Biographical Sketch of Commodore P. Christesson, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Commodore P. Christesson, farmer, of Union Township, Pulaski County,
MO., and a native of the same, was born January 20, 1853, and is the
son of Elijah and Lucretia (Carpenter) Christesson, the former being
born in Kentucky in 1790, and died in 1875.  He moved from his native
state to Missouri in 1829, settling in Pulaski County, and after a
short residence in Texas returned to Missouri, and spent the remain-
der of his days in tilling the soil.  He was married five times, and
became the father of eleven children, his last wife, the mother of 
Commodore P., bearing him six children.  Only three of the number are
living:  Commodore P., Lafayette and James Pleasant.  The maternal
grandfather, Solomon Carpenter, was born in Tennessee in 1796, and
died in 1871.  He was a farmer by occupation, and was a soldier in 
the War of 1812, being a participant in the battle of New Orleans,
January 8, 1815, in which engagement he was wounded in the head.
Commodore P. Christesson was reared and educated in his native county,
and at the age of twenty-one years engaged in farming on his own re-
sponsibility.  By industry and good management he has become the
owner of 390 acres of land in three different tracts, and has 150
acres under good cultivation.  His union with Miss Malinda Cain, who
was born in Pulaski County, February 11, 1857, has been blessed in 
the birth of six children, five of whom are living:  Elijah C.,
Lillie P., William C., Commodore F. and Mary E.  He is a member of
the A.O.U.W., and in 1876 cast his first presidential vote for R.B.
Hayes.  Mrs. Christesson's father, George Cain, who was born in 
Pulaski County, a farmer by occupation, was twice married, his first
wife being Elizabeth Jackson, by whom he became the father of nine
children, seven of whom are living:  Mary N. (Underwood), George W.,
Sarah F. (Christesson), Jesse R., Malinda S. (Christesson), Thomas G.,
and Louisiana C. (Drake).  His second union was blessed in the birth
of four children, three living:  Isaac, Lizzie O. and William.

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