4642. May M. SISSON-30808 (Alexander , Benjamin , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ).

4644. Emily SISSON-10921 (Leonard , Benjamin , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 1 Dec 1866 in Brant, Erie Co., New York. She died on 24 Aug 1932 in North Collins, Erie Co., New York.

Emily married (MRIN:4806) Myron LUTHER-10922, son of James LUTHER-12033, on 27 Nov 1884 in Hamburg, Erie Co., New York. Myron was born on 9 Sep 1856 in North Collins, Erie Co., New York. He died on 13 Jul 1939 in North Collins, Erie Co., New York.

See The Sisson Newsletter, v 3 #5 p 18, for the sketch of the Leonard Sisson who was born in Brant, Erie County, New York, and married Phebe Sherman, and had a daughter Emily who married this Myron Luther. He was a farmer in Hamburg, Eri County, New York. Emily and Myron "may" have had seven children including Elizabeth Oshea and Lloyd Frank given here. In 1933 Myron was living with his children in North Collins, Erie County, New York. The ancestry given here for Myron Luther is given in the following references: "Luther Family: Descendants of Capt. John Luther of Massachusetts Bay Colony," Leslie L. Luther, Moravia, New York, 1952, pp 1114-1115; "Luther Family in America," Leslie Luther, New York, 1976, p 1055.

4650. James SISSON-33622 (William , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ).

4653. William S. SISSON-25738 (Daniel H. , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 1 Oct 1855 in Glenns Falls, New York. He died on 29 Mar 1935 in Depew, Oklahoma from Cancer of the face.. He was buried in Stroud, OK.

Will and Susie Sisson appear in the 1900 census for Elm Grove, Payne County, Oklahoma Territory, saying that Will was born Oct 1853 in New York, both parents in New York. Will was buried in Stroud, Oklahoma. Will's grave marker gives the birthdate I have. James completed Will's death certificate.

This family moved from Iowa to Oklahoma in participation with a Quaker migration to Oklahoma. The Osage Indians in Oklahoma were required by the federal government to change their religion from Catholic to Quaker for a period of time, and other Quakers migrated into the region at that time, about 1900. William and his family lived in a dugout there.

William married (MRIN:9503) Susie Almyra SHAW-25745 on 23 Mar 1883 in Hubbard, Hardin County, Iowa. Susie was born on 31 Mar 1864 in Hubbard, Harden County, Iowa. She died in 1900 in Shamrock, Oklahoma.

Will and Susie Sisson appear in the 1900 census for Elm Grove, Payne County, Oklahoma Territory, saying that Susie was born in March 1863 in Illinois, both parents in Ohio.

4654. Ida Minnie SISSON-12803 (James Samuel , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 10 Oct 1861 in Felix Twp, Grundy Co., Iowa.

The page copied from what appears to be a family bible contains a marriage date of Oct 10, 1878.  However, as of this writing nothing further is known.  The Sisson Newsletter lists her as a stepchild with the name Mrs. Ida Kinsley Beaman, which probably indicates at least a second marriage.

Ida married (MRIN:5067) Adam NABLO-11690. Adam was born about 1860.

Ida also married ( 2:MRIN:5122) Ben KNISLEY-13432. Ben was born about 1858.

4655. Willie S. SISSON-11993 (James Samuel , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 13 Feb 1863. He died on 19 Dec 1941.

A page copied from what appears to be a family bible contains a marriage date of 18 Sept, 1889.  However nothing further is known.

Willie married (MRIN:5149) Clara May LONG-13549 on 18 Sep 1889. Clara was born on 13 Aug 1868. She died about 1940.

4656. Minnie Belle SISSON-6912 (James Samuel , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 4 Jan 1867 in Albion, Marshall Co., Iowa. She died on 21 Jun 1946 in Kiester, Minnesota.

The copy of a family record page from what appears to be a bible contains a marriage date of May 16, 1897.  Minnie died in the home of her sister Bertha. The place of death written in, however, is illegible except for the word "Kiesle."  The two words following could be "township Ia."  It is probably "Kiester Township, Minn." according to Mildred Kruger Grady and corrections made by Everett Rorer.

Minnie married (MRIN:3189) Nathan A. STEVENSON-11809 on 16 May 1897 in At the home of her sister Nettie (Sisson) Shaw. Nathan was born about 1865.

Nathan A. Stevenson was "of Conrad, Iowa" when he married Minnie B. Sisson at the home of her sister Nettie (Sisson) Shaw.

