Person:Warren Sisson (3)

Warren was born 9 July 1853

Warren, age 7

James W., age 17, a whilte male, is a farm laborer.

Branch County Marriages, Quarter ending December 31, 1886, Record number 221. Warren J. Sisson - Mary E. Bender. Age and residence of each: 23, Quincy Michigan - 20 Quincy, Michigan. Birthplace and occupation of each: Tecumseh, Michigan, Farmer - Ohio. (Names of father, maiden name of mother, times previously married are blank.) Date of marriage: November 24, 1886. Place of marriage: Quincy. Name and Official Title of Person by Whom Married: A.B.Nichols, Clergyman. Witnesses to Marriage: Phoebe Webster of Quincy and Electa Bender of Quincy.

Place of Birth: Branch County, Quincy Township. Full Name: Myrna Elenor Sisson, Female, Legitimate, born 14 August 1902. Father: Warren James Sisson, Residence: Quincy, Michgan, White, Age at last birthday: 49, Born: Adrian, Michigan, a farmer. Mother: Mary Elizabeth Bender, Residence: Quincy; white, Age last birthday: 36; Born: Hancock County, Ohio. Occupation: Housewife. NUMBER OF CHILD OF THIS MOTHER: 5. NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOW LIVING: 4. Recorded 11 July 1941

1. PLACE OF DEATH County: Custer Township or Village City: Merideth, Montana. At Home Length of residence in city or town where death occurred: 21 years.
NAME: Warren J. Sisson; Residence: Merideth, Montana; Male, White, Married 5. If married, widowed, or divorced, HUSBAND OR WIFE OF (left blank!)
Born: June 9, 1853 AGE: 79 years, 9 months, 25 days; Farmer;l BIRTHPLACE: Michigan Information on parents: Not known.
17. INFORMANT: M.J. and L.J. Sisson Address: M.........th Montana
18. BURIAL: Rock Springs Cem Date: 4/6/1933 19. UNDERTAKER: _ Graves of Miles City, Montana 20. FILED: Apr 8, 1933 _____________

Warren J. Sisson, Born Thurs. June 9th, 1853 at Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan.
Mary E. Sisson, Born June 3rd 1866 at Orange, Hnacock County, Ohio.
Loren John Sisson, Born 24 Nov. 1888 and on Saturday at Quincy, Branch County, Michigan.
Melfin James Sisson, Born Sat. May 19, 1894 at Allen Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan
Laverne Hubert Sisson, Born Thurs. Nov 14, 1900 in Quincy Township, Branch County, Michigan.
Myrna Eleanor Sisson, Born Thurs, Aug 14, 1902 in Quincy Township, Branch County, Michigan

Marlow’s Grandpa Sisson, Warren John Sisson, died at his home in Rock Springs, Montana. His home was on the ½ section south of the ½ section that Loren Sisson had.
His funeral was at the house, and he was buried in the community cemetery west of the ranch.
In about 1968, Loren Sisson decided to have Warren Sisson’s remains dug up and moved to the cemetery in Miles City, but all they found was some of the metal from the casket, the skull, and some of the leg bones.

When Warren died, they laid him on a door that was supported by two saw horses in the living room of the house. Common custom.

He is buried here at Miles City.

In about 1968, Loren thought he should probably have his father, Warren's, remains brought to Miles City. All that they found when they dug up the grave was some metal from the casket, the skull and a few leg bones.

Right now I can't find the quote from Marlow, but I know I recently saw it.

Warren John had emphysema quite badly and walked bent over because he had problems breathing. He did very little work, as I recall, and no farming. I can recall my father going over and plowing his garden with a one-bottom horse drawn plow. It was pulled by two horses and had three wheels on the plow, and my father would ride on the seat of the plow and control the operation of the plow. It would only plow one furrow at a time, so if you had any size plot of ground to plow, it took quite a while to plow it.

I don’t ever remember much of them doing anything. I don’t know what they did for a living. I am quite sure that my father furnished them mostly with their garden products and milk and eggs and meat, probably, to help them survive.

Grandpa had no cattle, just a garden, because of his emphysema. Loren cultivated the garden for them.

Another thing that I can remember as a small child was walking over to my grandfather’s house and riding with him on a one-horse-drawn stone bolt. This was a sled type thing – it was small – probably 3 feet wide and 6 feet long. It was a thing with runners underneath it and planks on it. One horse could drag it. I guess they used them in the early days for dragging the stones out of the field. But grandpa would put 3 or 4 milk cans on this stone bolt and we would go down to his well which was about 3/4 of a mile from his house and we would fill these cans with water and the horse would draw this stone bolt back to grandpa’s house and that was about the only thing I can remember grandpa doing other than setting at the kitchen table playing solitaire.

