The Hissem-Montague Family

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The following is the story of the family of Thomas Hissom's second son, Thomas Jr., who followed his father to Tyler county, Virginia.

Thomas, the second son of Thomas Hissom, was born in 1778 per his tombstone, 1783 per a deposition made in 1841, or 1785 per the 1850 census, in Lower Smithfield township, Northampton county, Pennsylvania.

It is possible, however, that young Thomas was born in the neighboring Luzerne county. In 1783 a "Thomas Hissam," probably our Thomas' father, was included in

"A List of the Householders of the Different Settlements at Wyoming who wish to Support the Laws of Pennsylvania" - from the "Susquehannah Company Papers: 1776-1784" by Julian Parks Bond and Robert Joseph Taylor

In the 1790 census for Lower Smithfield township, Northampton county, Pennsylvania Thomas' father, called Thomas Hysham Jr. in the census, had in his household 1 man over 16, the father Thomas, 3 boys under 16, Abner, our Thomas, who would have been 12, and an unknown son, and 2 women, his wife, Mary, and an unknown daughter.

Sometime after 1790 Thomas accompanied his father in the family's move west to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania.

The name of Abner hisom [not capitalized in original document], Thomas' elder brother, was included in a memorial, or petition, of 13 September 1796 by the inhabitants of Luzerne county to the General Assembly of Connecticut. The document's signers were unhappy with the administration of Pennsylvania and were trying to convince Connecticut that it should try to regain sovereignty of the region. The conflict was resolved in 1799 when the Pennsylvania Legislature confirmed the Connecticutt settlers legal claims to their land. Two of the Swartwood boys, Levi and Gerardus, step sons of Thomas' grandfather, Thomas Hesom, also signed this document and their signatures immediately follow Abner's. Did the Hissam family return to Luzerne county, or had they kept a foot in both places before finally moving on to Westmoreland county? Note that according to his pension request, David Hissam, Thomas' uncle, also lived in Luzerne county from about 1795 to 1798, but returned to Lower Smithfield before finally heading to western Pennsylvania after 1800.

In the 1800 census for Unity township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania there was a boy, aged 15 to 25 years old, living in the household of Thomas Hissem. This was probably Thomas Jr., then 15 to 22 years old. Levi Swartwood was living nearby. Thomas' other uncle, John, also lived in Westmoreland county at this time.

Sometime early in the 1800's young Thomas married Isabel [Isabell] White; in the 1810 census Thomas had 4 children who were less than 10 years old.

"The Hissam family is of English ancestry and has been in America since Colonial times. His [Sam Hissam's] grandfather, Thomas Hissam, was a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he grew up, learned the trade of shoemaker but also followed farming. In Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania he married a Miss White, who was born on the ocean during a four months voyage while her parents were coming from Ireland. Shortly after his marriage Thomas Hissam moved to Tyler County, West Virginia, and lived out his life here as a farmer and worker at his trade." - from the "History of West Virginia"

After 1800, and perhaps after his marriage, Thomas, along with his father and brother, Abner, moved west to Hempfield township, in Westmoreland county.

I'm assuming Thomas Jr. made the following early tax list because he was now a head of a household.

"Hemphill township, 1805:
Hisom, Thos., Sr.
Hison, Thos., Jr."

Hemphill township, 1810:
Hissom, Thomas" - from "Tax Lists, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1786-1810," pg 36, by William H. Dumont

In the 1810 Hempfield township, Westmoreland county census as Thomas Hysin. Living next door was his brother, Abner Hysin. On the next page of the census, separated by just one entry from the rest of the family, is Thomas Hysim Sr. This certainly looks like Thomas Hissom and his two eldest sons. Thomas Jr's household included 2 boys under ten, John and an unknown son, 1 man 26 to 44, Thomas, 2 girls under ten, and 1 woman 16 to 25, Isabel.

In 1812 war broke out between England and America.

Thomas' cousins, Joab, James and David Hissam Jr., all joined the army. Joab served in a cavalry unit out of Pittsburgh which fought in the Ohio territory. James and David Jr. enlisted in a Virginia militia unit which saw service in Norfolk, Virginia. Neither Thomas nor his brothers appear to have served. The war ended in 1814. The major result of the conflict, from the Hissam's point of view, would have been the destruction of Tecumseh's Indian Confederacy that had threatened American expansion westward.

Thomas left Pennsylvania in about 1815, moving down the Ohio river to Tyler county, in what is now West Virginia. His father, Thomas Sr., traveled south as well. His older brother, Abner, did not accompany him, remaining in Westmoreland county to raise a numerous family. Note the relationship of Westmoreland county, in the map below, to Pittsburgh and, down the Ohio river, to Tyler county, West Virginia.

In the 1820 census of Tyler county, Virginia as Thomas Hissem Jr. He was listed just below his father, Thomas Hissem. In the household were one man between 26 and 45 years old, Thomas, who would have been 42, a girl under 10, and a woman 16 to 26 years old. That sounds too young to be our Isabel.

In the Tyler county Personal Property Tax List of 1825 were listed,

Hissam ? Thomas (the 2nd)
Hissam John
Hewit Daniel
Hughes Jackson
Hanes Nathan
Hains Robert (Exempt)
Hissam David
Hissam Jesse
Hissam Levi
Howel Daniel
Hains William
Hains Benjamin
Hanes John
Hissam Thomas (the 3rd)

In the 1830 census of Tyler county we have a Thomas Hisam of Thomas, that is, the son of Thomas Hissam Sr. Interestingly, David Heysham's son Thomas was known in his own will as Thomas of David, so it was a standard naming convention. In his household were one boy under 5, 1 aged 5-10, 2 who are 10-15 years old, 1 15-20, and a man aged 40-50 years old, Thomas, one girl under 5, 2 that were 10-15, 2 that were 15-20, and a woman aged 40 to 50 years old, Isabel. By the way, there was also a David, Thomas Senr., and Thomas Hisam Jr., David's boy, in the census.

Thomas' wife, Isabel, died between 1830, when she had her last child, and 1833, when Thomas' second wife, Rachel, had her first. Rachel was born in about 1797 in Pennsylvania. According to the death certificate of Thomas' son Levi, she was Rachael Swartwood.

In 1836 Thomas Hissam sold 416 acres of land near Middle Island Creek to John Craig Jr. - from the Tyler County Deed Book, Old Series, page 425.

The 1840 census of Tyler county shows a Thomas Hissam Senr. This title makes sense if we assume his father, Thomas, had died by this time and, in fact, the old man had been 80 to 90 years at the time of the 1830 census, so I think we can safely assume that. In the household are one boy under 5, 2 boys 5 to 10, 3 boys 10 to 15, 1 boy 15 to 20, a man 20 to 30 years old and another 50 to 60 years old. Thomas would have been 62 years old. Women included one girl under 5, one who was 5 to 10, and a woman 40 to 50.

In 1841 Thomas made a deposition in support of the pension request of his aunt Elizabeth, the widow of David Heysham. In this he claimed to be 58 years old, or born circa 1783.

State of Virginia
Tyler County

This 18th day of February 1841 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said county Thomas Heysham, (who I certify to be a credible witness) and made oath according to law that the affiant was Fifty Eight years old last July [c1783]; That he was well acquainted with David Heysham, late of this county of Tyler aforesaid and a Pensioner of the United States in the life time of the said David. That the said David was affiants uncle and affiant knew him and his wife Elizabeth Heysham from the time he can first recollect any thing, which is upwards of Fifty years. When affiant first knew the said David and Elizabeth, they were living together as husband and wife and continued to live so until the death of the said David. Affiant has not a doubt but that they were legally married as in the course of his whole life he has never heard anything to the contrary; and is confident that if they had not been legally married, affiant would have heard it from his, affiants, Father and Mother (both now dead) who were no doubt well acquainted with all the circumstances attending the same, and further that the said Elizabeth Heysham has remained unmarried since the death of her said husband the said David Heysham, and further affiant saith not.

Thomas Heysham X His mark

In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Thomas Hissam, a 65 year old farmer, born in Pennsylvania. He had property worth $3000. Living with him were his wife, Rachel, 53, his sons, Levi, 17, and Samuel, 11, and daughters Isabella, 15, Eveline, 13, and Frances, 4, all born in Virginia, or what is now West Virginia.

Thomas Hisam died on 22 October 1854 in Tyler county, West Virginia. A headstone in the Little Cemetery in Tyler county lists a Thomas Hisam who died on 22 October 1854 at the age of 76 [born circa 1778].

Thomas' will,

"I Thomas Hissem of Tyler County and the State of Virginia, being weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory, desiring to make some disposition of my worldly effects, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following viz. As soon as is convenient after my demise, I desire that a suffiencey of my personal property be disposed of to defray my funeral expenses and pay all my Just debts.

2-ly. My son John Hissem has been already provided for. In addition to said provision I hereby give and bequeath to him after the death of my widow, one Dollar.

3-ly. To my Grand Daughter Flora Hissem I give one dollar, also to be paid after the death of my widow. [(24) Flora Belle Hissam (1875), the daughter of (23) William Hissam (1824)]

4-ly. To my Grandson Jesse Hissem, I also give the above named sum of one dollar as above stated.

5-ly. To my son Abner Hissem and to his heirs and assigns, I give and bequeath one hundred acres of land on which he now lives, as heretofore surveyed be the same more or less.

6-ly. To my son Elijah Hissem I also give one Dollar.

7-ly. To my daughter Sarah King, I also give one Dollar.

8-ly. To my daughter Eliza Shook, I give and bequeath one Dollar.

9-ly. To my son Thomas Hissem, I also give one Dollar.

10-ly. To my son William Hissem , I give one Dollar.

11-ly. To my son Jacob Hissem (perhaps he means Joab), his heirs and assigns, I give and bequeath a lot of land supposed to be Thirty acres or more, adjoining the land of John Kline, Mortecai Morris, Abner Hissem and Thomas Hissem.

12-ly. To my wife Rachel Hissem, I give and bequeath all my property real and personal during her natural life. and it is further my wish and will that the farm on which I now live be sold after my decease and the moneys arising from said sail be at the disposal of my widow to do with it as she may deem best for her own interest and that of her heirs. And after her demise it is my will and desire that my remaining lands be equally divided between my two Sons Levi and Samuel Hissem, with the understanding that they pay to my two daughters Isabel and Evaline Hissem two Hundred Dollars each, to be paid within three years of the death of my widow. And as to the personal property then remaining it is my will and desire that my two Daughters above named each get one cow and my sons Levi and Samuel have the remaining out door property equally divided between them. And it is further my desire that my household property be given equally to my two daughters Isabel and Evaline except two beds and bedding which are to be given to my two sons Levi and Samuel each having one bed and bedding.

And lastly I do hereby appoint my friend David Miller and my Son Levi Hissem Executors of this my last will and testament by me heretofore wrote. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 6th day of October 1854.

Signed and sealed in the presence
of us as the last will and testament
of Thomas Hissem and who
witnessed the same at his request.

Mortecai Morris (signature)
David Miller (signature)

his
Thomas X Hissem seal
mark

Tyler County Court, November Term 1854. This Last Will & Testament of Thomas Hissem deceased was presented in Court and proven by the oaths of Mortecai Morris & David Miller Subscribing witnesses thereto and thereupon the said will was ordered to be recorded as the Last Will and Testament of the said Thomas Hissem deceased.

Teste D. Hickman (signature) Clerk"

In the census of 1860 for Tyler county as Rachel Hissam, a widow, 62 years old with real property valued at 3000 dollars and other property worth 275 dollars. Living with her were her children, Isabel, 26, Eveline, 24, Samuel, 22, and a Frances V. Huffman [female], 11.

The 1870 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Rachel Hissem, a 72 year old woman, born in Pennsylvania. She had a confusing assortment of people living with her. There was Jesse, 32, born in Ohio, Eveline, 28, Samuel, 26, Hannah, 23, and Okey, 2. Eveline and Samuel's ages are off, being five years too young. Hannah is Samuel's wife and Okey his son, see below. I'll guess that Jesse was a nephew or grandson who came to help out Rachel. Thomas Hissem's will does prominently mention a grandson, Jesse, that I have not otherwise found.

Thomas and Isabell White had the following children,
(23) John Hissam/Hysham (1804)
(23) Abner Hissam (1812)
(23) Sarah M. Hissam (c1812)
(23) Elijah Hissam (1814), he had no male heirs
(23) Eliza Jane Hissam (1816)
(23) William Hissam (1824)
(23) Thomas J. Hissam (1829)
(23) Joab Hissem (1830)

Thomas and Rachel Swartwood had the following children.
(23) Levi Hissam (1832)
(23) Isabella Hissam (1835)
(23) Eveline Hissam (1837)
(23) Samuel Hissam (1838)
(23) Frances Hissam (1846), actually a Huffman?

I previously thought this was (22) John Hissem (c1790-1800), the youngest son of (21) Thomas Hissom (1750), who married Elizabeth Welker in Pennsylvania in 1825. The marriage bond below makes this untenable.

Per the 1850 mortality schedule, John was born circa 1804 in Pennsylvania. In 1804 two of the sons of (20) Thomas Hesom, John and Thomas, were living in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The youngest son, David, was still living in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, but would leave there in 1807 and move to Westmoreland county.

There are few alternatives for John's father. Abner, the eldest son of Thomas Hissom, did not marry until 1804, ruling him out. Thomas Hissom's other sons, Levi and John, were too young. Thomas Hissom's brother, David, had little room in his birth order for John, though he is interesting because his line used the Heysham/Hysham spelling more often than the rest of the family. David's eldest son, another Thomas, was not born until 1790, too young to be John's father. So, until more information is available, I'll place John here, as the son of (22) Thomas Hissam.

A problem with John as Thomas' son, however, is that Thomas' will of 1854, shown above, provides for a son, John, even though, as you'll read below, our John had died 4 years earlier, in 1850, in northwestern Ohio.

"My son John Hissem has been already provided for. In addition to said provision I hereby give and bequeath to him after the death of my widow, one Dollar"

In the 1810 Hempfield township, Westmoreland county census was John's supposed father, Thomas Hysin. Living next door was Thomas' brother, Abner Hysin. On the next page of the census, separated by just one entry from the rest of the family, was Thomas Hysim Sr. This certainly looks like (22) Thomas Hissom (1778) and his two eldest sons. Thomas Jr's household included 2 boys under ten, John, perhaps, and an unknown son, 1 man 26 to 44, Thomas, 2 girls under ten, and 1 woman 16 to 25, Isabel.

In about 1815 the family moved southwest, to Tyler county, West Virginia.

By 1820 John would have been 16 and, while there were no sons listed in Thomas' census in Tyler county, Virginia, he would have been of an age to be a farm hand, lodging on someone else's property. The following Hissems were in Tyler county for the 1820 census, Thomas, and his son, Thomas Jr., David, and his sons, Jesse and Levi.

A John Hissam was listed in the Tyler county Personal Property Tax List of 1825, associated with Thomas Hissam (the 2nd). If his birth date is correct, he would have been 21 years old, just old enough to be considered an adult for purposes of the Tax List.

Guinn Neal [John's father-in-law to be]
. . .
Hissam ? Thomas (the 2nd)
Hissam John
Hewit Daniel
Hughes Jackson
Hanes Nathan
Hains Robert (Exempt)
Hissam David
Hissam Jesse
Hissam Levi
Howel Daniel
Hains William
Hains Benjamin
Hanes John
Hissam Thomas (the 3rd)

John Hissam signed a marriage bond with Neil [Neal] Guin, the step-father of Lucinda Simpson Guin, on 6 June 1825 in Tyler county, Virginia.

Lucinda Simpson, sometimes known as Cinda, was born on 7 October 1806 in Virginia, the daughter of Elizabeth Caroll and a Simpson, first name unknown. Elizabeth Caroll, the daughter of William Caroll [Carroll], was born on 8 January 1776. After the death of her first husband Elizabeth Caroll married Neal Johnson Guin in 1806. He was born in 1761 in county Tyrone, Ireland. Lucinda took the name Lucinda Simpson Guin, honoring both her natural and adoptive fathers. Her Guin siblings were Jacob, Jonathon, Russell, Ruth, Sarah, John, and James. Neal Guin was in the 1820 census for Tyler county, Virginia with a family of 10. Neal Guin may have died in 1828 in Hancock county, Ohio.

I have a John Hisum in the 1830 census of Wood county, Virginia. In this household was a man 30-40 years old, John, who would have been 26, and a woman 20-30, perhaps Lucinda, she would have been 24. Wood county was an early 'super-county' from which Ritchie and Pleasants counties were later formed. In 1830 it abutted Tyler county just northeast of it on the Ohio river. John Hissem's father, Thomas, resided in Tyler county.

John's son, Jacob A. Hysham, may have been born in Virginia or Ohio [the sources vary], on 22 April 1832. John then moved to Ohio where his second son, Stephen Hiram Hysham, was born on 28 May 1835 [of course, another source says Virginia]. Lucinda's Guin relatives, including her mother, moved north into Ohio, perhaps as early at 1828.

"John Hysom, of Monroe County, Ohio" purchased land under the Act of 24 April 1820 per Certificate #3480 at the Marietta Land Office on 21 August 1837. Land description:

"the South East quarter of the South East quarter of Section Twenty six in Township Two of Range Four, in the District of lands subject to sale at Marietta, Ohio, Containing Thirty nine acres and Eighty six hundredths of acre."

Under the Act of 1820 the price of land had been reduced to $1.25 per acre and by an Act in 1832 the minimum land purchase was reduced from 80 to 40 acres. The Ohio River Survey refers to the original survey of 1796 which established the Range and Township system used in the 'Old Seven Ranges.' It was based on the Pennsylvania line, that is, its western border with Ohio, and the Ohio river. This system was continued for all of the land in eastern Ohio, excepting the Connecticutt Western Reserve and the United States Military District.

In the 1840 census of . . .

John's mother-in-law was in the census for Union township, Hancock county in 1840 as Elizabeth Guin. She died on 28 September 1845 in Mount Cory, Hancock county, Ohio. Union township is on the western border of Hancock county, just opposite Blanchard township, in Putnam county, where John and Lucinda are found in 1850. In Elizabeth Guin's household was a boy, 10 to 15, 3 men, 30 to 40, a man 78 to 90 years old [?], and one woman 50 to 60; Elizabeth would have been 64. Jacob Guin's family has a young man and woman, 20 to 30, and a boy, under 5. That means that John and Lucinda were not living with their relatives.

John's brother-in-law, Jacob Guin, was also in Union township, Hancock county in 1840. His household contained a boy, under 5 (John Wesley, 2), a man, 20 to 29 (Jacob was 22), and a woman, 15 to 19 (his wife, Maria Wade, was 18). So, again, no room for John Hysham and family.

There was a John Hasson in the county, in Orange township, just south of Union township. While his surname is close enough, and unique enough, for me to consider, his family appears to be too old for this to be our man. In the household there was one boy 15-20, 2 who were 20-30 and one man 50-60. There was also one girl under 5, 2 who were 5-10, 1 10-15, and one woman 50-60. None of these look like our John, who would have been 36.

In the Federal Mortality Schedule of 1850 for Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio as John Hisham, a 46 year old farmer [1804], of Pennsylvania, married, who died in March 1850 of consumption after an illness of 6 months. Putnam county is just west of Hancock county. There is also an entry

"Name=John Hysham, Gender=Male, Birth Place=Penn., Spouse=Lucinda S. Guinne, Child=Jacob A. Hysham" - from "Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990"

In the 1850 census for Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio as Lucinda Hesham, 38 [1812], born in Virginia, with no occupation. Living with her were Jacob, an 18 year old farmer, Hiram, a 15 year old farmer, Elizabeth, 12, and Margaret, 9, all born in Ohio [sic].

By the time of the 1850 census, brother-in-law, Jacob Guin [Gwinn], was already in Clayton county, Iowa. In 1851 he bought land in Fayette county, just west of Clayton county, and he was counted in the State census of 1852.

Sometime after 1850 Lucinda left Ohio, she claims in company with her brother(s), and settled her family in northeastern Iowa. A poem writen by Lucinda, and given to her son-in-law, Shawn Harkin, listed below, talks of John dying in Ohio and then coming to Iowa with her children and her half-brothers, the Guins.

""What's that slowly coming. Three wagons.
They are filled with Guinns (in a row and Hyshams)
And they came from Ohio
Grandma Hysham was among the crowd,
She had no strong arm to lean upon,
Death had robbed her of her mate.
With her young family she was left alone.
Her brothers were coming to Iowa [this would the Guins]
Then, it was called the unsettled west.
Not wanting to be left behind, she sold her land,
Packed her wares and came with the rest...
They came to relatives of Taylorsville [Fayette county, Iowa] etc...
Uncle Jake went to Red Oak, where he prospered and died
Uncle Hiram went to South Dakota
Where he failed and lost, but tried........"

Soon after arriving in Taylorsville, Fayette county, Iowa, Lucinda Hysham married John Blevin on 6 January 1853 in Fayette county, Iowa - from "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934."

"John Blevin purchased the Bemis farm of two young men named Brownson and he moved on this farm in 1851. Here Mr. Blevin's wife died and he afterwards married a widow named Hysham, mother of Jacob and Hiram Hysham, two well known men in the county in early days. Mr. Blevin sold out to Chancy Bemis in 1855. He was somewhat of an exhorter and took great interest in Sunday school and church affairs." - from the "History of Clayton County, Iowa" by Realto E. Price

In the 1860 census of Elkader post office, Cox Creek township, Clayton county, Iowa as Lucinda Hasham, 51, born in Virginia. She was living in the home of Henry Hasham [I suspect this is really Hiram Hysham], a 24 year old farmer, born in Ohio. Also living with Henry was his wife, Anna [Amy?], 24, of Canada, and son, Frankie, 10/12, who was born in Iowa. An Ashley Parks, 21, was also livinng in the house. A servant?

Iowa On December 28, 1846, Iowa became a state. Fayette county is located in northeastern Iowa. It was originally one of the largest counties ever organized. It had an area of about 140,000 square miles and included all of the present state of Minnesota west of the Mississippi. Almost all of the counties of northeastern Iowa were formed out of this county. It was opened to white settlers in four separate tracts. In 1833, the Black Hawk Purchase opened the southeastern 2/5ths. West of that, in 1837, a small additional purchase from the Indians, and in 1842 the rest of the southwestern portion was opened along with the much larger purchase embracing at least half of Iowa below the neutral grounds. In 1848, the remainder of the county, more than half, to the north and northwest which was in the neutral grounds was opened up with the displacement of the Winnebagoes to Minnesota. Officially the treaty was signed in 1846 and there had been white settlers exploring the entire county. However, the county did not receive its own administration until 1847. Clayton county is in the northeastern corner of Iowa, one of many counties made out of the original Fayette county. Elkader is the county seat, located in a beautiful valley astride the Turkey River, in the "driftless area" of Clayton County. The region was not scoured by glaciers in the last ice age and remained rugged while the surrounding area was scraped level. Elkader is the hub of a large trade area which includes one of the most prosperous and diversified farming sections in the midwest. It is near the center of 470,000 Clayton County farm acres. The town is named after Abdel-Kader, a young Algerian hero who led his people in a resistance to French colonialism between 1830 and 1847. Washington county is in the southeastern corner of Iowa, as are Van Buren and Davis counties. Red Oak is the chief town and county seat of Montgomery county, which is located on the the Missouri river in the southwestern corner of Iowa.

In an email to Shawn Harkin, Paula Thomas wrote,

"hi, i've read all your info about Margaret's mom being lavender, and all that. the thing is, in a book by bertha schucmann [schumann?] called 'remember mee' she has Margaret's parents as being John Hysham and Lucinda Simpson. she says she got the information from a woman in oregon, i believe. she didn't trace the hyshams back any farther, but lucinda goes back to a revolutionary soldier, william carrol."

In the 1870 census of Smithfield township, Fayette county, Iowa as Lucinda Hysham [while the handwriting is a little unclear, this could be Heysham], 65. She was living in the home of her daugther, Margaret, above, and her husband Andrew Harkin. She was shown as born in Virginia.

Between 1880 and 1890 Lucinda moved north to Beadle county, South Dakota with her son, S. H. Hysham, and his family. Jacob, Stephen's brother, moved west to Montgomery county, Iowa sometime between 1870 and 1880.

Beadle county, South Dakota Located in the east central portion of the state. Huron is the major city of the county. It was first staked out only in 1880.

Lucinda died on 9 December 1889 in Beadle, South Dakota.

"Lucinda Hysham,...Grandma Hysham, died at the home of her son, S. H. Hysham, near Beatrice, on Monday afternoon, 9 December 1889, aged 83 years, two months and two days, after an illness of about one week. The funeral took place from the residence of Mr. Hysham...Wednesday." - from The Dakota Huronite, Huron township, Beadle county, South Dakota, Thursday, 12 December 1889

John and Lucinda had the following children:
(24) William Hisham (1826) [perhaps]
(24) Jacob A. Hysham (1832)
(24) Stephen Hiram Hysham (1835)
(24) Elizabeth Hysham (c1837)
(24) Margaret Maria Hysham (1841)

A possible son for John [?]; there is room in the birth order. I place this here because of his last name, which seems to align with the Hesham/Hisham/Hasham spellings we see above.

Along with his wife Mariah, William Hisham [this could be Hesham] was living in Crawford township, Washington county, Iowa during the 1850 census. William was born in 1826 and Mariah in 1830. It's hard to be certain of his occupation [poor handwriting on the census], but I'm pretty certain it's blacksmith. The value of his land appears to be $500. His place of birth, again hard to read, but it clearly begins with a P, so it must be Pennsylvannia. Mariah appears to have been born in New York.

William disappears after this.

Jacob Hysham, the son of John Hysham and Lucinda S. Guinn, was born on 22 April 1832. That birth was in Virginia per the 1870-1910 censuses, in Ohio per the 1850 and 1860 censuses and his death notice.

In the 1850 census for Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio as Jacob Hesham, an 18 year old farmer, of Ohio, living with his mother, Lucinda. His father had died earlier in the year.

Jacob left Ohio in a covered wagon, with his mother and siblings, and her Guinn brothers, for Iowa sometime between 1850 and 1852.

In the 1852 state census Jacob was living in Fairfield township, Fayette county, Iowa. He married Melvina Julia Russell, known as Julia. She was born on 17 January 1832 in New York. On 5 January 1856 their first child, William John, was born in Elkader, Clayton county, Iowa. Their other three sons, Charles J., Thomas J., and Vernon J., were also born in Clayton county. Since this county was created out of Fayette county, this was probably a boundary shift vice a movement by Jacob.

In the 1860 census of Elkader/Boardman, Clayton county as J. A. Hashem, a 27 year old merchant, of Virginia. He had $3,200 in real property and $1,000 in personal property. Living with him were his wife, Julia, 27, of New York, his children, Wm. J., 4, and Chas J., 1, of Iowa, his sister, Elizabeth, 21, of Virginia, and a student at law, Realto Price, 21. Was Jacob renting out rooms? Note: Realto Exzeque Price was born in 1840 in Iowa. He married Phileta in 1866 and in the 1870 census was a next door neighbor of Jacob Hysham. By that time he was a lawyer and went on to become a notable one, at least in the county's eyes. He edited the "History of Clayton County, Iowa," which is referenced several times in this webpage. He died in 1935 and was buried in Elkader.

There was a hotel in the Elkader, called the Washington House, whose proprietors were listed as Jacob A. Hysham & Thomas Fisher - from the Iowa State Gazeteer.

I saw a webpage that indicated that a Jacob Heysham, along with Joseph Glidden, Charles Francis Washburn and Isaac Ellwood, invented barbed wire in the late 1870s. Could this be possible? My research says this was really Jacob Haish, a German immigrant. Glidden, Ellwood and Haish all lived in DeKalb county, Illinois at the time. Glidden later sold his patents to Washburn.

In the 1870 census of Boardman township, Clayton county, Iowa as Jacob A. Hysham, a 37 year old cattle and hog buyer, of Virginia. Living with him were his wife, Julia, 36, who was born in New York, and children, William, 14, Charles, 10, Thomas 8, and Vernon, 5, all of whom were born in Iowa. He had a maid, but there were also 4 stone cutters residing at his house. Perhaps his home was the Washington House hotel. Note that Jacob superintended the construction of the jail. These stone masons were probably his workmen.

"The first Clayton Co. jail was a log affair at Guttenberg, Iowa, built about 1845. When the county seat was moved to Garnavillo the jail was located there. In 1869 when it was considered that the county seat would remain permanently at Elkader Judge E. H. Williams, Judge John Garber, and County Sheriff James Davis were appointed a committee to select a suitable site for a new jail at Elkader. They selected a plot of 17 acres at the head of main street, which was purchased for $100. an acre. James Davis, John Garber and D. W. Chase were appointed as the building committee and work commenced immediately, the foundation being completed by the close of 1869. E. W. H. Jacobs was the architect. The work was pushed rapidly in 1870 with J. A. Hysham as superintendent of workmen and J. H. Sandusky as head mason. The entire cost of the jail, including the site, was $24,679.58." - from the Clayton County Register, Clayton County Centennial Edition, July 1936

"In 1870, the only railroad in Clayton county was the line from North McGregor through Monona and Luana and to the west . . . and the big men of the town, of whom there were many, interested themselves greatly in railroad projects. The Dubuque and Minnesota was one of the first lines pushed; S.T. Woodward and J.H. Merrill being directors. H.B. Carter, J.A. Hysham, . . . represented Clayton county at the meeting held to organize." - from "History of Clayton County, Iowa" by Realto E. Price

On 11 May 1871 the First National Bank of Elkader, in Clayton county, received its charter. Amongst the first stockholders was J. A. Hysham. Sometime after this he moved west to Montgomery county, Iowa. J.A. Hysham was listed as an early settler of Montgomery county, a one-time mayor of the town of Red Oak, a member of the board of directors of the county fair, and a successful businessman.

There is a Hysham buried in the Elkader East Side cemetery, but the first name and dates have been oblilterated. This may be for a child.

In the 1880 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Jacob Hysham, a 48 year old farmer, of Virginia. This census introduces some problems. First Jacob's father was shown as born in North Carolina and his mother in Maryland. Second, he's married to Emily, not Julia. Was this a confusion for Melvina? Based on census information below, these appear to be aberrations. Living with Jacob were his wife, Emily [sic], 48, who was born in New York & whose parents were both born in Connecticut, and children, Charles, 21, Thomas, 19, and Vernon, 14, all born in Iowa. It appears William J. Hysham had already left home at this pont. Also note that the family had five servants. Times must have been good.

In the state census of 1895 for Red Oak as Jacob A. Hysham, 62, born in Virginia. Living with him were his wife, Julia [she's back!], 60, and sons, Thomas J., 37, and Vernon J., 29, both born in Clayton county, and Vernon's wife, Nancy, 24. Nancy had been born in Montgomery county, Iowa.

Melvina Julia Russell Hysham died on 5 October 1898 and was buried in the Evergreen cemetary, Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa.

