11337 NELSON CO – JOHN W. SISCO – Sisco, Heavenhill, O’Neal, Rosenham, Cox, Willis, McClure, Huggins, Taylor, Chisham, Stanley 11337 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928. Nelson Co. JOHN W. SISCO. A lifelong resident of Bardstown, John W. Sisco has played a conspicuous part in the development of its business interests and ably discharged the duties of mayor. He was born December 13, 1855, and his parents were William and Mary (Heavenhill) Sisco. His mother, who was a native of Nelson county, Kentucky, and passed away in Bardstown, was a daughter of William Heavenhill, who was born in a cleft near Bardstown, where his mother was hiding from the Indians. He always resided in Nelson county, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits, and was an adherent of the democratic party. He married Susan O’Neal, who also spent her life in Nelson county. William Sisco was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1812, and became a coach-maker. In politics he too was a democrat. John W. Sisco attended the public schools of Bardstown and at the age of fifteen entered his father’s shop. He mastered the blacksmith’s trade, which he has followed continuously for fifty-seven years, and since 1887 has been associated with his brother-in-law, W. A. Rosenham. They formerly made buggies and wagons and did general repairing. They have a completely equipped machine shop and now sell and repair automobiles, keeping thoroughly abreast of the times. The partners are expert mechanics as well as capable executives and conduct a large business under the style of Sisco & Company. They maintain a high standard of service and in local business circles the firm name has long been synonymous with commercial integrity and enterprise. Mr. Sisco was married November 23, 1876, in Brownsville, Tennessee, to Miss Laura E. Cox, who was born in 1857 and completed a college education in Brownsville. She is a daughter of J. M. and Edna (Willis) Cox. The last named was a native of Tennessee and passed away in that state. Mr. Cox was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, and became one of the leading undertakers of Brownsville, Tennessee. He afterward located in Bardstown, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a members of the Baptist church and a democrat in his political views. Mr. and Mrs. Sisco became the parents of seven children. Mary Ellen, the first born, is the wife of Dr. Charles McClure, a prominent physician of Coxs Creek, Kentucky, and they have five daughters: Laura Noble, Mary Elizabeth, Annie Crigler, Charline and Murner McClure. Estelle Brooks was united in marriage to John Huggins, a traveling salesman whose home is at Jacksonville, Florida, and they are the parents of two daughters, Dorothy and Catherine Huggins. Grave Heavenhill is the wife of Rev. W. C. Taylor, a Baptist missionary stationed in Brazil, South America, and they have four children: Clara Brown, Laura Jean, Alfredo and Bettie Taylor. Katherine, the four in order of birth, is a registered nurse and lives in Bardstown. Her sister, Ms. Lillian Cox (Sisco) Chisham, died when a young woman of twenty-four and Annie Crigler Sisco lived but a year. Amanda, the youngest daughter, became the wife of O. W. Stanley, a well known attorney of Bardstown, and their family number four children: Jack, Hayden, Virginia and Osso Stanley. Mr. and Mrs. Sisco are Baptists in religious faith and he is a deacon in the church. He is a stalwart democrat, for three years was a member of the Bardstown board of trustees, and was the first mayor of the town, continuing in this capacity since 1888, a period of thirty-nine years, establishing a record of long and efficient public service seldom equaled. During the World war he was active in the various drives and along fraternal lines he is connected with the Masonic order, belonging to Duval Lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M. Mayor Sisco has wisely conserved his powers and thought he has passed the Psalmist’s allotted span of three score years and ten, enjoys both mental and physical vigor. He has found life well worth living, making the most of it day by day, and his career has been conspicuously useful. He is genial, kind-hearted and broad-minded, and to know him is to be his friend. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx