Ansel-6 B. was the son of William-5 Crippen and his wife Content Standish. Content Standish was a direct descendant of Myles-1 Standish.
10 CRIPPEN siblings: Stephen Gilbert, Isaac, Laura, Calvin, Lucinda, [Self], Libbeus, Elizabeth "Betsey", Lovisa, and Seth W.
"Ansel, by family tradition, was a water-boy during the building of the Erie canal so he was probably working for his father."
Source: Kathryn Elizabeth (Crippen) Warner, GRS, and her husband, Russell Lewis Warner, GRS, 1960-1980.
Ansel married Marilla Paddock on March 25, 1831.
6 CRIPPEN children:
1. Millard Filmore Crippen (1833-1905).
2. Henry L. Crippen (1835-1923).
3. Isaac Crippen (1837-1923).
4. William Harrison Crippen (1839-1915).
5. Ernest M. Crippen (1842-1920).
6. Emma A. (Crippen) Ackerman and Smith (1844-1906).
Ansel was a farmer, but much of his time, after coming to Brighton, MI, was spent in digging wells so badly needed during those pioneer years. This was a very hazardous occupation because these open wells were often many feet deep and could have caved in upon the digger.
__________
From the Brighton Historical Society:
"When Ansel and Marilla (Paddock) Crippen came to Brighton Township from Penfield, New York in 1835, they purchased 120 acres on section 7; they brought with them two sons: Millard Fillmore (1832) and Henry L. (1835). Isaac (1837), Harrison (1839), Ernest (1842) and Emma (1844) later joined the growing family in the Crippen home on Hacker Road."
__________
About Ansel and Marilla Crippen's 5 sons and their exploits during the Civil War.
Source: Andrew R. Miller, 2/13/2014.
"Five Crippen brothers enlisted in Brighton into Company I, 9th Michigan Infantry, on 15 August 1861. Mustered into Federal Service on 15 October 1861, they left Detroit for Kentucky. Here they remained till March of 1862 when they left for Nashville, setting up temporary camp there before being ordered to Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
"At Murfreesboro, the 9th Michigan garrisoned the town from April until July when half of the regiment was captured. A week for the debacle at Murfreesboro, four companies of the 9th Michigan were detached and sent to Tullahoma, Tennessee. The Crippen brother's company was one of the four and was spared being captured, though they did fight a small engagement at Tyree Springs in September of 1862.
"They were ordered to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where they waited for the rest of their regiment to be paroled. By November 1862, the regiment was back in Nashville, where [William] Harrison Crippen was discharged for disability. The 9th Michigan, lambasted by the newspapers for their performance at Murfreesboro, had been vindicated by a court of inquiry finding fault with other troops who failed come to the Michigander's aid when they were fighting for their lives.
"Because new light showed their determined resistance, Major General George H. Thomas assigned the regiment as his headquarters guard and provost guard of the Army of the Cumberland. The next battle, when the Federal army was being crushed by an early morning attack at Stones River, the 9th Michigan blocked the path of the retreating Union soldiers, reforming panicked soldiers and stemming the tide for the Union. Isaac and Henry Crippen were with the regiment there.
"For the next year (1863), they performed policing duties throughout the army, guarding supply wagons and again performed important duties protecting General Thomas. At the Battle of Chickamauga, while returning to the battlefield after escorting hospital wagons of wounded soldiers back to Chattanooga, they found half the Union army crushed and retreated, much like they did at Stones River. Again, the regiment deployed blocking the road with fixed bayonets, gathering fear stricken soldiers into bodies of defenders against pursuing Confederate infantry.
"So well the regiment and their colonel (Parkhurst) performed their duties, that Major General deferred command to a colonel, much to his chagrin.
"By December, as the Union armies in Chattanooga were preparing for winter quarters, the Federal government offered thirty day furloughs to soldiers who re-enlisted for the duration of the war. Three hundred and six soldiers who qualified signed up as "veteran volunteers" including Isaac and Henry Crippen. They re-enlisted on 7 December 1863, were mustered on 25 December 1863, and left Chattanooga on 28 December for Michigan.
