Here is an obit I received from a contact in Canada that was in the Peterborough, Ontario Examiner 28 May 2008. I have no idea who it might be, some of you might? Obituary for Lois Susan (nee Wilson) Sisson SISSON, Lois Susan (nee Wilson) - Suddenly on Monday, May 26, 2008 at the PRHC. Lois Sisson in her 84th year. Beloved wife of 61 years of Kenneth Sisson. Much loved mother of David (Paula) and Karen (Bruce Fitzpatrick) Dear grandmother of Liam, Lindsay, Daire, Natalie and Eamon. Sister of Hazel Wilson. Predeceased by her parents David Wesley Wilson and Alma Pearl Kennedy and her sister, Gladys Wilson. Friends will be received at the NISBETT FUNERAL HOME AND CHAPEL (600 Monaghan Rd. S., Peterborough) on Thursday, May 29, 2008 from 6-9 pm. A Celebration of Lois' Life will be held on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 11 a.m. in the Nisbett Chapel. Donations in memory of Lois may be made to Trent University Athletics. On-line Book of Condolence may be signed at www.nisbettfuneralhome.com God bless Tony Rev Tony Walton Methodist Minister at Kingston upon Thames (Native of Caistor, Lincolnshire. Researching several Lincolnshire families including: Sissins, Saunby, Dixon and Dawson. Member of Lincolnshire Family History Society and Society of Genealogists) Please consider the environment before printing this email!

Logansport, Indiana, Pennsylvania Indiana Evening Gazette March 11, 1947 page 10 I found this article in NewspaperArchives. DAD KILLED, BOY, 13, FREED Deputy Sheriff Eugene Burkett said Donald Gene Sisson, 13, was released without charges after shooting and killing his father as the man chased the boy's mother with a shotgun. Burkett and State Trooper, Bernard Leavitt said the mother and her three children told them the father, John R. Sisson, 52, had been drinking since Thursday and became frenzied yesterday. The officers said Sisson was committed to the state hospital for the insane here last November 15, but was paroled to his wife two months ago. Burkett and Leavitt said the family gave this account of the incident. Sisson, after arguing with his wife about entertaining a son, Raymond, at dinner, handed her a 16-gauge shotgun, saying, "before night one of us will be dead and I'm giving you the first shot." After Mrs. Sisson set the gun in the corner, Sisson pushed aside two of the children, Glen Harry 11, and Jack Richard 5, and began fighting with her. Donald ran to the barn and got his .22-calibre rifle and fired four shots at his father as the father seized the shotgun and aimed it at Mrs. Sisson, who ran down the lane. The boy's first two shots missed, but the third hit Sisson's leg and the fourth struck him in the forehead. Donald said he shouted at his father before each shot, warning him not to shoot his mother.

Some of you may be interested in looking at the new stuff on Ancestry.com I found a tax record for 1865 on my great grandfather in Crawford County, Indiana. For the Canadian Sissons, there are quite a few listed Drouin Collection Index for Quebec. There are naturalization records and tax records that have been added recently. Also new are Tennessee marriage records. There are some high school pictures that have been added. Larry L. Sisson

I am currently bidding on a personal item on Ebay of this gentleman and it is my intention to win this auction. Even though I am no relation to AR Sisson, if I do win the auction for this diary/schedule keeper for the year 1960--I will keep it until the family can be found to return it to its rightful owner. Thank you in advance for any clues to further my cause. Kathleen>>>Wm. Sisson of Union County, SC>>>MS>>TX>>OR line

