Gazlay Family History
Sterling A. Crippen
Parents
| Father | Thomas Hill Crippin ( - ) |
| Mother | Johanna Eaton ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 11 December 2011; Last Edited: 5 February 2023 |
| Person ID | 3349 |
| Name | Sterling A. Crippen |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 12 July 1812 in Cortland County, New York1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 1830 to Karinda Gazlay4 |
| Died | 13 December 1862 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan1 |
| Buried | in Anderson Cemetery, Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Karinda Gazlay (daughter of Joshua Gazlay and Abigail ‘Abby’ Jones) |
| Born | 10 November 1812 in Cortland County, New York |
| Married | 1830 to Sterling A. Crippen |
| Died | 25 June 1905 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Children | of Sterling A. Crippen and Karinda Gazlay: |
| +1. | Thomas Crippen |
| Born | 26 August 1833 in New York |
| Married | 14 May 1856 in Berrien County, Michigan to Margaret Loftus |
| Died | 6 August 1886 in Lawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| 2. | Abby Crippen |
| Born | ca. 1835 in New York |
| Married | 15 December 1854 in Berrien County, Michigan to Lewis Dine |
| Died | 6 August 1855 |
| +3. | Nelson W. Crippen |
| Born | 10 February 1840 in New York |
| Married | 24 December 1860 in Berrien County, Michigan to Eleanor Swift |
| Married | 20 August 1885 in Deerfield Township, Isabella County, Michigan to Luella Courter |
| Died | 27 February 1900 in Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan |
| +4. | Charles Joshua Crippen |
| Born | April 1840 in New York |
| Married | 22 January 1865 in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan to Libbie A. Weaver |
| Died | 8 February 1908 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana |
| +5. | Miles Crippin |
| Born | 1 April 1843 in Michigan |
| Married | 2 April 1864 in Dayton, Berrien County, Michigan to Mary Alice Fisk |
| Died | 26 October 1910 |
| 6. | David G. Crippen |
| Born | ca. 1847 in Michigan |
| Died | 17 May 1913 in Delaware Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas |
| +7. | George H. Crippen |
| Born | 23 May 1850 in Michigan |
| Married | 21 November 1876 in Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan to Josephine M. Taylor (born Josephine M. Hall) |
| Died | 11 November 1916 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| 8. | Emma Crippen |
| Born | ca. 1851 |
| 9. | Samuel G. Crippin |
| Born | ca. 1852 |
| Died | 7 August 1855 |
| +10. | Alice Mary Crippen |
| Born | 20 November 1859 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Married | 15 March 1880 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan to George Cornelius Fuller |
| Died | 11 December 1921 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Anderson Cemetery, Decatur Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, Sterling Crippin, born: 12 July 1812 in Cortland County, New York; died: 13 December 1862 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, wife, four siblings and four children).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Michigan, Cass County, Volinia Township, Page 368, family of Stirling A. Crippin (39, New York, farmer); Clarinda Crippin (38, New York); Thos Crippin (17, New York, farming); Abby Crippin (15, New York); Nelson Crippin (11, New York); Chas Crippin (8, New York); Mills Crippin (7, Michigan); Dana Crippin (3, Michigan); George Crippen (1/12, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Michigan, Van Buren County, Township of Decatur, Pages 157-158, family of Sterling Crippen (48, N York, farmer); Coralinda A. Crippen (46, N York); David Crippen (13, Mich); George Crippen (11, Mich); Mary Crippen (9/12, Mich); Emma Crippen (9, Unknown).
- The Cortland Connection (website); post by Harlan Quardokus, 15 September 2010, indicating that Abigail Jones Gazlay, wife of Joshua Gazlay, bore nine children, of which four have been identified: Karenda (1812-1905), Abigail (1828-1920), David Ward (1830-1899), and Mary (1833-?). The post includes other details regarding the marriages of these children, remarriage of Abigail to Timothy Allen, and her burial next to her daughter Karenda.