"The railroads were running slow due to weather and the 9th Michigan finally arrived in Coldwater [Branch Co., MI] on 5 January 1864. The Crippens and their fellow veterans remained in Coldwater for three days while Colonel Parkhurst went to Detroit to secure transportation for the soldiers to go to their respective homes.
"On January 8, the Crippen's returned home until mid-February. The veterans left Coldwater on 20 February 1864, arriving back in Chattanooga nine days later with 200 new recruits including [William] Harrison, Millard and Ernest Crippen.
"The brothers remained in the army until the close of the war, when first Ernest was discharged on 6 May 1865, then [William] Harrison and Millard on 20 June and finally Isaac and Henry, who were mustered out with rest of regiment on 15 September 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee."
__________
Reference:
1850 Brighton, Livingston, MI:
-->Ansel Crippen M 42 New York
Mary Crippen F 36 New York
Filmore Crippen M 17 New York
Henry Crippen M 14 New York
Isaac Crippen M 13 Michigan
Harrison Crippen M 10 Michigan
Ernest Crippen M 8 Michigan
Emily Crippen F 5 Michigan [Emma]
1860 Cannot find.
1870 Brighton, Livingnston, MI:
Ansel Crippen M 62y New York
Marilla Crippen F 57y New York
Ernest Crippen M 27y Michigan
Cora Crippen F 19y Michigan [Emma's dau.]
__________
CIVIL WAR: Ansel and Marilla's 5 boys joined the Civil War: Co. I, 9th MI Infantry. All 5 served in the same unit, and all came home unscathed.
__________
See online: Crippen marriages in Livingston Co., MI: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/Wed/crane.htm. (Found 2014.)
__________
Lineage (direct) to Thomas-1 CRIPPEN:
CRIPPEN: Ansel-6 B. Crippen, William-5 Crippen m. Content Standish, John-4 Crippen, John-3 Crippen, Lieut Jabez-2 Crippen, Thomas-1 CRIPPEN.
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Lineage to Edward-1 FULLER, passenger on the Mayflower, 1620:
FULLER: Ansel-8 B. Crippen, William-7 Crippen m. Content-6 STANDISH, John-6 Crippen, John-5 Crippen, Jabez-4 Crippen m. Thankful-4 FULLER, John-3 Fuller, Samuel-2 Fuller, Edward-1 FULLER.
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Lineage to Captain Myles-1 STANDISH, military leader of the Mayflower passengers, 1620:
STANDISH: Ansel-6 B, Crippen, William-5 Crippen m. Content-6 STANDISH, Israel-5 Standish Jr., Israel-4 Standish Sr., Samuel-3 Standish, Josiah-2 Standish, Myles-1 STANDISH.
__________
Source: Approved Mayflower Descendant certificates from Mayflower Society for Myles Standish and Edward Fuller through Isaac-7, Ansel's son.
__________
Family Photo Collection: with Mary E. Warner. Some pages with the original photos are with the MI State Library. Photos collected and identified with genealogical information by Russell Lewis Warner, GRS, in 3-ring binder and loose pages.
__________
Source: Kathryn E. (Crippen) GRS & Russell Lewis Warner GRS, compilers of these particular Crippen family records, 1960-1980; added to findagrave.com by their daughter, Mary E. Warner, 2011.
__________
Census search: Fraya Weiss, 2012.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011.
10 CRIPPEN siblings: Stephen Gilbert, Isaac, Laura, Calvin, Lucinda, [Self], Libbeus, Elizabeth "Betsey", Lovisa, and Seth W.
"Ansel, by family tradition, was a water-boy during the building of the Erie canal so he was probably working for his father."
Source: Kathryn Elizabeth (Crippen) Warner, GRS, and her husband, Russell Lewis Warner, GRS, 1960-1980.
Ansel married Marilla Paddock on March 25, 1831.
6 CRIPPEN children:
1. Millard Filmore Crippen (1833-1905).
2. Henry L. Crippen (1835-1923).
3. Isaac Crippen (1837-1923).
4. William Harrison Crippen (1839-1915).
5. Ernest M. Crippen (1842-1920).
6. Emma A. (Crippen) Ackerman and Smith (1844-1906).
Ansel was a farmer, but much of his time, after coming to Brighton, MI, was spent in digging wells so badly needed during those pioneer years. This was a very hazardous occupation because these open wells were often many feet deep and could have caved in upon the digger.