Warren Sisson, white male, age 26, laborer, born Michigan, parents born New York.

Our modern celebration of Mayday as a working class holiday evolved from the struggle for the eight hour day in 1886. May 1, 1886 saw national strikes in the United States and Canada for an eight hour day called by the Knights of Labour. In Chicago police attacked striking workers killing six.

Branch County Marriages, Quarter ending December 31, 1886, Record number 221. Warren J. Sisson - Mary E. Bender. Age and residence of each: 23, Quincy Michigan - 20 Quincy, Michigan. Birthplace and occupation of each: Tecumseh, Michigan, Farmer - Ohio. (Names of father, maiden name of mother, times previously married are blank.) Date of marriage: November 24, 1886. Place of marriage: Quincy. Name and Official Title of Person by Whom Married: A.B.Nichols, Clergyman. Witnesses to Marriage: Phoebe Webster of Quincy and Electa Bender of Quincy.

Copy of birth record of Loren J. Sisson. Born 24 November 1888, male, white, born Quincy, Michigan. Father: Warren J. Sisson, resides in Quincy, born Michigan, a laborer. Mother: Mary E. Sisson, born Ohio.

County of Birth: Hillsdale, (but Recorded in Branch County) Allen Township, Born May 19, 1894. Name: Melvin J. Sisson, Male, White, Legitimate. Father: Warren Sisson of Butler Township, born Ohio, Occupation: Farmer. Mother: Mary E. Sisson of Butler, born Ohio. Date of Record: 4 May 1895

Place of Birth: County: Branch, Township: Quincy. Date of Birth: November 14, 1900; Name of child: Laverne Humbert Sisson, Male, White, Father: Warren J. Sisson, of Quincy, born Michigan, Occupation: Farmer; Mother: Mary E. Sisson, born Ohio. Dated 21 June 1901

Warren Sisson lived in Quincy; Gaylord from 1903 to 1910, back to Quincy, then to Montana in fall of 1911.

1910 Census for Quincy, Branch County, Michigan
28 April 1910
Enumeration District 20, sheet 5B

Sisson, Warren, head, white male, age 55, first marriage, married 23 years, born Michigan, father born New York, mother born New York, farmer.
Mary, wife, white female, age 43, first marriage, married 23 years. four children, three now living, born Ohio, father born Germany, mother born New York,

Melvin J., son, white male, age 15, single, born Michigan
Myrna, daughter, white female, age 7, single, born Michigan

Bender, Jacob, boarder, white male, age 80, widowed, born Germany, parents born Germany, occupation: illegible

Grandpa wasn’t able to do much walking because he had emphysema quite badly. He walked stooped over and of course he was short on breath, so what he did he had to do very slowly and carefully.

They lived in a little house by the Yellowstone River. Marlow does not know how they made a living during those first years.

Newspaper article reports his return home to Miles City from Fort Russell with his discharge. He was met by his father, Warren Sisson. Loren served in France 16 months with the 315th infantry of the 79th division. He says he had some hair raising experiences, although he returns without a scratch. Last fall while fighting in the Argonne forest a shell burst near him, almost completely covering him with earth. While he was in France, Warren Sisson has been "holding" his own and Loren's ranches. Warren says he is sorry his boy could not be home in time to help him celebrate his 64th birthday.

SISSON WARREN J
20 (twp?)
Meridian 012 N 045 E
020 (section?)
320 acres
Type: 251101 (Homestead)
Case type: PA (Patent)
Document ID: 727424
Date: 01/13/1920


SISSON WARREN J
20 (twp?)
Meridian 012 N 045 E
020 (section?)
160 acres
Type: 251101 (Homestead)
Case type: PA (Patent)
Document ID: 727424
Date: 01/13/1920

Warren and Mary (Bender) Sisson, Loren’s parents, had a half section south of Loren. Loren and his parents had homesteaded in Montana in 1909. Each had part of a section. ... one the north part and one the South part.

My father's parents lived about 3/4 of a mile from where my father lived.

Warren Sisson, head of household, owns his home, but it is mortgaged.
He is a white male, age 66, and is married.
He can read and write.
He was born in Michigan. His father in New York, his mother in New York.
He speaks English, and makes his living by farming. and is working on his own account.

SISSON RITES HELP AT THE RANCH HOME. Aged Rancher is Laid to Rest Thursday. Many neighbors and friends gathered on Thursday afternoon at the Sisson ranch home in the Meredith region to pay their last respects to the memory of the late Wqarren J. Sisson, whose funeral services were held at the home with the Rev. Martin E. Van de Mark, pastor of the First M.E. Church of this city officiating. ... Following the services at the home, the funeral cortege made its way to the Rock Springs cemetery where the last rites were observed and the body consigned to its last earthly resting place.