1718. Ephraditus Deverick SISSON (Wright , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born about 1817 in Unadilla, Otsego Co., New York.

On May 18, [1845], Ephraditus bought 30 acres in Lot 105 [in Unadilla, Otsego County, New York] from Chauncey and Matthew Williams; on May 23, [1845] they [Ephraditus and his wife Julia/Juliette] sold 30 acres for $136 to Gardner Cone On August 18, 1845, they sold 15 acres to Laban Crnadall for $300. Sources: The Sisson Newsletter, v. 4, no. 4, page 1; Unadilla County Land Rocords.

Ephraditus married Juliette BREFFLE before 10 Oct 1845 in Unadilla, Otsego Co., New York. Juliette died after 10 Oct 1845 in Unadilla, Otsego Co., New York.

1719. Russell SISSON (Wright , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born about 1820 in Unadilla, Otsego Co., New York.

Russell Sisson "was born in 1828 in New York" [where?] according to the Sisson Newsletter, v.3, no.1. In the Newsletter, v 4, no. 4, page 1, he is reported born circa 1820 in New York, and may have been a twin to his brother Joseph. He was a laborer. The 1850 census has Malinda Colton, 15 years old, in his household. Source: The Sisson Newsletter, v. 4, no. 4, p. 1; The 1850 federal census for Unadilla, Otsego County, New York.

Russell married Maryetta. Maryetta was born about 1827.

1721. James Wright SISSON (Wright , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born 13 Sep 1820 in Unadilla, Otsego Co., New York. He died 20 Apr 1899 in Cohocton, Steuben Co., New York.

James Wright is a "probable" son of Wright and Dorcas (Bartlette) Sisson. He is recorded with "mother" Dorcas Sisson, age "90," in the New York census of 1870.

James married Lana Maria OSTRANDER "Lany", daughter of Benjamin OSTRANDER and Jemima TAGETT/TIGOT, on 16 Apr 1848. Lany was born 13 Jul 1827 in Martinsburg, New York. She died 31 May 1910 in Cohocton, Steuben Co., New York.

1722. Elisha SISSON (Simeon , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born about 1813 in New York State. He died in Columbia, Meigs Co., Ohio.

Elisha Sisson was a farmer. John Sisson, Parmelia's father, was present at the wedding. Elisha and Pamelia had about 1600 acres in Meigs County, Ohio, according to the 1850 census. The 1860 census for Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio, reports an Eliza A. Barnhouse, 18, female, born in Ohio, in Elisha Sisson's household. Source: The Sisson Newsletter, v. 4, no. 4, p. 2; v 6 #1 p 7; 1850 and 1860 Federal censuses for Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio. The marriage date for Elisha and Parmelia is obviously wrong. Can someone correct it for me? Write David Sisson at dasisson@worldnet.att.net

Elisha married (1) Pamelia SISSON, daughter of John SISSON Jr. and Hannah GARDNER, on 15 Aug 1830 in Vevay, Switzerland Co., Indiana. Pamelia was born about 1814 in Pennsylvania or Indiana. She died 8 Apr 1849 in Columbia, Meigs Co., Ohio and was buried in Temple Cemetery, Meigs Co., Ohio.

Pamelia (or Parmelia) Sisson married her first cousin Elisha Sisson.

Elisha also married (2) Mary GOFF on 26 Aug 1849 in Meigs Co., Ohio.

1723. Sarah SISSON (Simeon , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born 14 May 1814 in Otsego Co., New York. She died 15 Oct 1887 in Middleport, Meigs Co., Ohio.

Sarah married Orville FARMER on 16 Mar 1833. Orville was born 15 Jul 1813 in New York. He died 22 Mar 1859 in Probably Meigs Co., Ohio.

Information on the descendants of Orville and Sarah was received from J. Jenkins.

1724. Emeline Caroline SISSON (Simeon , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born 20 Nov 1810 in New York. She died 15 Feb 1889 in Winona Co., Minnesota and was buried in Busch (Bush) Cem., Pleasant Hill, Winona Co., Minnesota.