__________
From the Brighton Historical Society:
"When Ansel and Marilla (Paddock) Crippen came to Brighton Township from Penfield, New York in 1835, they purchased 120 acres on section 7; they brought with them two sons: Millard Fillmore (1832) and Henry L. (1835). Isaac (1837), Harrison (1839), Ernest (1842) and Emma (1844) later joined the growing family in the Crippen home on Hacker Road."
__________
About Ansel and Marilla Crippen's 5 sons and their exploits during the Civil War.
Source: Andrew R. Miller, 2/13/2014.
"Five Crippen brothers enlisted in Brighton into Company I, 9th Michigan Infantry, on 15 August 1861. Mustered into Federal Service on 15 October 1861, they left Detroit for Kentucky. Here they remained till March of 1862 when they left for Nashville, setting up temporary camp there before being ordered to Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
"At Murfreesboro, the 9th Michigan garrisoned the town from April until July when half of the regiment was captured. A week for the debacle at Murfreesboro, four companies of the 9th Michigan were detached and sent to Tullahoma, Tennessee. The Crippen brother's company was one of the four and was spared being captured, though they did fight a small engagement at Tyree Springs in September of 1862.
"They were ordered to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where they waited for the rest of their regiment to be paroled. By November 1862, the regiment was back in Nashville, where [William] Harrison Crippen was discharged for disability. The 9th Michigan, lambasted by the newspapers for their performance at Murfreesboro, had been vindicated by a court of inquiry finding fault with other troops who failed come to the Michigander's aid when they were fighting for their lives.
"Because new light showed their determined resistance, Major General George H. Thomas assigned the regiment as his headquarters guard and provost guard of the Army of the Cumberland. The next battle, when the Federal army was being crushed by an early morning attack at Stones River, the 9th Michigan blocked the path of the retreating Union soldiers, reforming panicked soldiers and stemming the tide for the Union. Isaac and Henry Crippen were with the regiment there.
"For the next year (1863), they performed policing duties throughout the army, guarding supply wagons and again performed important duties protecting General Thomas. At the Battle of Chickamauga, while returning to the battlefield after escorting hospital wagons of wounded soldiers back to Chattanooga, they found half the Union army crushed and retreated, much like they did at Stones River. Again, the regiment deployed blocking the road with fixed bayonets, gathering fear stricken soldiers into bodies of defenders against pursuing Confederate infantry.
"So well the regiment and their colonel (Parkhurst) performed their duties, that Major General deferred command to a colonel, much to his chagrin.
"By December, as the Union armies in Chattanooga were preparing for winter quarters, the Federal government offered thirty day furloughs to soldiers who re-enlisted for the duration of the war. Three hundred and six soldiers who qualified signed up as "veteran volunteers" including Isaac and Henry Crippen. They re-enlisted on 7 December 1863, were mustered on 25 December 1863, and left Chattanooga on 28 December for Michigan.
"The railroads were running slow due to weather and the 9th Michigan finally arrived in Coldwater [Branch Co., MI] on 5 January 1864. The Crippens and their fellow veterans remained in Coldwater for three days while Colonel Parkhurst went to Detroit to secure transportation for the soldiers to go to their respective homes.
"On January 8, the Crippen's returned home until mid-February. The veterans left Coldwater on 20 February 1864, arriving back in Chattanooga nine days later with 200 new recruits including [William] Harrison, Millard and Ernest Crippen.
"The brothers remained in the army until the close of the war, when first Ernest was discharged on 6 May 1865, then [William] Harrison and Millard on 20 June and finally Isaac and Henry, who were mustered out with rest of regiment on 15 September 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee."
__________
Reference:
1850 Brighton, Livingston, MI:
-->Ansel Crippen M 42 New York
Mary Crippen F 36 New York
Filmore Crippen M 17 New York
Henry Crippen M 14 New York
Isaac Crippen M 13 Michigan
Harrison Crippen M 10 Michigan
Ernest Crippen M 8 Michigan
Emily Crippen F 5 Michigan [Emma]
1860 Cannot find.
1870 Brighton, Livingnston, MI:
Ansel Crippen M 62y New York
Marilla Crippen F 57y New York
Ernest Crippen M 27y Michigan
Cora Crippen F 19y Michigan [Emma's dau.]
