates)
Married 20 Apr 1895 in Adams, IL.
3. Elizabeth RISTON b.
1802 (The LDS has an Elizabeth CLIFFORD with parents Elisha
CLIFFORD/RISTON and
Sarah Ann MAYZE b. abt 1795) THIS MAY BE
INCORRECT AS SOME SAY SHE WAS
UNMARRIED.
+
Peter BERRY married 10 Aug
1821 (another name associated with
this RISTON is a
Joshua A. Kelly ?)
3. Nancy RISTON b.
abt. 1804 in Kentucky d. after 1837
+
James NEWCOMB (NEWSOM)
(unknown dates) Married 11 Sept
1832 by marriage
bond in Hopkins Co., KY. page 392.
4. George NEWCOMB
b. abt 1837 in KY d. after 1
Oct 1850
4. Elizabeth NEWCOMB
(unknown dates)
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