Emeline Sisson and her husband Levi Whitlock were farmers and moved from Meigs County, Ohio, to Minnesota circa 1858. Mark Sisson, 83 Olentangy St, Columbus, Ohio 43202, says that Emeline and Levi "lived in Middleport, Ohio, a short time, and then moved to Columbia Township in Meigs County where they lived on a farm. About 1856, they with most of their family, moved to Minnesota.
Information on the descendants on this line has been provided by Janet Stahl.

The Lovina Whitlock who appears with this family in the 1850 census was the wife of Levi and Emeline's son George.

Emeline married Levi C. WHITLOCK, son of Benjamin W. WHITLOCK, on 25 Nov 1827 in Gallia Co, Ohio. Levi was born 12 Apr 1804 in Connecticut. He died 20 May 1894 in Winona Co., Minnesota and was buried in Busch (Bush) Cem., Pleasant Hill, Winona Co., Minnesota.

Levi's surname may have been Whittock or Whitlock.

1725. Nathaniel Potter SISSON (Simeon , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born 16 Sep 1818 in Gallipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio. He died 18 Feb 1894 in Middleport, Meigs Co., Ohio and was buried in Sisson Family Cemetery, Sisson Farm, Rutland Twp.

For photos of the grave markers of Nathaniel and other family members, go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/tombpics/meigs/rutlandtwp/sissoncem/sissoncem.htm.

Nathaniel Potter Sisson was a farmer, mechanic, and member of the Disciples Church. Sources: The Sisson Newsletter, v. 4, no 4, page 3; Arthur A. Wood. Sisson Family Papers; Mark Sisson, 83 Olentangy St, Columbus, Ohio 43202, says Nathaniel was born near the mouth of Story's Run, Meigs Co., Ohio, in a house made from the lumber taken from the boat in which his parents had floated down the Ohio River from Pennsylvania.

From the book "Missouri" (?), pp. 339-340:
"Simeon Sisson, father of Nathaniel, went to Ohio from Pittsburgh on a raft, landing near the mouth of Storys Run, in Gallia County in 1817. Nathaniel Potter Sisson, son of Simeon, was born in Gallia County in 1817, in a temporary shelter on the bank of the Ohio River the next day after landing, and by his own efforts became a very prosperous business man and farmer of Meigs County. As a youth he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter trade, also followed boating on the Ohio River, was a stone cutter, and finally a farmer and farm owner in Meigs County. His second wife, mother of Nathaniel Sisson, was Sarah Harrington Green, who was born March 10, 1816, on the site of McArthur, Vincton County, Ohio, being the first child born in the village. Her father, William Green, was one of the first settlers there. The Green family came from Maryland. As a family they were Methodists, while the Sissons in the early generations were Quakers, but the parents of Nathaniel Sisson belonged to the Christian Church in Middleport, Ohio."

See books "A Biographical History of Nodaway and Atchison Counties, Missouri" (1901), pp. 252-258, and "Past and Present Nodaway County Missouri", Vol 1 (1910), pp. 970-974.

Nathaniel married (1) Rebecca MC KINISTRY in 1841 in Ohio. Rebecca was born 2 Oct 1817. She died 23 Jul 1842.

Nathaniel also married (2) Sarah Harrington GREEN, daughter of William GREEN, on 22 Jan 1843 in Ohio. Sarah was born 16 Mar 1817. She died 1902 in Middleport, Meigs Co., Ohio.

Sarah (Green) Canode was a widow when she married Nathaniel Sisson.

SOURCE: Vinton County Newspaper  McArthur Democrat Enquirer  January 15, 1915

"FIRST WHITE BABE BORN IN VINTON COUNTY WAS MRS SARAH SISSON"
"Interesting Historical Factrs Reproduced From Old Issue of Democrat Enquirer"

"The clipping reproduced below is from an old issure of the Democrat Enquirer and will be read with much interest no doubt.  It was found by Mrs Emily Parrish of Jackson Township, among old papers, but Mrs Parrish does not remember how long ago the article was published. Neither is the name of the writer, who signed his name "B" know,  The subject of the sketch, Mrs Sarah Sisson has been dead for several years.  The reproduced clipping follows:

EDITOR DEMOCRATIC ENQUIRER:
      While at Middleport recently,. the writer made the acquaintance of a Mrs Sarah Sisson, wife of Nathaniel P. Sisson, deceased a lady whose history will no doubt be of interest to both old and young in the village of McArthur.
      Mrs Sisson is a very pleasant and agreeable conversationalist. She has a remarkable good memory and told the following story of her life in a lively and interesting way.
      She was born on the 10th day of March, 70 years ago, in McArthurtown, Ohio. (Randy Sue's note is that adding 70 years to her birthdate would make the article done about 1886) Her father was Wm,. Green , the first shoemaker who ever worked this town. His clearing was the first or near the first , made within its present limits, and his daughter, the subject of our sketch, was the first white child who ever claimed McArthur as its birthplace.  The exact location o fher father's house the writer must leave to some of McArthur's pioneers.  (Could be missing a line from the xerox here..don't know for sure)
      She left McArthurstown in 1831. Later in 1835, a blacksmithshop stood on her father's lot which had been sold to Jonathon Brine. Her recollection of Mr. Brine was quite distinct. His wife's maiden name was Bobo which was also the maiden name of Mrs Amos Shry. the writer cannot recall their first names which Mrs Sisson gave.  Her mother's nurse at the time she was born was Margaret Dunkle. Mrs Green died January 27,1831 and was buried in the old cemetery by the side of Mrs Bobo,(Margaret Graham Bobo)  mother of Mrs Shry and Mrs. Brine. Mrs Sisson also had a brother Samuel Green, with his wife and child buried here.
      When talking of Mrs Bobo and her daughters, she recalled Ezekiel Bobo. Mr Bobob had a birthmark on his neck the shape of a human hand.  This was caused by a fright his mother recieved from Indians during the war of 1812.
      Her father went to Chillicothe to mill. The wolves would howl around the house during his absence and give Mrs Green and her children all they could do till his return.
      When she left McArthur shortly after her mother's death. Sarah was fifteen years old. She remembers at that time Jes Will and a Mr. Burt were merchants, Chas Brown a saddler,  Hiran Hulbert, Pearly Brown, Pinckney Brown, Jacob Shockey, David Jones, father of Capt H.C. Jones, Ezra Bothwell, Jonathon Winters, father of Ex Sheriff Winters, Aaron Lantz, who then lived on a farm west of town, the Catlins, the Kelches and others Jacob Kelch was a blacksmith.
      Isaac Pierson made her a present of a town lot being the first child born in the town. This property she held for some time and afterward sold. The only church in the place was the Methodist. They met for worship in the log church which stood in front of the old cemetery.  It was Mrs Sisson's impression that the railroad passed directly through this cemetery, and she was pleased to know that it does not.
      It was a real pleasure to meet this good old lady and talk to her of a past that seems weird and strange to us. Some few of the very old people may remember Sarah H Green, who left this place sixty four years ago. But how long ago that seems! Truly it seems as if a by gone age spoke to us out of its dust and ashes for:
          "The mossy marbles rest,
          On the lips that she has pressed
              In their bloom.
          And the names she loved to hear,
          Have been carved for many a year
              On the tomb."

      Yet on the other hand, this bright, cheery, intelligent old lady is as young as any of us.  In spite of her four score years she takes as much interst in today as she ever took in yesterday , and her life is too full of sunshine for the shadows to be over long.       B.   "

1726. William John SISSON (Simeon , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born 7 Mar 1821 in Gallia Co., Ohio. He died 2 Aug 1894 in Columbia, Meigs Co., Ohio.

William John Sisson was born March 7, 1821, in Gallia County, Ohio. He was a farmer with 700 acres in 1850. The family appears in the Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio, 1860 census. William was a Union soldier and was severely wounded in a battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia, Company F, 60th Infantry Regiment, Ohio. SOURCES: The Sisson Newsletter, v. 4, no.4, page 4. He is buried on Lot 230, School Lot Cemetery, Carpenter, Ohio.

William married (1) Jane MC KINISTRY about 1844 in Ohio. Jane was born about 1823 in Ohio. She died before 1853.

William also married (2) Peninah MC LAIN about 1854. Peninah was born 1832 in Ohio. She died 1898.

