David Robert Criswell

1858 - 1944  (85 years)

• Name	David Robert Criswell
  Born	18 Oct 1858	Fayette County, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	8 Dec 1898	Cameron, Texas, USA   [1]
  	School Teacher
  Reference Number	4932
  Died	2 Jan 1944	Buckholt, Milam County, Texas
  Person ID	I4932	Brownlow
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Leroy Vannoy Criswell,   b. 1813, Barboursville, Knox County, Kentucky ,   d. 6 Jul 1865, Oso, Fayette County, Texas  (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann McMicken,   b. 1825, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Mar 1866, Oso, Fayette County, Texas  (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	24 Feb 1842	Fayette County, Republic of Texas   [2]
  Family ID	F1285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sophronia Isabelle Secrest,   b. Aug 1867
  Married	14 Apr 1881	Fayette County, Texas
  Children	1. Dallas N Criswell,   b. 28 Oct 1884,   d. 29 Nov 1901, Milam County, Texas  (Age 17 years)  [natural]   2. Pearl R Criswell,   b. 1 Sep 1886, Milam County, Texas ,   d. 16 Apr 1966  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   3. Thomas Floris Criswell,   b. 28 Apr 1888, Cameron, Milam County, Texas ,   d. 22 Jul 1970, Cameron, Milam County, Texas  (Age 82 years)  [natural]   4. Leennis V Criswell,   b. May 1890  [natural]   5. Zonus B Criswell,   b. Feb 1895  [natural]   6. Naomi Criswell,   b. Jul 1898  [natural]   7. Annie Bird Criswell,   b. 22 Jan 1882, Fayette County, Texas ,   d. Bef 1944  (Age < 61 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F1914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Stella Pollock
  Married	1897	Buckholt, Milam County, Texas
  Children	1. Cecil Criswell,   b. 1900  [natural]   2. Delma R Criswell  [natural]   3. Wayman Criswell  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F2939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  David Robert Criswell Photo

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		David Robert Criswell Obit
  		David Robert Criswell Death Certificate #4614 Milam County, Texas
  		Cecil Criswell 1930 Census Milam Co, Texas

  
  

• Notes

  Lawyer and Teacher Crioswell Family Among Early Settlers and Heroes of Texas History David Robert Criswell, b. Oct. 18, 1858 in Fayette Co., Texas near the present day town of Flatonia. He was about 7 years of age when his parents died and was taken into the home of his brother-in-law, Bill Boykin. He "hit the cattle trails" at an early age and by the time he was 17, was a "trail boss" driving cattle from the Mesquite ranges of Southwest Texas. He worked for the Driskill range properties gathering large herds at Gonzales, on Padre Island and other points before driving them north to Colorado for delivery to markets. At the age of 22, in the year 1880, received a "Life Scholarship" from Jones Commercial College, Austin, Texas upon the completion of a prescribed business course. He married Sophronia Isabelle Secrest (Belle) on -16- CRISWELL FAMILY April 14, 1881. She was the seventh child of Thomas Secrest and Maria Dismuke Secrest who migrated to Texas from Ohio and settled in Fayette Co. on Mulberry Creek near the present day Schulenberg, Texas. After their first child was born they moved north to Milam County in 1883, settling on a farm and ranch land on Lapan Creek. He taught school in Milam County for a number of years, among his first schools at North Elm to which he rode six miles horseback each way. He was also a land surveyor and in 1902 he was admitted to the Bar of Texas and practiced law at Buckholts, Texas. He served continuously as Justice of the Peace for Precinct 6 at Buckholts, Texas for a half century. Six children were born to Sophronia Isabelle (Belle) and David Robert Criswell:

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] News Paper (Reliability: 4). [S11] Republic of Texas Marriage License, Republic of Texas Marriage License (Reliability: 4).