Yes, Joyce, Virginia is chock full of history that doesn't seem so many years away as I grow older. Alas, according to the book below, the original Sisson brick store is no longer standing. Destroyed in 1893, a frame building was subsequently erected on the site. If you give me your address, I will mail to you the pages describing the store and the story about the woman who lived there during the Fredericksburg battles. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Dever" <[email protected]> To: "Laura Thompson" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 3:14 PM Subject: RE: [SISSON-L] Sisson historic store near Fredericksburg > Hello Laura; > > My name is Joyce LUCAS DEVER, and David Sloan SISSON is my maternal > GG-grandfather. I have been to the old SISSON homestead, the SISSON > Cemetery, and to the store. Although, as much as I begged and pleaded, Mrs. > Angle wound not allow my brother and I to go into the store and take photos. > It broke my heart. > > I would certainly love to have the information on the SISSON store. > Anything you can share would be super, and I cannot thank you enough. > > It sounds as though you had a wonderful trip to VA. It is an awe inspiring > place. > > Thanks again, > > Joyce LUCAS DEVER, near Seattle > [email protected] > > Please feel free to share my name and email address with any of the others > interested in the SISSON store. Bless you! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura Thompson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 5:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SISSON-L] Sisson historic store near Fredericksburg > > Hello, > While vacationing last week in Virginia, I stopped at the Fredericksburg > Battlefield. After giving my last name to the attendant, he excitedly gave > me information regarding SISSON's STORE, constructed in 1854. In the 1860 > census, it shows it was owned by David Sisson, age 45, along with Sarah > Sisson, age 38 and Landon Sisson, age 11. They were born in Virginia. > Sisson's Store was a prominent landmark on the path of the Union attacks > on Marye's Heights during the Dec. 1862 and May 1863 Battles of > Fredericksburg. > If anyone is interested in a more detailed description of the event, let > me know. I was given pp.172-173 from Noel Harrison's Fredericksburg > Battlefield site, H.E. Howard, publisher. > > Laura Sisson-Thompson, WI., of the Robert Sisson line, Fairfax, Va. > > > ============================== > 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 > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >