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My great-grandfather is Franklin Sisson. He married and had a child with unknown McLennen. Nathaniel Bartlett(Bartley)Sisson was born September 16, 1868 in Romance, White County Arkansas to Franklin and unknown (McLennan/McClendon/McLennen?)Sisson.Nathaniel died due to pneumonia August 11, 1903 at the age of 34, probably at his home in Pangburn, AR. He is buried at Henderson Cemetery near Pangburn, AR. I have been unable to find Nathaniel in any census record until 1900. Nathaniel's parent names have not been verified. Nathaniel B. Sisson married Mary Susan(Sudie)Joyce,born January 26, 1873, Hiram AR)on January 24, 1889 in Heber, Cleaburn County,AR. Five children, James Porter,b 1890 who died at about 18 months old, (I don't know where he died or is buried), Allie Mae (Otho Davis),b 1891, Maude Ethel (Forby Lee Boyles),b 1894, William Franklin,(Lillie Hall)b 1896 (my line) and Margaret Elizabeth (Ernest Robinson), born 1900. All were born in Pangburn, White County,Arkansas. Allie, Maude, Frank and Margaret each have descendents. N.B. Sisson was a Justice of the Peace in Searcy, White County, AR., verified for 4 years 1898-03. Mary married 6 years later to an R.E. Handle. Mary died February 4, 1914. Both Nathaniel and Mary are buried at Henderson Cem, near Pangburn, AR. Update August 1904: I still have not found Franklin or unknown. DNA testing by a grandson of Nathaniel's has given this family ancestors. We are the descendents of Robert and Amy (Wright?)Sisson, of Fairfax, VA. We have found Mary S. Joyce's family. Her father is Alexander Macer/Mackey? Joyce. Marys mother is Sarah Elizabeth Davis, who died,1876, AR Mary's siblings are i. Nancy, ii John, iii Levina Ann, iv.Margaret Anderson, v.William Henry, vi.Alex Zander,vii Samuel C viii. Sarah Elizabeth (Aunt Bet)ix Martha Jane x. and Mary Susan (Sisson). Alexander Joyce married again to Lillie M Daniels,27 March 1881, when Mary was 8 years old.
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