In the 1900 census of Red Oak as A. J. [dsylexia?] Hysham, a 67 year old capitalist [I can just see the old gentleman, proud of his accomplishments, and dismissive of the census taker, giving him this occupational title!], of Virginia, born in April 1833 [sic]. He was listed as still married [M]. Again, I'll call this a census taker's errror. His father was from Pennsylvania and his mother from Virginia, which is more in line with what we would expect. Living with him were his children, Tom J., a 39 year old attorney [August 1860], Verne, a 34 year old in stock raising [Aug 1863], and daughter-in-law, Nancy, 29 [May 1871]. Verne and Nancy had been married for 10 years and had one child, John [sic] Philip Jacob, 2 [September 1897]. All the children were born in Iowa.

In the 1910 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Jacob A. Hysham, 78, living with his son, Vernon J. Hysham. Jacob was shown as born in Virginia while his father, Vernon's grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania.

Jacob died on 26 February 1915 in Iowa.

Jacob A. Hysham, born on 22 April 1832 in Ohio, the son of Lucinda S. Guinn and John Hysham, died on 26 February 1915, an 82 year old retired widower, and was buried on 28 February 1915 in Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa" - from "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990"

His children were,
(25) William John Hysham (1856)
(25) Charles J. Hysham (1858)
(25) Thomas Jefferson Hysham (1860)
(25) Vernon Jackson Hysham (1865)

He was born on 5 January 1856 in Elkader, Clayton county, Iowa. In the 1860 census of Elkader township, Clayton county as Wm. J. Hushem [Harshem in Ancestry.com], 4. In the 1870 census of Boardman township, Clayton county, Iowa as William Hysham, 14.

William J. Hysham, of Elkador, Clayton county, entered the agricultural school at Iowa State University at Ames in 1872. The student body numbered only 263.

William John Hysham married Nancy Jane Pyle on 19 May 1879 in Red Oak, Iowa. She was born on 9 December 1856 in Mount Carroll, Carroll county, Illinois [the home of Ensign John Metcalf Hissem], the youngest daughter of Thomas C. Pyle and Margaret Rinedollar. The Pyles had moved to Red Oak in 1878.

In the 1880 census of Grant township, Montgomery county, Iowa as William Hysham, a 25 year old Nurseryman, born in Iowa. The "Genealogy of the Sharpless Family," which address Nancy Jane's family, confirms that William was in the nursery business. His parents were born in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Living with him was his wife, Nannie [Nancy] J., 24, who was born in Illinois. Her sister Mary was also living with them. Soon after this their son Verni was born, in 1880, and they moved into the town of Red Oak, Iowa.

In the 1885 Iowa state census as W.J. Heysham, 29. He was born in Clayton county and lived in Red Oak with his wife, Nanna, 28, and son, Verni, aged 4. Nanna was born in Illinois and Verni was born in Montgomery county.

In 1888 W. Hysham was identified as one of "the leading men who own herds," and noted that he had a herd of 20 Jerseys - from the Annual Report of the Iowa State Agricultural Society.

Verni died in 1898 during the Spanish-American war. Sometime after this William divorced Nanna and moved west. The divorce and the single child indicate that the marriage may have been an unhappy one from the beginning.

In the 1900 census of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska as Wm. Hyshum [Hysham], 40 [sic]. His occupation is unclear. His date of birth was off, showing January 1860. Living with him was his second wife, Etta O., 38 [February 1862], of New York. They had been married for 0 years and had no children. I assume William met her in Nebraska. Omaha is just northwest of Red Oak, across the Missouri river.

William's first wife, Nancy, remained in Iowa. In the 1900 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Nannie Hysham, a 42 year old dress maker, born in December 1857 in Illinois, living alone. It indicates she was a widow, but perhaps they meant she was a grass-widow [divorced]. Worse, maybe William ran off, leaving her to assume he had died. She had one child, who was no longer living. Her father was from Maryland and her mother from Pennsylvania.

Etta had died by 1883 and William continued to move west. In the 1910 census of Moorcroft precinct, Crook county, Wyoming as Wm. J. Hysham, a 54 year old farmer working a homestead. Living with him was his new wife, Ida R., 39, of New York. This was his third marriage, her first, and they had been married for 7 years. William was shown as born in Iowa and Ida as born in New York. They had no children. Note that Charles J. Hysham, a brother, below, also lived in Nebraska and Wyoming for undetermined periods. Its not clear whether William went to these two states looking for gold (in Wyoming), as an agent of his brother who was a cattle dealer, or simply as a homesteader.

"Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Hysham of Lynden, Wyo., are expected in town tomorrow for a stay here. They have been attending the wedding of a daughter of B. Chamberlain in Kingston." - from the "Catskill Mountain News" of Margaretville, New York on 2 July 1909.

Also in the 1910 census for Red Oak, Iowa, was William's first wife, Nancy J. Hysham, a 54 year old nurse, who was divorced. She was born in Illinois. Divorce was a fairly extreme measure in those early days.

William died in 1913 and was buried in the Red Oak Cemetery, so perhaps he moved back after that adventure failed or at least his remains did. His tombstone shows his name as J.W. Hysham, with a date of death of 1913. Was J.W. a typo or more dsylexia? 'Nanna' Hysham died on 5 November 1937 in Red Oak. She was buried in the Evergreen cemetary in Red Oak.

William's only child was,
(26) Verni Russell Hysham (1880)

Also called Verne. He was born on 30 July 1880 [1881?] in Grant township, Montgomery county. His family moved to Red Oak when he was still young. In the 1885 Iowa census of Red Oak as Verni Heysham, aged 4.

In 1898 the Spanish-American War broke out and Verni joined the 51st Iowa Regiment.

The 51st Iowa Volunteers The Company was mustered into service in the late spring of 1898 and was sent to San Francisco. The Presidio at San Francisco was a natural staging point because of its proximity to the finest harbor on the west coast, and possessed enough land to house and train large numbers of troops for service in the Philippines. The regiment went into camp at once, south of the Presidio, on the site of an old Chinese burying ground, left, on a dismal stretch of sand which was designated as Camp Merritt. Not only was the camp a dreary one, but after a time it became an unhealthy one. The Regiment lost five men in San Francisco from disease, but none from combat, while nine men were wounded in action. The regiment was later moved to Camp Merriam, in the middle of the photo to the right. The camp was located on the eastern border of the Presidio close to the Lombard Gate entrance. At the top left of the photo is the area that became Crissy Air Field in the 20th century, and today a city park. During the time in camp time hung heavy on the men's hands. Below is a photograph of the boys of the 51st playing football. Below the 51st marches out of the Lombard Gate enroute to the Philippines. The unit embarked on 3 November in the transport PENNSYLVANIA and arrived in the Philippines on 16 December 1898. The Spanish-American War had ended on 10 December 1898 with the Treaty of Paris. The unit saw action in the Philippine-American War, which began on 4 February 1899. Many of those listed in the roster were from Red Oak, Iowa. A stone monument at the corner of Ruger Street and Sherman Road at the Presidio in San Francisco marks the camp site of the 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Above is a photo of troops entering the Presidio at Lombard Gate. Most troops enroute to the Philippines passed through this gate.

Verni was one of the young men who died of disease while in camp, on 20 August 1898, in San Francisco.

"Hysham, Verni R. Age 18. Residence Red Oak, nativity Iowa. Enlisted April 16, 1898, as Wagoner. Mustered May 30, 1898. Died of disease Aug. 20, 1898, San Francisco, Cal." - from "Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebllion and Spanish-American and Philippine Wars"

"Wagoner Verni R. Hysham, Co. M; died at St. Luke's hospital, San Francisco, Cal., August 20, 1898, of typhoid-pneumonia." - from "Legislative Documents" of the State of Iowa

"Verni R. Hysham, son of W.J. Hysham of Red Oak, died at St. Luke's hospital in San Francisco, August 20, 1898, of typhoid pneumonia. He was one of the youngest members of the company, having been born on a farm in Grant township, July 30th, 1880. His parents moved to Red Oak when he was quite young and most of his short life was spent in that city. He was vivacious, full of life, and a general favorite with the company. His body was brought to Red Oak on Thursday, August 25th, the funeral being held on the same afternoon." - from "A History of thge County of Montgomery" by William Walace Merritt

Other military records show his last name to be Heysham. His mother was listed as Nanna Hysham. He was buried in the Evergreen cemetary, Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa. His tombstone reads,

"Company M., 51st Iowa Vol. Infantry, Spanish-American War Veteran."

Charles was born in September 1858 in Elkader, Clayton county, Iowa. In the 1860 census of Elkader township, Clayton county as Chas. J. Hushem [Harshem in Ancestry.com], 1. In the 1870 census of Boardman township, Clayton county, Iowa as Charles Hysham, 10, born in Iowa. In the 1880 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Charles Heysham, 21, still living with his father.

"During his youth," Charles spent time out west in the town of Dayton, Wyoming - from "Our Neck O' the Woods" by Charles C. Rawlings. This book covers a period from 1806-1905. Sheridan county is in northern Wyoming, along the border with Montana. The town of Dayton is in Sheridan County, on the banks of the Tongue River near the Bighorn National Forest.

Charles J. Hysham married Eva Stimson in 1897. She was born in March 1878 in Iowa. He would have been 39 and she 19. I suspect that Charles spent the years from 1880 to 1897 out west.

Charles first two sons were born in Iowa, between 1897 and 1899.

Soon thereafter Charles moved his family west. In 1899 the Crow indians renegotiated the grazing rights they had first leased in 1891. District 2, which was east of the Big Horn river and south of the Yellowstone river, and due east of Billings, Montana, was leased to Charles J. Hysham. A town at the northern limit of the District, on the river, would become known as Hysham. There is a map of the districts at "Crow Land Lease Deals".

In the 1900 census of Ranchester, Sheridan county, Wyoming as Charles J. Hysham [Hughan in Ancestry.com], a 41 year old farmer stock [I assume this means he both farmed and raised livestock]. Living with him were his wife, Eva, 22 [March 1878], and sons, Harry D., 2 [November 1897], and Charles R., 1 [January 1899]. All were born in Iowa.

Ranchester, Wyoming is just south of the border with Montana, and of the Crow grazing districts. It is also just northeast of Dayton, Wyoming. Either Charles moved his family back to the region where he had lived "during his youth," per the reference above, or the reference was actually to the 1900 period of this census. I'm pretty close to 64 myself, so I can understand how someone might equate 40 with youth.

The town of Hysham, Montana is about 60 miles due north, and within 'striking' distance, of Ranchester/Dayton, Wyoming. John Willard claims that "Charles Hysham was an "early cattleman in this area on the Yellowstone." A Custer county, Montana site calls "Charlie J. Hysham, the man behind the famous "Flying E Ranch" established in this area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." Another travel website, MTLinks, claims "Charles Hysham, [the] owner of the Flying E brand, whose cattle range extended more than 70 miles across the country." Yet another says "Charles Hysham, a ranchman in that vicinity, who made this point [Hysham, Montana] his headquarters." There are no clear dates when he was doing this. Note that George Lane owned the Flying E ranch from 1893 to 1900.

Charles didn't keep his family in Wyoming long. He moved them to Nebraska where his third son was born in August 1901. In 1903 C.J. Hysham, of South Omaha, Nebraska, was a member of the Montana Stock Growers' Association. His ranch appeared to be named the Range Crow Reservation [?]. There is a listing of the brands he used on his cattle and horses, but since there appear to be at least 8 of them I won't try to list them.

Charles had wide interests throughout the west.

"Lazy E" [ranch] "Started about 1890 near Douglas, Arizona, by Hysham Bros. and Neal [Hysham and Neal]. Robbins and Anderson bought a herd of cows in this brand in 1914 and established it in Reeves County, Texas." - from "Texas Cattle Brands" by Gus Lee

There was a Hardin-Hysham Cattle Company with a Nebraska charter, cancelled in 1909. Stock certificates were sold.

In the census of 1910 for Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska as Charles Hysham, a 53 year old stock 'grower' on a ranch. Living with him were his wife, Eva K., 42, and children, Harry B., 12, Charles R., 11, and Thomas R., 8. They resided at 707 Park Avenue. They were doing fairly well because they had a domestic servant, Matilda Domiack, from Denmark. Red Oak is just southeast of Omaha, across the Missouri river. Note that Charles' elder brother, William, went in an opposite direction, starting in Omaha, Nebraska in 1900 and then moving to Wyoming in 1910. I also suspect that Omaha became a base of operations from which Charles traveled extensively, including in South Dakota, back to Wyoming, and probably into Montana as well.

In the 1910 City Directory of Omaha was "Hysham Chas J (McPherson & Hysham) r 707 Park av."

Charles moved his Gleeson cattle business to Douglas, Arizona further southwest of Tucson, on the border with Mexico. "Livestock Breeders-Cattle . . . Douglas [Arizona] . . . Neel & Hysham" - from Polk's Arizona and New Mexico Pictorial State Gazeteer of 1912-1913. "

In 1913 Charles and several other local farmers made a complaint against the Union Pacific Railway for charges on shipping livestock and grain into Gilmore, Nebraska. They alleged that the rates were discriminatory and asked the state for redress - from the Lincoln, Nebraska Daily News of 22 November 1913. I don't know what the upshot was.

Charles's sons, Harry and Charles, registered for the draft in September 1918 while still living at home with their parents, who were farming at RFD#3 in Omaha. Thomas was too young.

According to the "Bennett county, South Dakota listing of Federal Land Records, South Dakota Land Patents Database," on 8 May 1919 Charles received a patent for two pieces of property, of 37.61 and 37.84 acres, in the area of southeastern South Dakota.

Name Meridian TWP Range Section Acreage Type Casetype Docid Date
HYSHAM CHARLES J 06 0410N 0400W 018 37.61 253500 PA 676926 05/08/1919
HYSHAM CHARLES J 06 0410N 0400W 018 37.84 253500 PA 676926 05/08/1919

Legend: Type: 253000 - Disposition: Use and Occupancy - Indian Patents; PA - Patent

In the 1920 census of Gilmore, Sarpy county, Nebraska as Chas. J. Hysham [Hysharn in Ancestry.com], a 62 year old farm operator. Living with him were his wife, Eva L., 41, and sons, Harry D., 22, Chas. R., 21, and Thomas, 18. Thomas was the only one born in Nebraska. Thirteen hired men and/or boarders lived with him. Sarpy county is just south of Omaha, but still on the Missouri river.

Charles apparently had an earthmoving company as well because in 1920 a grading contract for $29,108.02, part of a roadway project, was given to C.J. Hysham of Omaha - from the Lincoln, Nebarska Evening State Journal of 19 February 1920.

From: Rozet, Campbell county, Wyoming Homesteaders 1900-1930 - C. J. Hysham was mentioned in the Campbell County Record, Approx Location of site, T52N, R70W, Newspaper Reference: CCR, 1/2/1921. Note: Campbell county was created in 1911 out of the western portions of Crook and Weston counties. Rozet is just west of the border with Crook county. These counties all have in common that they are in the Tongue/Powder river basin, the Bighorn mountains forming their western edge. Following the Powder, Tongue or Bighorn rivers downstream brings you north into Montana. The Bighorn feeds the Yellowstone river. The town of Hysham in part of the same geographic area, located just beyond the confluence of the Bighorn and Yellowstone.

In the 1930 census of Gilmore, Sarpy county, Nebraska as Charles J. Hysham [Hyson in Ancestry.com], a 72 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Evelyn L., 52, sons, Harry D., a 38 year old farmer, Thomas R., a 29 year old Grading contractor, grandson, Charles J., 6, grand-daughter, Mary, 4, and daughter-in-law, Mary, 29. Mary was the wife of Thomas R.. They had both married at the age of 21. Thomas R. and his children were from Nebraska. All the others, including Mary, were from Iowa. There was one servant in the house.

Charles died in 1942 and was brought home to be buried in Red Oak Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa. Eva was buried there too.

His children were,
(26) Harry Dewey Hysham (1897)
(26) Charles Russell Hysham (1899)
(26) Thomas R. Hysham (1901)

The son of Charles J. and Eva Hysham. He was born on 20 November 1897 in Iowa. Later documents indicate the year was 1898, but that is too close to the birth of Harry's brother, Charles. In the 1900 census of Ranchester, Sheridan county, Wyoming as Harry D. Hysham [Hughan in Ancestry.com], 2 [November 1897].

In the census of 1910 for Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska as Harry D. Hysham, 12.

Harry and brother, Charles Russell, registered for the draft in World War I on 12 September 1918. Harry was 20 years old. At the time he was a farmer, working for his father, and living in Omaha, Sarpy county, Nebraska. He was described as tall, of medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair, like his brother. This record shows that Harry was born on 20 November 1898.

In the 1920 census of Gilmore, Sarpy county, Nebraska as Harry D. Hysham [Hysharn in Ancestry.com], 22, living at home with his father. Sarpy county is just south of Omaha, but still on the Missouri river.

Harry did marry.

"Van Kirk, Leona M.; 23; md. Harry D. Hysham; 25; Nov 1922" - from "Omaha Marriages and Area Anniversaries"

In the 1930 census of Gilmore, Sarpy county, Nebraska as Harry D. Hysham [Hyson in Ancestry.com], a 38 year old farmer, living with his father. He was single.

In the 1940 census of Gilchrist, Morrill county, Nebraska as Harry Hysham, 42 laborer in a feed yard, of Wyoming. He was a boarder in the house of Fred Trenkle and shown to be single.

Harry D. Hysham of Douglas county, Nebraska, registered for the draft. He was a farm hand, born in Iowa, with 3 years of high school education. He was divorced, without dependents. He enlisted on 4 April 1942 at Fort Crook, Nebraska. He was 45 years old! What does a 45 year old do in the Army? Fort Crook is in Omaha, the current Offutt Air Force Base. He was released from the service on 9 June 1943.

He died on 27 January 1972, at the age of 73, in Gillette, Campbell county, Wyoming. There was an obituary written for Harry D. Hysham on 3 February 1972 noting that he was buried in the Mount Pisgah cemetery in Gillette. The obituary also mentioned his brother, Tom.

His tombstone indicates he was born on 20 November 1898, not 29 November 1897. He was noted to be a veteran.

The son of Charles J. and Eva Hysham. He was born on 7 January 1899 in Iowa. In the 1900 census of Ranchester, Sheridan county, Wyoming as Charles R. Hysham [Hughan in Ancestry.com], 1 [January 1899].

In the census of 1910 for Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska as Charles R. Hysham, 11.

Charles attended the Nebraska Military Academy, right, and played Left/Right Guard on the football team. He was also attending Bellevue College when World War I broke out. In the 1914 City Directory of Lincoln, Nebraska, a student at the academy.

He registered for the draft in World War I on 12 September 1918 at the age of 19. At the time he was a farmer, working for his father, and living in Omaha, Nebraska. He was described as tall, of medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair. He was a Corporal in the transport corps during World War I.

In the 1920 census of Gilmore, Sarpy county, Nebraska as Chas. R. Hysham [Hysharn in Ancestry.com], 21, living at home with his father. Gilmore is just south of Omaha, near today's Offutt Air Force Base. It is on the Missouri river.

He died in 1922 and was buried in Evergreen cemetary, Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa.

"Omaha, June 23. - Charles Hysham, 23, ex-service man son of C. J. Hysham, wealthy ranch owner who resides at Walnut lodge, near Gilmore, was instantly killed when the automobile he was driving turned over, pinning him to the ground. The accident occurred while young Hysham was returning from Moorecroft, Wyoming, to his father's "H.A." ranch near there Tuesday morning. A blowout is believed to have caused the tragedy. The youth was a graduate of Frenam school in Omaha, Lincoln Military Academy of Lincoln and was attending Bellevue college when this country entered the war. He served a year in the transport corps, becoming a corporal; and was overseas for seven months. Since the close of the war he had been working on his father's ranches in western Nebraska and Wyoming." - from the Lincoln, Nebraska Star of 23 June 1922

Possibly the daughter of Charles J. Hysham. I have a Leona M. Hysham who married Herbert H. Polly in 1929 in Box Butte county, Nebraska.

The son of Charles J. Hysham and Eva K. Stimson. According to the California Death Index, he was born on 5 August 1901 in Nebraska. His mother's maiden name was Stimpson [sic]. In the census of 1910 for Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska as Thomas R. Hysham, 8, born in Nebraska.

In the 1920 census of Gilmore, Sarpy county, Nebraska as Thomas Hysham [Hysharn in Ancestry.com], 18. Thomas was the only one born in Nebraska. Sarpy county is just south of Omaha, but still on the Missouri river.

Thomas married Mary A. Welsh, of Iowa.

"Welsh, Mary A.; 21; md. Thomas HYSHAM; 21; Jan 1923" - from "Omaha Area Marriages"

In the 1930 census of Gilmore, Sarpy county, Nebraska as Thomas R.. Hysham [Hyson in Ancestry.com], a 29 year old Grading contractor. He was living with his father. With him were his wife, Mary, 29, and children, Charles J., 6, and Mary, 4. Thomas and Mary had married at the age of 21. Thomas R. and his children were from Nebraska.

Mary Hysham, a nurse, was living in Omaha, Nebraska in the 1937, per the City Directory. She was working a the Creighton Memroal St. Joseph's Hospital and residing at RD 5 S. Omaha. Where was Tom?

In the 1940 census of . . .

Both Tom and Mary were still living in Omaha in 1941. Tom was a surveyor. They resided at 2740 South 10th street.

Thomas moved to California sometime after 1941. I haven't yet found a rationale for this move. Possibilities include taking advantage of aircraft production jobs in San Diego during World War II. Since he had been a "grading contractor" in Omaha, perhaps he took part in the post-war construction boom in San Diego.

Mary Hysham, Tom's wife, was listed in a 1943 directory of nurses, living at 2442 W. Jewett street, in San Diego. This is in the section of town known as Linda Vista. It was built in the early 40's to house Consolidated Aircraft company workers. It looks like she got her early training as a nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.

Tom Hysham, of Nebraska, died on 20 September 1985 in San Diego. Mary A. Welsh Hysham died 22 December 1986 in San Diego. They are buried in the Oak Hill Memorial Park, in Escondio, California.

Their children were,
(27) Charles James Hysham (1923)
(27) Mary Hysham (1926)

Known as C. James Hysham. According to the California Death Index, he was born on 31 December 1923 in Nebraska. His mother's maiden name was Welsh. In the 1930 census of Gilmore, Sarpy county, Nebraska as Charles J. Hysham [Hyson in Ancestry.com], 6. Some time after 1941 he came to San Diego, California with his parents.

On 9 June 1945 Charles James Hysham mustered aboard USS SIBONEY, CVE 112. He was an AME-3C in the V-6 Division. An AME is an Aviation Mechanic. He remained aboard until at least 13 February 1946.

USS SIBONEY A Commencement class escort carrier, she was named for a battle during the Spanish American War. She was commissioned on 14 May 1945, so Charles was probably a plank-owner. Siboney completed fitting out on 23 May 1945 in the Seattle area, and on 31 May 1945, sailed for San Diego. She held shakedown operations in the Bay Area until 3 August. The carrier then loaded bombs, aircraft, and personnel from Air Group 36, and on 8 August departed for Pearl Harbor. Hostilities with Japan ceased the day before Siboney arrived, on 15 August, to discharge her cargo. She was in Hawaiian waters until early September when she sailed for Okinawa, via the Marshall, Caroline, and Philippine Islands. On 5 October, she stood out of Buckner Bay for Honshu, Japan. En route, the carrier conducted air search operations in an attempt to locate Rear Admiral William Dodge Sample and his PBM Mariner, which had been missing since 2 October. Siboney called at Honshu from 8-11 October, and then continued the search for the missing Mariner, with negative results. The ship operated in the Tokyo Bay area from 24 October until 16 November 1945, when she was ordered to return to the United States. After port calls at Saipan, Manila, Hong Kong, Guam, and Pearl Harbor, she arrived at San Diego on 23 January 1946. The carrier deployed to the western Pacific again from 15 February-7 May. - from Wikipedia.com

I suspect that Charles left the Navy, going to college to earn a degree in Psychology, perhaps under the GI Bill.

He married Ellen Halm, apparently while still at school. She was born on 13 June 1921.

Charles re-entered the Navy as an officer. I have references to a Charles Hysham mustering at Parris Island, South Carolina with the Marine Corps from January 1957 to July 1958. He was a Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade and later Lieutenant. Note that the Navy provides the Marines with a medical staff.

Charles was a Clinical Psychologist and a Commander in the U.S. Navy, serving from 5 August 1956 to 31 August 1973.

"A Navy psychiatrist - known in the corps as a "talking doc" - agreed. Dr. C. J. Hysham, San Diego, Calif., is one of three psychiatrists and two psychologists attached to the recruit command. One of Hysham's jobs is to screen men being trained as drill instructor. He reported nearly 50 per cent are rejected." - from the "Utica Observer-Dispatch" of 7 April 1957

He died on 4 December 1984 in San Diego, predeceasing his parents, and was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetary. Ellen Halm Hysham died on 24 April 2011. Her obituary,

"Hysham, Ellen Halm June 13, 1921 to April 24, 2011 Born in Piqua, Ohio, Ellen Hysham died peacefully with many members of her family by her side Easter morning at Scripps Mercy Hospital. She was married to Charles James Hysham who preceded her in death in 1984. A devoted and loved Mom to many, Ellen is survived by her children Susan, Leanne, Christopher, Vincent, her nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren." - from the San Diego Union

He was buried with his father at Fort Rosecrans. This infant was born and died on 9 July 1951.

James Christopher Hysham was born on 28 September 1953 in San Diego county, California; mother's maiden name was Halm. He was living in Escondido, California in 1994. This is just north of San Diego. JC & LA Hysham were living in Oceanside, California in 2000. This is a beach community, just northwest of San Diego. A hugh Marine Corps base, Pendleton, lies to the north.

I have a Christopher Hysham who works for Cymer Inc., in San Diego. Also as J. Christopher Hysham. Cymer is a leading manufacturer of excimer lasers used in the semiconductor industry. He shares a patent for a discharge produced plasma EUV light source. Amazingly, I only just recently realized that his work address was next door to where my wife, Anita, was working on Thornmint Drive, in Rancho Bernardo. There is also a Cymer patent that clearly indicates this is James Christopher Hysham.

A J. Christopher Hysham is "associated with Psi Soft, Inc." of San Diego with the role of President.

There were also born in California the following, probably the (29) generation and children of the above:
(29) Charles Connor Hysham (1991), born on 9 December 1991 in San Diego county, his mother's maiden name was Depke. He attended Cathedral Catholic High School and the University of California at Santa Cruz Class of 2014. Called Connor.
(29) Thomas Alexander Hysham (1994), born on 1 February 1994 in San Diego county, his mother's maiden name was Depke. Thomas Hysham of the St. Patrick Parish School of Carlsbad, California was recognized by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council for academic achievement and leadership abilities in December 2006.

Vincent T. Hysham was born on 15 December 1960 in San Diego county, California; mother's maiden name was Halm. He graduated from Point Loma High School in 1979.

Living in San Diego in 2000. A member of the "Silent Electric Flyers of San Diego." They fly electric model aircraft. "A few visitors were recognized; Vince Hysham flying a. Kyosho Ferias, . . .", February 2001.

His wife may be Ellen H. Hysham, living at 4480 Hermosa Way, San Diego, California in 1994 & 2000. There is an Ellen Hysham Trust company in San Diego.

In the 1930 census of Gilmore, Sarpy county, Nebraska as Mary Hysham [Hyson in Ancestry.com], 4. She came to San Diego with her parents.

The son of Jacob A. Hysham and Julia Russell, he was born in Elkador, Iowa on 4 August 1860.

"Thomas J. Hysham, 1860-1940.

Thomas Jefferson Hysham was born in Elkader, Clayton county, Iowa, on August 4, 1860, and died in Red Oak, Iowa, on January 2, 1940. At the age of fourteen years he moved to Red Oak with his parents and attended the public schools and was a member of the first graduating class of the Red Oak high school. After completing his high school course he taught school and then took the collegiate course at the University of Iowa where he was graduated in 1884. He was active in founding the Delta Tau Delta fraternity in the university and was a member of the Irving Institute. He studied law in the office of Smith McPherson and was admitted to practice in 1887. In his practice he was modest and unpretentious. His demeanor was as simple as his life and his advocacy as genuine as his character. His arguments, oral or written, were concise and conclusive, the product of research, thought, and study, for he was a prodigious worker and with a task to do he took pride in doing it well. He was a keen analyst and a profound reasoner. He never held public office but was active in politics and served as a delegate to the national Republican convention in Chicago in 1920 and the one held in Kansas City in 1928.

For many years he was a large stockholder in the First National Bank of Red Oak and after serving on its board of directors for many years was elected its president in 1937, which office he held until 1939."

- from "Annual Proceedings" of the Iowa State Bar Association

Thomas graduated from Iowa State University in 1884, a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He studied the law privately, with the Honorable Smith McPherson, and passed the bar in 1887. He was partner with F.E. Billings in general practice as Heysham & Billings. They were attorneys for C.B. & Q. Ry. Co., Red Oak Electric Co., Red Oak National Bank, and First National Bank, Red Oak.

Tom was in the National Guard in 1886.

"Roster of Iowa National Guard
. . .
Second Brigade
(Headquarters, Dubuque)
Charles S. Bentley, Brigadier-General Commanding . . .
. . .
Second Regiment
(Headquarters Centerville)
Henry H. Wright, Colonel commanding . . .
. . .
Company A
Name . . . Rank . . . Residence . . . Date of Commission.
. . .
Thos. J. Hysham . . . 2d Lieut. . . . Fairfield . . . June 25, 1885"
- from "Legislative Documents" of the Iowa General Assembly

In the state census of 1895 for Red Oak, Montgomery county as Thomas J. Hysham, living with his father. In the 1900 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Tom J. Hysham, a 39 year old attorney [August 1860], still living with his father.

On 24 August 1907 Thomas J. Hysham, 41, Red Oak City, of Elkader county, Iowa, the son of J.A. Hysham and Julia Russell, married Ada B. [Beatrice] Liddell [nee Habgood], 25, Toronto, of England, a widow, the daughter of Henry Habgood and Alice Ward. Ada's first husband, Dr. George Lawrence Liddell, died on 5 July 1900 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada - from another researcher, Heather van Vonderen. Apparently Ada had a hard life. She was born in Londond in a very poor situation. She was sent to Canada as a Home Child in 1884.

In the 1910 census of Red Oak city, Montgomery county, Iowa Thomas J. was listed as a 49 year old lawyer in private practice. Living with him was Ada B., his wife, aged 32. In "A History of the County of Montgomery from the Earliest Days to 1906," Chapter XXIV, The Montgomery County Bar, "Of the practicing attorneys now doing business who have not been heretofore mentioned are T. J. Hysham, a safe counselor and attentative to important interests intrusted to him."

In the 1920 census of Red Oak as Thomas J. Hysham [Hyskam in Ancestry.com], a 58 year old lawyer. Living with him was his wife, Ada B., 30.

Thomas was a Republican politician and an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention from Iowa in 1924. A history of Red Oak and Montgomery county has a picture of T J Hysham under the Montgomery county Bar Association sign.

In the 1930 census Thomas J. and Ada B. Hysham were 68 and 49, respectively, and still living in Iowa.

Tom died in Red Oak on 2 January 1940. Ada passed away in 1956. She was buried in the Red Oak Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa.

"Red Oak - Funeral services for Mrs. Ada B. Hysham, 80, were held Friday at the Sellergren Funeral Home here. She died at a Red Oak hospital Wednesday afternoon, where she had been a patient several months . . . Born Sept. 17, 1875, in London, England, she came to this country in 1884 and was married in Toronto, Canada to Tom J. Hysham in 1901. He died here in 1940. The only survivors are nieces and nephews." - from the Council Bluffs, Iowa Nonpariel of 7 September 1956.

