Arnold Lee Crisp

Brief Life History of Arnold Lee

When Arnold Lee Crisp was born on 28 August 1920, in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States, his father, Eperly Crisp, was 44 and his mother, Julie Ann Carter, was 39. He married Bessie Ellen Ison about 1946, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Rowan, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Magisterial District 1 Morehead, Rowan, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 6 July 1948, in Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Epperhart Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan, Kentucky, United States.

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Arnold Lee Crisp
1920–1948
Bessie Ellen Ison
1926–1980
Marriage: about 1946
Edward Lee Crisp
1946–2023
Gary Wayne Crisp
1948–2016

Sources (11)

  • Arnold Cris in household of E P Cris, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Arnold L Crisp, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Arnold L Crisp, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a man with curly hair, from Middle English crisp, crips, scrip, Old English crisp, cryps (from Latin crispus), reinforced in Middle English by an Old French word also from Latin crispus. In some cases this is possibly a nickname from the personal name Crispin .

Americanized form of German Krisp: nickname from Middle High German krisp, krispel ‘curly-haired man’.

Americanized form of German Krisp: from a short form of the medieval personal name Krispin (see Crispin ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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