Carrie Sisson Marx of Johnson City, NY Carrie Sisson Marx died May 2, 2008. She was born in West Berne, New York on August 22, 1912, the daughter of Lloyd M. and Nellie (Haverly) Sisson. She married Norville C. Marx on June 26, 1936 and they had one daughter, Nelda Marx Lynn, both predeceased her. Brothers, George W. Sisson, Robert Sisson and Dr. Reade Sisson; as well as one niece, Laura Sargent, also predeceased her. She is survived by two granddaughters, Holly Marx Lynn, Orlando, Florida, and Robin Anne Lynn, White Plains, New York; as well as nephews, Francis Sargent and Gary Sisson; and nieces, Carolyn Vinson, Patricia Huisjen and Mary Eibs. Carrie graduated from Oneonta State Teachers College and was a primary school teacher for many years. She was a member and served on the Board of Trustees of First Presbyterian Church in Endicott, New York. Carrie was active in the Girl Scouts of America and she helped organize and was the first director of the Girls Club of Greater Endicott where she served in that capacity for six years. She served on the Board of Directors of Good Shepherd-Fairview Home and the Endicott Presbyterian Nursery School. She volunteered at Wilson Memorial Hospital. An avid and knowledgeable gardener, her home was complimented by energetically tended landscaping. Carrie enjoyed entertaining and playing bridge. She was devoted to her daughter, Nelda and to her granddaughters, Holly and Robin. Memorial Services will be held Tuesday, May 13, at 2 p.m. from First Presbyterian Church, Endicott. The family will receive friends at the church from 1 p.m. until service time in the chapel. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Endicott or American Heart Association.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SherylGG Surnames: Sisson, Doolittle, Morris, Nichols, Torrey Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sisson/376.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have learned a little more about Mary Doolittle Sisson. She died 31 March 1888 in Wyoming Co., NY, age 75. Her probate papers name her nieces and nephews, thus proving that she was the daughter of William & Sarah (Barnum) Doolittle. Her siblings were Lovica Doolittle who married DeWitt Clinton Morris, Orris Doolittle who married Angeline ____, & Susan Pettibone Doolittle who married Charles D. Nichols. I am seeking further information about these individuals as well as Marvin Sisson's parents & siblings. Also, seeking any information about son William Sisson. He may have been William's son by an earlier marriage, rather than by Mary, as neither he nor his children were named in Mary's probate papers. William married Cora A. Torrey. They appear to have had children Frank Sisson, Madge Sisson, Maude Sisson. Any information on these folks would be greatly appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Dear Sisson cousins, I'm sad to share with you news of the passing of my grandmother Carrie Sisson Marx. She was an 11th generation direct descendant of Richard and Mary Sisson (Lloyd Miller, Sanford L., Luther S., Thomas, George, George, George, Richard, George, Richard). She was born Carrie Haverly Sisson to Lloyd M. Sisson and Nellie Lee Haverly on August 22, 1912 in West Berne, NY. Following a brief illness, she passed away at approximately 10:30am on May 2, 2008 at the United Methodist Hilltop nursing home in Johnson City, NY. She lived to the ripe old age of 95 with all 3 of her brothers, her husband and their only daughter predeceasing her. I'll be sure to post her obituary once we have it completed. Carol, may I send you her revised information so it may be updated on the Sisson genealogy web site? Robin

The month of May has begun, and I would like to remind everyone again about the upcoming Sisson gathering taking place June 26-28, 2008, in Springfield, Illinois. This gathering is for anyone interested in researching their Sisson/s lines, whether recent or distant. For more information about the hotel arrangements and the program, please go to: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/gathering2008.htm This page includes a link to the pdf registration form, which can be printed, filled out, and mailed as instructed on the form. The registration form should be submitted by June 9, 2008, in order to have a count for meals. Please note in particular that hotel reservations need to be made by each participant individually, and the deadline for our special rate for the gathering is MAY 15, 2008, so we are coming up on that date now. Even if you can't come for the entire time, please come Saturday, June 28, if you can, as most of the group activities will take place that day. Bring your stories and interesting artifacts to share, and your questions and research puzzles. Hope to see you there! Carol Sisson Regehr Sisson-L list mom -- cregehr@phys.ksu.edu