__________
CIVIL WAR: Ansel and Marilla's 5 boys joined the Civil War: Co. I, 9th MI Infantry. All 5 served in the same unit, and all came home unscathed.
__________
See online: Crippen marriages in Livingston Co., MI: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/Wed/crane.htm. (Found 2014.)
__________
Lineage (direct) to Thomas-1 CRIPPEN:
CRIPPEN: Ansel-6 B. Crippen, William-5 Crippen m. Content Standish, John-4 Crippen, John-3 Crippen, Lieut Jabez-2 Crippen, Thomas-1 CRIPPEN.
__________
Lineage to Edward-1 FULLER, passenger on the Mayflower, 1620:
FULLER: Ansel-8 B. Crippen, William-7 Crippen m. Content-6 STANDISH, John-6 Crippen, John-5 Crippen, Jabez-4 Crippen m. Thankful-4 FULLER, John-3 Fuller, Samuel-2 Fuller, Edward-1 FULLER.
__________
Lineage to Captain Myles-1 STANDISH, military leader of the Mayflower passengers, 1620:
STANDISH: Ansel-6 B, Crippen, William-5 Crippen m. Content-6 STANDISH, Israel-5 Standish Jr., Israel-4 Standish Sr., Samuel-3 Standish, Josiah-2 Standish, Myles-1 STANDISH.
__________
Source: Approved Mayflower Descendant certificates from Mayflower Society for Myles Standish and Edward Fuller through Isaac-7, Ansel's son.
__________
Family Photo Collection: with Mary E. Warner. Some pages with the original photos are with the MI State Library. Photos collected and identified with genealogical information by Russell Lewis Warner, GRS, in 3-ring binder and loose pages.
__________
Source: Kathryn E. (Crippen) GRS & Russell Lewis Warner GRS, compilers of these particular Crippen family records, 1960-1980; added to findagrave.com by their daughter, Mary E. Warner, 2011.
__________
Census search: Fraya Weiss, 2012.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011.
Ansel-6 B. was the son of William-5 Crippen and his wife Content Standish. Content Standish was a direct descendant of Myles-1 Standish.
10 CRIPPEN siblings: Stephen Gilbert, Isaac, Laura, Calvin, Lucinda, [Self], Libbeus, Elizabeth "Betsey", Lovisa, and Seth W.
"Ansel, by family tradition, was a water-boy during the building of the Erie canal so he was probably working for his father."
Source: Kathryn Elizabeth (Crippen) Warner, GRS, and her husband, Russell Lewis Warner, GRS, 1960-1980.
Ansel married Marilla Paddock on March 25, 1831.
6 CRIPPEN children:
1. Millard Filmore Crippen (1833-1905).
2. Henry L. Crippen (1835-1923).
3. Isaac Crippen (1837-1923).
4. William Harrison Crippen (1839-1915).
5. Ernest M. Crippen (1842-1920).
6. Emma A. (Crippen) Ackerman and Smith (1844-1906).
Ansel was a farmer, but much of his time, after coming to Brighton, MI, was spent in digging wells so badly needed during those pioneer years. This was a very hazardous occupation because these open wells were often many feet deep and could have caved in upon the digger.
__________
From the Brighton Historical Society:
"When Ansel and Marilla (Paddock) Crippen came to Brighton Township from Penfield, New York in 1835, they purchased 120 acres on section 7; they brought with them two sons: Millard Fillmore (1832) and Henry L. (1835). Isaac (1837), Harrison (1839), Ernest (1842) and Emma (1844) later joined the growing family in the Crippen home on Hacker Road."
__________
About Ansel and Marilla Crippen's 5 sons and their exploits during the Civil War.
Source: Andrew R. Miller, 2/13/2014.
"Five Crippen brothers enlisted in Brighton into Company I, 9th Michigan Infantry, on 15 August 1861. Mustered into Federal Service on 15 October 1861, they left Detroit for Kentucky. Here they remained till March of 1862 when they left for Nashville, setting up temporary camp there before being ordered to Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
"At Murfreesboro, the 9th Michigan garrisoned the town from April until July when half of the regiment was captured. A week for the debacle at Murfreesboro, four companies of the 9th Michigan were detached and sent to Tullahoma, Tennessee. The Crippen brother's company was one of the four and was spared being captured, though they did fight a small engagement at Tyree Springs in September of 1862.