The Hysham house was built in 1900 for John Hayes. In 1926 it was transformed from a Queen Anne Victorian to an English Tudor for its new owner, T.J. Hysham and his English wife, Ada - from The Red Oak Express of 17 September 2013.

He was the youngest son of Jacob, born on 16 August 1865 in Elkador, Clayton county, Iowa. In the 1870 census of Boardman township, Clayton county, Iowa as Vernon Hysham, 5. In the 1880 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Vernon Hysham, 14.

Vernon married Nancy Johnson on 11 September 1890 in Red Oak. In the state census of 1895 for Red Oak, Montgomery county as Vernon J. Hysham, 29, still living at home. Vernon's wife, Nancy, 24, was living there too. Nancy had been born in Montgomery county, Iowa.

In the 1900 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Verne Hysham, a 34 year old in stock raising [Aug 1863], and his wife, Nancy, 29 [May 1871]. Verne and Nancy had been married for 10 years and had one child, Philip Jacob, 2 [September 1897]. Verne was still living at home with his father and elder brother, Thomas J.

In the 1910 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Vernon J. Hysham, a 44 year old stockman/rancher. Living with him were his wife, Nancy, 38, and children, Phillip J., 12, Julia H., 8, Marjorie B., 1, and his father, Jacob A., 78. Jacob was shown as born in Virginia while his father, Vernon's grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania - the same was said in the 1900 census.

Vernon was living in Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa during the 1920 census, age 54, with Nancy, his wife, his son Philip, Julia and Marjorie. It says his fathers place of birth was West Virginia. His job appears to be a "stock buyer' which I assume refers to cattle. In 1922 a newspaper article mentioned that Mrs. B.J. Hysham and Miss Margarie Hysham visited Julia Helen Hysham at the University of Iowa. I suspect B.J. is an error for V.J.

In the 1930 census of Red Oak as Vernon J. Hysham [Hushaw in Ancestry.com] a 64 year old with no occupation. Living with him were his wife, Nancy, 58, and daughter, Marjorie, 20.

In the 1940 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Vernon J. Hysham, 68, of no occupation. Living with him was his wife, Nancy, 68.

Vernon died on 8 October 1945. He had been a cattle [stock] dealer. How does this relate to his brother's Charles J. and William being in Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana, apparently working closely with cattle ranchers? Nancy died on 7 May 1954 in Saratoga Springs, New York. I assume she was living with her daughter, Julia.

"Red Oak - Funeral services were Monday at Sellergren Funeral Home for Mrs Nancy Hysham, 82, Red Oak, who died May 7 at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She was a lifetime resident of the Red Oak community, but had been making an extended visit in New York . . . Surviving: a son Phil J. of Deposit, N.Y.; daughters, Julia of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; four grandchildren; three great-grand-children; sister, Mrs. Mary L. Pierson of Florida; and one brother, Dave Johnson of Montgomery, Ala."- from the Council Bluffs, Iowa Nonpareil of 11 May 1954

His children were,
(26) Phillip Jacob Hysham (1897)
(26) Julia Helen Hysham (1901)
(26) Marjorie Bernice Hysham (1909)

Philip J. Hysham was born on 10 September 1897 in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Vernon J. Hysham and Nancy Johnson. In the 1900 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Philip Jacob Hysham, 2 [September 1897]. Philip and his parents, Vernon and Nancy Hysham, were living with his grandfather, A.J. Hysham. In the 1910 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Phillip J. Hysham, 12. Philip was also in the state census of 1915, living in Red Oak.

Philip graduated from Red Oak High School, circa 1916.

Philip went to the University of Iowa, but left school to join the military, as a corporal.

"Hysham, Phil J. Age 19; res. Red Oak; born in Iowa; mstd. in U.S. service Augs. 4, 1917, as pvt. 1st cl. and chauffeur; drafted late U.S. service Aug 5, 1917" - from "Legislative Documents Submitted to the . . . " of 1919

In the 1920 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Philip J. Hysham, 22, with no occupation, though he had attended school within the last year. He was living at home with his parents, Vernon J. and Nancy Hysham.

He married Annette Girad Wheeler in 1922. She was born on 12 September 1899 in New York.

1922. "[Class of] '20--Phillip Hysham, of Red Oak, and Annete Wheeler, of New York City, were married on August 2. For the past two years Mr. Hysham has been with the Associated Merchandising Corporation." - from "The Iowa Alumnus" of 1922

In the 1930 census of Birmingham, Oakland county, Michigan as Phil J. Hysham, a 32 year old buyer for a retail dry goods shop. Living with him was his wife, Annette, 30, and daughter, Jane, 6.

"Hysham, Phil J., h, 320 Hawthorne rd, buyer, J.L. Hudson Co. Annette W., hswf." - from the 1930-1 Directory of Birmingham. Similarly, in the 1931 City Directory of Detroit, Michigan as "Hysham Philip J (Annette) buyer JL Hudson Co r320 Hawthorne rd (Bham)." J.L. Hudson ws a retail department store based in Detroit.

Philip then moved to New Jersey. In the 1935 directory of Montclair, Bloomfield county, New Jersey as "Hysham Philip (Anna) rem[ove] to Short Hills." The 1940 census, below, shows that Philip lived in Summit, New Jersey in 1935.

Philip Hysham, 38, of Red Oak, Iowa arrived in the port of San Pedro, near Los Angeles, California on 17 May 1936 aboard the PRESIDENT POLK. He had left from Brooklin, New York, though his previous address was listed as Summit, New Jersey. With Philip was his wife, Annette, 36.

In the 1940 census of Los Angeles, California as Phil Hysham, a 42 year old buyer for a department store, of Iowa. Living with him were his wife, Annette, 40, of New York, and daughter, Jane, 16, of Michigan.

I've also found a Phil J. and Jane Hysham in Vista, California newspapers of 1941 through 1952. Vista is in San Diego county, not far from Oceanside.

"Mr. and Mrs. P. J, Hysham are moving into their beautiful new home on Vista Heights near the Ray Potter residence. This is one of the choice residence sections in the future large city of Vista." - from "The Vista Press" of 27 February 1941

The following was from a news article on the 15th anniversary of the First National Bank of Vista.

"Other officers and directors of the institution are Frank M. Jorxes, vice president: Graham Rutherford, cashier; Charles H. Mull, Jr., assistant cashier; Robertz M. Gray, Phil J. Hysham. Frank M. Jones . . ." - from The Vista Press of 18 February 1943

Phillip's address was still in Vista in 1952 when he was listed as a Numismatist [coin collector]. Annette was a hobbyist as well.

Phil Hysham died on 22 June 1979 in Tryon, Polk county, North Carolina at the age of 81. Annette followed him on 1 June 1988 in Tryon, North Carolina. Both are buried in Polk Memorial Gardens cemetery. Philip's tombstone refers to him as a Major and cemetery records show him to be a veteran of both WWI and WWII. The latter must have been for service while in this country.

Today there is a Phil J. Hysham, an Annette W. Hysham, and a Jane Hysham Willis scholarship that is awarded to graduating seniors in Polk county, North Carolina.

His daughter was,
(27) Jane Anne Hysham (1923)

She was born on 9 December 1923 in Michigan. In the 1930 of Birmingham, Oakland county, Michigan, aged 6, and the 1940 census of Los Angeles, California, aged 16, living at home with her parents.

Jane graduated from Vista High School, in San Diego county, California, in June 1941.

In the City Directory of Colarado Springs of 1942 as "Hysham Jane Anne student CC r1103 Wood av." I suppose that CC stands for Community College.

She attended the Universtiy of Washington, where she was in the yearbook of 1944, aged 20. "Jane Anne Hysham, of Vista, received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington, Seattle, at the end of the short summer session." - from "The Vista Press" of 28 September 1944.

She married Nicholas William Willis, who was born on 19 May 1911. She was a teacher. He was a retired Army Colonel and teacher. Jane Anne Hysham wrote "Origins of the Russian Metallurgical Industry in Siberia" for the Journal of Asian Studies in 1947. This may have been her master's thesis at Berkeley.

Jane Hysham Willis died on 23 August 1998, aged 74, in Polk county, North Carolina.

There was a William Jeffrey Willis, born on 24 June 1950 in San Diego, whose mother's maiden name was Hysham, undoubtedly Jane.

She was born on 13 August 1901 in Red Oak, Iowa, the daughter of Vernon J. Hysham and Nancy Johnson. In the 1910 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Julia H. Hysham, 8. In the 1920 census as Julia Hysham, living at home with her parents.

While studying at the University of Iowa in 1922 she was visited by Mrs. B.J. [sic] Hysham and Miss Marjorie Hysham of Red Oak. At the time of the state census of 1895 Julia Hysham, 23, was living back home again. She was shown to have attended 5 years of college, 9 months of which occurred in 1924.

Julia became a College Professor. She was mentioned in the "Directory of American Scholars," Sixth edition, Volume 2: English, Speech, & Drama, New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1974, and in "Who's Who of American Women," First edition, 1958-1959, Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1958. One of her students remembered her fondly as one of the Skidmore College faculty.

In the 1928 city directory of Saratoga Springs, New York Julia Hysham was listed as an Instructor in English at Skidmore College. In 1929 she was shown to be a teacher. In 1939 she was an Assistant Professor. In 1941 she was an Associate Professor. In 1948 she was a full Professor.

In the 1930 census of Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county, New York as Julia H. Hysham, a 28 year old college teacher. I assume she was living on campus in a house reserved for single women teachers.

In the 1940 census of Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county, New York as Julia Hysham, a 38 year old English teacher.

She wrote "Hawthorne's Novels," "Joseph Warton: A Biographical and Critical Study," and "Joseph Warton's Reputation as a Poet."

She was quite the traveler, having crossed the Atlantic a dozen times.

She died, at the age of 87, on 9 February 1989 in Sarasota, Sarasota county, Florida and was buried back home in Red Oak, Iowa in the Evergreen cemetary.

She was born on 24 April 1909 in Red Oak. In the 1910 census of Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa as Marjorie B. Hysham, 1. In the 1920 census as Marjorie Hysham. In the 1930 census for Red Oak as Marjorie Hysham [Hushaw in Ancestry.com], 20, and still living at home.

She earned a BA in English, Summa Cum Laude from the University of Iowa. She married J. Gordan Eaker on 24 June 1933 in Red Oak. She was a High School English teacher and her husband was an English Professor at the University of Houston for twenty years. His PhD was from the University of Iowa.

She died on 31 January 1967 in Houston, Texas. They had three children, Julia Nancy Eaker, Joanne Louise Eaker and . . .

A recent email,

"I have found your Hissem-Montague history to be very helpful in reconstructing parts of my wife’s family. Her mother was a Hysham, from Red Oak, IA. You have a lengthy section on Vernon, Tom, and Charlie Hysham. And yes, Vern (my wife’s grandfather) did work for his brother, Charlie (wife’s great uncle), in the cattle business in eastern Montana. The town of Hysham, about 70 miles NE of Billings, was named for Charlie, as that was where the train would drop off supplies that Charlie had ordered for his cattle business. Marjorie Hysham was my mother-in-law, and my wife was Joanne Eloise Eaker, who died on May 2, 2017.

I downloaded the Hissem-Montague document many years ago. Today I found its current version, and I look forward to checking it out.

We were on a group trip to the Lake District in 2016 and had lunch at the Midland Hotel, a little over 2 miles north of the town of Heysham, although we did not go through the town. The Midland Hotel was the site of an Agatha Christi film, Double Sin.

I look forward to hearing from you." - from Don Lane, Houston, TX

He was born on 2 March 1946 in Pittsburg, Kansas. He married Susan Cook in July 1971 in San Marcos, Texas. He was a lawyer, listed in the "Who's Who in the South and Southwest" of 1984-1985.

Sometimes known as Stephen Hyram, or Hyram S., or just Hiram. He was born on 28 May 1835 in Ohio. In the 1850 census for Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio as Hiram Hesham, a 15 year old farmer, living with his mother, Lucinda, and siblings, Jacob, Elizabeth, and Margaret, all born in Ohio [sic]. His father had died early that year. Lucinda subsequently led the family to Iowa, in company with her Guin brothers, sometime between 1850 and 1852.

Stephen, 23, married Amy Brooks, 23, the daughter of David Brooks and Charlotte Chase, on 18 October 1858 in Fayette county, Iowa. Amy had been born on 23 March 1835 [per her tombstone] near St. Thomas, Elgin county, Ontario, Canada - from "A Family Study" by Lee and Mae Corless. Note that David Brooks had been born in Vermont, but Charlotte Chase was from Quebec, which explains what David was doing in Canada in 1835.

"St. Thomas, 19th October, 1824-David Brooks, and Charlotte Chase, both of Mallahide, were married by me, this day, by banns. Witnesses-Daniel Brooks, Hiram Corless, Nancy Brooks." - from Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths at St. Thomas, London District, Upper Canada

In the 1860 census of Elkador post office, Cox Creek township, Clayton county, Iowa as Hiram Hysham [Henry Hashum in ancestry.com], a 24 year old farmer, born in Ohio. The document is very hard to read and the writing is sloppy. While his name does look like Henry, if you look closely, Hiram can be deciphered. The bottom of the 'y' of Hysham is only a shadow, making it look more like a 'u' than an 'a.' Living with him were his wife, Amy, 24, of Canada, his mother, Lucinda, 51, born in Virginia, and son, Frankie, 10/12, who was born in Iowa. There is also an Ashley Parks, 21, of Iowa; most likely a servant.

Stephen H. Hysham enlisted as a Private in Company D, 21st Infantry Regiment of Iowa on 22 August 1862 at the age of 27 [1835]. At this date he already had two children, meaning that he did not have to enlist having no fear of being drafted. From a city newspaper of 12 August 1862,

"Recruiting.--This city is all ablaze with recruiting. There are some fifteen recruiting offices already and more are in contemplation. General Harrison has some sixty names on his roll. The general takes the right way to secure recruits. He is not like most of those who address war meetings and who make buncombe speeches."

Stephen was in all the major battles and campaigns of the Regiment. He was promoted to Corporal and Sergeant,

Promoted to Full Corporal 8th Class on 11 April 1863
Promoted to Full Corporal 7th Class on 17 May 1863
Promoted to Full Corporal 6th Class on 26 May 1863
Promoted to Full Corporal 4th Class on 23 June 1863
Promoted to Full Corporal 2nd Class on 26 July 1863
Promoted to Full Corporal on 11 November 1863 (1st Corpl)
Promoted to Full Sergeant 5th Class on 01 May 1864
Promoted to Full Sergeant 4th Class on 06 October 1864
Mustered out on 15 July 1865 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana - from "Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion"

In the 1870 census of Smithfield, Fayette county, Iowa as Stephen Hysham [Hyamough in Ancestry.com, though I have to give their people this, it does look like the census taker was very confused about the spelling], a 36 year old farmer, of Ohio. Living with him were his wife, Amy, 36, of Canada, and children, Franklin, 10, and Elmira (known as Elmary), 9, both born in Iowa.

In the U.S. Indexed County Land Ownership Map of 1879 for Fairfield, Fayette county, Iowa as S. H. Hysham. Stephen had 57 acres in section 18.

In the 1880 census of Smithfield, Fayette county, Iowa as Stephen Hysham, a 45 year old farmer, born in Ohio whose father was from Pennsylvania and his mother from Virginia. His wife was Amy, 45 years old, born in Canada. Their children are F.P., a 20 year old son [1860], a farmer born in Iowa, E.M., an 18 year old daughter born in Iowa, and M.M., a 9 year old daughter born in Iowa. Medical information was taken during this census and it was noted, to Stephen's undying shame I'm sure, that he suffered from chronic diarea and Amy was generally debilitated.

In a list of Civil War Pensioners, Stephen was shown as still living in Fayette county, Iowa in 1883

"Cert #: 222767; Name: Hysham, Stephen H; Post Office: Brush Creek; Cause for pension: chro. diarrhea; Rate: $4.00; Date of Original Allowance: Dec., 1882" - from "1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll, Fayette county, Iowa"

Stephen moved his family to South Dakota sometime before 1890. There had been a railroad and land boom in the area starting in 1880.

In the 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census for Huron township, Beadle county, South Dakota as Stephen H. Hysham. A Sergeant, in Company D, 21st Iowa Infantry, enlisted on 22 August 1862, mustered out on 26 [sic] July 1865, and served for a total of 2 years, 11 months and 2 days. He had a pension for chronic diarhea and internal piles.

Stephen was listed in the state census of 1890 and 1895 for Huron township, Beadle county, South Dakota. Living with him were his wife, Amy, and his son, Martin, in 1890, and daughter, Martha M., in 1895. Are Martin and Martha the same person, the result of a transcription error?

The story above may indicate the existence of a Hiram Hysham, father to Stepehn Hiram Heysham, below, but more likely Henry Bassett got the dates wrong. Stephen Hiram Hysham had moved to Iowa at an early date and was still living there at the time of the 1880 census. He was, however, in Huron township, Dakota by the time of the 1890 census, so perhaps Bassett really meant 1884, vice 1844, in the story above. 1844 would have been an extremely early date for any settler to be in the Dakota territory.

Stephen apparently bought two farms in South Dakota. From "Beadle Co. South Dakota -- Federal Land Records,"

Name Meridian TWP Range Section Acreage Type Casetype DocID Date
HYSHAM STEPHEN H 05 113N 059W 017 160 251101 PA 5467 07/16/1890
HYSHAM STEPHEN H 05 113N 059W 020 160 251105 PA 1708 10/15/1895

Meridian: 05-located in the eastern part of Iowa [this is confusing] Type: 251000 - Disposition: Use and Occupancy, Homestead PA: Patent (i.e. not a grant deed)

Stepen was a member of the Huron "Kilpatrick Post", No. 4, of the Grand Army of the Republic. This was an organization of Civil War veterans. The post was chartered by the Department of Iowa on 25 March 1882, and is still in existence (as of 1932). Its largest membership was 137 in 1891. Stephen H. Hysham was listed as a Sergeant, Co. D, 4 Iowa; 34 months (I think this was the number of months he was in the service).

Amy Hysham died in August 1896 and was buried in Beadle county - from Beadle county, South Dakota Burial Index.

"Died--Mrs. S. H. Hysham, at her home in this city, Tuesday, August [10th?], of consumption; age 61 years, Amy Brooks was born near St. Thomas, Canada." - from "The Daily Plainsman" of 12 August 1896

In the 1900 census for Huron, Beadle county, South Dakota as Steven Hysham [Hersham in Ancestry.com], a 65 year old [May 1835] farmer. The census still showed him as married, for 42 years, but he was a lodger in the house of a carpenter whose name is difficult to make out, but it may be Charles [and Adelard] Phillips. That is, his daughter, Martha's, step-parents. He was shown as having gone the last 12 months without employment, which probably indicates a forced retirement. Franklin was living on his own at this time and Martha had married and moved to Iowa. I assume Elmira married before the move to South Dakota.

In the 1910 census Stephen was living in Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo county, Iowa with his daughter, Martha, and her husband, Clarence Phillips. Stephen was a 74 year old widower, born in Ohio. His occupation was listed as "Draw Income." Note that Lucinda's poem had said of him that "Uncle Hiram went to South Dakota where he failed and lost, but tried." [was this poem actually written by Margaret Maria, Lucinda's daughter?]

Stephen died on 10 December 1910 while living in Clear Lake, Iowa with his daugther. Stephan, Amy and daughter Martha are interred in the Riverside cemetery in Huron, South Dakota. Stephan's mother, Lucinda, was buried in Lawrence cemetery in Yale, South Dakota.

Stephan's children were,
(25) Franklin Pierce Hysham (1859)
(25) Elmira M. Hysham (1862)
(25) Martha M. Hysham (1870)

I suppose Frank's naming reflects his father's politics. Frank was born in Elkader, Clayton county, Iowa on 25 August 1859, the son of Stephan Hiram Hysham and Amy Brooks. In the 1870 census of Smithfield, Fayette county, Iowa as Franklin Hysham [Hyamough in Ancestry.com] 10, born in Iowa. In the 1880 census of Smithfield as F.P. Hysham, a 20 year old farmer, born in Iowa, living with his parents, S.H. and Amy Hysham.

Frank accompanied his parents to South Dakota. He bought two farms and apparently sold a third. From "Beadle Co. South Dakota -- Federal Land Records,"

Name Meridian TWP Range Section Acreage Type Casetype DocID Date
HYSHAM FRANKLIN P 05 113N 059W 017 160 272002 PA 4808 06/05/1888
HYSHAM FRANKLIN P 05 113N 060W 012 120 251101 PA 5765 07/25/1898
HYSHAM FRANKLIN P 05 113N 060W 012 160 251105 PA 2235 12/27/1898

Meridian: 05-located in the eastern part of Iowa [this is confusing] Type: 251000 - Disposition: Use and Occupancy, Homestead 272000 - Sales, Cash PA: Patent (i.e. not a grant deed)

In the 1900 census of Milford, Beadle county, South Dakota as Franklin Hysham [Hytham in Ancestry.com], a 40 year old [August 1859] farmer. He lived alone with two servants, a farmer laborer who had come over from Switzerland in 1870, and the laborer's wife, who was probably a cook/maid.

In the U.S. Indexed County Land Ownership Map of 1906 for Milford township [in Beadle county] as F. P. Hysham. Frank owned section 12.

A newspaper clipping of a 50th anniversary party (for the Harkens, below) includes guests Hiram Hysham and Frank Hysham of Carpenter, South Dakota. Carpenter is in Clark county, the next county to Beadle, to the northeast. That party would have been in 1907.

In the 1910 census of Sand Creek, Beadle county, South Dakota as Frank Hysham, a 50 year old single farmer, of Iowa. His father was born in Ohio and his mother was "Can English," [Canadian of English extraction].

In 1910, apparently just after the census was taken, Frank Hysham married Dora Buss. She was born in Wisconsin, of German ancestry. Dora had first married Jerry C. Turman, a Spanish-American War veteran. He had served in Company G, 1st South Dakota Infantry Regiment in the Philippines under General Arthur MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur's father. He died in 1908.

In the 1910 census of Alpena township, Jerauld county, South Dakota at Dora [Buss] Turman, a 42 year old widow and dressmaker. Living with her was her sons, Homer, 8, and Ralph Turman, 6.

In the U.S. Indexed County Land Ownership Map of 1913 for Sand Creek township [Beadle county] as Frank P. Hysham. Frank owned most of section 33. While Milford township was in the northeast corner of the county, Sand Creek was in the southwest corner.

In the 1915 state census of Sand Creek, Beadle county, South Dakota as Frank P. Hysham, a 55 year old farmer, of Iowa. His father was of Ohio and his mother of Canada. Living with him was his wife, Dora, 46, and daughter, Violet, 4. Homer and Ralph Turman were listed in the census, living in Sand Creek, Beadle county, South Dakota. It's not clear who they were living with, but I assume it was Frank and Dora.

In the 1920 census of Huron as F.P. Haysham [Hayshan in Ancestry.com], a 60 year old retired farmer. He was married, but no wife was shown. I suspect Dora had left Frank by this time. Frank apparently divorced Dora because he married Mattie Frances Smith on 27 April 1921.

Aha! See the following,

"FROM NORTH DAKOTA [sic] Dora R. Hysham and Violet Hysham of Huron, South Dakota, arrived in the city yesterday and are stopping at Hotel Adams." - from The Arizona Republic of 29 November 1919.

And now I see in the 1920 census of Pasadena, California as Dora Hyshan [sic], a 51 year old widow, of Wisconsin. Living with her were her sons, Homer A. Turman, 18, and Ralph B. Turman, 16, and daughter, Violet L. Hyshan, 8, all born in South Dakota.

In a 1926 Huron City Directory as "Hysham Frank P (Mattie) lab h 708 Michigan Avenue.

In the 1930 census of Huron as F.P. Hysham, a 70 year old teamster. Living with him was his wife, Mattie, 56 [1874], of Indiana. He's in the Huron, Beadle county, South Dakota 1931 phone book, a city subscriber, as Hysham F P r708 Michigan SW 3856.

At the same time Dora Hysham, a 60 year old widow, of Wisconsin, was residing in Los Angeles, California at 213 West 77th street. She was living in the home of her son, Ralph Turman, 26, his wife Hazel, 24, and their son, Ralph P., 7/12. Familysearch.org calls young Ralph the son of Dora, but clearly that can't be the case. Note also that the boy's parents were from South Dakota and Texas, as were Ralph Sr. and Hazel. Ralph Turman, the son of Jerry Turman and Dora Busse, was born on 19 April 1903 in Jerauld, South Dakota. Dora's daughter, Violet, was in Honolulu at the time of the 1930 census.

In the 1934 city directory of Huron Frank Hysham (Mattie F.) was listed as a gardener. In the 1938 directory Frank was listed as a farmer.

Frank P. and Martha F. Hysham were receiving old age assistance of $13.75 and $5.00 a month respectively according to the "Report of the Auditor," of South Dakota. I have a Martha [Mattie] F. Hysham who died in Beadle county on 27 September 1939.

In the 1940 census of Huron, Beadle county, South Dakota as Frank P. Hysham, an 80 year old widower with no occupation, of Iowa. Living with him was Mabel Parmenter, a housekeeper. At the same time, Dora Hysham, Frank's ex-wife, a divorced woman 73 years old, was residing in Los Angeles, California, a lodger in a complex at 2626 Vermont avenue managed by Lilly McKean and her daughter, Dorothy. There were a total of 8 lodgers, all women of advanced age.

Frank died on 20 March 1943 in Beadle county, South Dakota.

"Frank P. Hysham of Huron, South Dakota, died on or about the Jst [sic] day ot March, 1943." - from The Daily Plainsman of Huron, South Dakota

His daughter,
(26) Violet Hysham (1911)

Violet was the daugther of Frank P. Hysham and Dora Russ, born born in Sand Creek township, Beadle county, South Dakota, where Frank lived in 1910.

In the 1915 state census of Sand Creek, Beadle county, South Dakota as Violet Hysham, living with her parents, Frank and Dora. Her father was of Iowa and her mother of Wisconsin.

In the 1920 census of Pasadena, California as Violet Hyshan [sic], 8, living with her mother, Dora Hyshan, a 51 year old widow, of Wisconsin. Living with them were Homer A. Turman, 18, and Ralph B. Turman, 16.

Violet Hysham, aged 18, was listed as a passenger on the SS CITY OF HONOLULU when it docked in Hawaii in 28 March 1930. She was shown as born on 4 June 1911 in Huron, South Dakota, though living at 213 West 77th street, Los Angeles, California, her mother's address. What was Violet doing in Hawaii? She married soon after, but I don't show her husband-to-be, Alphie Terra, anywhere nearby.

By the way, the CITY OF HONOLULU caught fire, in port Honolulu, on 25 May 1930, just two months after her arrival. Due to fears that her cargo, 16,0000 barrels of oil, might explode, the ship was sunk at the pier. The ship was later raised, but it proved uneconomic to rebuild her and she was scrapped. I wonder how Violet got home?

In the 1930 census of Honolulu, Hawaii as Violet Hysham, a 19 year old lodger at a hotel on 1124 Union street, of South Dakota, with no occupation. Her father was of Wisconsin and her mother was of Ireland [?]. This address corresponds with the Wolters Apartments which provided furnished rooms. The street is now little more than a paved pedestrian path, running diagonally from South Hotel Street, between Fort and Bishop streets, to South Beretania Street near Alakea Street. There is a Wolters building still existing in Honolulu, but this is a different structure on another street.

Violet married Alphie William Terra, the son of August Garcia Terra and Rosa Victorino Oliver, but I don't know when. Alphie, an 18 year old meat cutter, was living in Lompac at the time of the 1930 census, when Violet was in Honolulu. He was born on 27 July 1911, probably in San Luis Obispo. In 1932 Alphie had married Helen Louise Rease. Was Helen the mother of Alphie's first child?

In the 1940 census of Los Angeles, California as Violet Terra, 28. She was living at 161 East 50th street with her husband, Alphie, a 28 year old meat cutter, and children, Richard, 9, William, 4, and Donna, 2. Alphie and the children were of California. Violet's mother was living on Vermont avenue, in Los Angeles, at this time.

Alphie died on 22 May 1970 in Los Angeles, California. Violet died in Downey, California on 21 April 1986.

Known as Elmary, she was born on 9 April 1863 in Fayette, Iowa. In the 1870 census of Smithfield, Fayette county, Iowa as Elmira Hysham [Hyamough in Ancestry.com] 9, born in Iowa. In the 1880 census of Smithfield as E.M., an 18 year old daughter born in Iowa.

Elmary Hysham, 22, the daughter of S.H. Hysham and Amy Brooks, married Edward Baxter Bond, 24, the son of Hirum Bond and Sarah Cowles, on 6 March 1883 in Fayette county, Iowa.

Elmira divorced Edward before 1910 and married John H. Cowles of Carpenter, South Dakota. It looks like Elmary may have met John through her father or brother, who lived in Carpenter at the time.

Elmary died in October 1944 in Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa.

She was born in July 1870 in Luana, Clayton county, Iowa. In the 1880 census listed as M.M., the 9 year old daughter of Stephen. Listed in the 1890 state census as Martin while in the 1895 state census as Martha, living with S.H. Hysham.

Martha Hysham, 28, married Clarence Phillips on 7 September 1897 in Beadle county, South Dakota - from the Beadle county Marriage Index (1881-1905). He was born on 14 June 1871 in Luana, Iowa. Had Clarence followed the Hysham's to South Dakota? Whatever the case, they had moved back to Iowa, to Afton township, in Howard county by 1900. M. Martha was 29 [July 1870]. Clarence was a carpenter, just like his father.

In 1910 they were living in Cerro Gordo county, Iowa. Stephen Hiram, 74, was rooming with them. Clarence died in San Jose, Santa Clara county, California on 9 February 1952.

Also Lydia or Libbie. Elizabeth was born in about 1837, most likely in Ohio. In the 1850 census for Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio as Elizabeth Hesham, 12, living at home with her mother. She was born in Ohio. In the 1860 census of Elkader township, Clayton county as Elizabeth Hushem [Harshem in Ancestry.com], 21, shown as born in Virginia. She was living with her half-brother, Jacob.

Lydia married William H. Brooks, the son of David Brooks, on 30 November 1861 in Cox Creek, Clayton county, Iowa. William was born on 2 August 1829 in Elgin county, Ontario. William was the brother of Stephen Hiram Hysham's wife, Amy Brooks, above. Elizabeth died before December 1868 in Cox Creek, when William Brooks married Rebecca Parmenteer. Elizabeth had no children.

Or Margaret Marie. She was born on 29 September 1841 in Ohio. In the 1850 census for Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio as Margaret Hesham, 9, born in Ohio. Also known by the surname Hysum and Hushen. She married Andrew Harkin [Harken] on 16 July 1857. He was born 10 February 1832. Andrew and Margaret settled in Fayette County, Iowa. The Harkin's were Irish Catholics and Margaret took up the religion.

Andrew's father was John Harkin. He had married Hannora McClaferty in Ireland and in 1833 they left and immigrated to Canada. They had a son Andrew who married Margaret Marie Hysham.

