Honolee Chrisman (1910 - 1991)

Born 14 Aug 1910 in Knob Lick, Kentucky

Ancestors

Died 25 Dec 1991 at age 81 in Knob Lick, Kentucky

Biography

Honolee was born in 1910, the oldest child of Wallace and Nealia (Carr) Chrisman. She was the sister of George, Robert Henry, Imogene, Julia, Darlene, Billie Virginia, and Wallace, Jr. Honolee was born deaf. She attended and graduated from the school for the deaf in Danville, Kentucky. Honolee never married. She lived most of her life in the family home in Knob Lick. She passed away there in 1991 and was buried in the Chrisman Cemetery on the hill behind the house.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHLS-J5V : accessed 23 December 2015), Hanolee Chrisman in household of Wallace Chrisman, Thomas, Estill, Kentucky, United States.
• Tombstone inscription.
• "Life at Aunt Nelia's" by Ivadell Cox, unpublished account of her life with the Wallace Chrisman family from 1939 to 1945.
• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7R2-ZVP : accessed 5 March 2015), Onna Lee Chrisman in household of W W Chrisman, Magisterial District 5, Estill, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-13, sheet 14B, family 235, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1301.