>From the Family History Center, Western States Marriage Index Cathy ID Number 115811 Grooms First Name Harry W. Grooms Last Name SISSON Grooms Residence Brides First Name Olive Brides Last Name BALEY Brides Residence County of Record Bonner Co., Idaho Place of Marriage Sandpoint Date of Marriage 12 Aug 1910 Volume 1 Page 453

>From Family History Center, Western States Marriage Records Index Cathy ID Number 121293 Grooms First Name Ira E. Grooms Last Name WILSON Grooms Residence Brides First Name Edith A. Brides Last Name SISSON Brides Residence County of Record Latah Co., Idaho Place of Marriage Avon Date of Marriage 30 Sep 1915 Volume 5 Page 267

>From Dawes Commission Index, 1898-1914 Cathy Control Number: NRFF-75-53A-17524 Unit of Description: Item Record Group Number: 75 Series ID: 53A Item ID: 17524 Title: Enrollment for Dick Sisson General Materials Designator Record Type: Textual Records Reference Unit: National Archives--Southwest Region Agency Name: National Archives and Records Administration Facility Name: Building 1, Dock 1 Address: 501 West Felix Street City: Fort Worth State: TX Zip Code: 76115 Telephone Number: 817-334-5525 Fax Number: 817-334-5621 Organizational Code: NRFF Creating Organization: Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Scope and Content: Tribe: Cherokee Type: Parent Sex: Male Census Card Number: R493 Personal Name Reference: Dick Sisson Item Count/Item Type: item(s) |c 1 Source Project: Kiosk

>From Dawes Commission Index, 1898-1914 Cathy Control Number: NRFF-75-53A-17525 Unit of Description: Item Record Group Number: 75 Series ID: 53A Item ID: 17525 Title: Enrollment for Lady Sisson General Materials Designator Record Type: Textual Records Reference Unit: National Archives--Southwest Region Agency Name: National Archives and Records Administration Facility Name: Building 1, Dock 1 Address: 501 West Felix Street City: Fort Worth State: TX Zip Code: 76115 Telephone Number: 817-334-5525 Fax Number: 817-334-5621 Organizational Code: NRFF Creating Organization: Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Scope and Content: Tribe: Cherokee Type: Parent Sex: Female Census Card Number: M2634 Personal Name Reference: Lady Sisson Item Count/Item Type: item(s) |c 1 Source Project: Kiosk

Dear Joan, Great article. Wonderful person! I hope someone on the List recognizes this George Sisson. He doesn't appear in the Richard and Mary database of course, because living folks are simply called "Living" - to protect against identity theft. And he may not appear *anyway* if his line has not been gathered by Dave and Joan of Newsletter fame, or by some contributor to the database in my time - or in Carol Regehr's. I hope someone will recognize him. What a guy! David ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 6:18 PM Subject: [SISSON-L] George Sisson - Portsmouth, RI > Hi David and list, > A friend in Middletown, RI mailed me a clipping from the Providence Journal, > April 25, 2003 with a great article on a current George Sisson, age 84, > formerly of Portsmouth, RI, and living in Bristol since 1963. He is quite a > dynamic individual and I was wondering how his line might be connected to my > husband's Sissons, also originally from Portsmouth, RI. He brought Cable TV > to RI; has just recently been awarded the annual service award from the state > Historical Preservation ands Heritage Commission; helped create Colt State > Park and the East Bay Bike Path, saved Coggeshall Farm (Revolutionary War > era), now a living farm museum; helped to restore the Bristol Co. Statehouse; > protected the environment as a member of the Coastal Management Council. His > grandfathers owned working farms in Portsmouth. After serving in W.W.II he > started a radio WALE, a radio station in Fall River, Mass. and then moved on > to TV with WTEV in New Bedford. He currently hosts a public access TV show > called East Bay Press Conference. Of course, being a SISSON in RI, he must > be in someone's line that subscribes to this list and possibly from Richard > and Mary of Portsmouth, RI. Thanks for any clues. Regards, Joan > > Joan L. Fitzsimmons > Richard&Mary 1; George 2; Richard 3; George 4; Peleg 5; Richard 6; James 7; > George 8; Charles H. 9; Warren R. 10; Natalie R. 11; Michael K. 12 [and me - > Joan (Lacy)] > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi David and list, A friend in Middletown, RI mailed me a clipping from the Providence Journal, April 25, 2003 with a great article on a current George Sisson, age 84, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, and living in Bristol since 1963. He is quite a dynamic individual and I was wondering how his line might be connected to my husband's Sissons, also originally from Portsmouth, RI. He brought Cable TV to RI; has just recently been awarded the annual service award from the state Historical Preservation ands Heritage Commission; helped create Colt State Park and the East Bay Bike Path, saved Coggeshall Farm (Revolutionary War era), now a living farm museum; helped to restore the Bristol Co. Statehouse; protected the environment as a member of the Coastal Management Council. His grandfathers owned working farms in Portsmouth. After serving in W.W.II he started a radio WALE, a radio station in Fall River, Mass. and then moved on to TV with WTEV in New Bedford. He currently hosts a public access TV show called East Bay Press Conference. Of course, being a SISSON in RI, he must be in someone's line that subscribes to this list and possibly from Richard and Mary of Portsmouth, RI. Thanks for any clues. Regards, Joan Joan L. Fitzsimmons Richard&Mary 1; George 2; Richard 3; George 4; Peleg 5; Richard 6; James 7; George 8; Charles H. 9; Warren R. 10; Natalie R. 11; Michael K. 12 [and me - Joan (Lacy)]