"They were ordered to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where they waited for the rest of their regiment to be paroled. By November 1862, the regiment was back in Nashville, where [William] Harrison Crippen was discharged for disability. The 9th Michigan, lambasted by the newspapers for their performance at Murfreesboro, had been vindicated by a court of inquiry finding fault with other troops who failed come to the Michigander's aid when they were fighting for their lives.
"Because new light showed their determined resistance, Major General George H. Thomas assigned the regiment as his headquarters guard and provost guard of the Army of the Cumberland. The next battle, when the Federal army was being crushed by an early morning attack at Stones River, the 9th Michigan blocked the path of the retreating Union soldiers, reforming panicked soldiers and stemming the tide for the Union. Isaac and Henry Crippen were with the regiment there.
"For the next year (1863), they performed policing duties throughout the army, guarding supply wagons and again performed important duties protecting General Thomas. At the Battle of Chickamauga, while returning to the battlefield after escorting hospital wagons of wounded soldiers back to Chattanooga, they found half the Union army crushed and retreated, much like they did at Stones River. Again, the regiment deployed blocking the road with fixed bayonets, gathering fear stricken soldiers into bodies of defenders against pursuing Confederate infantry.
"So well the regiment and their colonel (Parkhurst) performed their duties, that Major General deferred command to a colonel, much to his chagrin.
"By December, as the Union armies in Chattanooga were preparing for winter quarters, the Federal government offered thirty day furloughs to soldiers who re-enlisted for the duration of the war. Three hundred and six soldiers who qualified signed up as "veteran volunteers" including Isaac and Henry Crippen. They re-enlisted on 7 December 1863, were mustered on 25 December 1863, and left Chattanooga on 28 December for Michigan.
"The railroads were running slow due to weather and the 9th Michigan finally arrived in Coldwater [Branch Co., MI] on 5 January 1864. The Crippens and their fellow veterans remained in Coldwater for three days while Colonel Parkhurst went to Detroit to secure transportation for the soldiers to go to their respective homes.
"On January 8, the Crippen's returned home until mid-February. The veterans left Coldwater on 20 February 1864, arriving back in Chattanooga nine days later with 200 new recruits including [William] Harrison, Millard and Ernest Crippen.
"The brothers remained in the army until the close of the war, when first Ernest was discharged on 6 May 1865, then [William] Harrison and Millard on 20 June and finally Isaac and Henry, who were mustered out with rest of regiment on 15 September 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee."
__________
Reference:
1850 Brighton, Livingston, MI:
-->Ansel Crippen M 42 New York
Mary Crippen F 36 New York
Filmore Crippen M 17 New York
Henry Crippen M 14 New York
Isaac Crippen M 13 Michigan
Harrison Crippen M 10 Michigan
Ernest Crippen M 8 Michigan
Emily Crippen F 5 Michigan [Emma]
1860 Cannot find.
1870 Brighton, Livingnston, MI:
Ansel Crippen M 62y New York
Marilla Crippen F 57y New York
Ernest Crippen M 27y Michigan
Cora Crippen F 19y Michigan [Emma's dau.]
__________
CIVIL WAR: Ansel and Marilla's 5 boys joined the Civil War: Co. I, 9th MI Infantry. All 5 served in the same unit, and all came home unscathed.
__________
See online: Crippen marriages in Livingston Co., MI: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/Wed/crane.htm. (Found 2014.)
__________
Lineage (direct) to Thomas-1 CRIPPEN:
CRIPPEN: Ansel-6 B. Crippen, William-5 Crippen m. Content Standish, John-4 Crippen, John-3 Crippen, Lieut Jabez-2 Crippen, Thomas-1 CRIPPEN.
__________
Lineage to Edward-1 FULLER, passenger on the Mayflower, 1620:
FULLER: Ansel-8 B. Crippen, William-7 Crippen m. Content-6 STANDISH, John-6 Crippen, John-5 Crippen, Jabez-4 Crippen m. Thankful-4 FULLER, John-3 Fuller, Samuel-2 Fuller, Edward-1 FULLER.