Recently, a collection of old family photos, letters, and assorted papers was mistakenly sold. These are photos and papers of the family of Elbert Alanson Sisson (1851-1915) (descendant of Richard and Mary Sisson of Rhode Island) and his son Frederick James Sisson (1879-1949) and Frederick's wife Grace McCormick Sisson (1886-1958) and others in the family. It would be nice if these photos and papers could be retrieved. I will keep a watch out for them on ebay. If you see these for sale in an antique shop, please notify the list, and if you can buy them there, let me know and I'll reimburse you. Thanks to you all, Carol Sisson Regehr Sisson-L list mom -- cregehr@yahoo.com

Dear Cousins and Friends, The names of these Sisson men can be found on the Vietnam Wall in Washington: Winfield Wade Sisson Ronald Paul Sisson Bennie Joe Sisson Donald Henry Sisson Click on http://tinyurl.com/45om36 to see the page with their names and for access to a great deal of further information about each of them. To go to Footnote.com's Interactive Vietnam Veterans Memorial and to search for any other name, click on http://go.footnote.com/thewall?xid=249 *I receive notices from Footnote.com. Below is the one sent today. It alerted me to the new Vietnam database.* *David Arne Sisson * *Hello from Footnote <http://survey.iarchives.com/fnsurvey/Default.aspx?link=bb0w0pV%2f18WeS1YUDzYrjOpgb8FkaSnW%2fIdAUsqQx%2fNZrzAkUGMeaQC%2fS8DKql6r&linkid=178>!* The Footnote Team, together with the National Archives, recently completed a 5-month project to bring the Vietnam Memorial Wall online, making it searchable and interactive. This project was a labor of love as well as a technological challenge. Over 6,000 photographs of The Wall in Washington, D.C. were taken by photographer Peter Krogh. After viewing and sorting through the photos, nearly 1,500 of the highest quality photos were stitched together creating one of the largest photos found on the Internet. This interactive version of the Wall has been a gathering place for friends, family, and survivors to add their thoughts, memories, comments, and photos. At the March 26 press conference, Footnote CEO Russ Wilding said, "We hope this will be a means for healing and paying tribute...to those who sacrificed for our country." The Vietnam Wall on Footnote is offered free of charge to all who visit. Please visit the online Vietnam Veterans Memorial <http://survey.iarchives.com/fnsurvey/Default.aspx?link=bb0w0pV%2f18WeS1YUDzYrjOpgb8FkaSnW%2fIdAUsqQx%2fNZrzAkUGMeaQC%2fS8DKql6r&linkid=179> today. Sincerely, /-The Footnote Team/

Larry wrote: >Hi Everyone, > My brother Jerry and I are registered for the gathering and our hotel reservations have been made. > We look forward to the gathering and to seeing all of those that are able to attend this year. > Larry L. Sisson Hi Larry and everyone, it will be great to see you all again then! For information about the schedule and the hotel, go to: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dasisson/gathering2008.htm This page includes a link to the registration form, which is a pdf file that you can print out and fill in. The gathering will be held in Springfield, Illinois, this year, and we hope it will be a convenient central location for many people. The dates are June 26-28, if you can't come for the whole thing, please do come for any time that you can. Carol Sisson Regehr -- cregehr@phys.ksu.edu

Hi Everyone, My brother Jerry and I are registered for the gathering and our hotel reservations have been made. We look forward to the gathering and to seeing all of those that are able to attend this year. Larry L. Sisson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mmoffitt6128 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sisson/392/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Have any info on Vincent and his wife Phoebe Sisson who lived between Hickory and Newton, MS during the time of the Civil War. They had several boys, William Edward, James, Richard, to name a few. The census shows they moved to MS from GA. William Edward had a son William Edward who had a son William Donovan Sisson a reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal who was born 1905 and died 1960, buried in Meridian, MS. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