Marriage Notes:

Account of Minnie's wedding from a newspaper.  The bottom of the column has been torn off or obscured.  I have not located Pomona or Atti.  The last letters of each sentence on the right side are obscured and it is possible that the Atti is missing a letter.  There is a Pomeroy and an Attica, Iowa.
Mr. Shaw is Arlland Shaw the husband of Nellie Sisson.  In the 1900 census they are noted as living in Grant Twp, Page Cty, Iowa near the city of Shenandoah.   Note: the typesetter consistently misspelled Sisson.
Stevenson-Sissen
The editor and wife attended a very plesant wedding near Atti yesterday at 3:30 p.m.  The contracting parties were N.A. Stevenson and Miss Minnie Sissen.  Mr. Stevenson is a business man ?? Pomona, this county, and ?? most excellent and cultured gentelman.  The bride is a handsome educated and refined lady.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. J.J. Martin in his usually able and pleasant manner, after which a bounteous supper was spread ??? enjoyed by those present. The wedding was at the residence of Mr. Shaw whose wife is a sister to the bride.
????  ??????? and wife went......

As noted above the bottom of the column is missing.  According to Barbara Marinello's notes this was Minnie Belle Sisson's second marriage.  Her first husband is unknown.

4658. Eleanor Nettie SISSON-6915 (James Samuel , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 11 May 1870 in Felix Twp, Grundy Co., Iowa. She died on 1 Apr 1965.

Eleanor (Nettie) Sisson: A copy of a Family Record page from what appears to be a family Bible contains a marriage date which is largely illegible but appears to be Jan 1889. Barbara Marinnello furnished a copy of the page from the 1900 census on  which Nettie and her husband appear. Barbara noted on the bottom of the copy "This is Laura Sissons' sister, Nettie Sisson (Shaw), my grandmother's residence during the 1900 census.  Mom [Sylvia Shaw (Long)] was born three years later."

Eleanor married (MRIN:3191) Arlland George SHAW-6916 on 20 Jan 1892. Arlland was born on 26 Mar 1869 in Modena, Stark Co., Illinois. He died on 13 Aug 1955 in Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota. He was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Minot, Ward County, North Dakota.

Eleanor also married ( 2:MRIN:3192) Horace Greeley WARD-12578 about 1925 in Swatera, Aitkin, Minnesotia.

4659. Charles SISSON-6917 (James Samuel , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 29 Feb 1872 in Felix Twp, Grundy Co., Iowa. He died on 28 Nov 1959 in Union, Iowa.

Charles died at the home of his daughter Romanie Sisson.

Charles married (MRIN:3194) Eldora Jane GOUGH-13760 on 16 Feb 1914 in Eldora, Iowa. Eldora was born on 11 Jan 1880 in Yadkin Co., Missouri. She died on 9 Aug 1969 in Felix Twp, Grundy Co., Iowa.

Marriage Notes:

A copy of a Family Record page from what appears to be a bible contains a marriage date of Feb 16, 1914.  As of this writing nothing further is known.
There is a copy of the marriage announcement:  
Married, Sisson-Gough  
Mr. Charles Sisson, a well known farmer of Felix township, and Miss Dora Gough, also of Felix, were married Monday Feb. 16, and Eldora.  The ceremony was performed at the home of the pastor of the Christian church and was private.
Both the bride and groom enjoy the love and respect of a large circle of friends who wish them abundant success and a long and happy married life. They will make their home on the farm of the groom.  Mr. and Mrs. Theo Kruger, who have been living on the farm will move to Minnesota the first of March.

They are both buried in Chester Cemetery, Rural Union, Iowa
Note: the Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Kruger mentioned as living on the farm are Bertha Opal Sisson and her husband Theodore J. Kruger.

4660. Laura Emma SISSON-6918 (James Samuel , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 27 Feb 1874 in Felix Twp, Grundy Co., Iowa. She died on 20 Nov 1961 in Minneapolis, Hennipin Co., Minnesota.

According to Everett Rorer, Laura's son who, should know, Laura and her sisters were given their dowry in cash, while their brothers got land.   James Samuel Sisson had homesteaded an entire section of land in Grundy County, Iowa and this was divided between them.  
Laura and Clinton went to South Dakota, where Clint was stationmaster and telegraph agent at a small railroad station.  Laura used her dowry money to purchase land in South Dakota which she rented to a tenant to farm on shares.  However, all she ever received from her tenant were letters saying that the crops had failed again and he had no money to send her.  Eventually she lost the land when they were unable to keep up the mortgage.
 At some point, when Lillian was still an infant, they had to leave South Dakota.  Laura took the three children to Nicollet, Minnesota, where they lived with her brother Albert for a while.  Dad remembers traveling on the train for a long time, then getting off in the middle of the night.  Laura carried Lillian, who was an infant.  Dad and his brother Chester were wearing sailor suits and their mother held onto their collars to keep them all together.  
After they arrived at Alberts, Laura discovered that his farm was out in the middle of nowhere and there were no stores nearby.  She had no food for the children and of course no transportation!  He had no house either, instead he had fixed up living quarters in part of the barn.
Somehow they survived and eventually joined Clinton in Minneapolis.  There Clinton tried his hand at selling Fuller Brushes but apparently did not do very well.  Eventually he joined Western Union and at his death was in charge of the Multiplex machines. He died just days before his retirement was to go into effect on his 65th birthday.