From: "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa," page 682,

"Harkin, Andrew, farmer, Section 2 (Smithfield Township); PO Fayette; was born in Ireland, February 10, 1832; came to this county in 1855; has 395 acres of land valued at $7,900. Politics Democrat. Married Margaret M. Hysham, July 16, 1857; she was born September 29, 1841; have ten children [other sources have as many as twelve] --- John A., born Nov. 30, 1858; William H., born Sept. 15, 1860; Margaret A., born Nov. 21, 1862; Charles H., born Feb. 23, 1864; Julia L., born July 4, 1867; Dixon A., born Sept. 21, 1869; Miranda H., born Feb. 10, 1872; Mary C., born Dec. 13, 1873; Rosa M., born Dec. 6, 1875; Maud A., born Dec. 21, 1877. Came to America when he was a child; went to Canada West, where he lived eighteen years; then went to Kane Co., Illinois, lived there four years; from there to this (Fayette county ) county, where he has resided since. Through careful management, he has made a comfortable home."

The Hysham name appears to have been mis-remembered as Hushen by at least one member of the family, so that is another avenue of investigation. Records of the Hysham's and Harkin's have also been found in the St. Joseph Catholic Church of Elkader, Iowa.

Information I obtained from a family poem, above, states that Margaret came to Iowa from Ohio, as a child. Her father, John, had died and with her mother Lavender [Lucinda], two brothers [Stephen Hiram & Jacob] and one other sister [Elizabeth], they had a short stay.

In the 1870 census of Smithfield, Fayette county, Iowa, Margaret's mother, Lucinda, was living with Margaret and her husband, Andrew Harkin. Afterwards Lucinda went to South Dakota with her son, Stephen.

On 12 July 1907 Andrew and Margaret Harkin had their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Hiram Hysham, her brother, and his son, Frank, attended.

Andrew died on 1 March 1912 in Sheldon, Iowa. Margaret died on 1 February 1923, also in Sheldon, Iowa. She was buried at St. Patrick's cemetary, in Sheldon, O'Brien county, Iowa, plot blk 19, lot 1. In the notice of her death, her father was listed as Jno. Hushum and mother as Lucinda Guinn, of Virginia.

Abner Hissam was born in 1812 in [Westmoreland county] Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas Hissam and Isabell White. Also called Abner Heysham. At some point he moved to Tyler county, West Virginia with his parents.

In the 1830 census of Tyler county we have, in the household of Thomas Hisam of Thomas, 1 boy 15-20 years old. Abner would have been 18. Abner's elder brother, John, was already married and living on his own at this point.

In the 1840 census of Tyler county we have, in the household of Thomas Hissam Senr., Abner's father, a man 20 to 30 years old. Abner would have been 28 and was probably helping out his father, who would have been 62.

Abner Heysham married Elizabeth H. Piggot on 16 December 1841 in Tyler county. William D. Lowther officiated. Elizabeth was born in May 1819 in Virginia.

In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Abner Hissam, a 38 year old [1812] farmer, born in Pennsylvania. Living with him were his wife, Elizabeth, 32, son Lemuel, 5, and Elijah, 2, and daughter, Eliza, 7. Abner appears to have named his first child, daughter Eliza Jane, after his little sister, who I expect was much beloved. Note that Abner signed his sister's marriage bond, below.

In the 1860 census of Sisterville, Tyler county, West Virginia, we have Abner Hissam, a 48 year old farmer. He had real property worth $1600 and personal property worth $194. He was born in Pennsylvania. Living with him were his wife, Elizabeth, 40, born in Virginia, and children, Eliza J., 16, Samuel T. [Lemuel, above], 14, Elijah L., 11, and David F., 6.

In the 1870 census of Middlebourne post office, Union township, Tyler county as Abner Hissem, a 58 year old farmer, born in Pennsylvania. Living with him were his wife, Elizabeth, 51, and children, Elijah, 21 and David, 17, all born in Virginia.

In the 1880 census for Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Abner Hissam, a 68 year old farmer. He and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Living with him were his wife, Elizabeth, 61, David F., 25, and David's wife, Rebecca, 19.

Abner died in 1882. Per her obituary, Elizabeth went on to marry a Mr. Strosnelder and then a Mr. J. H. Shinn. During her last few years she lodged with Edward M. Thorn and his wife, Jacqueline, near Friendly, in Union district. She died of paralysis on 6 March 1904 at the age of 86 and was buried "in the Thomas Moore cemetery, back of Davenport station." - from the "Sistersville Daily Oil Review" of 7 March 1904.

Their children were,
(24) Sarah Hissam (c1842)
(24) Eliza Jane Hissam (1843)
(24) Lemuel Thomas Hissam (1845)
(24) Elijah L. Hissam (1849)
(24) David Franklin Hissam (1853)

She was born in 1843. Was she named for her aunt, above, the one for whom Abner Hissam signed the marriage bond? In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Eliza Hissam, 7. In the 1860 census of Sisterville, Tyler county, West Virginia, as Eliza J. Hissam, 16. She married Harrison Lightnor on 9 March 1862. They had two children.

Lemuel Thomas Hissam, the son of Abner Hissam and Elizabeth H. Piggot, was born on 17 January 1845 in Tyler county, Virginia [the photo to the right is courtesy of Barbara Hissam McMillen who says Lemuel was born in Charles City county WV]. In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Lemuel Hissam, 5. In the 1860 census of Sisterville, Tyler county, West Virginia, as Samuel T. Hissam, 14, living at home with his parents, Abner and Elizabeth.

During the Civil War Lemuel may have served with two different units.

I have a Samuel T. Hissam, also known as Lemuel T., who enlisted in Company D, 5th Ohio Infantry Regiment as a Private. Also listed as Samuel Hisson. In 1861 our Lemuel would have been 16, just old enough to join-up. Samuel was discharged as a Private.

"Samuel T. Hissam, also known as Lemuel Hisson, Private, 5th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company D" - from "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865"

Note that there is also a Samuel Hissam who joined the 10th West Virginia, but I think he was Samuel Hissam (1838), below.

Lemuel T. Hissam served in the Fourth Cavalry in 1863 [is this a joining date?], aged 19 [1844] - from "West Virginia Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865." There are a number of young soldiers, tired of walking, who left their infantry units and joined the cavalry.

"Lemuel G. [sic] Hissam, Private, 4th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, Company G" - from "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865"

"He [our Lemuel] served as a Private in the Civil War in the 4th W.Va. Cavalry, Co G."

A Samuel T. Hissam who was in the 1890 Schedule of Surviving Veterans, living in Hackers Valley, Webster county, West Virginia. He served in Company G of the 4th West Virginia Cavalry. However, our Lemuel died in 1874 so this must be another Hissam whose descent is unknown at this time.

There is a tombstone photograph for him at findagrave.com, left, inscribed as "L. F. [sic] Hissam, Co. G 4th W.Va. Cav."

From the marriage record: Samuel T. Hissem, a 22 year old farmer, the son of Abner & Elizabeth Hissem, of Tyler county, married Tabitha Ellen Shinn, age 18, the daughter of Levi S. Shinn & Sarah R. Bogard, of Doddridge county, on 5 December 1867 in Doddridge county, West Virginia. Tabitha [Tobitha] was born on 19 January 1852 in Doddridge county, West Virginia. C.H. Larkin officiated.

In the 1870 census of Central township, Doddridge county, West Virginia as Lemuel T. Hyssum [Lemuel L. Hyssum in familysearch.org], a 25 year old common laborer. Living with him were his wife, Tabitha E., 19, and daughter, Emma M., 1. Lemuel and Tabitha were born in Virginia. Emma was born in West Virginia. They appear to be living on the property of Levi and Sarah [Bogard] Shinn, Tabitha's parents. Levi was a miller and had a house full of daughters. Lemuel probably needed help getting started and Levi needed another man around the place. Or was it because Lemuel was an invalid, see his pension below and early death in 1874.

By the way, the Hyssum spelling, and that of Hyssom, was also used at least once in the John Hissom family in New Jersey, as well as once below.

A Lemuel T. Hissem [sic], of Company D, 5th Ohio infantry regiment, received a pension as an invalid in September 1871.

L. T. Hissem, a farmer, the son of A & E Hissem of Tyler county and husband of Tabitha Hissem, died on 4 [28] April 1874 in Rock Cave, Upshur county, West Virginia of unknown causes [per the record]. He was buried in the Arlington cemetery, in Upshur county. His children were aged just 5 and 1 years old. Lemuel himself was only 29 years old. His father-in-law, Levi S. Shinn, reported the death - from the Register of Deaths.

Lemuel F. [sic] Hissam - from "United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Soldiers, 1879-1903"

In the 1880 census for Hackers Valley, Webster county, West Virginia, was [Tabitha] Ellen Hissem, a 28 year old widow. Her two children were Emma M., 11, and David F., 7. She was still living next to her parents, Levi and Sarah Shinn, but she now had her own dwelling.

Tabitha married Isaac Samuel Jeffers in 1883.

Tabitha E. died on 3 May 1920 in Webster county. Lemuel's children were,
(25) Emma Maebel Hissam (1869)
(25) David Franklin Hissam (1873)

She was born on 4 March 1869 in Doddridge county. In the 1870 census of Central township, Doddridge county, West Virginia as Emma M. Hyssum, 1. In the 1880 census of Hackers Valley, Webster county, West Virginina as Emma M. Hissem, 11. Her mother, Ellen, was listed as the head of the household.

Emma married George Washington Bender in 1887. He was born on 4 December [June?] 1857 in Webster county. Emma died 30 July 1927 in Hackers Valley, Webster county, West Virginia.

David F. Hissem, the son of L.T. Hissem, a farmer, and his wife T.E. [Tabitha E. Shinn], was born on 27 March 1873, in Buckhannon, Upshur county, West Virginia. Apparently named for his uncle, below. His father died in 1874. In the 1880 census of Hackers Valley, Webster county, West Virginina as David F. Hissem, 7. His mother, Ellen, was listed as the head of the household.

D. F. Hissam, 25, of Webster county, married Ruhamie [Ruhama Mary] Anderson, 25, of Webster county, on 26 November 1898. She was born on 4 August 1873, the daughter of George Riley Anderson and Virginia Anna Pugh. L.W. Pugh [a relative of Virginia?], "a minister of the Gospel," officiated at the ceremony.

In the 1900 census for Hacker Valley as David Hissim [garbled, B?? Hessiner in Ancestry.com], a 27 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Rohanna, 26 [August 1873], and son, Elza L., 6/12 [November 1899].

In the 1910 census for Hackers Valley as David F. Hissam, a 37 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Hannie, 36, and children, Elsie L. [a son?], 10, Bertie R., 8, Guy E., 6, Day C. [I think Dae, below, was named after this man], 3, and Vina M., 10/12. Below is a photograph of David and Rohanna. I don't know the date so I can't guess who the children might be.

Ruhanna died on 25 January 1914. Confusingly I have a record of death for a Rhamie M. Hissam, 14, the daughter of D.F. Hissam, who died on 21 January 1914. Where did she come from? David's youngest son, Glen E. Hissam, was born on 21 January 1914 so I expect Ruhanna died from complications in the birth.

David registered for the draft as David Frankin Hissom in Webster county, West Virginia. I have not been able to get into this document.

David F. Hissam, 43, of Webster county, married Socia [Sarah] G. Woods, 21, on 22 March 1917 in the bride's home. Socia, the daughter of William Henry Woods and Sophronia Levornia Chidester, was born on 24 July 1895.

In the 1920 census for Hackers Valley as D.F. Hissam, a 46 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, S.G., 25, and sons, E.L., 20, a coal miner, B.R., 18, a laborer, G.E., 16, D.C., 13, D.E., 9, and G.E. 6. His daughter was V.M., 11.

In the 1930 census for Hackers Valley as David F. Hissam, a 55 year old farmer. Living next door was his son, Bertie. Living with him were his wife, Soca, 34, and children, Everett, a 26 year old farm laborer, Day, a 24 year old farm laborer, Vina, 20, and Delmer, 17. This implies that G.E., above, had died, but I've found a Glenn E. Hissam of the right age in Hackers Valley in 1930 living with an uncle.

David Franklin Hissam, a 66 year old farmer, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, died of complications from appendicitis on 26 July 1939 in Hacker Valley, Webster county, West Virginia. He was buried in the Hacker Valley cemetery.

In the 1940 census Soca was living with her stepson, Elza. She later married a Bankhead. She died on 10 September 1977.

His children were,
(26) Elza Lee Hissam (1899)
(26) Rhamie M. Hissam (1899) of Hacker Valley, aged 14 years, 4 months and 21 days, unmarried, died of unknown causes on 21 January 1914 - from the Register of Deaths. D.F. Hissam, her father, reported her death.
(26) Bertie Ray Hissam (1901)
(26) Guy Everett Hissam (1903)
(26) Doy C. Hissam (1906)
(26) Vina M. Hissam (1909)
(26) Delmer Emil Hissam (1911)
(26) Glenn Elden Hissam (1914)

Known as Elzie. Elza L. Hissam, the son of David F. and Reuhama Hissam, was born on 9 November 1899 in Hacker's Valley, Webster county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census for Hacker Valley as Elza L. Hissim [Hessiner in Ancestry.com], 6/12 [November 1899]. In the 1910 census for Hackers Valley as Elsie L. Hissam. In the 1920 census for Hackers Valley as E.L. Hissam, 20, a coal miner.

Elzie Hissam, 18 [wasn't he 20 years old at this point?], first married Orpha P. [Pearl] Anderson, 20, on 29 January 1920 in Webster county, West Virginia, E.S. Pugh presiding. Orpha was born on 27 June 1905, the daughter of Samuel Anderson and Dehlia L. Cowger. D.F. Hissam gave permission for his son to marry. Samuel Anderson provided the information in the marriage certificate. Was Orpha a niece perhaps of Elza's mother, Ruhamie Anderson?

Orpha apparently died and Elza married another woman with connections to the Cowger family.

Elza Hissam, 30, of Webster county, next married Arnie [!] Light, 20, of Webster county, on 23 March 1930 in Webster county, West Virginia, E.S. Pugh presiding. Arnie was born on 10 June 1910 at Hodam Creek, the daughter of Arthur Andrew Light and Weltha Cowger. What female name is Arnie short for?

In the 1930 census of Addison township, Webster county, West Virginia as Elza Hissam [Elya in Ancestry.com], a 30 year old laborer in the mine. Living with him was his wife, Arnie, 20.

In the 1940 census Banks, Upshur county, West Virginia as Elza L. Hissam, 40. The head of the household was Sacia G. Hissam, 44, Elza's step-mother. How uncomfortable was it having a step-mother who was basically Elza's same age? Also living in the house were Arnie, 29, Leona C., 9, Garnieta G., 7, Okie D., 5, and Roy L. 2.

Elza died on 21 January 1971 in Kanawha Head, Upshur county, West Virginia and was buried in the Oak Grove cemetery. Arnie apprently lived the last years of her life in the home of her son, Gary W. Hissem. Arnie, "a resident of Twinsburg, Ohio, died on 4 June 2007, at her home." Her obituary:

"Arnie Light Hissam, 96, a resident of Twinsburg, Ohio, died Monday, June 4, 2007, at her home.

She was born June 10, 1910, at Hodam Creek, the daughter of the late Arthur Andrew Light and Weltha Harper Cowger Light.

On March 23, 1930, she was married to Elza L. Hissam, who preceded her in death Jan. 21, 1971.

Surviving are five sons, Okey and wife, Anna Lee Hissam, of Kanawha Head, Roy and wife, Ruth Hissam, of Rock Cave, Darrel and wife, Pat Hissam, of Buckhannon, Dannie and wife, Louise Hissam, of West Milford and Gary and wife, Adrienne Hissam, of Kanawha Head; four daughters, Leona Underwood of French Creek, Garnieta "Gay" and husband, Frank Baxa, of Buckhannon, Janice and husband, Bahram Nahidian, of Chantilly, Va., and Shirley and husband, Amal Zickefoose, of Buckhannon; 30 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three brothers, Arnett, Melvin and Raymond Light; a half brother, Escar Cowger, a half sister, Percie Hawks; a grandson, Michael Hissam; and a son-in-law, Arnold Underwood.

She was a homemaker and a devoted mother and grandmother. She was a Methodist by faith and enjoyed cooking, gardening, quilting and embroidery."

Elza and Orpha had one child,
(27) Orpha Hissam (1920), apparently a stillbirth

Elza and Arnie's children were,
(27) Leona Clarice Hissam (1930-twin), born 18 December 1930, she married Arnold Underwood of French Creek in 1952.
(27) Garrieta Gay Hissam (1930-twin), born 18 December 1930, however the 1940 census shows her as 2 years younger than her sister, she married Howard Franklin Boxa, of Buckhannon, on 25 December 1954
(27) Okey Doyle Hissam (1935)
(27) Roy Lane Hissam (1937)
(27) Darrell Rex Hissam (1940)
(27) Dannie Harold Hissam (1943)
(27) Janice Sue Hissam (1945), she married Bahram Nahidian, of Chantilly, Va.
(27) Shirley Rae Hissam (1948), she married Amal Zickefoose [Sickafoose?], of Buckhannon
(27) Gary Wayne Hissam (1951)

Of Kanawha Head, French Creek, Upshur county, West Virginia. Okey Doyle Hissam, the son of Elza Lee Hissam and Arnie Light, was born on 6 February 1935 in Hacker Valley, Webster county, West Virginia. He was a SP4 in the US Army, presumably in the Korean War. He married Anna Lee West. Okey died on 8 November 2007 at the age of 72 in Buckhannon, Upshur county, West Virginia. He was buried in the Oak Grove cemetery. His children were,

(28) Michael Ray Hissam (1967)

He was born on 3 July 1967 in Buckhannon, Upshur county, West Virginia. Michael Ray Hissam died on 1 June 2002 at the age of 34 in Kanawha Head, Upshur county, West Virginia. He was buried in the Oak Grove cemetery.

"Michael Ray Hissam, 34, of Kanawha Head, died Saturday, June 1, 2002, at his home. He was born July 3, 1967, in Buckhannon, a son of Okey and Anna Lee West Hissam, who survive at Kanawha Head. Also surviving are one brother, Jeffrey Todd Hissam, Eden; paternal grandmother, Arnie Light Hissam of Kanawha Head; and several aunts and uncles. Friends will be received at Tomblyn-Whitescarver Funeral Chapel Tuesday from noon until 1 p.m., the funeral hour, with the Rev. David Jessie officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery in Kanawha Head."

He was born on 2 March 1969.

Of Rock Cave, Upshur county, West Virginia. He was born on 28 December 1937. He married Ruth Phipps on 6 April 1958. Her name was apparently Elva R[uth], and was also born in 1937. In 2007 the following were living in the household: Robert P. Hissam (1959), Timothy W. Hissam (1964), Jean F. Hissem (1964), and Todd Hissam. His children were, probably,
(28) Connie Lou Hissam (1957), born 15 September 1957
(28) Robert Paul Hissam (1959), born 29 November 1959, of French Creek
(28) Timothy Wayne Hissam (1964), born 11 June 1964, Jean was probably his wife and Todd his son
(28) Brian Keith Hissam (1973), born 18 February 1973

Of Buckhannon, Upshur county, West Virginia. He was born on 26 October 1940. He married Patricia Louise Jarrett on 26 July 1962. Patricia died on 23 September 2014. Her obituary,

"Patricia Louise "Pat" Hissam, 74, of Buckhannon, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in St. Joseph's Hospital in Buckhannon

She was born June 3, 1940, in Charleston.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Cam and Bertha Sampson Jarrett; and two brothers, Harold Gene Jarrett and Dana William Jarrett.

Pat is survived by her husband, Darrell Hissam, whom she married on July 26, 1962; daughters, Brenda Hissam and Karen Knabenshue and husband, Tim; son, Terry Hissam; granddaughters, Krista and Karissa Knabenshue; grandson, Patrick Kirk Knabenshue, all of Buckhannon; sisters, Sandra Jarrett of Buckhannon and Debbie Jarrett of Weston; and several nieces and nephews.

She was a member of the Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church and was the pre-K thru grade school Sunday school teacher for more than 40 years. Pat loved baking and decorating cakes, and her grandchildren were her greatest joy."

Of Bridgeport, West Virginia. Dannie Harold Hissam was born on 12 March 1943 in Kanawha Head, West Virginia. Dannie Harold Hissam, 22, the son of Elza Lee Hissam and Arnie Light, then residing in Washington D.C., married Louise Sharon Channell, 18, the daughter of Alba Gorden Channell and Dorothy Gay Lowther, on 5 March 1966 in Triadelphia, Ohio county, West Virginia. Louise was born on 27 May 1947 in Webster Springs, West Virginia. Dannie may have later married Sharon D. Moore, who was born on 17 February 1949.

I recently received the following email from Dannie,

"I contacted you a few years ago when I came across all the genealogy work that you have done. I am a descendent of Thomas of Thomas in Tyler County, WV. Lemuel Thomas Hissam was my Great Grand Father.

The state of WV furnished the grave markers for those who served in the Civil war. They made the mistake of putting an F initial instead of a T [for Lemuel T. Hissam]. I have tried to find the grave of his father, Abner, to no avail. One descendent of his daughter, Eliza Jane Hissam Lightner, believed he was buried on the family farm. There seems to be no information at the Tyler County Courthouse. I was born and grew up about three miles from Lemuel's Grave and continue to visit and maintain it. We recently got the government to replace that original marker due to the fact that it was nearly unreadable.

My father's name was Elza Lee Hissam, Lemuel's grandson. My dad had a brother DOY not Day as they had in Census records. Also the 1910 census had an error listing an Elsie L. That actually was my father Elza. As a child he some times used the spelling of Elzie instead of Elza.

I will continue to review what you have published and if I find and pertinent data I will email you.

One more question I have is you have a picture in Thomas of Thomas history that I would like to clarify. Is the picture Thomas of Thomas and who is the child on his lap. I was hoping to confirm that it might be Eliza Jane, Abner's eldest child.

Thank you for all you have done. Should you ever find other photo of my Hissam line let me know. My immediate family has a Hissam Family Reunion this Sunday, August 4th. Sure would be wonderful if some year we could have you here and entertain us with all your knowledge.

Thanks Again. Your Cousin Dannie H. Hissam"

Their children are,
(28) Cheryl Lynne Hissam (1966)
(28) Lisa Ann Hissam (1969)
(28) Jason Curtis Hissam (1980)

She was born on 27 August 1966. She married a Davidson.

She was born on 10 February 1969. She married a Stout and perhaps, later, a Howell.

Jason was born on 11 October 1980. A Jason Hissam received an anonymous scholarship to West Virginia University College of Engineering and Mineral Resources for the 2003 academic year. He studied Chemical Engineering and lives in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Jason C. Hissam, 601 Schubert Place, Morgantown, WV, married Robin Sandra [Farmer] Hissam. She is now Dr. Robin S. Hissam, a Teaching Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at West Virginia University at Morgantown. She's related to Barry L., Sharon Ann, and Sherry Anne Farmer. This is Jason Curtis Hissam of Clarksburg, West Virginia, born on 11 October 1980.

Jason Curtis Hissam is a General Engineer working for the Department of Energy in Morgantown as a GS-13.

Of Kanawha Head, Upshur county, West Virginia. He was born on 24 July 1951. He married Adrienne [Donato?]. He is associated with Adrienne Louise, Anna Lee, and Darin Kent Hissam.

Darin Kent Hissam was born on 18 May 1982. Darin Hissam went to Buckhannon-Upshur High School from 1996-2000. His wife is Lorelie.

"Residents throughout the city of Buckhannon are familiar with seeing the officers of the Buckhannon Police Department patrolling the roadways. One of those officers is a woman who has a great passion for her job of protecting the city and those who call it home.

Loralie Hissam, who has been with the Buckhannon Police Department since August 2008, patrols the streets during the night with her partner K-9 Officer Tess by her side.

Hissam grew up in Preston County in the town of Reedsville and graduated from Preston High School in 2000. Following high school she attended West Virginia University for one year and then Austin Peay University at Clarksville, Tenn.

Her first job was at the Preston County Jail where she served as a correctional officer. When the jail closed, she went to work at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail.

In June 2006, she was hired by the West Virginia University Police Department. As part of her training there, she went to the West Virginia State Police Academy and graduated in December 2007. Hissam was with the WVU Police Department until August 2008 when she came to Buckhannon.

"Police work is exciting," Hissam said. "There is something different that happens each day."

In January, the Buckhannon Police Department acquired its K-9 officer and the dog became certified in February, Hissam said. Tess is a duel purpose dog, Hissam said, in that she is a narcotic, apprehension and tracking dog.

"I have always wanted to be a K-9 handler," Hissam said. "I have always loved animals and this is a dream come true."

In July, Hissam's husband, Darin, was also hired as an officer with the Buckhannon Police Department.

"We really work good together," she said. "It's great to go home and have someone to talk to, who understands what you are doing."

Darin was hired by the Buckhannon Police Department in June 2009.

"Hissam has worked for the West Virginia University Police Department for the past three years and is a certified officer." - from "The Record Delta" of Buckhannon

06 June 2017. "BPD [Buckhannon Police Department] Darin Hissam promoted to the rank of Corporal."

His biography,

"Corporal DK Hissam is a native of Upshur County and graduated from BUHS in 2000. He then attended Fairmont State University graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a minor in History. He began his career in law enforcement in 2006 with the West Virginia University Police Department and graduated in the 132nd Basic Class of the WV State Police Academy in December of 2007. He joined the Buckhannon Police Department in 2009 and has also worked for the Granville Police Department. He has received certifications in SWAT, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) and Police Bike Patrol." - from the BPD website

Bertie Ray Hissam, the son of David Franklin Hissam, a 28 year old farmer, of Buckhammon, West Virginia, and Ruhamie Anderson, 28, of Valley Hiad [sic?], was born on 8 December 1901 in Hawker Valley, Webster county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census for Hackers Valley as Bertie R. Hissam. In the 1920 census for Hackers Valley as B.R. Hissam, 18, a laborer.

Bertie Hissam, 24, married Dolly [Jane] Woods, 22, on 7 June 1926 "at the home of the bride" in Webster county. E.S. Pugh officiated. By the way, the marriage license was dated 28 June 1926. Did the pair get married then only later figure out they needed a license? Dolly was born in 1904 and died in 1987.

In the 1930 census for Hackers Valley as Bertie, a 28 year old laborer in a "grading railroad." He was living next door to his father, David F. Living with him were his wife, Dollie J., 26, and a son, Arden, 2 4/12.

In the 1940 census of Glade, Webster county, West Virginia as Bertie Hissam, a 38 year old road construction laborer with the WPA. Living with him was his wife, Dolly, 36, and son, Arden, 13.

Bertie died on 8 November 1990 in Cuyahoga county, Ohio. His only child was,
(27) Arden Eugene Hissam (1927)

Of Buckhannon, West Virginia. Arden, the son of Bertie R. Hissam and Dolly Woods, was born in 1927. In the 1930 and 1940 census living at home with his parents, Bertie and Dolly Hissam.

Arden Eugene Hissam, 24, married Caryl Jean Allman, 18, on 1 June 1951 in Gaines, West Virginia. She was the daughter of Clark S. Allman and Tressie Samples. Harry R. Young officiated.

Arden Hissam sold a property at 4077 217th street, in Fairview Park, Ohio. This is near Cleveland.

Caryl died in 1990. Arden E. Hissam died in 2015. He was buried in the Sunset Memorial Park in North Olmstead, Cuyhoga county, Ohio.

There is a Deloris Oswalt Hissam associated with Arden, but I don't know how closely.

Of Buckhannon. Baseball player in 1964. Power company district manager. There is also an Eddie.

Based on being from Upshur county, he may be from the Thomas Hissam of Thomas family, perhaps that of David Franklin Hissam. He was born on 5 January 1946. He married Rosalee [Rosalie] R. Radcliff, the daughter of Roy Franklin Radcliff and Ruth King, who was born on 8 June 1951. In 1982 it was noted that "Deputy Sheriff Larry Hissam has been with the Upshur County Sheriff's Department for ten years."

Residing in Buckhannon, Upshur county, West Virginia circa 1996. In Cleveland, Ohio circa 2005. The couple has a tombstone at Upshur County Memorial Park cemetery, but without the dates of death filled in.

Larry Ray Hissam was born on 3 August 1973, pastor at Christian Missionary Alliance, Fairmont, West Virginia. He married Natalie Joy Harris, of Buckhannon, West Virginia. She is the daughter of J. David Harris and Joyce Lee Angus Harris. Their sons are,

(30) Trey David Hissam (c1999), a wrestler of East Fairmont, West Virginia
(30) Gavin Thomas Hissam (c2001)

Or Everett Guy. Guy Hissom, the son of D.F. and Reuhama Hissom, of Hacker Valley, was born on 27 December 1903 in Webster county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census for Hackers Valley as Guy E. Hissam, 6. In the 1920 census for Hackers Valley as G.E. Hissam, 16. In the 1930 census for Hackers Valley as Everett Hissam, a 26 year old farm laborer.

Guy Everett Hissam, 26, of Webster county, married Nergie May Cowger, 17, of Webster county, on 4 July 1930, Wils B. Leggett presiding. Nergie was born on 13 December 1912. Note that Elza also married girls with connections to the Cowger family.

Everett Hissam, of Hacker Valley, aged 35, died on 29 May 1938 of cancer of the stomach. He was the husband of Nergie Cougar, and son of Frank Hissam and Ruhanna Anderson. The informant was his elder brother, Elzie. He was buried in the Hacker Valley cemetery in Webster county, West Virginia.

Nergie then married Everett's little brother, Delmer Emil Hissam, in 1947. Nergie Cowger Hissam died on 30 March 2005 and was buried in the Greenlawn Memorial Garden in Murphy, Cherokee county, North Carolina. Her obituary,

"Nergie May Cowger Hissam, 92, of Hayesville, N.C., passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at the Clay County Care Center in Hayesville. She was the daughter of the late Joe and Viola Gregory Cowger. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Delmer Hissam. A son, Max Hissam, of Wickliffe, Ohio, a daughter, Nola English, of Carthage, N.C., 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and five great great-grandchildren also survive her. A son, Delbert Hissam, preceded her in death. Mrs. Hissam was a native of Wheeler in Webster County. She was a faithful member of the Bible Missionary Baptist Church in Hayesville, N.C. She had worked at the Rayon factory in Painsville, Ohio for a few years. Interment followed in the Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery in Murphy, N.C."

His children were,
(27) Delbert Hissam (c1931)
(27) Nola I. Hissam (c1933)
(27) Max B. Hissam (c1936)

In the 1940 census of Hacker Valley, Webster county, West Virginia as Delbert, 9, living with his mother, Nergie, 27, and her husband, Delmer Hissam, 28. He married Frances Harriet Cole. Delbert F. Hissam, born on 6 December 1930, died in 15 August 1998, in Hayesville, Clay county, North Carolina. Frances appears to have married again twice, to a Norman and a Griffin. Delbert's son was,
- (28) Richard F. Hissam (c1959).