>From Family History Center, Western States Historic Marriage Record Index Cathy ID Number 103210 Grooms First Name Owen Grooms Last Name SISSON Grooms Residence Brides First Name Lola Brides Last Name WOLLINGTON Brides Residence County of Record Bannock Co., Idaho Place of Marriage Pocatello Date of Marriage 26 Nov 1919 Volume 9 Page 245

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 97 page 244 Mrs. Mary Helen Purnell Sisson. DAR ID Number: 96776 Born in Montgomery County, Miss. Wife of Thomas Upton Sisson. Descendant of Lieut.-Col. Philemon Hawkins, as follows: 1. James Carstaphen Purnell (b. 1847) m. 1870 Jane Boyd Hawkins (b. 1849). 2. Frank Hawkins (1815-96) m. 1836 Ann C. Read (1821-97). 3. John Davis Hawkins (1781-1858) m. 1803 Jane Anderson Boyd (1784-1875). 4. Philemon Hawkins m. 1775 Lucy Davis. Philemon Hawkins (1752-1833) served as lieutenant-colonel of the North Carolina militia. He was born in Bute County; died in Warren County, N. C.

>From Dawes Commission Index, 1898-1914 Cathy Control Number: NRFF-75-53A-17527 Unit of Description: Item Record Group Number: 75 Series ID: 53A Item ID: 17527 Title: Enrollment for Pearl V Sisson General Materials Designator Record Type: Textual Records Reference Unit: National Archives--Southwest Region Agency Name: National Archives and Records Administration Facility Name: Building 1, Dock 1 Address: 501 West Felix Street City: Fort Worth State: TX Zip Code: 76115 Telephone Number: 817-334-5525 Fax Number: 817-334-5621 Organizational Code: NRFF Creating Organization: Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Scope and Content: Tribe: Cherokee Type: Parent Sex: Female Census Card Number: M881 Personal Name Reference: Pearl V Sisson Item Count/Item Type: item(s) |c 1 Source Project: Kiosk

>From the Family History Center, Western States Marriage Index Cathy ID Number 173405 Grooms First Name Harold L. Grooms Last Name SISSON Grooms Residence Brides First Name Mildred Brides Last Name WILLIAMS Brides Residence County of Record Twin Falls Co., Idaho Place of Marriage Twin Falls Date of Marriage 17 Jul 1932 Volume 9 Page 98

>From Family History Center, Western States Marriage Records Index Cathy ID Number 190895 Grooms First Name Robert Grooms Last Name COWAN Grooms Residence Saratoga Brides First Name Laura B. Brides Last Name SISSON Brides Residence Saratoga County of Record Carbon Co., Wyoming Place of Marriage Saratoga Date of Marriage 19 Jun 1891 Volume B Page 321

>From Dawes Commission Index, 1898-1914 Cathy Control Number: NRFF-75-53A-17523 Unit of Description: Item Record Group Number: 75 Series ID: 53A Item ID: 17523 Title: Enrollment for Dave Sisson General Materials Designator Record Type: Textual Records Reference Unit: National Archives--Southwest Region Agency Name: National Archives and Records Administration Facility Name: Building 1, Dock 1 Address: 501 West Felix Street City: Fort Worth State: TX Zip Code: 76115 Telephone Number: 817-334-5525 Fax Number: 817-334-5621 Organizational Code: NRFF Creating Organization: Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Scope and Content: Tribe: Cherokee Type: Minor Age: 1 Sex: Male Roll: 2818 Degree Indian Blood: 1/32 Census Card Number: M2634 City of Residence: KANSAS Personal Name Reference: Dave Sisson Item Count/Item Type: item(s) |c 1 Source Project: Kiosk