Peninah was "of Columbia Township, Ohio" when she married William. She is buried on Lot 231, School Lot Cemetery, Carpenter, Ohio

1727. Simeon Lewis SISSON (Simeon , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born 15 Feb 1828 in Cheshire, Gallia Co., Ohio. He died 1903.

Mark Sisson, 83 Olentangy St, Columbus, Ohio 43202, says that "Simeon Lewis Sisson was born on the Coughenour (or Putnam) farm below Silver Run. He is buried in the Riverview Cemetery, also considered part of the Hill Cemetery, overlooking Middleport. Myra June (Sisson) Argabrite has pictures of the houses built by Simeon Sisson and the one next door built by his son Simeon Lewis Sisson, and pictures of their gravestones in Riverview Cemetery, Middleport, Ohio. Simeon was a private in the infantry, Co. A, 140 OVI.

Company A, 140th Infantry Regiment Ohio.

Simeon married Elizabeth THOMPSON in 1851. Elizabeth was born 1834. She died 1905.

Mark Sisson, 83 Olentangy St, Columbus, Ohio 43202, says Elizabeth Thompson lived from 1833 to 1906, and is also buried in the Riverview Cemetery.

1729. Maryann Miranda SISSON (Benjamin , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born 27 Apr 1809 in New York State. She died 5 Sep 1844.

Maryann Miranda Sisson (her maiden name) and her husband Martin Solomon Sisson lived in Kentucky near Indiana.

Maryann married Martin Solomon SISSON, son of Giles SISSON and Sarah POTTER, on 31 Dec 1826 in Gallia Co., Ohio. Martin was born 14 Jul 1806 in Unadilla, Otsego Co., New York. He died 28 Jul 1852 in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi.

The Sisson Newsletter, v. 3, no.2, p. 5, says that Martin Solomon Sisson and his wife Maryann Miranda Sisson "had three daughters and two sons; see Martin discussed previously." Martin Solomon Sisson was, according to v. 4, no. 3, p. 2, a river man and lived in Gallia County, Ohio. He and his wife and family lived near the junction of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Mark Sisson, 83 Olentangy St, Columbus, Ohio 43202, says that Martin was a river man, like his brother Nahum, and Martin lived in Vicksburg before the Civil War and died in the South.

1730. Ira SISSON (Benjamin , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born 1812 in New York State.

Ira married (1) Jumina LACK on 2 Jan 1833.

Ira also married (2) Susan after 1833. Susan was born 1823.

1733. John Crandall SISSON [scrapbook] (Benjamin , John , Giles , Thomas , George , Richard ) was born 3 Aug 1818 in Hazelton, Gibson Co., Indiana. He died 30 Jun 1899 in Hazelton, Gibson Co., Indiana and was buried in IOOF Cem, Hazelton, Gibson Co., Indiana.

John was born in Kentucky. His family moved to Vevay, Indiana, then to Levenworth in 1858 by flatboat, and then to Hazelton in 1879. He was a farmer in Vevay with 6 acres. Later he owned 65 acres 2 1/2 miles from the river on the Milltown Road in Levenworth, Indiana. He was a member of the United Brethren Church. See possible reference in "John Sisson, NY, Indiana," Orange County California Genealogical Society Quarterly, v 11, no 1 (March 1974). John is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Hazleton, Gibson County, Indiana.

John married (1) Lydia Elizabeth STEPHENSON [scrapbook], daughter of William STEPHENSON and Catherine, on 16 Oct 1838 in Switzerland Co., Indiana. Lydia was born 20 May 1817 in Guilford Co., , North Carolina. She died 20 Apr 1863 in Crawford Co., Indiana and was buried in Scott Cemetery, Dry Run Road, Leavenworth, Indiana.

Lydia's grave marker says she was born May 20, 1817. Other records show Oct. 6, 1818, in Guilford Co., North Carolina.

John also married (2) Sarah MC CLURE in Aug 1864. Sarah was born 1839 in Pennsylvania. She died 18 Feb 1911 in Crawford Co., Indiana.

Sarah is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Hazleton, Gibson County, Indiana.