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.