Hello friends and cousins, Surf to http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/ and you will see three clickable files. The first one ("dist.all.last") details the distribution of all last names, like Sisson, in the 1990 federal census. The second one ("dist.male.first") does the same thing for men's and boys' first names. I'll let you guess what the third one ("dist.female.first") does. To quote the above site -- Each of the three files, (dist.all.last), (dist. male.first), and (dist female.first) contain four items of data. The four items are: (1). A "Name" (2). Frequency in percent (3). Cumulative Frequency in percent (4). Rank In the file (dist.all.last) one entry appears as: MOORE 0.312 5.312 9 In our Search Area sample, MOORE ranks 9th in terms of frequency. 5.312 percent of the sample population is covered by MOORE and the 8 names occurring more frequently than MOORE. The surname, MOORE, is possessed by 0.312 percent of our population sample. The data is based on the 1990 US Federal Census. Here is the same kind of information regarding the surname Sisson SISSON 0.004 56.480 2867 SISSON ranks 2867th in terms of frequency. 56.480 percent of the sample population is covered by SISSON and the 2867 names occurring more frequently than SISSON. The surname, SISSON, is possessed by 0.004 percent of our population sample. I have figured out a couple more stunning facts -- 43.52 percent of the people have surnames even more rare than SISSON (100% less 56.580%). SISSON is the 2867th surname listed in a grand total of 88799 surnames, so 85932 surnames are even more rare than SISSON. Sharon Miller is going to tell me I have too much time on my hands! <g> David Arne Sisson

Cathy wrote: Sissons in the Index to the Applications Submitted for the Easter Cherokee Roll of 1909 (Guion-Miller Roll) can be found at: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/arc_info/native_americans_guio n_miller_index.html Thanks for this link, Cathy! I want to mention also that Howard Watkins has contributed copies of a couple of these applications to the Guion-Miller Roll, for Harry Sisson and Lady Sisson. There are thumbnails of these pages at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/cherokeesisson.html If you click on a thumbnail, a larger image will pop up. The page numbers don't line up with the pages well in some browsers, but the pages are all in order. Thanks to both Cathy and Howard! Carol Sisson Regehr Sisson-L list mom -- [email protected]

Dear list members, I will shortly be returning the list to unmoderated status. Your messages will post directly to the list. Some of you may not know that Rootsweb generates public archives of all its lists. Many list services do the same. If you post to a Rootsweb list, your e-mail address is visible on the public archive. Unfortunately, spammers sometimes go to archives to harvest e-mail addresses. If you receive any commercial, odd, or offensive e-mail out of the blue that appears to be related somehow to your participation on the list, that could be where the spammer got your address. The best thing to do with unwanted e-mail is simply to delete it without answering. Answering just tells the sender that your e-mail address is still a good address. If necessary, you can set your e-mail program to automatically delete such e-mails without your having to see them at all. If you have never used the "spam" or "junk" mail filter on your e-mail program, ask your local computer guru to show you how it works. If you have any concerns about any such spam that you receive, please contact me privately about it. Please do not post these concerns to the list. This would just give the spammer more publicity. We are soon approaching the summer vacation season. Rootsweb does not have a provision for temporarily unsubbing from lists. If you would like to unsub during a vacation time, to keep your mailbox from overflowing, you will need to unsubscribe before you leave and then resubscribe when you return. To unsubscribe, send a message either to: [email protected] (if you're subscribed to regular mode) or [email protected] (if you're subscribed to digest mode) with the word "unsubscribe" (without quotation marks) in the subject line and nothing in the body of the message. If you have an automatic signature line on your e-mail, delete it before sending. And have a wonderful trip! Thanks, Carol Sisson Regehr Sisson-L list mom -- [email protected]

Forwarded from Cathy: -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Sisson [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: Effie Sisson >From Family History Center, Western States Marriage Records Index Cathy ID Number: 56492 Groom's Name: William Lish Bride's Name: Effie Mabel Sisson County of Record: Cassia Co., ID Place of Marriage: Albion Date of Marriage: June 27, 1900 Volume: 1A Page: 76

Forwarded from Cathy: -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Sisson [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: Pearl Sisson >From Family History Center, Western States Historical Marriage Records >Index Cathy ID Number 153677 Groom's Name: William O. Miller Groom's Residence: Union Co. Bride's Name: Pearl Sisson Bride's Residence: Union Co. County of Record: Union Co., OR Place of Marriage: Baker Co. Date of Marriage: Dec. 24, 1896 Volume: F Page: 265

Forwarded from Cathy: -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Sisson [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: Elmer Sisson >From the Family History Center's Western States Historical Marriage >Record Index Cathy ID Number: 127227 Groom's Name: Elmer Sisson Bride's Name: Goldie Sparhawk County of Record: Bonner Co., ID Place of Marriage: Sandpoint Date of Marriage: Nov. 22, 1913 Volume: 2 Page: 293

Forwarded from Cathy: -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Sisson [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: Goldie Sisson >From Family History Center, Western States Marriage Records Index Cathy ID Number 124943 Groom's Name: Homer S. Shultz Bride's Name: Goldie Sisson County of Record: Bonner Co., ID Place of Marriage: Sandpoint Date of Marriage: July 30, 1921 Volume: 3 Page: 624

Forwarded from Cathy: -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Sisson [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: Samuel Sisson >From Family History Center, Western States Historical Marriage Index Cathy ID Number 155470 Grooms First Name Samuel Grooms Last Name SISSON Grooms Residence Brides First Name Caroline Brides Last Name REDFORD Brides Residence County of Record Union Co., Oregon Place of Marriage Union County Date of Marriage 15 Oct 1873 Volume B Page 273