He was born on 25 April 1959 and died on 13 May 2013. His obituary,

"Rick Hissam, age 54, of Madison [Ohio], passed away Monday, May 13, 2013 at Madison Medical Campus. He was born April 25, 1959 in Painesville to Frances Harriet (Cole) and Delbert Hissam. Rick attended Madison High School and shot pool in the Northeast Ohio Pool League. He faithfully delivered the News Herald in the Madison/Thompson area for 28 years.

He is survived by daughters,
-- (29) Mishannda Hissam of Madison,
-- (29) Sarah [Hissam] MacKenzie of Madison;
grandchildren, Rachel & Erin Fischlin; mother, Fran Griffin of Thompson; brothers Thomas Norman of Madison, Joseph Griffin of Thompson; best friends, Terry Reidl & Kathryn "Binks" MacKenzie-Spring; Nieces and Nephews Thomas, Maria, Annalisa and Joey. He was preceded in death by his father."

In the 1940 census of Hacker Valley, Webster county, West Virginia as NOla, 7, living with her mother, Nergie, 27, and her second husband, Delmer Hissam, 28. She married an English.

In the 1940 census of Hacker Valley, Webster county, West Virginia as Max, 4, living with his mother, Nergie, 27, and her second husband, Delmer Hissam, 28. Max may have divorced Carole L. on 12 April 1983. He married Patricia Parrish on 29 April 1983 in Lake county, Ohio. He divorced Patricia in 1988. He married Peggy S. Clark on 22 May 1992 in Lake county, Ohio. I don't know of an children.

Day Kenneth [?] Hissam, the son of D.F. and Rhuhama Hissom was born on 20 December 1906 in Webster county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census for Hackers Valley as Day C. Hissam, 3. In the 1920 census for Hackers Valley as D.C. Hissam, 13. In the 1930 census for Hackers Valley as Day Hissam, a 24 year old farm laborer, working for his father. He married Hattie Mae Parsons. His children were,
(27) Robert Dale Hissam (c1935)
(27) Margie Mae Hissam (1940), the daughter of Day Hissam and Hattie May Parsons, was born 1 November 1940 in Webster county, West Virginia, died of acute nephritis on 5 September 1945 in Upshur county, West Virginia
(27) Roger Wayne Hissam (1949), who died in 1961

He married Virginia Mae Coffman. Their children were,
(28) David Lee Hissam (1964)
(28) Richard Hissam (c1964)
(28) Loretta Jean Hissam (c1964)

He married Shawn M. Mongan. He died on 21 June 21 1998. His obituary:

Martinsburg, West Virginia - David Lee Hissam, 34, of Martinsburg died June 21, 1998, in Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. He was a construction worker and an Army veteran. He was a graduate of the New Castle School of Trade, with a degree in mechanics. Surviving: wife, Shawn M. Mongan Hissam; daughter, Samantha Nichole Hissam, at home; parents, Robert Dale and Virginia Mae Coffman Hissam of Monaca, Pa.; sister, Loretta Jean Sayre of Pennsylvania; brother, Richard Hissam of Pennsylvania; maternal grandmother, Olive Coffman of Little Birch; paternal grandparents, Day and Hattie Hissam. Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Greene-Robertson Funeral Home, Sutton. Burial will be in Coffman Family Cemetery, near Little Birch. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home.

Of Pennsylvania.

She married a Sayre.

She was born on 27 May 1909. In the 1910 census for Hackers Valley as Vina M. Hissam, 10/12. In the 1920 census for Hackers Valley as V.M. Hissam, 11. In the 1930 census for Hackers Valley as Vina Hissam, 20, living at home with her parents.

She married James Thomas Gibson. He was born on 13 February 1912 in Braxton, West Virginia. He died on 13 April 1997 in Ohio. Vina died on 6 January 2001 in Guernsey, Ohio.

Delmer was born on 23 October 1911 in Hacker Valley, Webster county, West Virginia. In the 1920 census for Hackers Valley as D.E. Hissam, 9. In the 1930 census for Hackers Valley as Delmer Hissam, 17, living at home. After his brother, Guy Everett, died in 1938, Delmar E. Hissam, 35, the son of Franklin and Rhuhamia [?] Hissam, married his brother's widow, Nergie M. Hissam "W" [widow?], 34, the daughter of Joseph and Ola [Viola] Hissam [actually Cowger, the clerk was confused by the plethora of Hissams], on 3 March 1947. Orin D. Curtis officiated.

Nergie died in 2005.

"Nergie May Cowger Hissam, 92, of Hayesville, N.C., passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at the Clay County Care Center in Hayesville. She was the daughter of the late Joe and Viola Gregory Cowger. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Delmer Hissam. A son, Max Hissam, of Wickliffe, Ohio, a daughter, Nola English, of Carthage, N.C., 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and five great great-grandchildren also survive her. A son, Delbert Hissam, preceded her in death. Mrs. Hissam was a native of Wheeler in Webster County. She was a faithful member of the Bible Missionary Baptist Church in Hayesville, N.C. She had worked at the Rayon factory in Painsville, Ohio for a few years."

"Delmer E. Hissam, 99, of Kanawha Head, and formerly of Hayesville, N.C., passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Buckhannon. Born October 23, 1911 at Hacker Valley, he is preceded in death by his parents, David Franklin and Ruhamie Anderson Hissam; his wife, Nergie M. Cowger Hissam; son, Delbert; one grandson; five brothers and one sister. Surviving is his son Max B. Hissam and wife, Peggy of Wickliffe, Ohio; daughter, Nola I. English of North Carolina; nine grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Delmer was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), served in the U.S. Army during World War II and attended the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church at Arlington."

Delmer had no children, though he raised those of his brother, Everett.

Glen E. Hissam, the son of D.F. and Annie [Ruhanna] Hissam, was born on 16 January 1914 in Hacker Valley, Webster county, West Virginia. Glen's mother died on 25 January 1914, probably of complications from the birth.

In the 1920 census for Hackers Valley as G.E. Hissam, 6. In the 1930 census of Hacker Valley as Glenn E. Hissam, 16. He was living with his uncle and aunt, Ford "Jasper" and Mary E. Anderson.

Glenn E. Hissam, 27, the son of David F. and Ruhamie Hissam, married Helen [Mae] Cowger, 18, the daughter of Elmer and Georgia Cowger, presumably the cousin of Nergie Mae, his brothers' wife, above, on 3 December 1941 at "my home [the minister's] on Old Lick Run." J.A.J. Hamrick officiated.

Glen Hissam died in 1984. He was buried in the Sunset Memory Gardens cemetery in Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia. I'm not aware of any chidren.

Elijah was born on 25 December 1849 [or 1847 per his tombstone]. In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Elijah Hissam, 2. In the 1860 census of Sisterville, Tyler county, West Virginia, as Elijah L. Hissam, 11. In the 1870 census of Middlebourne post office, Union township, Tyler county as Elijah Hissem, 21.

Elijah Hissem [sic], 27, of Tyler county, married Virginia Belle Keller, 22, of Tyler county, on 28 November 1875. Elijah L. Hissem provided the information on the marriage certificate. Virginia was born in March 1853 and died in 1941.

In the 1880 census of Ellsworth, Tyler County, West Virginia as Elijah Hissem, a 33 year old farmer. His father was born in Pennsylvania. Living with him were his wife, Virginia B., 28, and children, Pearl N. [a son], 3, Rosa M., 2, and Quintilla A., 11/12.

Elijah Hissam, a 44 year old farmer, of Big Buffalo, Tyler county, West Virginia, died at the town of Next, in Tyler county, on 30 March 1892 of Bright's disease & Dropsy. He was buried in the Archers Chapel cemetary in Tyler county on the next day. His tombstone is marked,

"Elijah L.
Husband of
V.B. Hissam
Born Died
Mar 30 1892
44yrs 3ms
5days"

In the 1900 census for Ellsworth township, Tyler county, West Virginia was Virginia B. Hissam, a 47 year old widow. Living with her were her children, John O., 18, Quintilla A., 20, Truman T., 16 and Josie A., 4 [May 1896].

In the 1910 census of Ellsworth as V.B. Hissam, a 57 year old widow. Interestingly, she was a farmer. It indicated that she had 5 children, 4 of whom were living. I show it to be 6 and 5. Living with her were her children, John, a 28 year old farm laborer, Josieh, 13, and a grand-daughter, Goldie, 8. Whose grand-daughter I wonder? A Goldie A. Hissam is in the 1930 census as the step-daughter of Luther Hoopins [?] and Susanna.

I don't yet see Virginia in the 1920 census. She was probably living with one of her children.

In the 1930 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Virginia B. Hissam, a 77 year old widow. She was living with her brother, William M. Keller. Virginia died in 1941.

Virginia was also buried in the Archers Chapel cemetery.

Elijah and Virginia's children were,
(25) Pearl N. Hissam (1876)
(25) Rosa M. Hissam (1878)
(25) G. A. Hissam (1879)
(25) Quintilla Amour Hissam (1880)
(25) John Oliver Hissam (1881)
(25) Truman Theodore Hissam (1884)
(25) Josie A. Hissam (1896), Josie Hissam, the daughter of Elijah Hissam, farmer, and his wife Virginia, was born on 29 May 1896 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1930 census as R. Clem and Josie Cline. Clem had a step-son, C. Leigh Hissam, 14. Might Josie be Pearley's youngest sister and Leigh the son of an indiscretion? I don't have a Josie that married one of the Hissam boys. I do have a Josie Fay Hissam who had a son, Loral Chester, born on 16 May 1915. No father's name was given.

Also known as Perly. Perley N. Hissam, the son of Elijah and Virginia B. Hissam, was born on Middle Island Creek on 18 November 1876 per his record of birth [in October per his death certificate]. In the 1880 census of Ellsworth, Tyler County, West Virginia as Pearl N. Hissem, 3.

Perley N. Hissam, 22, married Eliza A. Starkey, 20, the daughter of B.F. Starkey, on 13 May 1899 at the bride's home in Tyler county. E.H. Waters officiated. She was born in 1878.

In the 1900 census of Ellsworth as Perley Hissam [Berley in Ancestry.com], a 23 year old farmer. Living with him was his wife, Eliza A., 21 [November 1878]. Perley's mother, Virginia, lived next door.

In the 1910 census of Ellsworth as Perl N. Hissam [Pert in Ancestry.com], a 33 year old farmer. Again, he was living close by his mother, Virginia. Living with him were his wife, Eliza, 30, and his son, Louis B., 8.

Perley Nathan Hissam, of RD1 Middlebourne, Tyler county, West Virginia, registered for the draft on 12 September 1918. He was a 41 year old farmer. His nearest relative was his wife, Elizabeth A. He was of medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair.

In the 1920 census of Ellsworth as Pearley N. Hissom, a 43 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Eliza A., 42, and children, Louis B., 18, Pauline L., 8, Dorothy O., 6, Maxine S., 4 6/12, and Pearl R. [a daughter], 1 1/12. Note that his mother, Virginia, was not living close by.

In the 1930 census of Ellsworth as N. Pearley Hissam, a 53 year old farm laborer, but he also owned his home. Living with him were his wife, Eliza A., 51, and children, Dorothy, 16, Maxine, 14, and Regina, 11.

Pearley N. Hissam, the son of Elijah Hissam and Virginia Keller, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 19 July 1936, a 59 year old farmer, and was buried in Archers Chapel cemetary in Tyler county, nearby his parents, Elijah and Virginia. His tombstone shows "1877-1936." Eliza A. Hissam died in 1941 and was also buried in Archers cemetary.

Pearley and Eliza's children were,
(26) Louis B. Hissam (1901)
(26) Pauline L. Hissam (1912)
(26) Dorothy O. Hissam (1913)
(26) Maxine S. Hissam (1915)
(26) Pearl Regina Hissam (1919)

Louis Benjamin Hissam, the son of Purley Nathan Hissam, 25, and Eliza Ann Starkey, 22, was born on 4 December 1901 in Middlebourne, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Ellsworth as Louis B. Hissam, 8. In the 1920 census of Ellsworth as Louis B. Hissom, 18.

Louis Hissam, a 23 year old mill worker, the son of P.N. Hissam and Eliza A. Starkey, of Middlebourne, Tyler county, married Josephine Stewart, 17, the daughter of James Stewart and Delilah Ann Knowlton, of Friendly, Tyler county, on 6 December 1924. A.E. Hughes officiated.

In the 1930 census of Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia as Louis Hissam, a 27 year old ball cleaner [?] at a Steel Mill. Living with him were his wife, Jackline [Josephine in Ancestry.com], 22, and children, Eloise, 4 6/12, Eileen, 2 5/12, Robert, 1 2/12, and Glenn, 2/12.

Louis died in March 1987 in Wheeling, West Virginia and was buried in the Halcyon Hills Memorial Park cemetery in Sherrard, Marshall county, West Virginia. His children were,
(27) Eloise Hissam (1925)
(27) Eileen Hissam (1927)
(27) Robert Kenneth Hissam (1928)
(27) Glenn E. Hissam (1930)

In the 1930 census of Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia as Eloise Hissam, 4 6/12.

In the 1930 census of Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia as Eileen Hissam, 2 5/12.

Robert Kenneth Hissam, the son of Louis B. Hissam and Josephine Stewart, was born on 9 March 1928 [1929 per his tombstone]. In the 1930 census of Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia as Robert Hissam, 1 2/12. Robert Kenneth Hissam died on 24 October 1930 in Tyler county, West Virginia and was buried in the Archer Chapel Cemetery.

He was born on 18 January 1930. In the 1930 census of Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia as Glenn Hissam, 2/12. He died on 23 October 1999 in Wheeling.

Pauline Loreta Hissom, the daughter of P.N. and Eliza Hissom, was born on 9 May 1911 in Next, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1920 census of Ellsworth as Pauline L. Hissom, 8. I don't see her in the 1930 census, she may have died.

Dorthy [sic] O. Hissom, the daughter of P.N. Hissam and his wife Eliza, was born on 10 [24] November 1913 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1920 census of Ellsworth as Dorothy O. Hissom, 6. In the 1930 census of Ellsworth as Dorothy Hissam, 16. She died in December 1984 in Chester, Hancock county, West Virginia.

Zanobia Maxine Hissam, the daughter of Purt Nathan and Eliza Anne Hissam, was born on 16 July 1915 in Next, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1920 census of Ellsworth as Maxine S. Hissom, 4 6/12. In the 1930 census of Ellsworth as Maxine Hissam, 14.

In the 1920 census of Ellsworth as Pearl R. Hissom [a daughter], 1 1/12. In the 1930 census of Ellsworth as Regina Hissam, 11.

Also known as Resa. Rosa M. Hissem, the daughter of Elijah L. Hissem, farmer, and his wife Virginia B., was born on 23 January 1878 in Middle Island creek, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1880 census of Ellsworth, Tyler County, West Virginia as Rosa M. Hissem, 2. A Rosa Hissam married Jack Bond on 3 July 1897 in Tyler county, West Virginia.

G.A. Hissem, the son of Elijah Hissem, a farmer, and his wife Virginia, was born on 9 July 1879 in Middle Island Creek, Tyler county, West Virginia.

Quintilla A. Hissem, the daughter of Elijah L. Hissem, a farmer, and his wife Virginia B., was born on 9 July 1880 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1880 census of Ellsworth township, Tyler County, West Virginia as Quintilla A. Hissem, 11/12. In the 1900 census for Ellsworth township as Quintilla A. Hissam, 20. She married James Edward Evans, who died in 1938. His obituary,

"James Edward Evans. He was born on 20 Jul 1874 in Pleasants Ridge, Tyler county, West Virginia. He married Qunitilla Armour Hissam. They were married on 24 Dec 1903 in Next, Tyler county, West Virginia. He died on 25 Nov 1938 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia. Burial on 28 Nov 1938 in Archers Chapel Cemetery , Next, Tyler county, West Virginia. Reference ID was 628.

Qunitilla Armour Hissam is the daughter of Elijah L. Hissam and Virginia Bell Keller. She was born on 09 Jul 1879 in Next, Tyler county, West Virginia. She died on 10 Oct 1951 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia. Burial on 13 Oct 1951 in Archers Chapel Cemetery, Next, Tyler county, West Virginia. Reference ID was 184.

They had 2 children." - from "Descendants of William Jobes, Senior. Revolutionary War Veteran" by Michael Jobes

John O. Hissam, the son of Elijah L. and Virginia B. Hissam, was born on 21 January 1881 [though his draft card & tombstone say 1882] in Ellsworth, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census for Ellsworth township, Tyler county, West Virginia was John O. Hissam, 18. In the 1910 census of Ellsworth as John Hissam, a 28 year old farm laborer, living with his widowed mother.

John O. Hissam, 20, married Ivy May Haught, 18, the daugther of Anthony Asher Haught and Wilida Mae Mayfield, and the sister of Effie, Truman's wife, below, on 7 August 1902. J.R. Haught officiated. Ivy was born in 1883, the daugther of Anthony Asher Haught and Wilida Mae Mayfield. Their daughter, Lura, was born in 1904 and died in 1905.

Ivy apparently died because John remarried.

John Oliver Hissam, 27, then married Lucinda Belle Starkey, 24, on 17 August 1910. W.R. Cunningham officiated.

John Oliver Hissam, of #2 Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia, registered for the draft on 12 September 1918, at the age of 36. He was a farmer. His wife was Lucinda. He was described as of medium height and build with light blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as John o. Hissam ['C' in Ancestry.com], a 37 year old farmer. Living with him was his wife, Lucinda, 35. Naomi Starkey, a niece, and Benjamin Starkey, a nephew, were living with them.

John O. Hissam died in 1921 and was buried in the Greenwood cemetary of Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia.

I haven't yet been able to find Lucinda in the 1930 census. She may have gone back to live with her Starkey relatives. Lucinda B. Hissam died in 1946 and was also buried in the Greenwood cemetary. Clearly she did not remarry. They apparently had no children, but what of Lura, below?
(26) Lura M. Hissam (1904)

She was born 15 July 1904 and died on 18 May 1905. She was buried in Archers Chapel cemetary in Tyler county.

Theodore T. Hissam, the son of E.L. Hissam, a farmer, and his wife Virginia B., was born on 5 November 1884 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census for Ellsworth township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Truman T. Hissam, 16.

Truman Theodore Hissam, a 22 year old farmer, the son of Elijah and Belle Hissam, married Effie Catherine Haught, 19, the daughter of Anthony A. and Ida Haught, on 20 January 1907. Luther D. Ashby officiated. Effie was born in 1887. Truman's older brother, John, had married Ivy May Haught, Effie's sister.

In the 1910 census of Friendly township, Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia as Truman T. Hissam, a 24 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Effie C., 21, and son, Layman E., 2.

Truman Theodore Hissam, of Middlebourne, Tyler county, West Virginia, registered for the draft on 9 September 1918 at the age of 33. He was a salesman for the Middlebourne Feed Company. His wife was Effie C. He was described as of medium build and height with brown eyes and hair.

In the 1920 census of Ellsworth, Tyler county, West Virginia as Thomas T. Hissam, a 35 year old clerk at a feed store. Living with him were his wife, Effie R. [sic], 31, and sons, Russel, 5, and Donald S., 4/12. I can't explain Truman's name except to suppose that the census take was confused.

In the 1930 census of Middlebourne, Tyler county, West Virginia, as a 45 year old "tool dresser" in the oil fields. His parents were also born in West Virginia. Living with him were his wife, Effie C., 42, and children, Russell L., 15, and Donald S., 10.

At some point prior to 1935, the earliest mention of the family in local newspapers, he and the family moved to Zanesville, Ohio. In 1945 Truman and his wife lived in Zanesville, Ohio, near their sons Russell and Don, at 510 Warwick avenue. Later they moved to 529 Seborn Avenue. This home appears to have been inherited by Donald Hissam who had been living at 521 Van Horn avenue.

Truman died on 12 December 1951 following a three-week illness and failing health over the last three years. Effie died in 1969. Both were taken "home" to be buried in Archers Chapel cemetary, near Sistersville, in Tyler county. In the same cemetary are members of the family's of Elijah L. Hissam, of the Thomas Hissom branch, and of Sanford Gee Hissam (1874) and his mother, Rachel, of the David Heysham branch.

Truman's children were,
(26) Layman E. Hissam (1908)
(26) Russell Lawrence Hissam (1914)
(26) Donald Sterling Hissam (1919)

He was born on 1 February 1908, as yet with no given name, the son of Truman Hissam, in Next, Tyler county, West Virginia. This information was provided to the record office by Anthony Haught, young Layman's grandfather.

In the 1910 census of Friendly township, Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia as Layman E. Hissam, 2. He died in 1917 and was buried in Archers Chapel cemetary in Tyler county.

Russell Lawrence Hissam, the son of Truman Theodore Hissam, a 30 year old farmer, and Effie Catherine Haught Hissam, a 27 year old housewife, was born on 5 October 1914 in Little, Tyler county, West Virginia. In another record book it was said that he was born in "Sistersville, R.D. (Little)."

In the 1920 census of Ellsworth, Tyler county, West Virginia as Russel Hissam, 5. In the 1930 census of Middlebourne, Tyler county, West Virginia, as Russell L. Hissam, 15.

Russell learned to fly in 1937 and became a member of the Civil Air Patrol. Before the war he was a service manager at a retail store. The 10 October 1940 edition of the Zanesville Signal of Zanesville, Ohio refers to the staff of the electrical appliance department of Montgomery Ward & Company. Russel was "in charge of service."

During World War II he served for two years as a flight instructor in the Navy V-5 cadet flying school at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Many of the proto-naval aviators were from the University at Ann Arbor.

In August 1944 Russell, who had recently received his discharge, in company with two other men, purchased Commerce Field, the old municipal airport of Zanesville. Russell became the airport manager. After the war he became a civilian flight instructor, flight examiner, and later a Fixed Base Operator (FBO) in Zanesville, Ohio with his brother, Don. That means he operated an aircraft sales, maintenance and training facility at the airport.

In a column in the same paper on 6 February 1949, called "And Speaking of Flying," Russell received first prize as the result of "the second official cruise of the Muskingum Airmen's association, a 110-mile flight . . . made without incident." There are a number of articles about aerobatic routines he flew in airshows to popularize flying. Noted to be a Dale Carnegie graduate per the Times Recorder of Zanesville, Ohio, dated 16 February 1954. Also a member of the Rotary club. Finally, from the same paper of 12 March 1958, Russell was mentioned as a previous winner of the "Boss of the Year" award. He was the president "of Southeastern Ohio Air Service."

The number of newspapers that mention his name is quite large. He was noted as the manager of the Zanesville airport, which had 26000 takeoff and landings, from at least 1960 to 1970. Named "Airport Manager of the Year" in 1967 by the International Flying Farmers. By 1967 he had flown over 12,500 hours [which is a huge number]. There is a statement of assets from the First National Bank of Zanesville in the Zanesville Times Recorder of 17 April 1973 with Russell L. Hissam listed a one of its Directors.

Russell's wife was Violet Matthews, the daughter of H. E. Mathews of Nashport, Ohio. She appears to have also worked for Montgomery Wards. She was mentioned in a 1950 newspaper article announcing the display of kitchen cabinents in the building department. This was more certain work than in aviation. In the same year Russell was elected a director of the local Chamber of Commerce and in 1972 was its president.

Russell died on 29 September 1990 while still living in Zanesville. Of 535 Taylor Street. His children were,
(27) Sue Ann Hissam (c1942)
(27) Marilyn Kay Hissam (c1943)
(27) Donald Lee Hissam (c1944) (27) Robert Hissam (1956)
(27) Layman Hissam. He was probably named for Truman's brother who died in 1917. He also died in childhood.

The daughter of Russell L. Hissam. A teller at the First National Bank [her father's influence?]. She married Thomas Grant Smith in February 1962. He was the son of Alonzo [Alonza] Ray Smith of Punto Gorda, Florida.

Known as Kay. The daughter of Russell L. Hissam. In Junior High School in 1957.

The son of Russell L. Hissam. He was on the honor roll as a Zanesville High School Senior in 1961. He attended Ohio University [graduated?].

He married Linda Diane Frizzell, the daughter of Kenneth George Frizzell and Genevieve Shoemaker of Mansfield, on 29 June 1969 in Mansfield, Ohio. They moved to Jacksonville, Florida where Don was serving in the Navy. Linda and Don are now divorced.

Don owns an acounting firm, Hissam Associates, and has a website in Ft. Myers.

Linda Hissam is a teacher of foreign languages at North Fort Myers High School, in Florida. Her biography from a school website:

"Born in Mansfield, Ohio. Divorced. Two sons, Gunnar and Dylan Hissam. Resident of Lee County since 1972. Teacher at North Fort Myers High since 1972. Adjunct Professor of German at Edison College since 2001.
Educational Background
Graduate of Denison University, Granville, Ohio. BA. Major: Germanic Languages and Literature. Graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Major: Germanic Languages and Literature. MA and Specialist's Degree. Graduate of the Goethe Institut Muenchen and Schwaebisch Hall.

The son of Don Hissam. Of East Bay, California; sometimes as of Berkeley. VP of Marketing at Om Records. As of 2009, his age was shown as 35. Gunnar Hissam married Jayme Bortolussi on 10 May 2014. His father, Don, was Best Man, his brother, Dylan, was groomsman.

Of Fort Myers, Florida. Shown as aged 30. He appears to be a real estate broker and tax preparer. Of Hissam and Associates Accountants, Inc. A golfer and marathoner [at least the Hooter's marathon]. Dylan Hissam married Jennifer Lose on 11 January 2014 in Fort Myers. His father, Don, was Best Man, his brother, Gunnar, was groomsman.

Mentioned as the son of Russell Hissam of 535 Taylor street in a newspaper article in 1966. In another 1966 newspaper article it mentions a traffic accident in which Robert was riding in a car with his "uncle" Don Lee Hissam, 21. There is, however, a wedding announcement for Don Lee Hissam in which Robert was listed as the brother of the groom, and best man. On the honor roll in the seventh grade in 1969. Today living at 362 Jessamine street in Zanesville, Ohio.

Of 529 Seborn Avenue, Zanesville, Ohio. Son of Truman T. Hissam. He was born on 9 September 1919 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1920 census of Ellsworth, Tyler county, West Virginia as Donald S. Hissam, 4/12. In the 1930 census of Middlebourne, Tyler county, West Virginia, as Donald S. Hissam, 10.

On 21 September 1940 he took the examination for the selection of scholaships for flight training under the Civil Authority Aeronautics program. 10 would be chosen from 52 applicants. I don't know if he got chosen. He was drafted in May 1941. He appears to have entered the service on 5 June 1942.

Don was discharged in September 1945 follow two years service in Europe as a master sergeant in the Army. He was a Flight Chief in the 60th Troop Carrier Group, flying C-47's, in the Twelfth Air Force. A flight engineer is the third officer on an aircraft, after the pilot and co-pilot. He manages systems, like fuel, electrical, and engine performance. Don was in the Mediterranan theater serving in Italy.

In November 1945 he married Mildred Helen Lawson. She was the daughter of Bertha Lawson of 727 Indiana street, Zanesville, Ohio.

The Muskingum Airmen's association put on a airshow in September 1947. To quote the newspaper, "Probably one of the most phenomenal exhibitions of the entire show was the glider demonstation given by Russell Hissam. His sailplane was towed to an altitude of 3,000 feet by a BT-16 piloted by his brother, Donald Hissam." Russell appears to have been a sailplane proponent, being featured at another show, this one in Bowling Green in 1948, which Donald also attended.

Don, with his brother Russell, was a Fixed Base Operator (FBO) in Zanesville, Ohio. That means he operated an aircraft sales, maintenance and training facility at an airport. He was co-owner of the Southeastern Ohio Air Service. He was listed as a "Charles Taylor" Master Mechanic, certificate #69127, of Zanesville, Ohio. This award is named in honor of Charles Taylor, who designed and built the engine for the Wright brothers Flyer. The award is issued to recognize certificated mechanics and repairman who have worked in aviation for at least 50 years. Of those 50 years, for at least 30 of those years the applicant must have held an FAA mechanic or repairman certificate.

Don died on 5 May 2002 while still living in Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio. The following is a tribute written to him upon his death.

Don's children were,
(27) Truman Theodore Hissam
(27) Theodore Michael Hissam (1947)

His name repeats his grandfather's middle name. He was born on 5 March 1947, the son of Donald S. Hissam of 523 Seborn avenue. A member of the Future Engineers Club in 1964. A photographer on the Zanesville High School paper in 1965, the year in which, I think, he graduated. He, however, still shared his father's interest in aviation. In 1967 he was vice-president of the Flying Muskies, a student organization at Muskingum college of New Concord for those interested in aviation. In a 1968 newspaper article he was referred to as a Zanesville student, a college junior. He appears to have been a drama major, appearing in a number of High School and Muskingum College productions, including "Medea," "Death of a Salesman," and "Waiting for Godot." He was also caught up in the folk movement, appearing at Inn Complete, the local coffee house, where, billed as a folksinger, he gave "readings." After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Muskingum, he became Zanesville High's drama coach in 1969.

He married Melinda Baroset of Newark road. They were living in New Concord, the college town, in 1968. By 1969 he had a daughter, Amanda. In 1976 he was referred to as the "well known Zanesville actor." However, also in that year known as the former Zanesville High drama teacher. There is a listing of substitute teachers in the Brunswick [Ohio?] city school district for 2002 and 2003 which has the name Theodore Hissam. There is also a reference to Theodore, of Bay Village, Ohio in the NUAN (Non-Union Actors Network) webpage. His "[i]nterests: Directing, Producing, Character Acting. Favorite Play: The Lion In Winter and Taming of the Shrew." I wonder if he knows Daryl Heysham, the actor of that line of the family?

I recently received an email from Ted.

8/28/2006. "Steve - my name is Ted Hissam - (Theodore Michael) - I stumbled across your web site this morning after trying for many years to make a connection with my last name. Our family is originally from from Tyler Co [West Virginia] and my relatives are buried here in the Archer Chapel Cemetary. I can go as far back as Hissam, Elijah L. December 25, 1847 - May 30, 1892 who was my great grandfather. But the line stopped there and I had no where to go until now.

I've attached the cemetary list with Hissam and Haught relatives. Haught was my grand mother's (Effie) maiden name. I'll give you an update of my relatives to help fill in another section. (It will take a bit of time to get the dates and background info) Would appreciate any advise as to where I can take the line back from Elijah. Also, can you expalin why the name change from the original Heysham to the several derivatives we now use?

Here's where I fit in:

Children - Amanda Katherine, Ryan Micahel, Lacy Michelle
Theodore M. (3.5.1947) married to Cynthia L. Lacy (11.30.1955) [a second marriage?]
Son of: Donald Sterling Hissam married to Mildred Helen Lawson (both deceased)

Donald's brothers: Russell married Violet Matthews (both deceased) Children - Don Lee, Kay, Sue, Robert and Layman (deceased in childhood).
Children of Truman Theodore and Effie May Haught of the Archer Chapel Cemetary Records.
His father was Elijah and Virginia Belle.

My father and uncle ran the Zanesville Municipal Airport for over 50 years and were pilots and aircraft mechanics. Both were in WWII and I'll send war records later. My cousin Don Lee owns an acounting firm (Hissam Associates) and has a website in Ft. Myers, My daughter Amanda is in Fairbanks with her husband Donald Nunley and is doing research on the family name from there. I am an actor, producer, director and Event Manager and have worked for the Cleveland Cavaliers for over ten years and the Cleveland Indians, SeaWorld of Ohio, the Longaberger Company and recently completed a year contract with the Chevrolet Centre of Youngstown, Ohio as their "start-up" Event Manager.

