George Crissinger Will Celebrate His 80th Birthday Next Sunday
Sunday, August 1st, Mr. George Crissinger will celebrate his 80th birthday.
Mr.
Crissinger can truthfully he termed one of the "old timers" in this
vicinity. He has resided near and in Oxford all his life since he was
ten years old, except for two years, one of which was spent in Cherokee
county and the other near Victor, Iowa.
Born August 1, 1857 at
Columbiana, Ohio, he came to Iowa at the age of ten with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Crissinger. They located in Iowa County. George
attended the rural schools of Iowa county after which he worked on his
father's farm a while, later farming for himself.
On November
21, 1877, he was united in marriage with Harriett Newmire. This happy
union existed for fifty-two years; Mrs. Crissinger passed to her reward
November 5, 1929.
After 45 years of farming, Mr. Crissinger
moved to Oxford in March 1917. For ten years he worked for the post
office here, meeting all trains and delivering the mail to the local
post office. He retired from this work in September, 1934.
For
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to the fullest extent its fraternal gatherings.
Mr.
Crissinger hs four daughters, Mrs. Fred Gegenheimer, Mrs. Roy Hardy and
Mrs. Fred Wagner of Oxford and Mrs. George Jones of Brooklyn. He has
one son, James Crissinger who resides at Cedar Rapids.
At 80 Mr.
Crissinger enjoys good health and a pleasant disposition. He has many
friends both in Iowa and Johnson counties, who we are sure will join
with us in wishing him many more happy birthdays.
(Source: Johnson County Democrat, Oxford, Iowa, Thurs, July 29, 1937, pg. 1)
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