__________
Lineage to Captain Myles-1 STANDISH, military leader of the Mayflower passengers, 1620:
STANDISH: Ansel-6 B, Crippen, William-5 Crippen m. Content-6 STANDISH, Israel-5 Standish Jr., Israel-4 Standish Sr., Samuel-3 Standish, Josiah-2 Standish, Myles-1 STANDISH.
__________
Source: Approved Mayflower Descendant certificates from Mayflower Society for Myles Standish and Edward Fuller through Isaac-7, Ansel's son.
__________
Family Photo Collection: with Mary E. Warner. Some pages with the original photos are with the MI State Library. Photos collected and identified with genealogical information by Russell Lewis Warner, GRS, in 3-ring binder and loose pages.
__________
Source: Kathryn E. (Crippen) GRS & Russell Lewis Warner GRS, compilers of these particular Crippen family records, 1960-1980; added to findagrave.com by their daughter, Mary E. Warner, 2011.
__________
Census search: Fraya Weiss, 2012.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011.
10 CRIPPEN siblings: Stephen Gilbert, Isaac, Laura, Calvin, Lucinda, [Self], Libbeus, Elizabeth "Betsey", Lovisa, and Seth W.
"Ansel, by family tradition, was a water-boy during the building of the Erie canal so he was probably working for his father."
Source: Kathryn Elizabeth (Crippen) Warner, GRS, and her husband, Russell Lewis Warner, GRS, 1960-1980.
Ansel married Marilla Paddock on March 25, 1831.
6 CRIPPEN children:
1. Millard Filmore Crippen (1833-1905).
2. Henry L. Crippen (1835-1923).
3. Isaac Crippen (1837-1923).
4. William Harrison Crippen (1839-1915).
5. Ernest M. Crippen (1842-1920).
6. Emma A. (Crippen) Ackerman and Smith (1844-1906).
Ansel was a farmer, but much of his time, after coming to Brighton, MI, was spent in digging wells so badly needed during those pioneer years. This was a very hazardous occupation because these open wells were often many feet deep and could have caved in upon the digger.
__________
From the Brighton Historical Society:
"When Ansel and Marilla (Paddock) Crippen came to Brighton Township from Penfield, New York in 1835, they purchased 120 acres on section 7; they brought with them two sons: Millard Fillmore (1832) and Henry L. (1835). Isaac (1837), Harrison (1839), Ernest (1842) and Emma (1844) later joined the growing family in the Crippen home on Hacker Road."
__________
About Ansel and Marilla Crippen's 5 sons and their exploits during the Civil War.
Source: Andrew R. Miller, 2/13/2014.
"Five Crippen brothers enlisted in Brighton into Company I, 9th Michigan Infantry, on 15 August 1861. Mustered into Federal Service on 15 October 1861, they left Detroit for Kentucky. Here they remained till March of 1862 when they left for Nashville, setting up temporary camp there before being ordered to Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
"At Murfreesboro, the 9th Michigan garrisoned the town from April until July when half of the regiment was captured. A week for the debacle at Murfreesboro, four companies of the 9th Michigan were detached and sent to Tullahoma, Tennessee. The Crippen brother's company was one of the four and was spared being captured, though they did fight a small engagement at Tyree Springs in September of 1862.
"They were ordered to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where they waited for the rest of their regiment to be paroled. By November 1862, the regiment was back in Nashville, where [William] Harrison Crippen was discharged for disability. The 9th Michigan, lambasted by the newspapers for their performance at Murfreesboro, had been vindicated by a court of inquiry finding fault with other troops who failed come to the Michigander's aid when they were fighting for their lives.
"Because new light showed their determined resistance, Major General George H. Thomas assigned the regiment as his headquarters guard and provost guard of the Army of the Cumberland. The next battle, when the Federal army was being crushed by an early morning attack at Stones River, the 9th Michigan blocked the path of the retreating Union soldiers, reforming panicked soldiers and stemming the tide for the Union. Isaac and Henry Crippen were with the regiment there.