My partner David Schubach and I work out of Hollywood where he is the former Vice-President of the Hollywood Musician's Union. For a period of time we lived in Mill Valley, CA and have been in Bay Village (Cleveland) for the past 15 years. Sorry I haven't got specific dates on some of this material but I will put it together and send it to you. I am so glad to finally make the connection with my last name and appreciate all the work you are doing with the family history."

9/2/2006. "The incredible part is that your Dad's experience mirrored my Dad's (Donald S.) completely. They both became aircraft mechanics in the war and Dad became a Master Srgt. and Crew Chief then Line Chief in Europe. After the war he was offered OCS but went home to Zanesville to start an airport with his brother. He was in North Africa, Italy and then France (I believe). I have his things in sealed plastic tubs in the attic and I am going to get them down and try to write down the details. I did get him to sit down in front of a video camera before he died and tell about the war (some) and the rest of his life (which was the Zanesville Airport). He put together a history of the airport on video complete with photos and I'm trying to find the master to make copies. I went with him to WVA one Memorial Day weekend and took a video camera. I had intended to use it at the small cemetary where our relatives are buried but as we crossed the Ohio River I put the camera on my shoulder and then let it run. We traveled back to his home town of Middleburn and he drove around to all the places he had lived as a child before moving to Ohio. It's quite a tape and this past week I have been converting all my VHS tapes to DVD's before they go bad. He put together one himself about the airport and I'll send you copies, if you would like. I have PhotoShop on the computer and am trying to put the old photos together with text in a form that I can send to you.

As much as your Dad and my Dad's lives follwed the same path (he collapsed at the airport, too!) My history became quite different. I was drawn to the theatre in college at Muskingum and to history. I went to England on a month's course my junior year and stayed for two years!!! I became obsessed with the Norman invasion and William I's conquest. I went to France to where Henry II lies with his wife Eleanor and Richard (the Lion-Heart). I trained for Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and eventually played Henry in Canada in a play called "The Lion In Winter." I have played many of Shakespeare's kings but the "Conquest" always seemed to draw me to it. Last month I completed a book called "1066." It's really detailed from both sides and is based on as much fact as could be gathered. (I'll send it to you.) I crossed both to France and Ireland by boat in winter to get a feel for the crossing and believe it or not I am married to a direct decendent of Hugh de Lacey!! (Cynthia Lee Lacy - 11/30/55) I thought we were Dutch but could get no farther back then my great grandfather Elijah L. 12/25/1847-05/30/1892. This opens the doors I couldn't get through. I know what you mean about this being so much more than dates. The individual stories are what counts.

You have given me quite an assignment and I will be working on this for many months. I'm going to concentrate on the war history first and send it to you and then get into the airport and family stuff. Hope this foind you and your family well and happy. I will try to reach you the next time I am in LA.

Thanks you again so much for all that you have done. Your cousin, Ted.

Ted died on 8 January 2013. His obituary:

"SHEFFIELD LAKE: Theodore M "Ted" Hissam, 65 of Sheffield Lake and formerly of Bay Village, passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 following a lengthy illness. He was born on March 5, 1947 in Zanesville, OH. He graduated from Muskingum College and then traveled to London to study theatre. From there he decided to go back to school where he received his Masters Degree at Ohio State University. Theodore had many different jobs that included; Event Manager in Youngstown and California, Risk and Safety Manager at Quickens Loan Arena, and Teacher at Zanesville High School and Rocky River High School. The last job that Theodore had was Manager of Security for the Cleveland Art Museum. Some of his interests include community theatre, he liked talking to everyone, and he loved his dogs Brutus and Jackie. Theodore was a beloved husband to Cindy (nee Lacy). Other survivors include his three children, Mandy Nunley of Dresden, OH, Ryan Hissam of Sheffield Lake, and Lacy Boone (Russ) of Sheffield Lake; his two grandchildren, Aidan Hissam and J. J. Boone; and his three brothers-in-law, Herman Lacy, Tim Lacy, and Shane Lacy. He is preceded in death by his parents Donald and Mildred (Lawson) Hissam. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/zanesvilletimesrecorder/obituary.aspx?pid=162252927#sthash.ywSOFzic.dpuf"

Ted's children are,
(28) Amanda "Mandy" Katherine Hissam Nunley
(28) Ryan Michael Hissam (c1978), of Sheffield Lake, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University. His son is Aldan Hissam
(28) Lacy Michelle Hissam Boone

Amanda is in Fairbanks with her husband Donald Nunley and is doing research on the family name from there.

Josie Hissam, the daughter of Elijah Hissam, a farmer, and Virginia, his wife, was born on 29 May 1896 in Next, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census for Ellsworth township, Tyler county, West Virginia was Josie A. Hissam, 4 [May 1896]. In the 1910 census of Ellsworth as Josieh Hissam, 13.

Josie F. Hissam, 20, married Lawrence A. Shuman, 23, on 13 May 1916 in Tyler county. The information in the marriage certificate was provided by V.B. Hissam [Virginia Belle] and Laurence [sic] Shuman. L.J. Barnes officiated. Josie Hissam, 32, of Middlebourne, Tyler county, West Virgnia, then married C.R. Cline, 43, of Point Marion, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, on 15 April 1927 in Marshall county, West Virginia. Philip Y. DeBolt officiated.

Also known as Frank. David F. Hissam, the son of Abner Hissam, a farmer, and his wife Elizabeth, was born on 26 November 1853 in Tyler county - from West Virginia Vital Research Records. In the 1860 census of Sisterville, Tyler county, West Virginia, as David F. Hissam, 6. In the 1870 census of Middlebourne post office, Union township, Tyler county as David Hissem, 17.

David F. Hisssem, 25, of Tyler county, married Rebecca J. Martin, 17, the daughter of Joshua R. Martin and Sophia Morris, on 22 February 1879 in Tyler county. Guildford Dudley, Justice of the Peace, officiated. Rebecca was born on 6 March 1861 in Tyler county.

In the 1880 census for Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as David F. Hissam, 25. He was still living with his parents, but his wife, Rebecca, 19, was with him.

Rebecca J. Hissam, the daughter of J.R. and Sophia Martin and wife of D.F. Hissam, died of consumption on 4 July 1882 in Tyler county. She was buried in the Zion church cemetery in Friendly, Tyler county, West Virginia. Her tombstone notes that she was the "Wife of D.F. Age: 21y 3m 18d." She had no children that I am aware of.

D.F. Hissem, 30, then married Mary Belle Williamson, 19, on 10 July 1884 in Tyler county. J. Dunn officiated.

Mary died, perhaps in childbirth, on 13 August 1889. There may be a child, but it died as well. I don't see a record of this death in the West Virginia vital records.

David Hissam, 38, then married, for a third time, with Ida [Isabelle] Perry, 21, on 31 July 1892 in Cabell county, West Virginia. The writing on this document is very faint and difficult to make out. Isabelle was born on 1 July 1871 in Milton, Cabell county, West Virginia. Her death certificate says 1870 and names her father as Thomas Hopkins, so perhaps Perry was the name of a first husband, otherwise unknown. All of the children belong to Ida/Isabelle.

David was a school teacher in or around Friendly, West Virginia, before becoming a "railroader." This probably occurred in the 1880 to 1900 period.

In the 1900 census of Clay county, West Virginia as David F. Hissam, a 46 year old telephone operator. He was from West Virginia, as was his mother, but his father was from Pennsylvania. Living with him were his wife, Isa, 28 [July 1871], and children, Myrtle, 7 [March 1892], Clarence A., 4 [May 1896], Ernest L., 4 [May 1896].

In the 1910 census of Buffalo township, Clay county, West Virginia as David F. Hissam, a 56 year old agent for the railroad (C.C.R.R.). Living with him were his wife, Isabelle, 38, and son, Clarence A., 13. They also had an adopted daughter, Susy Hudgins, 5.

In the 1920 census of Buffalo township as D. F. Hissam, a 66 year old railroad telegraph operator. He was probably working for the B&O railroad. Living with him are his wife, Isabell, 47, and Ernest Lee Hissam, a grand son, 9.

In the 1930 census of Buffalo township as David F. Hissom [sic], a 76 year old railroad agent. He was a widower [sic, see below]. He was living with his daughter, Myrtle, 37, and her husband, John L. Douglas, 40. Myrtle had a large family.

"Also while I'm thinking of it, under David Franklin Hissam, in the 1930 Census sentence, when he is living with his daughter Myrtle and son-in-law, you noted he was a widower. The census actually says he is divorced. As you have probably deduced from my stories about Isabelle, Isa was pretty tough to put up with and I guess even D F Hissam finally threw in the towel, and ended that marriage. Isa was living in Milton WV in the 1930 census, and had Young Ruth Douglas, age 9, staying with her, one of Myrtle's daughters. David F was 17 years older than Isa and he died well before Isa did. Ironically, she died about 17 years after D F did, so they lived about the same number of years." - Neil Anderson

David died in 1938 at the age of 86 and was buried in the Friend cemetery in Clay county, West Virginia. His marker was erected by Woodrow Douglas and names him "Pop" David F. Hissam.

"I pulled Isabelle Hissam's death cert. She actually died Jan 5, 1955 of a heart attack. My mother was 13 at that time, so she was actually in junior High school, not high school, when she had to go home from school every day to serve Isa her lunch for a month or two. I guess it didn't take long for Isa to wear out her welcome, and C A Hissam was forced to put his mother in a retirement home, probably to keep the peace in his home." - Neil Anderson

"Newspaper article about DF's wife recounting pioneer life in Ivydale where the railroad terminated, after the railroad relocated the family there from Elkhurst. She had to hike the last mile to Ivydale because the train derailed while bringing her to meet her husband , and how they had to live in boxcars on a siding at the depot for a couple of months, until they found housing. You also noted DF's tombstone called him "Pop" David Franklin Hissam. According to the article, he was known to everyone around Ivydale as "Dad" Hissam. Isabelle also mentions her 16 grandchildren, which would be 10 from (25) Myrtle and 6 from (25) Clarence Almon, who was apparently also known as "Dutch" Hissam in Ivydale. Unfortunately, I don't have the second page of the article."

Neil Anderson: "Apparently Isa Hissam didn't seem to like the girls in the family much either. She would visit, and bring her grandson, Amos Franklin Hissam, big bags full of gifts and not one thing for his twin sister Mary Virginia. Uncle Frank and his brothers went and stayed all the time at Mamaw Isa Hissam's, but my mother Janet and Aunt Mary Virginia never stayed there. They always stayed at Mamaw Friend's, Bessie's mother, when they visited Ivydale WV. (26) Amos Franklin was named for his grandfather (24) David Franklin Hissam."

"Later in life, when Isa was old, she moved in with C A Bessie at Ashland. She could not get around well or said as much, and expected to be catered to, which Bessie either wouldn't do, or Isa wouldn't let Bessie do. My Mother Janet had to come home every day at lunch time, from high school and serve lunch to Mamaw Isa in Bed. If lunch wasn't served on time, she refused to eat it, and waited for dinner when her son came home in the evening from work. Eventually C A Hissom put his Mother Isa in a nursing home in Huntington WV."

Neil Anderson wrote again about a trip he took to West Virginia.

"We located Dr James and Barbara Douglas Boggs living 8 miles north of Ivydale. My mother said we visited them one weekend when I was 5 or 6 years old, which I remembered. Barbara is the youngest child of John Douglas and Myrtle Hissam [David's eldest daughter]. She was born in 1932 and means John and Myrtle Douglas actually had 12 children total, not 11. I forgot about her since she was born after the 1930 census, which is the most recent census available.

Barbara said that David Franklin Hissam and wife Isabelle did separate but never got an actual legal divorce, as David had stated on the 1930 census when he was living with his daughter's family, Myrtle Hissam Douglas and her husband John Douglas.

Barbara also stated that her mother, Myrtle Hissam had also said one of her twin brothers Ernest Lee Hissam had died of something like spinal menningitis when they were children.

Barbara said David Franklin Hissam taught both the twins to use the telegraph when they were only 9 or 10 years old, not just Clarence Almon.

One picture is of all the neighborhood kids on a wagon including Myrtle, Clarence A and Ernest Lee Hissam, not long after David Franklin and Isabelle Hissam moved to Ivydale. The boxcar in the background is supposedly one of the two boxcars the D F Hissam family lived in upon moving to Ivydale before finding a house, referenced in the "Pioneer Days Story" with Isabelle Hissam. Clarence Almon Hissam is at the far right in bib overalls. Mrytle Hissam is in the back row, 2nd from the right. Ernest Lee Hissam is back row, 4th from right.

Another picture is a portrait of David Fraklin Hissam taken by himself.

One picture is the family portrait of the the David Franklin Hissam family. Daughter Myrtle Hissam in back. Parents Isabelle Perry Hissam and David Franklin Hissam, With Twin Clarence Almon "Dutch" Hissam on the left by his mother, and twin Ernest Lee Hissam on the right by his father. Apparently Clarence Almon was always called "Dutch" from the time he was a very young child.

David's children, with Isabelle, were,
(25) Myrtle Hissam (1893)
(25) Clarence Almon Hissam (1896-twin)
(25) Ernest Lee Hissam (1896-twin)

Myrtle Hissom [Hissum], the daughter of D.F. Hissom, a farmer [or mechanic], and his wife Issie [M.I. Perry], 23, was born 27 March 1893 in Milton, Cabell county, West Virginia. The differences noted are based on two different Cabell county records, one under the surname Hissom and the other under that of Hissum, but both clearly for the same person. In the 1900 census of Clay county, West Virginia as Myrtle Hissam, 7 [March 1892]. A descendant, Neil B. Anderson, recently wrote,

"(25) Myrtle Hissam married John L Douglas Jan 1, 1809 (you have the marriage listed as 1812). John and Myrtle Hissam Douglas were married and living by themselves in the 1910 census, at Buffalo, WV. They eventually had 10 children, 9 of which were still living at home and are shown in the 1930 census you reference. Myrtle and John's first born child was Ernest Lee Douglas (whom you have incorrectly listed as a possible child of (25) Clarence Almon Hissam [since removed), and he was born 4-12-1910 and named for Myrtle's deceased younger brother. Ernest Lee Douglas married Velma Hamrick Truman and was living with Velma's brother and mother in the 1930 census. Ernest Lee Douglas happened to be visiting his grandparents David F and Isa Hissam in 1920 at the time the census was taken, and was therefore listed in their household as a grandson. Ernest Lee Douglas died 5-08-1957 in an accident at Hanna Coal Co.'s Ireland Mine, in Moundsville WV, when a falling stone crushed his skull at the age of 47. John and Myrtle had several children die fairly young or middle aged, and many are buried in the Douglas cemetery in Clay Co, WV."

Clarence Hissam, the son of D.F. Hissam, a merchant, and his wife, Izzie Hissam, was born on 20 May 1896 in Milton, Cabell county, West Virginia - from West Virginina Vital Research Records. In the 1900 census of Pleasant township, Clay county, West Virginia as Clarence A. Hissam, 4 [May 1896]. In the 1910 census of Buffalo township, Clay county, West Virginia as Clarence A. Hissam, 13.

Clarence Almon Hissam, 22, married Bessie [Lobessie] E. [Eunice] Friend, 27, on 25 December 1918 in the Bride's home in Ivydale, Clay county, West Virginia. The Reverend Perry R. Rood officiated. Bessie was born on 20 August 1891, the daughter of Marian F. and Mary C. Friend of Buffalo township.

Clarence Almon Hissam, a 21 year old single man, of Ivydale, West Virginia registered for the draft in Clay county on 5 June 1917. He was born on 20 May 1896 in Milton, West Virginia. He was a hostler at the Coal & Coke Railroad company of Gassaway. He was of medium height and weight, with blue eyes and brown hair.

During the war he was an F1C [fireman first class] in the U.S. Navy during World War I, onboard the USS MINNEAPOLIS. Neil Anderson writes,

"I have Clarence Almon's enlistment and discharge papers, and I have his old 10" x 16" framed picture of his Navy ship, as well as his old trunk he had while on that ship. C A Hissam enlisted 12-11-1917 in Parkersburg WV. He was assigned to the USS Minneapolis C-13/CA-17, Columbia Class Cruiser, which was re-commissioned for WWI in July 1917, and escorted convoys in the North Atlantic. The Columbia Class had powerful engines that were expensive to operate. After WWI ended, she was assigned to San Diego and patrolled the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii while C A Hissam was aboard. Unfortunately, they never got to leave the ship in Hawaii. C A Hissam was discharged 06-28-1919 from St Louis MO processing station. He was indeed a Fireman 1st Class upon discharge. The Minneapolis C-13 represented the US at the coronation of Czar Nicholas in Russia, participated in scientific and training missions and welcomed home the squadron bringing the body of John Paul Jones back to Annapolis in 1906. I have attached the picture granddaddy had hanging on his wall, with the "Dazzle" camouflage paint it had in 1918 when C A Hissam served on her."

USS MINNEAPOLIS C-13 A COLUMBIA-class protectd cruiser. It was laid down in 1891 and launched in 1893. She was decommissioned in Philadelphia in 1906, but recommissioned in July 1917 upon the outbreak of World War I. "Minneapolis got underway from Philadelphia 15 September for Hampton Roads, and departed that base 26 October for Colon, Panama Canal Zone, were she joined British transports ARAWA and CORINTHIA. The vessels sailed from Colon 6 November and steamed by way of Hampton Roads to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The cruiser continued to operate along the Atlantic coast until assigned to transatlantic convoy duty 24 February 1918. During the next 8 months, she made four escort voyages, departing New York and sailing to ocean rendezvous where the convoys were turned over to British destroyers. On her last voyage, she departed New York on 9 October as escort for a convoy to Sydney, Nova Scotia, and returned to New York, 19 October.

In the 1920 census for Buffalo, Clay county, West Virginia as C. A. Hissam, a 24 year old living with his father-in-law. He was a pumper on the railroad. His wife was Bessie, 27.

Clarence moved his family to Kentucky in about 1928.

In the 1930 census of Ashland, Boyd county, Kenucky as Clarence E. Hissam, a 32 year old electrician at the steel plant. Living with him were his wife, Bessie E., 37, and children, Clarence W., 9, Helen L., 8, Perry D., 5, Mary V., 4/12, and her twin, Amos F., 4/12. All were from West Virginia, except the last two who were born in Kentucky. A cousin, Emma Hambrick was living with them.

Clarence Almon Hissam with his old pickup truck, with what appears to possibly be a 1937 plate, making him about 41 at the time.

Neil Anderson: "When Clarence Almon and Bessie lived in Ashland KY, C A Hissam always bought the latest things for Bessie, whether a refrigerator, radio or cook pot. When his mother Isa Hissam came to visit, she would just take these things home with her if she liked them, and C A Hissam would have to go buy another of the same item. Clarence Almon bought one of the first TV's in the neighborhood, and neighbors would come over to watch TV. She actually took the refrigerator once. She would also drag furniture and other items out of the house and throw them down the stream bank into Elk River, which was only a few feet deep and more like a stream, and make her husband or son or family buy her new things to replace what she threw out."

Clarence died on 27 December 1965 in Ashland, Boyd county, Kentucky at the age of 86 and was sent home to be buried in Clay county, West Virginia. Bessie died on 20 July 1990. Their children were,
(26) Clarence Whitman Hissam (1921)
(26) Helen Louise Hissam (1922)
(26) Perry Delaney Hissam (1924)
(26) Mary Virginia Hissam (1929)
(26) Amos Franklin Hissam (1929)

In the 1930 census of Ashland, Boyd county, Kenucky as Clarence W. Hissam, 9, born in Virginia. He married Vera June Holbrook and had a single child, Susan. Second he married Marie Louise Gossett. A descendant, Neil B. Anderson, wrote,

"Also Steve, with you being a navy man, I thought you would be particularly interested to know that (25) Clarence Almon's son, (26) Clarence Whitman Hissam, was a pilot in the Army Air Corps and a sergeant with the Flying Tigers in China during WW II. He once told me a story about there not being much good food to eat while he was in China, being tired of the same rations all the time. He said they would go hunting and shoot ducks to cook and eat. They didn't have any dogs, so they gave Chinese boys chocolate bars from their rations to be their retrievers, sending them into the ponds and lakes to bring back the ducks they shot down. Uncle Clarence was quite a character with an ornery/mischievous streak some times. He owned an airplane when he came home after the war. He took his mother Bessie flying one time, and did loops and dives until she got sick and threw up. She would have been in her mid 50's at the time."

"I have been doing a little research on the Flying Tigers, and Clarence Whitman Hissam isn't an original member of the first 3 squadrons which only had about 20 planes. Since I didn't find his name in the rosters of the original 3 Flying Tiger AVG squadrons, It means he must have been in the successor group, China Air Task Force (CATF), which later became the 14th Air Force. Gen Chenault continued to call these successor groups Flying Tigers as well, which annoyed the original Flying Tigers to some degree, although a few original members signed up with the CATF and continued in the China theater. The successor groups were officially US entities, namely US Army Air Corps CATF and then the US 14th Air Force, while the original group was part of the Chinese Air Force, furnished by a private military contractor prior to the US entry into WWII, under the supervision of Clair Chenault. Chenault was a retired Army Air Corps officer who had been working in China since 1937 as a military advisor and then director of China Air Force flightschool. Of course FDR privately approved the clandestine group and members of his administration worked to help set it up. I have found CATF unit histories but not rosters, so I am at a standstill until I get Clarence's service records and see what actual unit he was in, and when."

Clarence W. Hissam's plane (which looks like an Aeronca Champ to me).

More from Neil Anderson:

I finally received the military file for Clarence W. Hissam covering his service for WW II, as well as doing some further research on Clyde E Davis's service, 2nd husband of Helen Hissam. The following explains things pretty well but you may be able to add something given your military background.

Clyde Davis add'l WW II info:

The pictures of the patches for AAF 3rd Air Corps and squadron I previously sent to you belong to Clyde Davis. The 404th Fighter-Bomber Group was reassigned from 3RD Army Air Corps to 9th Army Air Corps and sent to England in March 1944. The three fighter squadrons 506th, 507th and 508th flew P-47's; replacing the RAF 620th,621st and 622nd. The 506th Bombardment Squadron flew B-24's. The 404th Group initially flew against targets in France in preparation for the Normandy invasion, and provided top cover during the Normandy invasion. After the invasion, 404th Group moved its base of operations to France to operate and also flew a few missions in North Africa. Clyde Davis was also a bombardier, in addition to being a crew chief and staff sergeant, while earning a bronze star. While most bombardiers were officers who didn't make it into the pilot corps, there were almost 600 enlisted men trained as bombardiers during WW II, among the more than 45,000 bombardiers trained during the war. The latest technology being used at that time was the Norden Bombsight and Auto Pilot System, and servicemen selected to operate or maintain the bombsight system had to take an oath of secrecy before joining training. In the event of a crash in enemy territory, the bombsight was to be destroyed by a thermite gun installed on the plane, to keep it out of enemy hands. While Clyde was classified as a crew chief, he could also substitute as a bombardier. Noncommissioned officers and their staff who repaired auto pilot and bombsight systems were probably the most skilled and secretive positions in the depot. The Norden bombsight systems were actually removed and carried off the bomber in a case after each flight and stored securely at a single location on the base. The 404th Group returned to the states in 1945 after helping dismantle the German air force and aircraft industry, following Germany's surrender. The 404th group was preparing to be sent to the Pacific theater next, but once Japan surrendered, the unit was deactivated in Nov 1945 and its members eventually discharged.

Clarence W Hissam in WW II:

Clarence W Hissam attended Ashland Community College for one semester after finishing high school Spring 1939, majoring in chemistry. He then gained employment at American Rolling Mill in 1940, which later became ARMCO Steel and AK Steel. Starting as a laborer, he quickly moved up to diesel locomotive operator, moving and dumping tipples until he enlisted in Oct 1942. Clarence enlisted at the Huntington WV enlistment office, and then reported to processing in New Jersey, where recruits were tested, evaluated and assigned. Hissam's have always been technically inclined and based on test scores and aptitude tests, Clarence was assigned to airplane mechanic school in New Jersey. He must have done well there because he was then sent to Goldsboro NC as a student for additional training to become an instructor. Following his additional training, Clarence became an instructor and corporal at Johnson Field in NC from Mar 1943 to Feb 1944. From that point forward his character and efficiency ratings were always rated "excellent". He once again took additional training in airplane instruments and bomb mechanics, and became an instructor for repairing Auto Pilot and Bombsight Systems at Keesler Field in MS, where the AAF had started a huge recruit training facility for mechanics, bombardiers and pilots/navigators. Technicians would have to pledge the same oath of secrecy as bombardiers, and protect the bombsight technology with their life. Clarence was attached to the 1st Academic Squadron as a technical instructor for several months before being assigned to overseas processing. By 1944, substantial numbers of recruits had been trained in all disciplines and women mechanics and civilian instructors were being brought in to replace the service men being shipped overseas. Clarence qualified as a sharpshooter with the M-1 Carbine, no doubt due to growing up hunting in Ivydale, WV as a boy and also spending 3 years in Junior ROTC in high school. That explains why he was able to shoot down ducks to eat in China. He failed miserably with the 45 pistol however and didn't qualify with it, scoring only 52.

When Clarence enlisted, he was 5' 10" but only weighed 121 pounds, which was noted as a deficiency on his physical, but it was noted the condition could be remedied with proper diet and physical conditioning. However, when he was assigned for overseas duty in 1944 and reported to processing in Mississippi, he was disqualified from combat duty for being 4 pounds underweight. After 2 months and presumably a lot of eating, Clarence was cleared for overseas combat duty. By the time he was discharged in 1946, he would weigh 140 pounds.

He was put on a ship which took a month to get to Bombay India on Oct 7, 1944, although at the time they would not have been told their destination prior to leaving. After several weeks in India, Clarence was assigned in Nov 1944 to the 25th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group in Kunming, China, known as the "Fightin Draggins" Squadron. The 25th Fighter Squadron sailed to Karachi, India in January, 1942 aboard the USS President Coolidge and encountered more combat activity than any other unit in the 51st fighter Group during the war. The 51st Fighter-Bomber Group as a whole were known as "The Flying Tigers" flying P-40's and P-51's by 1945, as well as heavy bombers. [At right is a photograph of Curtiss P-40N Warhawks of the 25th Fighter Squadron in Paoshan, China, circa late-1944. The 25th is an active squadron today, flying the A-10 Warthog. The squadron's nickname is said to be the "Assam Draggin's", for their duty in that region - ah, those Air Force wits.]

Not long after arriving in Kunming, Clarence was involved in a crash in Nov 1944 while taxiing down a field. He was thrown from a plane, sustaining a fractured ankle and head injury. [He may have been standing on the wing at the time of the incident, a familiar position for mechanics, allowing them to better listen to the engine as it was revved.] Presumably that didn't keep him from his duties as a mechanic for auto pilot and bombsight systems and there is no mention of medical leave. Technicians often flew with pilots testing and repairing systems and could fill in as a bombardier if required. Navigators, bombardiers and technicians completed pre-flight and basic flight training, because they had to have a basic understanding how planes worked, and how the auto pilot system integrated with the plane. [I've not heard of this before, but it makes sense based on their remote location and the probable scaricity of rated pilots.] Only pilots continued on to intermediate and advanced flight training, becoming officers and pilots. Whether Clarence received additional training because he was an technical instructor, or just trained on his own having a natural aptitude for flying, no flight training is noted in his file and he only rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant. What we know for sure is, he came home as a pilot following the war and bought his own plane and flew recreationally.

P-40 of the 25th Fighter Squadron. Note the "dragon's leer" vice the usual tiger mouth.

After 8 months, Clarence was next assigned to the 16th Fighter Squadron, 51st Group, known as the "Tomahawks", in Hsusien, China. He was only with the 16th for a month before joining the 528th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group, known as the "Dragon Fly's" in Shanghai, China, who were previously based in Nawadth, India. [They flew P-51's out of Shwangliu. They were one of the few units to use the A-36, the dive bomber version of the Mustang.] He became a Staff Sergeant at this point and stayed with this group until the end of his service in 1946. [The 528th was inactivated on 6 January 1946. Apparently at the end of the war their aircraft were given to China to equip their Air Force.] The fighter planes in China had been rigged to carry a single 1000 pound bomb, in addition to their guns, and performed dive bombing runs in addition to strafing targets. The fighter groups also contained complementary bomber groups, which they accompanied on missions. When a bomber got close to its target, the bombardier took over control of the plane with the auto pilot and bombsight system. He had absolute control of the plane until he called "bombs away", at which time the pilot retook control of the plane.

Clarence W Hissam received the Asia Pacific Battle Ribbon with 3 bronze stars, one for each of the 3 big campaigns in the Asia Pacific Theater. They were 1) The China Defensive Campaign 2) The Central Burma Campaign and 3) The General Pacific/China Offensive Campaign. Clarence always claimed one of his planes was named the "Janet Sue" after his niece, the daughter of his sister Helen Hissam Prichard. He processed out through Indianapolis, IN and Fort Knox, KY, returning home to Ashland, Ky and re-employment with Armco Steel until retirement, while marrying and having a daughter Susan with his 1st wife June, and eventually selling the plane he bought after returning home from the service.

Clarence W. Hissam died in 2003 at the age of 82.

Clarence's only child was,
(27) Susan Karen Hisssam, who married Tom Greene

She was born on 3 March 1922. In the 1930 census of Ashland, Boyd county, Kenucky as Helen L. Hissam, 8, born in Virginia. A descendant, Neil B. Anderson, wrote recently,

"She married 1) Lowell Emerson Prichard 10-05-1940, having one daughter, Janet Sue Prichard, b 1941. Helen and Lowell were divorced by the end of 1941. My mother Janet Sue Prichard was raised by her grandparents in her youth, sharing a room with (26) Mary Virginia Hissam who was like a sister to her, before eventually going to live in her preteens with her Mother Helen and Helen's 2nd husband Clyde Elmer Davis m 7-26-1946, as well as having a half sister Rebecca Neal Davis from marriage 2. Janet married Frank M Anderson, my father. Rebecca Davis married Albert Gehringer."

"Clarification for (27) Janet Sue Prichard. She lived with her grandparents (C A and Bessie Hissam) from the time she was born until the sixth Grade, as did her mother, (26) Helen Louise Hissam, before moving out on her own. For four years during the sixth through ninth grades, she lived with her mother, Helen Louise Davis and husband Clyde Davis. Janet then moved back to live with her grandparents in 10th and 11th grade until marrying at age 17 to Frank Mumford Anderson, my father. Apparently Helen Louise and Lowell Prichard had separated by the time Helen brought Janet home from the hospital."

"Clyde Elmer Davis served as crew chief and Staff sergeant for 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group in the Army Air Corps in France in WWII, receiving a bronze star, before coming home and marrying Helen in 1946, after the war. Clyde was a long time postal service employee and high school football referee in Ashland, KY. After retiring from the postal service, Clyde worked as office deputy for the Boyd County Sheriff Dept, running the administrative/office operations after another friend was elected Sheriff, and then for long-time friends at Jay Loan pawnshop, and also as an insurance adjuster."

