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Hi!
I recently subscribed to this list and Patricia wrote and told me to send information on my family.
My line starts with Adam Christison, born in Kentucky in 1894. His son, Wilburn (born in Jackson County, Missouri in 1827), is my great-great-grandfather. Then there is Wilburn's son, Lewis (born in Colorado in 1869); my grandfather, Kenneth Christison, and my Dad, Ken Christison, jr.
I recently posted a query on the message board requesting photos of Wilburn and somebody actually had one! My Dad and I have hoped to find one for years. Wilburn was a county judge in Fairplay, Colorado. It has been fun to talk my new Christison cousin, Betty. Her grandfather was Lewis' brother, Ernest.
My Dad has made a web-site for Wilburn Christison. The photos are on it. Eventually there will be a couple of links to papers I have written about the family. One is about the Christison Family in Kansas during the "Bleeding Kansas" era in which Adam, Wilburn, and other brothers and in-laws were politically involved in trying to make Kansas be entered into the Union as a pro-slavery state. The other paper is about Ernest Christison, Betty's grandfather. I wrote this paper in high school because I couldn't think of a more interesting character to write about for my Colorado History class. Ernest was a cattle rustler and had quite a wild life in his younger days. Boy, was Betty surprised when I told her I had actually written a paper about her Grandfather!
If you are interested in seeing the pictures, the link is
http://www.syrupmakers.com/wilburn/
I look forward to hearing from more Christison "cousins"!
Gayle