"For the next year (1863), they performed policing duties throughout the army, guarding supply wagons and again performed important duties protecting General Thomas. At the Battle of Chickamauga, while returning to the battlefield after escorting hospital wagons of wounded soldiers back to Chattanooga, they found half the Union army crushed and retreated, much like they did at Stones River. Again, the regiment deployed blocking the road with fixed bayonets, gathering fear stricken soldiers into bodies of defenders against pursuing Confederate infantry.
"So well the regiment and their colonel (Parkhurst) performed their duties, that Major General deferred command to a colonel, much to his chagrin.
"By December, as the Union armies in Chattanooga were preparing for winter quarters, the Federal government offered thirty day furloughs to soldiers who re-enlisted for the duration of the war. Three hundred and six soldiers who qualified signed up as "veteran volunteers" including Isaac and Henry Crippen. They re-enlisted on 7 December 1863, were mustered on 25 December 1863, and left Chattanooga on 28 December for Michigan.
"The railroads were running slow due to weather and the 9th Michigan finally arrived in Coldwater [Branch Co., MI] on 5 January 1864. The Crippens and their fellow veterans remained in Coldwater for three days while Colonel Parkhurst went to Detroit to secure transportation for the soldiers to go to their respective homes.
"On January 8, the Crippen's returned home until mid-February. The veterans left Coldwater on 20 February 1864, arriving back in Chattanooga nine days later with 200 new recruits including [William] Harrison, Millard and Ernest Crippen.
"The brothers remained in the army until the close of the war, when first Ernest was discharged on 6 May 1865, then [William] Harrison and Millard on 20 June and finally Isaac and Henry, who were mustered out with rest of regiment on 15 September 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee."
__________
Reference:
1850 Brighton, Livingston, MI:
-->Ansel Crippen M 42 New York
Mary Crippen F 36 New York
Filmore Crippen M 17 New York
Henry Crippen M 14 New York
Isaac Crippen M 13 Michigan
Harrison Crippen M 10 Michigan
Ernest Crippen M 8 Michigan
Emily Crippen F 5 Michigan [Emma]
1860 Cannot find.
1870 Brighton, Livingnston, MI:
Ansel Crippen M 62y New York
Marilla Crippen F 57y New York
Ernest Crippen M 27y Michigan
Cora Crippen F 19y Michigan [Emma's dau.]
__________
CIVIL WAR: Ansel and Marilla's 5 boys joined the Civil War: Co. I, 9th MI Infantry. All 5 served in the same unit, and all came home unscathed.
__________
See online: Crippen marriages in Livingston Co., MI: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/Wed/crane.htm. (Found 2014.)
__________
Lineage (direct) to Thomas-1 CRIPPEN:
CRIPPEN: Ansel-6 B. Crippen, William-5 Crippen m. Content Standish, John-4 Crippen, John-3 Crippen, Lieut Jabez-2 Crippen, Thomas-1 CRIPPEN.
__________
Lineage to Edward-1 FULLER, passenger on the Mayflower, 1620:
FULLER: Ansel-8 B. Crippen, William-7 Crippen m. Content-6 STANDISH, John-6 Crippen, John-5 Crippen, Jabez-4 Crippen m. Thankful-4 FULLER, John-3 Fuller, Samuel-2 Fuller, Edward-1 FULLER.
__________
Lineage to Captain Myles-1 STANDISH, military leader of the Mayflower passengers, 1620:
STANDISH: Ansel-6 B, Crippen, William-5 Crippen m. Content-6 STANDISH, Israel-5 Standish Jr., Israel-4 Standish Sr., Samuel-3 Standish, Josiah-2 Standish, Myles-1 STANDISH.
__________
Source: Approved Mayflower Descendant certificates from Mayflower Society for Myles Standish and Edward Fuller through Isaac-7, Ansel's son.
__________
Family Photo Collection: with Mary E. Warner. Some pages with the original photos are with the MI State Library. Photos collected and identified with genealogical information by Russell Lewis Warner, GRS, in 3-ring binder and loose pages.
__________
Source: Kathryn E. (Crippen) GRS & Russell Lewis Warner GRS, compilers of these particular Crippen family records, 1960-1980; added to findagrave.com by their daughter, Mary E. Warner, 2011.
__________
Census search: Fraya Weiss, 2012.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011.
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