The following article is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1996 - 2008 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com <http://www.eogn.com/>/. /*Arlene Eakle’s Virginia Genealogy Blog* Arlene Eakle is a prolific genealogy writer with more than 90 titles completed. She has been writing a general-purpose genealogy blog at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress for nearly two years now. Now Arlene has started a Virginia genealogy blog. Arlene is an expert in tracing ancestors from the Southern States, including the Appalachian Triangle – southwest Virginia, northeast North Carolina, southeast Kentucky, and east Tennessee. She is also the president and founder of The Genealogical Institute, Inc., and a professional genealogist since 1962. She holds both MA and Ph.D. degrees in English History from the University of Utah and an Associate degree in Nursing from Weber State University. She was one of the founders and original trustees of the Association of Professional Genealogists, serving as president from 1980 to1982 and as editor of the APG Newsletter and Green Sheet from 1982 to1985. Arlene’s new Virginia Genealogy blog is off to a great start. Some of the articles posted there include: * Virginia Tax and Rent Rolls: A Checklist of Evidence * Are your Virginia Ancestors Scots or Scots-Irish? * Tuckahoes and Cohees/Cohoes: The Scots-Irish, Ulster Scots, Anglo Scots, Ulster Irish * More Virginia Legalities that Affect your Genealogy Success! * The Four Goff Brothers of Western Virginia: A New Perspective on their Lives * Arlene Eakle’s Virginia Genealogy Research Notebooks * Virginia Origins in Southwestern England? * “Virginia is for Lovers” of genealogy… If you have an interest in Virginia Genealogy, you will want to add Arlene Eakle’s Virginia Genealogy blog to your reading list. Go to: http://virginiagenealogyblog.com.

SISSON in New Hanover County 1763 NC Early Census Index Has anyone found the given name of this ____ Sisson in the New Hanover County 1763 NC Early Census Index ? Or other early records? ------Sisson Jeanette (descended from Frederick and Elizabeth Marvel Jones Smallwood Sisson) pjkh@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~pjkh

This was in the Fresno CA Fresno Bee newspaper. "Charles Warren Sisson, Sr. A celebration of life will be held at Whitehurst-McNamara Funeral Service on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 1:30pm. This family lived in Tulare County, CA. We aren't related to my knowledge. Elizabeth

Not sure if I have submitted this before but am wondering if anyone can identify this gentleman --N.B. SISSON--since he is not currently one of mine. I tripped across him while searching census records for the state of Georgia. If anyone is interested or if this is your Sisson, I will gladly send a copy of this census via email. Just say the word! Kathleen

Thursday, March 13, 2008 Civil War battlefields threatened by 'sprawl' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173354946932 Give your opinion on this story WASHINGTON The site of the single bloodiest day in American history is under siege - threatened by a 120-foot cell-phone tower, says a preservation group. The vast field in western Maryland is where the Battle of Antietam was fought on Sept. 17, 1862. It is one of the 10 most endangered Civil War battlefields, according to an annual report released yesterday from the Civil War Preservation Trust. The list includes historic sites in Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee. “In almost all cases, it is suburban sprawl that threatens these battlefields,” said Jim Lighthizer, the president of the trust. “We’re not against development, but we’re for thoughtful, sensitive growth that takes cognizance of the assets in the community.” The Battle of Antietam ended Gen. Robert E. Lee’s first attempt to invade the North. It resulted in nearly 23,000 casualties - about 3,700 killed, 17,300 wounded, and 1,800 captured or missing. The trust says that the site is almost devoid of visual intrusions, giving visitors a sense of the battlefield as it was in 1862. Another worry for the trust is the Cedar Creek Battlefield in Virginia, where Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early attacked Union forces in the fall of 1864. The trust says that the site is facing the expansion of limestone mining, possible widening of Interstate 81 and the proposed inclusion in a plan to expand power-line construction. Intense development pressure in the Richmond area is the reason that the Cold Harbor battlefield is on the list. The 1864 battle saw entrenched Confederate forces repel repeated attacks from a Union army nearly twice its number. The other endangered sites on the list are Perryville, Ky.; Prairie Grove, Ark.; Hunters-town, Pa.; Monocacy, Md.; Natural Bridge, Fla.; Savannah, Ga., and Spring Hill, Tenn. The trust is the nation’s largest nonprofit battlefield preservation group.