Aaron Crispin
Aaron Crispin, farmer, and the subject of this sketch, is a native Buckeye, and was born near South Charleston, January 2, 1825. He is the first son, and third child, of Francis and Fannie (Gaines) Crispin. The father of our subject was a native of New Jersey; the mother of Virginia. They came to Ohio early in the present century, settling first in Ross County. In 1815, they came to Clarke County.
Our subject became a citizen of this county in 1838, and on the 9th of May, 1846, was united in marriage to Maria E., daughter of Isaac and Deborah (Grant) Thomas, of this county. The Thomases were among the early settlers of this township. This union resulted in six sons aud two daughters: Francis M. (deceased), Marion, Isaac M., Anderson M., Abraham (deceased), William Ervin, Mary Elizabeth, and Eliza Jane.
Our subject has a military record worthy of a place in history. He enlisted in September, 1864, serving in Company L, Fifth Kentucky Cavalry. They campaigned in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, participating in a number of engagements, and were at Fort McAllister, at the taking of Savannah, December, 1864. He was honorably discharged following the grand review at the nation's capital. He is a gentleman of the old, substantial sort, and is one of the few yet alive who has had the experience of driving hogs from Ohio to the markets of the East, returning on foot. This he has done repeatedly. He now carries on a farm three and a half miles from Madison Mills.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County