He was born on 14 May 1924. In the 1930 census of Ashland, Boyd county, Kenucky as Perry D. Hissam, 5, born in Virginia. He died on 5 January 1977 at the age of 52 in Ashland, Boyd county, Kentucky and was sent back to be buried with his father and grandfather in a Clay county, West Virginia cemetary.

She was born on 9 November 1929 in Boyd county, Kentucky. In the 1930 census of Ashland, Boyd county, Kenucky as Mary V. Hissam, 4/12, born in Kentucky. She married Roger Lee Hooper.

He was born on 9 November 1929 in Boyd county, Kentucky. His mother was noted to be "Bessie' Friend." In the 1930 census of Ashland, Boyd county, Kenucky as Amos F. Hissam, 4/12, born in Kentucky. A relative, Neil B. Anderson, recently wrote,

"Under (25) Clarence Almon Hissam, the last child listed, a male twin brother of Mary Virginia, has a given name of Amos Franklin Hissam per the family bible, born 1929, but he has always gone by Frank. He is the father of Andrew Hissam, b1964. The first child listed, (26) Frank Amos Hissam is a duplicate with no date and should be removed. The second child listed is Ernest Lee Hissam (actually Douglas) and should be moved and corrected per the explanation in item 1 above."

"Amos Franklin served in the army during the Korean War. He was severely wounded and spent many months in the hospital, before being discharged to continue his lengthy rehabilitation back home."

Amos' children were,
(27) Robin Hissam (c1960)
(27) David Andrew Hissam (1964)

He was born on 19 May 1964 in Ashland, Kentucky. "I now live in Huntsville, AL with my wife Deborah (m.n. Deborah Jane Kelly) and daughter Melaina Zara Hissam, b. 2/10/97. We moved here in 1991 after I took a job with NASA. I am currently working on the Crew Launch Vehicle, the replacement to the Space Shuttle and the vehicle that will hopefully take us back to the moon."

My wife stays very busy teaching drama and other classes to local home schoolers. My daughter is in the 3th grade and is growing like a weed. We have lots of interests including bicycling, piano, camping, and climbing. We recently completed a climbing wall in the back yard.

Clarence Almon's twin, Earnest E. Hissam was born to D.F. and Izzie Hissam on 21 May 1896 in Milton, West Virginia. I'm hoping for Izzie's sake that this was an early morning delivery since her other son, Clarence, was born on 20 May. By the way, the middle initial 'E' is quite clear. In the 1900 census of Clay county, West Virginia as Ernest L. Hissam, 4 [May 1896]. He died on 4 January 1908 and was buried in a Clay county, West Virginia cemetary. A descendant, Neil B. Anderson, wrote,

"Granddaddy (25) Clarence Almon told her [Neil's mother] that his twin died of spinal meningitis."

Sarah Hissam, the daughter of "Thomas Hisssm of Thos.", married John Stone King [?!!, sounds like a dwarf lord from a Tolkien story] in 1839 in Tyler county, West Virginia. The bond below was signed on 6 August 1839.

Their children were born in Tyler county, West Virginia.

I also have a Levi King, the son of John William King and Christina Yeager, who married Sarah M. Hissum (1814-1894) on 7 November 1839 in Morgan county, Ohio - from Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993. I don't know who this is. It looks like Sarah Hossom [sic] married Martin Andrews on 5 April 1827 in Morgan county, Ohio [a second marriage?]. Another researcher says her date of birth was 7 March 1813 and of death 24 November 1894.

I have two Elijah Heyshams, both born circa 1814. One of them also used the Hissam spelling. Their records don't overlap much except that the first Elijah married an Elizabeth and the second married a Dorcas. One was probably a descendant of (21) Thomas Hissom and the other of his brother, David. It doesn't make much difference however, neither Elijah had children that I've been able to identify.

Our first Elijah was Elijah Heysham, born in 1814 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth, who was also born in 1814 in Virginia.

In the 1840 census of Tyler county, Virginia we have an Elijah Heysham. He's on the same page of the census as Thomas Heysham Jr., the son of David Heysham. In his household are two men aged 20 to 30 years old. Elijah would have been 26 years old. The other man may be Abner, Elijah's brother, above. He would have been 28 years old at the time. There was also a girl, 5 to 10, a daughter or servant, and a woman 20 to 30 years old, presumably Elijah's wife.

In the 1850 census of Tyler county, Virginia as Elijah Heysham, a 36 year old farmer, born in Virginia. Living with him was his wife, Elizabeth, 36. Also living with them were a Jacob Smith, 8, and Isaac Smith, 4. Nephews perhaps?

I know nothing more about this man and have identified no descendants.

The following documents all appear to be for a different Elijah, known both as Elijah Hissam and Elijah Heysham. He settled in Ritchie county after marrying a girl named Dorcas. Elijah Hissam was born on 9 April 1814.

Elijah Hissam married Dorcus Weekley on 3 August 1839 [the date of their marriage bond] in Tyler county, Virginia. The bond was signed by Ducket Wells, the acting sheriff of Tyler county, and David Core. I have a David Core who was born in 1794 in Maryland and died in 1851 in Little, Tyler county, Virginia. I have seen his name on other bonds, implying that he was another government official. The Weekly family appears to have lived in Ritchie county.

In the 1840 census . . .

In the 1850 census . . .

In the 1860 census of Ritchie county, Virginia as Elijah Heysham, a 46 year old farmer, born in Pennsylvania. Living with him was his wife, Dorcus Heysham, 46, born in Virginia. They appear to be running a boarding house for a group of 7 unrelated men and two children at the same address. These men include a railroad agent, several stave shavers [?], and one man, the eldest, designated the B [boss?] of stave [garbled]. Was Elijah hosting a crew building a railroad bed, that is the staves being the the railroad ties?

Record of Company 'G' of the Fourteenth Regiment West Virginia Infantry Volunteers in 1864: Elijah Hissam. Company "G" Fourteenth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, Enlisted Men, Ritchie County, W.Va. Unit mustered in September 1862, mustered out June 1865: Elijah Hissam. He later received a pension for his service.

The 1870 census for the Harrisville West post office, Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia lists an Elijah Hisam, a 56 year old farmer. He was shown as born in Pennsylvania. His wife was Dorcas, also 56. They had no children. There are eight men, all unrelated, who are living at the same address. They worked on the railroad or at the stone quarry. Apparently Elijah continue to run the 1860 boarding house.

Elijah moved to Minnesota after 1870.

In the 1880 census for Marysville township, Wright county, Minnesota as Elijah Hissem, a 66 year old farmer, born in 1814 in Virginia. His parents were listed as being born in Virginia. Living with him were his wife, Dorcus, 66, and Frances, 8, who was an adopted daughter. Frances was born in Virginia, so Elijah's move to Minnesota didn't occur until after 1872.

In 1882 Elijah Hissem was receiving a pension for his service in company G, 14th West Virginia Infantry. Dorcas, his wife, was also listed.

In the 1885 state census of Marysville township, Wright county, Minnesota as Elias and Dorcas Hessom, both aged 67. A Francis Kelly, 14, whom they adopted, was living with them.

In the 1890 Veterans Schedule of Marysville, Wright county, Minnesota as Elijah Hissem [Elzah per Ancestry.com], Private, Company G, 14th West Virginia Infantry. Date of Enlistment: [?] Sep 1862. Date of Discharge: 3 January 1865. Length of Service: 2 years 3 months 25 days.

Elijah Hissem, who was born on 9 April 1814 and died on 16 October 1890, was buried in the Kreidler cemetery in Buffalo, Wright county, Minnesota. I have not been able to identify any descendants.

The adopted daugher of Elijah.

Eliza Jane Hissam was born in about 1816. She married William Shook on 18 May 1837 in Tyler county. John L. Williams officiated at the wedding. The marriage bond was signed on 17 May 1837 by William Shook and Abner Hissam, probably her older brother, above. Both men signed with their mark, an X. William and Eliza Jane had nine children.

William Hissam was born in about 1824 in Tyler county, West Virginia and died in 1907. I think he married Elizabeth Weekly, who was born in 1834 in Tyler county. However, there is nothing about this in the West Virginia vital records.

In the 1850 census of District 61, Tyler county, Virginia as William Hissam, a 24 year old farmer, born in Virginia. Living with him was his wife, Elizabeth, 16. The Shook family, into which his sister, Eliza Jane, married, lived nearby.

In the 1860 census of Tyler county as William Hisam, a 36 year old farmer living with a wife, Elizabeth, aged 26. Their children were Elijah, 8, Samantha, 6, and Margaret, aged 1. William spent all of his life as an industrious farmer and was one of the respected members of his community.

In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Tyler county as William Hissem, a 45 year old laborer. Living with him were his wife, Elizabeth, 36, Elijah, 19, Samantha, 16, Margaret, 10, Harvey, 7, and Samuel, 5.

Elizabeth died at some point between 1870 and 1874. William Hissem then married Frances Maulson [Malson] on 18 November 1874. She may be the daughter of James and Susanna Maulson [Malson], and was born in 1847 in Virginia. She was in the 1860 and 1870 Tyler county census, living with her parents. This does not jibe with the 1880 census, below, which would indicate a birth date no later than 1838.

In the 1880 census for Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as William Hissam, a 54 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Frances, 42. The line-up of his children was interesting. Normally they are shown in descending order, by age. William's are all jumbled up. His children were Adeline, 13, Flora B., 5, and Thomas, 2, and then Samantha, 24, with grandchildren, Henry C., 8, Sarah F., 6, Eliza F., 4, and then back to William's children, Harvey B., 18, and Samuel J. 14. I think what this means is that Adeline, Flora and Thomas make up a separate group, that is they are the children of [or related to] Frances. The next group of children are those of William's previous wife, Elizabeth. The grandchildren, grouped under Samantha's name, are her children. Note, however, that Samantha was specifically designated as single, as were none of her siblings, not widowed or divorced.

I further believe that Adeline, who was too old to be William's legitimate daughter by Frances, was not his daughter or that of Frances, but her younger sister. The 1870 census of Lincoln township lists, in the household of James and Susan Maulson, a daughter, Frances, 23 [1847], and a daughter, Adaline, 2 [1868]. Note that the Adeline of 1880 could not be Frances' daughter since Frances was still single, and had no children, at that time. This all means that Adeline and the grandchildren do not really have a Hissam surname.

Also note from the 1880 census that David Hissam (1794), who kept a toll gate, and his wife, Elizabeth, lived nearby. He was an uncle.

I think Frances died sometime before the 1900 census, but there is yet another issue here. The contention is that Frances did not die at this time but is found in the 1900 census, as a mother-in-law, living with her daughter, Rosa D. Banne, and her husband, Jackson, in Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia.

Banne, Jackson, head, b: Oct 1876, age 23, married 2 years, b: PA; occ: oil field laborer
____, Rosa D., wife, b: Jun 1880, age 19, married 2 years, 0 children; b: WV
Hissam, Frances, mother-in-law, born Aug 1847, age 52, Married, 6 children/5 surviving, born in West Virginia, Father born in Ohio, Mother born in West Virginia.

In the 1900 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as William Hissam, a 75 year old divorced man. He was living with his son, Harvey, and his family.

I have a Francis Hissam who died on 12 June 1904 in Next, Tyler county, but there is no other data to substantiate who this might have been. William Hissam, a 83 year old widower, died of old age on 9 July 1908 in Sistersville.

William's children with Elizabeth were,
(24) Elijah C. Hissam (1852)
(24) Samantha Hissam (1854)
(24) Margaret Hissam (1859)
(24) Harvey B. Hissam (1862)
(24) Samuel J. Hissam (1865)

Probably the sister of Francis Maulson Hissam,
(24) Adeline Hissam (1867)

William's children with Francis were,
(24) Flora Belle Hissam (1875)
(24) Thomas Hissam (1878)
(24) Rosa D. Hissam (1882)
(24) Perley E. Hissam (1886)

Elijah Hissam, the son of William and Elizabeth Hissam, was born in August 1852. In the 1860 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Elijah Hisam, 8. In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Tyler county, West Virginia as Elijah Hissem, 19, still living at home with his parents, William and Elizabeth.

Elijah Hissem, a 19 year old coal digger, the son of William and Elizabeth Hissam, married Sarah E. Porter, 24, the daugther of Sardinia and Maria Porter, on 3 November 1870 in Tyler county, West Virginia. Joseph M. Williamson officiated. Sarah was born on 3 January 1846.

In the 1880 census of the Reedy district, Wirt county, West Virginia as Eliga Hisam [sic], a 29 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Sarah E., 32, and children, Nancy A., 11, M. E. [a daughter], 9, Thornton W., 7, Milton L., 5, and Francis H., 2 [a son].

In the 1900 census of Union district, Wood county, West Virginia as Elijah C. Hisam, 47, born in August 1852, of West Virginia, with no occupation. Living with him was his wife, Sarah E., 53, born in September 1846, of Ohio, and children Laura F., 16, born in June 1884, and Robert W., 12, born in May 1888, both of West Virginia. Elijah and Sarah had been married for 28 years [shouldn't it be 30?].

In the 1910 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as Eliza [sic] Hissam, a 58 year old farm laborer "working out," of West Virginia. Living with him were his wife, Sarah E., 63, of Ohio, and grand-son, Edward C., 12, of Virginia. Since I don't otherwise have a grand-son of this name, this may be an illegitimate son of one of Elijah's daughters. Milton and Robert W. Hissem were also living in this area.

After 1910 Elijah moved to the Pittsburgh area.

Elijah Hissam died at Coraopolis, Pennsylvania in 1919 at the age of 63 [sic]. Coraopolis is northwest of Pittsburgh, on the Ohio river. Note that his sons, Thornton and Milton, were living in this area by this time as well.

Sarah Elizabeth Hissam, a 78 year old housewife, the daughter of John Porter [see above], died of pneumonia on 14 January 1924 in Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia. She was buried in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania on 17 January 1924. I assume her children brought her back to be buried with her family.

Elijah's children were,
(25) Nancy A. Hissam (1869)
(25) M. E. Hissam (1871)
(25) Maria E. Hissam (1872), Maria E. Hissam, the daughter of Elijah Hissam, a farmer, and his wife Sarah E., was born on 11 November 1872 in Tyler county, West Virginia.
(25) Thornton William Alvadore Hissam (1873)
(25) Milton L. Hissam (1875)
(25) Francis H. Hissam (1878)
(25) Laura F. Hissam (1884)
(25) Robert Wilson Hissam (1886)

In the 1880 census of the Reedy district, Wirt county, West Virginia as Nancy A. Hisam, 11.

In the 1880 census of the Reedy district, Wirt county, West Virginia as M. E. Hisam [a daughter], 9.

His nickname appears to have been Dode. He was born in March 1873 in Tyler county, West Virginia.

In the 1880 census of the Reedy district, Wirt county, West Virginia as Thornton W. Hisam, 7, the son of Eliza and Sarah E. Hisam. Eliza was born in Ohio.

Thornton A. Hissam [Hassam or Heissom in the WV vital records], 22, married Rosa A. Lightner, 21, on 4 May 1895 in Wetzel county, West Virginia. Joseph W. Bedford officiated.

In the 1900 census . . . His father was in Wood county, West Virginia at this time, so I suspect Thornton was as well.

In the 1910 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as Thornton W. Hissam [Hesson in Ancestry.com], 61 [should be 37], a molder in a steel factory. His brother, Milton, had a similar job. Thornston was from West Virginia. While he was shown as married, no wife was listed. Living with him, in addition to two servants, were a son-in-law, Richard W. Bray, 49, and his daughter, Ella J. Bray, 37, of Pennsylvania, and their children. The man I think was his brother, Robert W. Hissam, was living next door.

Thornton William Hissam, of RFD 3, Coraopolis, Allegheny county, Pennsylvanka, registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Elizabeth, Wirt county, West Virginia at the age of 45. He was a coal miner for the Canaanville Coal Company of Canaanville, Athens county, Ohio. This is in southeastern Ohio, just north of Meigs county, on the Ohio river. Note, the Canaanville Coal Company began operating the first deep-shaft coal mine in Ohio around the turn of the last century. Interestingly he listed his mother, Sarah E. Hissam, vice his wife as his nearest relative. Had Rosa died/been divorced? He also listed a temporary address of Palestine, West Virginia. He was described as short and slender, with gray eyes and brown hair.

In the 1920 census . . . His father had died in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania in 1919.

William Alvadore Hissam [Dode Hissum], 45, married Elma Mae Lockhart (1898-1964), 22, the daughter of Harry Lockhart (c1875) and Corda Viola Lockhart (1877), on 12 August 1920 in Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia. Both were of Wirt county. Pastor J.L. Fischer officiated.

In the 1930 census of Tygart, Wood county, West Virginia as Thornton Hissam, a 57 year old laborer. He was a roomer in the house of Columbus Lockhart, 29. He was divorced and had first married at the age of 48 [1919], but that doesn't seem right. Perhaps he meant last married. I show that Columbus Isaiah Lockhart, born 22 June 1900, was the son of General Harrison (Harry) Lockhart and Corda Viola Lockhart, that is, he was Elma's brother.

Thornton was not living with his wife. In the 1930 census of Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia as Elma Hissam, a 30 year old cook in a hotel. Living with her were her children, Forest, 10, Alvadore, 8, Robert, 5, and Viola, 3 1/2. Elma had been married at the age of 18, and was still shown as married, though her husband was not listed.

Thornton William Hissam, the son of Elijah Hissam and Sarah Porter, both of Tyler county, died of arterio schlerosis on 25 May 1938, at the age of 65, in Wirt county, West Virginia - from West Virginia Deaths.

In the 1940 census of Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia as Elma M. Hissam, a 44 year old widow, who did housework. Living with her were her children, Robert H., 14, Viola M., 12, Reba V., 7, and Ruby I., 5.

Elma Mae Hissam, a 65 year old retired grocer, the daughter of G.H. and Corda V. Lockhart, died on 11 July 1964 in Wood county, West Virginia. Her son, Alvadore, was the informant.

The children of Thornton and Rosa were,
(26) Clarence Hissam, the son of T.W. Hissam, teamster, and his wife Rosa B., was born on 5 March 1896 in Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia
(26) Ella J. Hissam, she married Richard W. Bray

The children of Thornton and Elma were,
(26) Forest Hissam (1920), he must have died young
(26) Alvedore Harrison Hissam (1921)
(26) Robert Hughie Hissam (1925)
(26) Viola Hissam (c1927), married Harold Ankrom. Children: Patricia Ankrom m. Dwight Gault Nov 19 1966, Gerald Ankrom b. Mar 10 1947 m. Mary Alton
(26) Reba Hissam (1932), born 1 June 1932, died 26 June 1966, married Gary Kesterson 3 December 1950
(26) Ruby Irene Hissam (1934), born 6 August 1934, married Harold Montgomery 19 December 1951. Children: Harold William Montgomery Jr b. Mar 4 1953

Alvedore Harrison Hissam, the son of Thornton William and Elma Mae Hissam, was born on 4 August 1921. In the 1930 census of Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia as Alvadore Hissam, 8, living with his mother, Elma Hissam, 30. In 1935 he was residing in Wirt county, West Virginia. In the 1940 census of Slate, Wood county, West Virginia as A.H. Hissum, a 19 year old laborer at West Pen [?]. He was living with his uncle, C.I. Lockhart, 39, and his wife, Irie, 35. C.I. was Columbus Isaiah Lockhart, with whom Alvadore's father, Thornton, had lodged in 1930 after his divorce from Elma.

Alvedore married Mildred Virginia Hill in 1942.

"Mildred was born and raised in South Parkersburg and attended Rayon School. She was the only child of John and Gladys Hill . . . The Friendship SS [Sunday School] class was a very large adult class and the members of that class did a lot of the work around church. There was also the Live Wire class for youth - a mixture of boys and girls. Alvedore Hissam and Mildred were in the Live Wire SS Class. They were married in 1942 and then moved into the Hustler's class when it was formed about 1946. Alvedore went off to the service and Mildred traveled with him some (not as much as she would have liked). They were living in Wisconsin when she became pregnant with their first child, Shirley. Al insisted she go home to live with her parents. He thought she needed her mommy to take care of her since she was then 5 months pregnant. Less than two years later, their second and last child, Bruce, was born. Al came home from Germany and was supposed to transfer to the Far East but the war ended. They moved into the house where she lives now which Alvedore built in 1949. Alvedore worked as a crane operator for Union Carbide for over 40 years. He suffered through many illnesses and died in 1991 at the age of 70." - from a church newsletter

Alvadore Harrison Hissam, the son of T.W. and Elma Mae Hissam, died on 23 August 1991 in Wood county, West Virginia. He was buried in the Sunset Memory Gardens cemetery in Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia. His marker indicates he was a TEC 4 in the Army during World War II.

A descendent, Bret J. Hissam writes,

"Alvadore Hissam (Hissum) is my grandfather and Mildred V. [Virginia] Hill (Hissam) is my grandmother. Their children are Bruce (my Father) and Shirley Hissam. I do not know Dode Hissum, but according to my grandmother and my informal research, Alvadore's Father was Thornton William Alvadore Hissam. Apparently, he and Elma were separated during the 1930 census but he was living with some of the Lockhart family."

Alvedore's chidren were,
(27) Shirley Lee Hissam (1944)
(27) Bruce K. Hissam (1947)

Shirley Lee Hissam was born on 26 September 1944. Shirley Lee Hissam married Thomas James Tice in 1964 in Wood county, West Virginia.

"Shirley, their daughter, has attended our church since she was born and was active in the Girl Scouts when her mother was the leader. You can find her most Sunday mornings in the church nursery. She has 2 sons. Kevin, her oldest, works at Lowe's in Marietta. His wife Terri works at Camden Clark as a clerk in Oncology. They have a daughter, Kayla, who married this summer to Will Sanborn and they live in Tilton, NH. Shirley's 2nd son, Darrin, works as a mechanic for Karl's Auto. His daughter, Tiffany, is married to John Powell. They have 3 children : Brylynn Tice and Trenton and Noah Powell." - from a church newsletter

Of Parkersburg, West Virginia. Bruce Kalman Hissam, the son of Alvadore Harrison Hissam and Mildred V. Hill, was born on 7 March 1947 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1966. He joined the US Navy shortly there after as a radio operator.

Bruce Kalman Hissam, 18, the son of Alvedore Harrison Hissam and Mildred Hill Hissam, married Sharon Diane DeMoss, 16, the daughter of William Junior DeMoss and Iris [Genevieve?] Evans DeMoss Wright, on 5 June 1965 in Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia. The Reverend Bill M. Angel officiated. Sharon was born on 17 February 1949 in Joliet, Illinois.

I believe Bruce second married Bonnie Elaine [?], though Sharon appears to be the mother of both Bruce's sons.

"Mildred's son, Bruce, lives in South Hills with his wife Elaine. He is retired from GE Plastics and Elaine is a retired counselor from Belpre High School. Bruce's oldest son, Brett, is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Army and now works for the U.S. Army in security. Brett and his wife Jennifer along with their daughter, Maggie, live in Morgantown, WV. Bruce and Elaine's other son, Michael, is a lawyer with Bailey Glasser LLP in Charleston, WV. Michael, his wife Angie, along with sons Gabe and Archer reside in Parkersburg." - from a church newsletter

Bruce's children are,
(28) Brett James Hissam (1969)
(28) Michael Brian Hissam (1983)

US Army, retired. Brett James Hissam, right, the son of Bruce Hissam and Sharon Demoss, was born on 19 October 1969 in West Virginia. A graduate of Parkersburg South High School in 1987. He is associated with the South Parkersburg United Methodist Church of West Virginia. This is probably the church of his parents and of his youth. He received a BS in Business Administration from West Virginia University and an MS in Technology and Information Technology from Georgia Southern University, circa 2007. A member of the Theta Chi Fraternity.

Brett married Jennnifer Renn. She was born on 19 August 1966. Brett J. and Jennifer A. Hissam bought a home in Savannah, Georgia. They sold this home and retired to Morgantown, West Virginia.

Captain Brett Hissam, US Army, was the Commander of the 512th Quartermaster Battalion. From "FY05 Major, Army Selection Board Results," Seq #: 1491, Name: Hissam Brett James, Br: QM, CFD: 53, CF: IO.

Brett retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2015 after 23 1/2 years of service. His last job was as Chief, Command Support Team, US Army, 93rd Signal Brigade. Now with the US Army, Defense Forensics & Biometrics Agency as a Information Systems Security Manager.

Brett's children were,
(29) Maggie E. Hissam (2000)

Maggie was born in 2000.

Michael Brian Hissam, the son of Bruce Kalman Hissem and Bonnie Elaine Sherman, was born on 4 August 1983. A criminal defense, energy and environment attorney of Charleston, West Virginia. He attended Ohio State University, BA 2005, and George Washington University Law School, JD 2008. He was admitted to the West Virginia Bar in 2011. Michael married Angela Dawn Halterman.

I recently received an email from Michael.

"Steve : I love your website. Very detailed research. I am this Michael B. Hissam (http://shissem.com/Hissem_Thomas_Hissam_of_Thomas.html#Michael%20Brian%20Hissam). I have a few corrections/additions for your benefit:

I was born 04 August 1983, in Parkersburg, WV. I graduated from Parkersburg South High School in 2001. My brother Brett J. Hissam was born to Sharon Hissam (nee Demoss), who married my father, Bruce Kalman Hissam in 1965. They divorced in c. 1974. I was born to Bonnie Elaine Hissam, who married Bruce in Parkersburg in 1982. She was born Bonnie Elaine Sherman on 28 June 1948 in Eastern Kentucky. She was previously married to Jim Stephens of Parkersburg, WV, whom she met at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, and she moved to Parkersburg with him in c. 1970 and was divorced c. 1980. She has no prior children. Her and my father Bruce are still married and live in Parkersburg, WV.

I married Angela Dawn Halterman in 2010. We were divorced in 2016, but then remarried in Wood County, WV on 23 September 2017. We live in Washington, WV with Gabriel William Hissam, b. 28 April 2007, and Archer Kalman Hissam, b. 21 September 2011. I continue to practice law in Charleston, WV.

Michael's and Angela's sons are,
(29) Gabriel "Gabe" William Hissam (2007)
(29) Archer Kalman Hissam (2011)

Gabe was born on 29 April 2007.

Archer was born on 21 September 2011.

From left, Gabriel Hissam and his mother Angie Hissam who is
holding her younger son, Archer, while they sit on a Butcher Family
Farm pumpkin display that was created for photo opportunities.

He was born on 30 June 1925 or he was the Robert H. Hissam who was born on 31 July 1925 and died on 27 September 1990, at age 65, in Virginia Beach, Virginia - per the Social Security Death Index.

Robert H. Hissam was in the U.S. Navy during World War II, enlisting on 17 September 1942. He served on the USS BELLEAU WOOD CVL-24, a Light Carrier, in the Air Department, reporting aboard on 22 December 1944 while the ship was in San Francisco for an overhaul. He remained onboard until at least 1946. The Air Department works one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, launching aircraft from the carrier's flight deck. Robert was an S1c [Seaman 1st Class] in the V-6 division.

Robert was released from duty on 20 February 1946.

Robert enlisted in the Navy again on 4 December 1947. He was on the RANDOLPH CVA-15 in 1959 in Attack Squadron Seventy Five (VA-75), the "Sunday Punchers." The squadron was flying the AD-6 Skyraider out of NAS Oceana, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. USS RANOLPH cruised in the Mediterranean from September 1958 to March 1959.

Robert retired from the Navy on 11 July 1972.

He married Virginia Arlene Frye in 1953 in Wirt, Marshall county, West Virginia.

Robert Hissam died on 27 September 1990 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Milton Lawson Hissam was born in July 1875. In the 1880 census of the Reedy district, Wirt county, West Virginia as Milton L. Hisam, 5.

Milton L. Hissam, 22, married Mary A. Moore, 21, of Ohio, on 9 February 1898 in Tyler county, West Virginia. The Reverend George Stewart officiated. Elijah Hissam provided the information in the marriage certificate. Mary's age was actually 18, based on the birth certificate of her son, Francis, who was born in November 1898. Soon thereafter Milton and Mary moved to Ohio.

In the 1900 census of East Liverpool, Columbiana county, Ohio as Milton L. Hissam, a 24 year old miner. Living with him were his wife, Mary A., 20 [August 1879], and daughter, Francis, 1 [November 1898].

He clearly was not satisfied in Ohio because by 1904 Milton had moved his family to Pennsylvania where he would stay.

In the 1910 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as Milton L. Hissam, a 34 year old molder in a steel foundry. Living with him were his wife, Mary A., 25, and children, Francis, 12, and Zelma M., 8, both born in Ohio, and Anna R., 6, and Harold M., 1, both born in Pennsylvania. Also in the township were Eliza Hissam, Milton's dad, and Robert W. Hissam and his family, perhaps Milton's younger brother.

Milton Losson Hissam, residing in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, registered for the draft in 1918.

In the 1920 census of Moon township as Milton L. Hissam [Milton N. Hissom in Ancestry.com], a 45 year old coal miner. Living with him were his wife, Mary A., 38, and children, Francis E., 21, Zelma, 19, Annie R., 17, and Harold M. [H in Ancestry.com], 12.

In the 1930 census of Moon township as Milton Hissam, a 54 year old common laborer. Living with him were his wife, Mary, 48, and his son, Harold, a 22 year old electric lineman.

Milton died tragically. The Clearfield Progress, a newspaper of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, reported on 23 April 1948 from Coraopolis that,

"One man was believed killed in an $80,000 fire which swept the four room Carnot rural school three miles west of here yesterday. Milton Hissom, 72, janitor of the school, was missing and may have perished in the flames. The fire broke out, apparently in the basement, just after the school's 135 pupils, 6 to 10 years old, and the four teachers had left the building. Teachers said the janitor rushed into the building with a bucket of water. He was not seen to reappear."

His children were,
(26) Francis D. Hissam (1897)
(26) Francis E. Hissam (1898)
(26) Zelma M. Hissam (1902)
(26) Annie R. Hissam (1904)
(26) Harold M. Hissam (1908)

Of West Virginia. I put him here only because of the 1930 reference to Moon township, where so many of the Hissam's of this line congregated from 1910 to 1930. However, to be Milton's son he would have to be illegitimate.

He joined the Army and was stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey where he met and married Marion Davis in about 1917, at the age of 20. Marion was 19 per the marriage records.

In the 1920 census of Medford, Burlington county, New Jersey as Francis D. Hissam, a 23 year old soldier stationed at Camp Dix. He was living in the house of his father-in-law, Charles E. Davis. Francis was born in West Virginia. His father was listed as born in unknown, his mother in Ohio. Francis' wife was Marion, 19 [was she growing younger, or was she really 16 at the time of her marriage?]. She was a stenographer at the camp. There were no children.

In the 1930 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as Francis Hissam, a 31 year old township constable. He and his father were born in West Virginia. His mother was born in Ohio. Living with him were his wife, Marion, 30, who was born in New Jersey, and children, Helen, 10, of New Jersey, and Frances [a daughter], 7, who was born in Pennsylvania. His supposed father, Milton, also lived in Moon township at this time.

Francis Erwin Hissam, the son of Milton Lawson Hissam, a 22 year old teamster, and Mary A. Moore, an 18 year old housewife, was born on 17 November 1898 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census of East Liverpool, Columbiana county, Ohio as Francis Hissam, 1 [November 1898]. In the 1910 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as Francis Hissam, 12, born in Ohio. In the 1920 census of Moon township as Francis E. Hissam, 21.

