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  • Name: Elias CRITES
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 23 Jun 1825 in Salt Creek Twp, Pickaway Co, Ohio b
  • Death: Allen Co, Ohio d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John Daniel CRITES Birth: 21 May 1778 in Linn Twp, Northampton Co, Pennsylvania Death: 10 Sep 1854 in Salt Creek Twp, Pickaway Co, Ohio
  • Mother:
  • Maria Catherine PETRI Birth: 15 Sep 1779 Death: 20 Feb 1842 in Salt Creek Twp, Pickaway Co, Ohio

Family:
Marriage:
  • Catherine MOWERY on 18 Jun 1851 at Salt Creek Twp, Pickaway Co, Ohio .m1
  • Catherine MOWERY Birth: 27 Feb 1831 in Salt Creek Twp, Pickaway Co, Ohio Death: 3 May 1862 in Salt Creek Twp, Pickaway Co, Ohio
Children:
  1. Mary Selenas CRITES Birth: 25 Jun 1852 in Pickaway Co, Ohio
  2. John Daniel CRITES Birth: 23 Sep 1855 in Pickaway Co, Ohio
  3. Willison W CRITES Birth: 3 May 1858 in Pickaway Co, Ohio

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Harter, Fayne Ellen, Reichelderfer family. Nappenee, IN: F. E. Harter, 1993. FHL 929.273 R271h v1/v2 1993. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p[0-9]*].
  2. Jones, Charles H, and Theodore F Hamilton, Historical Atlas of Allen County, Ohio. Chicago, IL: H S Hardesty, 1875. FHL 977.142 E3j. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/101357. Transcribed bio sketches available at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/bios/allen/ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Jones AllenCoOH p[0-9]*].
  3. Jones, June, Strasser-Stumpf-Will-Kloninger families, private email, 11/7/2002. Author address: JonesJuneM at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: June Jones 11/7/2002].
  4. Jones, June, Stapleton-DeLong-Mowery families, private email, 12/1/2002. Author address: JonesJuneM at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002].
  5. Miller, Charles C, History of Allen County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Chicago, IL: Richmond & Arnold, 1906. FHL 977.142 H2m. Available (part 1, pp1-437) at http://archive.org/details/historyofallenco01mill and (part 2, pp429-872) at http://archive.org/details/oh-allen-1906-miller. Transcribed biograhies available at http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/biographies.htm Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Miller AllenCoOH [A-Za-z]*].
  6. Williams Brothers, History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties Ohio. Cleveland, OH: Williams Bros, 1880. NYPL IBV (Franklin) 74-1627. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/73517. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WilliamsBros PickawayCoOH p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
21 Jun 1825 [Ref: Miller AllenCoOH p371]
23 Jun 1825 [Ref: June Jones 11/7/2002]
25 Jun 1825 [Ref: Jones AllenCoOH p28-EliasCrites],
place:
[Ref: Miller AllenCoOH p371],
parents:
[Ref: June Jones 11/7/2002, Miller AllenCoOH p371]
John Daniel CRITES & Catharine ___ [Ref: Jones AllenCoOH p28-CharlesCrites]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1829 [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002],
place:
Allen Co Ohio [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002]
Sources for death Information
place:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine MOWERY
date:
[Ref: Miller AllenCoOH p371]
first marriage of Elias [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p82, WilliamsBros PickawayCoOH p263],
place:
[Ref: Miller AllenCoOH p371],
child:
[Ref: Jones AllenCoOH p28-EliasCrites, June Jones 12/1/2002, Miller AllenCoOH p371]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
8 Jun 1821 [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002],
place:
Lima, Ohio [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah Leanna MOWERY
date:
[Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p82, Miller AllenCoOH p371]
second marriage of Sarah [Ref: WilliamsBros PickawayCoOH p263],
place:
[Ref: Miller AllenCoOH p371]
Pickaway Co, Ohio [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p82],
names:
[Ref: Jones AllenCoOH p28-EliasCrites]
Research Notes:
1842: left home and learned carpenter and cabinet making trades [Ref: Miller AllenCoOH p371]

1840: started farming in Pickaway Co, OH [Ref: Miller AllenCoOH p371]

1871: moved to German Township, Allen Co, and bought a farm of 228 acres just north of Elida [Ref: Miller AllenCoOH p371]

---------- ELIAS CRITES and his wife, Leannah (Mowery) Crites, are both natives of Pickaway County, and their children were all born in that county, viz.: Mary Celena, born June 25, 1852; John Daniel, born September 23, 1855; and Willison Williard, born May 3, 1858. Mr. Crites was born June 25, 1825. He is a son of John Daniel Crites and Catharine Crites, and brother of Charles, Jacob, etc. Mrs. Crites is a daughter of John and Rachel Mowery. [Ref: Jones AllenCoOH p28-EliasCrites]



Pedigree of Elias CRITES
 /-----John Daniel CRITES
Elias CRITES
|                  /-----Valentine PETRY
|         /-----Johann Jacob PETRI
|        |         \-----Julianna BAUER
 \-----Maria Catherine PETRI
         |         /-----Johan Nicholas STRASSER
          \-----Maria Magdalena STRASSER
                   \-----Maria Elizabeth (STRASSER)



Descendants of Elias CRITES
1. Elias CRITES m1. Catherine MOWERY m2. Sarah Leanna MOWERY
m. Catherine MOWERY father: John MOWERY mother: Rachael DUNKEL
m. Sarah Leanna MOWERY father: John MOWERY mother: Rachael DUNKEL

2nd generation

3. John Daniel CRITES m. Lida SHOEMAKER
m. Lida SHOEMAKER

3rd generation

6. Elsia Louise CRITES m. John Samuel SPRIGGLE
m. John Samuel SPRIGGLE