Rich: Thank you for the offer to introduce myself. My name is Steve Hissem and I am currently living in San Diego, CA, but I trace my ancestory to Van Buren County, and more specifically to Milton. I am aware of a Hissem cemetary in the county, was told by my Dad of a Hissem school and read somewhere about a Hissem school district. I visited Milton many years ago and was introduced to a number of old men who claimed they remembered my Dad and the family. Hi Steve, My family is from Van Buren County too...though none of them are related to you sorry to say. The amusing thing is my husband and I live in San Diego also, after I grew up in Muscatine which is right below Davenport Iowa. I am looking for info on {John and <Matilda?> Squires (early 1800s)}, and {Thomas Lewis Williams (1845 - 1921)} who married Mary Christine Hootman. Can anyone help me with these people? Welcome to the list Steve Teri Needham