When Presley Allen Chrisman was born on 9 April 1816, in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Buchanan Chrisman, was 24 and his mother, Nancy Bobbit, was 19. He married Frances Mary Bryant on 17 December 1840, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Cedron, Lincoln, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 17 February 1904, in Paradise, Russell, Kansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Paradise, Russell, Kansas, United States.
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German: variant of Christmann .
English: variant of Christman . This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
Americanized form of Slovenian Križman (see Krizman ).
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