Laura married (MRIN:3195) Clinton DeWitte RORER-13294, son of Leonard George RORER-14202 and Lizzie Marie GLEASON-14310 (MRIN:5305), on 4 Jan 1905 in Conrad, Iowa. Clinton was born on 29 Aug 1877 in Clifton Co., Illinois. He died in Mar 1943 in Minneapolis, Hennipin Co., Minnesota. He was buried in Minneapolis, Hennipin Co., Minnesota.

Clinton DeWitte Rorer learned telegraphy under Edmund Sill, and worked as agent at Danforth and Clifton, Illinois; later going to California, Montana, North Dakota and Iowa.  In Iowa he met and married Laura Emma Sisson.  Later he made his home in Minneapolis, working as telegrapher for Western Union where he was placed in charge of the Multiplex Machines.  He has three children; Everett Eugene, Chester and Lillion all of whom graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis.

Marriage Notes:

Account of the wedding from the Record, the local newspaper in Conrad, Iowa.
Married,  Rorer-Sisson
At the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Elmina W. Sisson, on Wednesday evening, January 4, at 7:30, in the presence of about thirty relatives and intimate friends occurred the marriage of Miss Laura Emma Sisson to Clinton DeWitt Rorer, of Fargo, N.D.  Rev. Charles A Parkin, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church preforming the ceremony.
Promptly at the time appointed and to the strains of the wedding march, played by Mrs. C. A. Parkin, the bride and groom, preceeded by the minister, entered the parlor and took their positions in a beautifully arranged wedding bower and there spoke the solom vows that made them man and wife.  After the ceremony and congratulations a dainty three course luncheon was served by Misses Mattie Diehl, Bertha Sisson, Stella Pond and Lucy Williamson.
The house decorations were made up of a pretty combination of potted ferns, simlax and holly.
The bride wore a handsome gown of cream brillintine trimmed in white silk and lace and carried bride's roses.  The groom was clad in the conventional black.
The bride is a beautiful and accomplished young lady, whose kind and loving disposition has endeared her to a large circle of friends.  The groom is a successful railroad man, being prominently connected with the Union Pacific railroad at Fargo, N.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Rorer left on the midnight train for Fargo where they will make their future home.
The Record joins their numerous friends in wishing them the best of life's blessings.

4661. Clara Nellie SISSON-6919 (James Samuel , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 12 Jul 1876 in Felix Twp, Grundy Co., Iowa. She died in 1965.

Clara married (MRIN:3196) Charles Wesley DURLAND-13159 on 9 Mar 1904 in Her home presumably in Conrad, Iowa. Charles was born on 27 Feb 1877 in Iowa. He died in 1972.

Charles Wesley Durland was "of Nicollette, Minn." when he married Clara Nellie Sisson. The 1900 federal census page for Grundy County, Felix township shows Durland, Charley, Servant, White, Male, born 23 Feb 1877, single, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, no listing for birthplace of mother, occupation farm laborer, able to read, write and speak English. He is listed directly under the Sisson family and according to Marie Rorer, Charlie was the Sisson's hired man.

Marriage Notes:

Account of the wedding of Clara Nellie Sisson and Charles Durland from the record, the local newspaper in Conrad, Iowa.  Note that the typesetter consistently misspelled Durland.  It also seems that Clara Nellie Sisson went by Nellie instead of Clara, which has caused her to sometimes be confused with her sister Nettie Eleanor Sisson.  Minnie Stevenson is her sister Minnie Sisson.  Ivester is a rural church and cemetery located approx 4 miles east of Eldora and North of Whitten in Iowa.
Darling-Sisson
At the home of the bride on Wednesday evening, March 9th, promptly at 7:30 p.m. to the strains of the wedding march played by Laura Sisson, Miss Nellie Sisson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Sisson, was united in marriage to Charles W. Darling.
The marriage vows were solemnized by Rev. J.H. Cakerice in the presence of the immediate family.
The bride was attired in a beautiful gown of white albatross and wore brides roses.  The groom wore the conventional black.  After congratulations a dainty supper was served.  The rooms were decorated with carnations and smilax.
The bride is an amiable young lady of many graces of heart and mind, who enjoys the love and respect of a large circle of friends.  The groom is a hustling young farmer of good repute, honest and capable.  The young people will make their future home near Ivester.
A novelty shower was given at the home of Minnie Stevenson last Saturday afternoon at which time they received a number of beautiful and useful presents.
The Record joins their numerous friends in wishing them a long and prosperous voyage through life.

4663. Olive Helena SISSON-14896 (James Samuel , Daniel , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born on 20 Aug 1880 in Felix Twp, Grundy Co., Iowa. She died on 23 Feb 1931.

The copy of a Family Record page from what appears to be a bible gives a marriage date of Dec 25 1898.

Olive married (MRIN:5208) Edwin R. GODFREY Jr.-13787 on 24 Dec 1898 in Grundy County, Iowa. Edwin was born on 28 Aug 1875. He died on 8 Sep 1965.

Edwin R. Godfrey was "of Lake Crystal, Minn." when he married Olive Sisson.