The full biographical sketch as printed, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
CHRISTIAN ERISMAN.
Among the pioneer familes of Darke county, Ohio, were the Erismans. Jacob Eris- man, the father, was a native of Pennsyl- vania, and at the time of his emigration from that state to Ohio, 1839, his family con- sisted of wife and fifteen children. At that time but little of the land in Adams township had been cleared and the only improvements on their claim consisted of a small clearing and a little log cabin containing one room. Not far distant was another log cabin and in these two cabins and the wagons the fam- ily slept at night. Another child was born to this pioneer couple shortly after they landed here, this being the eighteenth ; two had died in Pennsylvania. The mother died at the age of forty-six years, and the father at the age of sixty-eight, both passing away at the homestead. Of this large family only five sons and one daughter are now living.
Christian Erisman, whose name heads this sketch, was the fourth child and second son, his birth occurring in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1820. At the
time of their removal to Ohio he was nine- teen years of age. Strong and energetic, he was his father's chief assistant in the work of clearing and improving the farm and al- ways resided upon it. This farm consists of one hundred and sixty acres and is well im- proved with good buildings and fences, all of which have been placed here by the sub- ject of our sketch.
Among the other pioneer families who settled in this same locality was one that bore the name of Long. Jacob Long and his wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Rinacker, were natives of Pennsylvania, and were the parents of eleven children, the third of whom was Catherine, born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg, Feb- ruary 16, 1827. Her mother died in Penn- sylvania, and when she was seventeen years of age she came with her father and other members of the family to Darke county, where on the 6th of February, 1845, *'ie became the wife of Christian Erisman. Their union has been blessed with eleven children, five of whom are living, namely: Lizzie, Frank, Lewis, Cora and Arthur.
The youngest, Arthur, now has charge of the farming operations at the old home place.
The subject of our sketch was long affil- iated with the Republican party and during his earlier years took an active part in local affairs, serving as township trustee, school director and in other positions. For a period of forty-five years he and his good wife were consistent and respected members of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which Mrs. Erisman still belongs. He departed this life August 23, 1900, and the funeral ser- vices were held at the residence on Sunday morning, August 26. by the Rev. Jesse Carr, of Bradford, Ohio. His body was placed
in a most beautiful couch casket and laid to rest in the old family cemetery on the farm which he had owned and on which he had so long lived.
Source: Biographical Record of Darke County, Ohio. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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