Benjamin Franklin Crispin, Jr. and Margaret Emily Jackson

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Husband Benjamin Franklin Crispin, Jr. ¹

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           Born: 21 Jul 1847 - Holmesburg, Philadelphia Co, PA 1
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           Died: 3 Jul 1905 - Berwick, Columbia Co, PA 2
         Buried: 6 Jul 1905 - Pine Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Columbia Co, PA

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         Father: Benjamin Franklin Crispin (1821-1898) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth R. Glenn (      -1873) 1

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       Marriage: 1874 2

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Wife Margaret Emily Jackson ²

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           Born: 19 Nov 1853 2
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         Father: Hon. Mordecai W. Jackson (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Mordecai Jackson Crispin ²

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           Born: 13 May 1875 - Berwick, Columbia Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Marie Brockway (1874-1907) 2
           Marr: 7 Jun 1900 - Berwick, Columbia Co, PA 2

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2 M Clarence Gearhart Crispin ²

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           Born: 27 Sep 1879 - Berwick, Columbia Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Mae Lovely Eaton (1882-      ) 4
           Marr: 19 Oct 1904 4

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3 F Helen Jean Crispin ⁴

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           Born: 11 Jan 1886 - Berwick, Columbia Co, PA 4
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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Franklin Crispin, Jr.

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He received his early education at the Lower Dublin Academy, later attending the high schools of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He started in business in Philadelphia in 1863, and was later employed with his father in the firm of B. F. Crispin & Company, of Philadelphia. In 1872 he removed to Berwick, Pennsylvania, and was elected superintendent of the Berwick Rolling Mill Company's plant there. He became from time to time interested in nearly all the leading enterprises of the town. In 1876 he was elected teller of the First National Bank of Berwick, in 1879 a director, in 1891 vice-president, and in 1894 president. In 1892 he was elected president and treasurer of the Berwick Electric Light Company, of which he was the founder. In 1894 he was elected president of the Mountain Grove Camp Meeting Association. The same year he was elected chairman of the Board of Managers of the Berwick Store Company, Limited, which position he held until March 1, 1899. In 1898 he was elected vice-president of the Legrange Light & Water Company, of Legrange, Illinois. In 1876 he was elected a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Berwick, and in 1895 president of the Board. In 1894 he was made trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was for ten years a member of the Board of Education of Berwick and served several terms as president. He died at his home in Berwick.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 368.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 369.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 367.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 370.