A Sergeant in Company E, 16th Infantry. He enlisted on 13 February 1917 and was discharged on 4 June 1920.

He died on 12 December 1950. He was buried in the Coraopolis cemetery in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.

In the 1910 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as Zelma M. Hissam, 8, born in Ohio. In the 1920 census of Moon township as Zelma M. Hissam, 19.

In the 1910 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as Anna R. Hissam, 6, born in Pennsylvania. In the 1920 census of Moon township as Annie R. Hissam, 17.

He was born on 4 July 1908. In the 1910 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as Harold M. Hissam, 1, born in Pennsylvania. In the 1920 census of Moon township as Harold M. Hissam, 12. In the 1930 census of Moon township as Harold, a 22 year old electric lineman, living at home with his parents.

Harold was a Sergeant in the Army during World War II.

He died in August 1980 in Bridgeville, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. He apparently lived in Colorado for a time, where he received his Social Security card.

In the 1880 census of the Reedy district, Wirt county, West Virginia as Francis H. Hisam [a son], 2. According to his marriage certificate, he was born in Wirt county, West Virginia, though at the time of the marriage he resided in Tyler county.

Francis Hissam, 18, married Maria E. N. Daniels, 19, on 14 March 1896 in Tyler county, West Virginia. The Reverend George Stewart officiated at his residence. The individual that provided the information for the marriage certificate was M.L. Hissam. Could this have been his brother, Milton Lawson?

A Francis Hissam died on 12 June 1904 in Tyler county, West Virginia. I don't see anything for Maria.

In the 1900 census of Union district, Wood county, West Virginia as Robert W. Hisam, 12, born in May 1888 [sic], of West Virginia. He was living at home with his parents, Elijah C. and Sarah E. Hisam.

Robert married Anna R. in about 1906. A researcher who has posted on Findagrave.com says that Anna Roselea Harvey Simmons [first husband?] was the mother of Elizabeth Myrtle and William Melvin Hissam, below. Was she Anna R? Anna was the daughter of Oscar Arnold Harvey and Barbara Jean Doughty.

In the 1910 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as Robert W. Hissam, 22, of West Virginia. Living with him was his wife, Anna R., 23, and children, Elizabeth M., 4, and William M. H., 1, all of Pennsylvania. Robert and Anna had been married 4 years.

Robert may have divorced Anna and remarried.

In the 1920 census of New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania as Anna Hissam, 32. She was the mother of Myrtle [Elizabeth M.] and William. All, plus the father, were born in Pennsylvania [sic]. Beaver county is on the far western edge of the state, in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. New Brighton is on the East Bank of the Beaver River, about two miles from its junction with the Ohio River. "New Brighton saw early prosperity with the opening of the Pennsylvania Canal in 1834. Then, in 1836 manufacturing and industries in the area began to flourish, including flour mills, carriage works, foundries, a horseshoe-nail factory, lumber and paper mills, pottery works, brick yard and quarry, and glass companies. The success of these industries was due in large part to the abundance of water to furnish power, and the close proximity of New Brighton to the Ohio River for transporting finished products."

In the 1930 census . . .

I have a Robert Willis Hissam, a 51 year old mill worker, the son of Elijah Hissam, of Pennsylvania, and husband of Julia Winesburg, born on 13 May 1886, who died of cerebral thrombosis on 8 March 1938 in the Wheeling hospital, Ohio county, West Virginia. He was buried in the Stone Church cemetery, Elm Grove, Ohio county, West Virginia.

According to a researcher at FindAGrave.com, this was our Robert, the son of Elijah Hissam and Sarah Porter. He was born on 13 May 1886 in Coraopolis Heights, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. He died on 8 March 1938 in Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia.

"Robert was the son of Elijah and Sarah Elizabeth (Porter) Hissam. Robert served in the 158th Depot Brigade in WW I under the name of "Robert Smith"

"Anna's first husband was Robert Wilson "Willis" Hissam and her second, husband was Frank Simmions (1884 - 1968). Anna and Frank lived on a farm in Brighton Twp., Beaver Co., PA."

Their children were,
(26) Elizabeth Myrtle Hissam (1907)
(26) William Melvin H. Hissam (1909)

Or Myrtle Elizabeth. She was born on 24 March 1906. In the 1920 census of New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Aged 13. Her mother is Anna Hissam, 32, born in 1888. All, plus the father, born in Pennsylvania.

Myrtle first married Emmett E. Grimm. He died in 1966, Her second husband was a Lunger.

She died on 13 February 1987 and was buried with her first husband in the Longs Run cemetery in East Liverpool, Columbiana county, Ohio.

William Melvin Hissam, the son of Robert Wilson Hissam and Anna Roselea Harvey, was born on 24 July 1908 in Coraopolis, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.

In the 1910 census of Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania as William M. H. Hissam, 1, of Pennsylvania. He was living with his parents, Robert W. and Anna R. Hissam.

In the 1920 census of New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania as William Hissam, 11. His mother is Anna Hissam, 32, born in 1888. All, plus the father, were born in Pennsylvania.

In the 1930 census . . .

William Melvin Hissam died on 8 August 1960 in Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia and was buried in Halcyon Hills cemetery, Bethlehem, Ohio county, West Virginia.

A possible son: William Melvin Hissam (c1958) married Diane Kaye (b. 24 March 1958), the widow of William Chapman, on 5 August 1989 in Cook county, Illinois. He adopted her three children, William Timothy, Christopher Thomas, and Sarah Nicole.

Samantha Hissem, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Hissam, was born on 17 May 1854 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1860 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Samantha Hisam, 6. In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Tyler county as Samantha Hissem, 16.

In the 1880 census for Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Samantha Hissam, 24. Just below her were three grandchildren of William Hissam, Henry C., 8, Sarah F., 6, and Eliza F., 4. These I assume are Samantha's children. Note, however, that Samantha was specifically designated as single, as were none of her siblings, not widowed or divorced.

The wife of Sam Winning, a cooper by trade, who died at Sisterville. Samantha died at East Liverpool, Ohio.

The following are probably children of Samantha's and may be Winning's.

A grandson of William. He was 8 years old at the time of the 1880 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county.

A grandaughter of William. She was 6 years old at the time of the 1880 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county.

A grandaughter of William. She was 4 years old at the time of the 1880 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county.

She was born in 1859. In the 1860 census of Tyler county as Margaret Hisam, aged 1. In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Tyler county as Margaret Hissem, 10.

She married Harvey M. Weekly, a farmer living in Ritchie county, on 19 January 1874 in Tyler county, West Virginia. Could this be a cousin she married - her mother was Elizabeth Weekly? She died in 1879 in Cornwallis, Ritchie county, West Virginia.

He was born in January 1862 in Pursley, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Tyler county as Harvey Hissem, 7. In the 1880 census for Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Harvey B. Hissam, 18, living at home with his father, William, and step-mother, Frances.

Harvey B. Hissem, 28, married Georgia Venham, 22, on 21 August 1890 in Tyler county, West Virginia. The Reverend T.C. Exline officiated. Georgia was born in Pursley, West Virginia.

In the 1900 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Harvey Hissam, a 38 year old justice of the peace. Living with him were his wife, Georgia, 32 [August 1867], and children, Hazel, 7 [March 1893], Bessie, 5 [March 1895], and Margaret, 3 [May 1897]. Also living with him was his father, William, a 75 year old widower. Georgia had 5 children, 3 of whom were living. In the Lazear cemetary of Tyler county are tombstones for Lawrence Hissam, born 15 June 1899 the "s/o H.B. & Geogia 2m 6d," and Mabel Hissam, born 24 July 1891, died 16 May 1892, "d/o H.B. & Georgia."

In the 1910 census of Sisterville, Tyler county as H.B. Hissam, a 48 year old commercial travelor for a wholesale grocery. Living with him were his wife, Georgia, 43, and children, Hazel, 17, Bess, 15, Margaret, 13, Dorothy, 9, Burton, 7, and Fred, 1 1/2.

Georgia Hissam, a 44 year old housewife, died of "convulsions of heart" on 25 September 1910 in Tyler county. The Lazear cemetary of Tyler county has a tombstone for Georgia V. Hissam, but with no dates.

In the 1920 census of Akron, Ohio as Harvey J. [sic] Hissam, a 57 year old laborer in the rubber factory. He and his son, Fred, 11, were lodgers in the house of Sarah Betwer.

Harvey Butler Hissam died on 13 January 1941 in Summit county, Ohio.

Harvey and Georgia's children were,
(25) Mable Hissam (1891)
(25) Hazel Hissam (1893)
(25) Bessie Hissam (1895)
(25) Margaret Hissam (1897)
(25) Lawrence Hissam (1899)
(25) Ethel Hissam (1900), Ethel Hissam, the daughter of H.B. Hissam, Justice of the Peace, and his wife Georgia, was bron on 27 September 1900 in Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia
(25) Dorothy Hissam (1901)
(25) Harvey Burton Hissam (1903)
(25) Fred Hissam (1908)

Mable Hissam, the daughter of Harvey and Georgia Hissam, was born on 24 July 1891 in Tyler county, West Virginia. Mable Hissam, 9 months 22 days old, died in Pursley, West Virginia, on 16 May 1892. The cause of death was unknown.

Hazel Hissam, the daughter of Harvey B. Hissam, a 31 year old farmer, and Georgia Venham, a 26 year old teacher, was born on 25 March 1893 in Sistersville, West Virginia. Aunt Eunice M. Hissam signed the Delayed Certificate of Birth. In the 1900 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Hazel Hissam, 7 [March 1893]. In the 1910 census of Sisterville, Tyler county as Hazel Hissam, 17.

Hazel married Oliver Combs in about 1925. In the 1930 census as Hazel Combs, 37. Oliver was a retail furntiure buyer.

In the 1900 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Bessie Hissam, 5 [March 1895]. In the 1910 census of Sisterville, Tyler county as Bess Hissam, 15.

Margaret Hissom, the daughter of Harvey Hissom and his wife Georgia, was born on 9 May 1897 in Ludley [?], West Virginia. In the 1900 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Margaret Hissam, 3 [May 1897]. In the 1910 census of Sisterville, Tyler county as Margaret Hissam, 13.

Lawrence Hissam, the son of H.B. Hissam, a farmer, and his wife Georgia, was born on 15 June 1899 in Tyler county, West Virginia. Lawrence Hissam, the son of H.B. and Georgia Hissam, died of cholera on 21 August 1899 in Tyler county.

In the 1910 census of Sisterville, Tyler county as Dorothy Hissam, 9. In the 1930 census of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio as Dorothy Hissom, a 29 year old switchboard operator for a social agency. She was a single woman living with her sister, Hazel, and her husband, Oliver Combs.

Harvey Burton Hissam, the son of Harvey Butler Hissam, a 41 year old farmer of Pursley, West Virginia, and his wife Georgia Venham, 36, was born on 6 January 1903 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia. Mrs. Olive B. Combs, Georgia's sister, signed the birth certificate.

In the 1910 census of Sisterville, Tyler county as Burton Hissam, 7, living at home with his parents, H.B. and Georgia Hissam.

In the 1920 census . . .

Harvey Burton Hissam, 18, student, of Mogador, Summit county, Ohio, married Clara Frye, 17, also of Mogador, on 29 December 1921, in Summit, Ohio. Clara was born on 16 August 1904, the daughter of Martin S. Frye and Malinda Young. She was a student at the time of her marriage. Clara was unable to sign her marriage certificate due to "Confinement (labor terminating Pregnancy)."

In the 1930 census of Akron, Summit county, Ohio as Burton Hissam, a 27 year old supervisor in the rubber factory - that would be the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He owned a $5,000 house. Living with him were his wife, Clara, 25, and children, Richard, 8, Jimmy, 6, Marilyn, 5, Joan, 3, and Bobby [a son], 2. All the children were born in Ohio.

In the 1940 census of Akron, Summit county, Ohio as Harvey B. Hissam, a 37 year old supervisor at a rubber manufacturer. Living with him were his wife, Clara, 36, and children, Richard, 18, James, 16, Marilyn, 16, Joan, 13, Robert, 12, and Edwin, 1. Also living with them was Flora Henry, 45, a sister-in-law.

Clara died on 29 July 1983 in Summit county, Akron, Ohio. Burt died on 21 December 1987 in Stow, Ohio, at the age of 84. Their children were,
(26) Richard Eugene Hissam (1921)
(26) James "Jimmy" Donald Hissam (1923)
(26) Marilyn Louise Hissam (1924)
(26) Margaret Joan Hissam (1926)
(26) Robert "Bobby" Burton Hissam (1928)
(26) Donald Edwin Hissam (1938)

He was born on 22 December 1921 in Mogadore, Ohio, which is a suburb of Akron. In the 1930 census of Akron, Summit county, Ohio as Richard Hissam, 8.

Richard E. Hissam married Helen Rosner on 11 April 1942. She was born on 26 March 1921. Richard was living in Summit county, Ohio when he enlisted in the Army on 21 October 1942 as a Private. He was married and had one year of college education. Not surprisingly, his civilian occupation was shown as "skilled occupation in production of rubber goods," probably at the Goodyear plant.

Richard was in the Army Air Force and trained as a pilot. There was an accident report for Richard E. Hissam in the July 1943 USAAF Stateside Accident report:

"Date: 430717 [17 July 1943] / Aircraft Type: AT-10 / Serial Number: 42-2078 / Squadron: Training #6 / Group: - / Home Base: George Field, IL / AF: - / Action: BLEF [Belly Landing due to Engine Failure or Fire] / D: 3 / Pilot: Hissem, Richard E / Country: USA / US State: AR / Location: Marianna, AR

At the end of his training Richard would have received the silver wings of a flying officer and been commissioned a second lieutenant. George Army Air Field is now Mid-America Airport.

AT-10 A twin-engine aircraft used to train bomber pilots. It could carry a crew of 4. It was manufactured by the Beechcraft company of Wichita, Kansas. The plane was made of wood in an attempt to save the more valuable aluminum for warplanes. Training Squadron 6 The squadron also flew the Curtiss AT-9A, which had a crew of 2.

Richard probably flew the B-17 or B-24 during the war.

After the war he was a pharmacist, living in Indiana. He moved to Florida in 1963. He died on 23 August 2000, at the age of 78, in Seminole, Pinellas county, Florida. His obituary:

"Hissam, Richard E., 78, of Seminole, died Wednesday (Aug. 23, 2000) at Palms of Pasadena Hospital, South Pasadena. He was born in Mogadore, Ohio, and came here in 1963 from Indiana, where he was a self-employed pharmacist. He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II. He was a member of St. Jerome Catholic Church and the Sertoma. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Helen; three sons, Richard D., Longwood, William R., Gardnerville, Nev., and James M., Speedway, Ind.; two brothers, James, Louisville, Ky., and Edwin, Akron, Ohio; a sister, Joan Huffman, Elyria, Ohio; and four grandchildren. Garden Sanctuary Funeral Home, Seminole. "

"Hissam, Helen Helen R. Hissam, 92, Former resident of Speedway passed away Jan. 31, 2014 in Orlando, FL. Helen was born March 26, 1921 to Wm F and Eva M. Rosner. She was a talented artist who studied under Mr. Elmer Tafflinger, the pre-eminent artist in Indiana, and she was a talented musician as a professional Organist for many years. She married Richard E. Hissam in 1942. He preceded her in death in 2000, as did her sister MaryJo in 1999 and her great-granddaughter 2012. She is survived by her sisters Lucille and Mildred, her 3 sons Dick (Hazel) Bill (Chrystal) & Jim (Golf)." - from the Orlando Sentinel

Richard and Helen's children were,
(27) Richard Donald Hissam (1942)
(27) William Robert Hissam (1944)
(27) James Michael Hissam (1954)

The son of Richard Eugene Hissam, he was born on 29 December 1942. Or is he Richard David Hissam? Of Longwood, Florida. Longwood is a suburb of Orlando, in Seminole county. He married Hazel Croney on 05 April 1972.

He is a CFO with Tatum Partners. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from The Florida State University and is a licensed C.P.A. in the State of Florida. Their children are,
(28) Holly Lynn Hissam (1974), 14 January 1974
(28) Patrick Michael Hissam (1977), 24 May 1977, I believe he married Aran. They have two sons. They manage a foundation that honors their daughter, Briana Marie, who tragically died.

Bill Hissam was born on 5 July 1944, in Speedway, Indiana according to his Facebook page. Speedway is just west of Indianapolis. I guess this must be where the race track is located. Bill went to St. Petersburg College, Indiana University, St. Petersburg JC, and Purdue University - not in that order I assume. He was Table Games Shift Manager at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa and General Manager at Cactus Jack's Casino. There is a Bill Hissam who was president of the Carson City Gaming Association.

Now retired and living in Hemet, California. Has lived in South Lake Tahoe Las Vegas NV, Gardnerville NV, Reno NV, Hemet CA, Stateline, CA. He is married to Chrystal. Associated with Carli Michelle Fripp, Christine Ann [Surace?] and Nicholas Jeremy.

She married a Fripp.

The son of Bill Hissam and a Surace was born on 10 January 1986 in El Dorado, California. Nicholas Hissam of South Lake Tahoe now lives in Seattle, Washington and is a Sr hair stylist.

He was born on 24 September 1954. Of Speedway, Indiana.

Of Louisville, Kentucky. He was born on 28 April 1923. In the 1930 census of Akron, Summit county, Ohio as Jimmy Hissam, 6.

He married Marie Madeline Hesidence on 10 November 1944. She was born on 26 October 1922. James was an infantry solidier in Patton's 3rd Army, 87th Division during WWII and spent Christmas in Germany during the Battle of the Bulge. He must have joined the Division late because in November 1944 they were in England.

James D. Hissem is mentioned in "History of the Lambert Family from Jugenheim in Rheinhessen" by Christene Lambert Bertram. Also mentioned were Jo Anne, Lorraine and Wayne Hissam, though I don't know how, or if, they were related to James.

Of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. His obituary:

"Hisam, James D., 85, of Louisville, passed away Friday, June 13, 2008. He retired as CFO of C. Lee Cook Company after 32 years and served in the 3rd Army, 87th Division in the battle of the Bulge in World War II. He was an active member of the Kiwanis and was also involved with the Deaf Oral School. He was preceded in death by his son, Dr. James Hissam, of Savannah, GA. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, the former Marie M. Hesidence; his sons, Tom and David of Louisville, Robert of Brentwood, TN, and Donald Hissam, of Greenville, IN; 12 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. His funeral Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Albert the Great, with a private burial in Cave Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held 2-7 p.m. Monday at Ratterman's, 3711 Lexington Road. Memorial gifts may be made to St. Vincent DePaul Society." - from The Courier-Journal on 15 June 2008

Of Savanah, Georgia. The son of James D. Hissam, he was born on 30 August 1946. He graduated from Trinity High School, in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1964. This is a Catholic school. An M.D. in Family Practice. He married Prudence Valle on 14 June 1973. She was born on 25 August 1948.

He last lived at 206 Johnny Mercer Blvd, in Savannah. He took up flying and solo'ed on 5 May 2004, photo at right.

James pre-deceased his father, dying in 2006. His children are,
(28) James Anthony Hissam (c1975)
(28) Michael D. Hissam (1978)
(28) Edwin Hissam (1982)

He was born on 3 April 1975, the oldest son of James Edwin Hissam. He graduated from the Benedictine Military School and The Citadel, receiving a bachelor's degree in History Education in 1997. He served as an Army Ranger 1st Lieutenant in Vicenza, Italy. He married Christine Gail Tan on 6 July 2001 in Vicenza.

He was born on 10 January 1978 in Savannah, Georgia. A pole vaulter. He graduated from Benedictine Military High School and the University of Florida with a degree in Business Adminstration. A Michael D. Hissam is a membership chair for "Golden Gate" in the California Association of Health Underwriters. This a an organization of health and life insurance agents.

There is also a Michael Hissam who has been communications manager & regional director of Mexican operations for Delphi Electronics in Ciudad Juerez, Mexico. I don't think he fits here.

He was born on 21 December 1982. A pole vaulter. He graduated from Benedictine Military High School and attended the University of Florida as a Business major.

Of Louisville, Kentucky. He was born on 12 August 1948. He graduated from Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky in 1967. Associate Partner in IBM's Global Smart Card Solutions consulting practice / IBM Sales Executive. He married Lisa Fisher. She was born on 18 September 1957.

Thomas died on 23 February 2011. His obituary,

"Hissam, Thomas, 62, of Louisville, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, February 23, 2011.

He was a contractor and a graduate of Trinity High School.

He was preceded in death by his father, James D. Hissam; and a brother, James.

He was a loving father of Vera Hissam and William Hissam (Teneele); mother, Marie Hesidence Hissam; grandchildren, Sarah, Abby, Sam, and Eva; brothers, Bob (Jackie), Don (Mary), David, and sister-in-law, Prudence."

Their children are,
(28) Veronica Madoline Hissam (1974)
(28) William Asa Hissam (1976)

Vera. She was born on 28 September 1974. I believe she first married John W. Nemeth. She then married Charles Leitner. Of Corydon, Clarksville, and Lanesville, Indiana, and of Louisville, Kentucky. I believe she has two sons, Charles Jr. and Eddie.

William A. Hissam was born on 3 August 1976. His wife is Teneele K. Of Clarksville, Corydon and Salem, Indiana. He may have a daughter, Kate.

A Licensed Practical Nurse.

Of Brentwood, Tennessee. He was born on 25 February 1951. A Robert C. Hissam graduated from Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky in 1969. IRS Nashville District project coordinator for the Barter Exchange Project. A bio:

"Bob Hissam is a 1973 graduate of Murray State University with a B.S. in Accounting. He obtained the Certified Public Accountant certificate in 1987 and currently maintains an active status. He taught at Fisk University in 1989 & 1990. Bob has held the positions of Internal Revenue Agent, Group Manger, and Returns Program Manager in his 27 years of service with the IRS. He was selected as the Federal Employee of the Year in 1994 in the Technical area. Bob currently serves as a Revenue Agent in the Special Enforcement Program. He has served as the government's expert witness in several criminal tax trials. Bob currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee "

Of Greenville, Indiana. He was born on 8 February 1954. He graduated from Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky in 1972. A manager at the Brown-Forman Corporation, a wine and spirits company.

He was born on 22 April 1960. David A. Hissam graduated from Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky in 1978. A David A. Hissam also graduated from the University of Dayton School of Engineering in 1983.

He may work at the NASA Marshall Center in Huntsville, Alabama. A David A. Hissam, TD [Technical Director?] was one of 27 Marshall employees to receive a patent award. He did graduate work at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.

On the other hand, from a Trinity High School newsletter is this about David Hissam from the class of 1978,

"Bruce Palmer-Ball and David Hissam have formed a new partnership called Garage 360, LLC. The business is focused on organizing and remodeling garages by providing a flexible organizing system along with cabinetry, accessories and custom flooring. If you can't get your car in your garage, give them a call at 502-594-5384 or visit their Web site at www.garage-360.com."

She was born on 30 September 1924. In the 1930 census of Akron, Summit county, Ohio as Marilyn Hissam, 5. She married Harry Goodspeed on 16 November 1945.

She was born on 24 July 1926. In the 1930 census of Akron, Summit county, Ohio as Joan Hissam, 3. She married Albert G. Huffman on 4 November 1947. Of Elyria, Ohio.

He was born on 9 March 1928. In the 1930 census of Akron, Summit county, Ohio as Bobby Hissam, 2. Born in Ohio. He married Evelyn Keifer on 24 November 1948. She was born on 2 May 1929. They had one child together, a girl, Cheri - from "The Frederick Young Family" by Marialice Myers Hollinger. Cheri died on 1 November 1950, seemingly in childbirth.

Robert's second wife was Ruby Ann Light [Ruby S. Hissam?], whom he married on 4 January 1958. Robert died in January 1985 in Vienna, Virginia. This is just outside Washington, D.C. I have a Robert B. Hissam, born in 1928 and died on 12 January 1985 buried in the Union cemetery in Leesburg, Loudon county, Virginia.

Ruby continues to Virginia, locating variously at Ashburn, Leesburg and Bluemont. Ruby and her daughter, Patty, owned and operated the Bluemont General Store from 2005 to 2006.

Robert's children were,
(27) Cheri Michelle Hissam (1950), born 01 November 1950, married Edward McDavitt on 15 June 1969
(27) Patricia Lynn Hissam (1960), born 16 March 1960 in Washington, D.C., married Robert J. Stevenson on 19 March 1980. Her marriage to Robert Stevenson ended in divorce. She died on 1 December 2007, at the age of 47, of brain cancer.
(27) Cynthia Ann Hissam (1962), born 16 January 1962
(27) Jennifer Hissam (1967), born 24 February 1967, she attended Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia, class of 1986

Of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Also Macedonia, Maplewood, Garfield Heights. Donald Edwin Hissam was born on 18 July 1938. Don Edwin Hissam attended Ohio Northern University in 1961 in Ada, Ohio.

I don't know where the following fits. An Eddie Burton Hissam married Mohola Ann Coffman in 1959 in Braxton, West Virginia. They had one child I'm aware of, Alvin [also William Stanley?], who was born in 1961. I think they then divorced. Moloha went on to marry Kenneth C. Martin. In Kenneth Martin's obituary, Alvin was listed as a son of Kenneth, so apparently Moloha took her new born son with her to the new marriage.

Edwin married Bonnie Lou Rogers on 10 January 1962. She was born on 28 February 1937 in Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio. Bonnie died on 13 July 1999. Don Hissam died on October 2020. His children were,
(27) William Stanley Hissam (1958) ???, born 25 May 1958, he married Shelley Farkas. They live in Stow, Ohio. They own Rottweilers.
(27) Alvin E. Hissam (1961)
(27) Pamela Sue Hissam (1964), born 02 August 1964, she graduated from Stow High School in 1981. She married a Hoover.
(27) Kimberly Margaret Hissam (1967), born 23 December 1967, she graduated from Stow High School in 1987. She married Doug Mitchell.

Alvin E. Hissam was born on 16 November 1961 in Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio; mother's maiden name Coffman.

Of Birch River, West Virginia. He married Tonya S. Davis, the daughter of Vaughn L. Davis and Wanda Lee Martin.

Tonya S.'Tammy' Davis Hissam, 39, of Birch River, WV died suddenly May 15, 2004 at her home. She was born December 26, 1964 in Gassaway, WV. She attended the Birch River Baptist Church, Birch River, WV. She was a homemaker and a classroom volunteer at the Birch River Elementary School. She was preceded in death by her mother, Wanda Lee Martin Davis, who died April 9, 1998. She is survived by her husband, Alvin E. Hissam; one son Matthew A. Hissam of Birch River, and his fiancee Shani Bragg; her father Vaughn L. Davis of Birch River; two brothers Timothy J. Davis of Birch River and Thomas V. Davis of Sutton, WV; one sister Teresa D. Conrad of Birch River. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at Greene-Robertson Funeral Home, Sutton,WV with Rev. Gary Walker officiating. Burial was in the Cox cemetery near Birch River, WV. Memorial gifts may be made to the Birch River Baptist Church, c/o Clara Mae Given, 133 Oldwood Drive, Birch River, WV 26610." - from Braxton county, West Virginia Obituaries.

Of Birch River.

Fred Hissam, the son of H.B. and Georgia Hissam, was born on 7 November 1908 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Sisterville, Tyler county as Fred Hissam, 1 1/2. In the 1920 census of Akron, Summit county, Ohio as Fred Hissam, 11. He, and his father Harvey J. [sic] Hissam, 57, were lodgers in the house of Sarah Betwer.

I believe his middle name was Joseph. He was born on 5 October 1865 in Tyler county. In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Tyler county as Samuel Hissem, 5. In the 1880 census for Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Samuel J. Hissam, 14.

Samuel Hissam, 23, married Eunice M. Calhoun, 17, on 28 March 1889 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia. The Reverend G. W. McBride officiated.

In the 1900 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county as Samuel Hissam, a 34 yer old U.S. Postal Clerk. Living with him were his wife, Eunice M., 28 [March 1872], and children, Clare, 8 [December 1891], at school, Paul B., 5 [June 1894], and Grace, 1 [September 1898]. At this point Eunice had 8 children, of which only the 3 listed were still living. Also living with them was Samuel's in-laws, John C. Calhoun, a 66 year old steamer engineer, and Jane Calhoun, 61.

In the 1910 census of Union township, Tyler county as Samuel Hissam, a 44 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Eunice M., 38, and children, Paul B., a 15 year old farm laborer, Grace M., 11, Bernice, 9, Eugenie, 7, Ellen, 4, and Louis B., 2. Also living with him were his mother-in-law, Mrs. Jane Calhoun, a 71 year old widow.

In the 1920 census . . .

In the 1930 census of Union township as Sam Hissam, a 64 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Eunice M., 58, and children, George R., 18, and Sam J., 14.

From "The History of West Virginia, Old and New," 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 34:

"Sam Hissam is one of the older residents of the Sistersville (WV) community. In early life he was a teacher in Tyler County, then in the railway mail service, until oil development on his farm gave him private interests requiring his supervision. Mr. Hissam is still an oil producer and active farmer, and has shared in the public responsibilities of the county and is now postmaster of Sistersville."

At left is a photo of Sistersville during the second West Virginia oil boom in 1890.

"The Hissam family is of English ancestry and has been in America since Colonial times. His grandfather, Thomas Hissam, was a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he grew up, learned the trade of shoemaker but also followed farming. In Westmoreland County he married a Miss White, who was born on the ocean during a four months voyage while her parents were coming from Ireland. Shortly after his marriage Thomas Hissam moved to Tyler County, West Virginia, and lived out his life here as a farmer and worker at his trade. His son, William Hissam, was born in Tyler County in 1824, and spent all his life as an industrious farmer and was one of the respected members of his community. He died in 1907. He was a democrat and a leader in the Christian Church. His first wife was Elizabeth Weekly, who was born in Tyler County in 1834 and died in 1906. His second wife was Frances Malson, a native and life-long resident of Tyler County, and they reared a family of five children. Elizabeth Weekly Hissam was the mother of five children: Elijah C., a farmer who died at Coryopolis, Pennsylvania, in 1919, at the age of sixty-three: Samantha, who died at East Liverpool, Ohio, wife of Sam Winning, a cooper by trade, who died at Sistersville; Margaret, who died at Cornwallis in Ritchie County, West Virginia, in 1879, wife of Harvey M. Weekly, a farmer still living in Ritchie County; Harvey B., employed in a rubber factory in Akron, Ohio; and Sam."

"Sam Hissam was born on a farm a mile south of Sistersville October 5, 1865, and secured his early advantages in the rural schools, attended several summer normal schools at Sistersville and Middlebourne, and at the age of twenty- one was given his first opportunity to teach in a district school in Tyler County. Altogether he taught seven terms of country school, for one term was principal of the Middlebourne graded school, and another term was teacher of the grammar room at Sistersville. After passing the civil service examination Mr. Hissam in 1895 was appointed a substitute in the railway mail service, in 1896 was given his first regular appointment, and turned over his school to the then county superintendent, Thomas P. Hill, who finished out the term. Mr. Hill is now an attorney at Middlebourne. Mr. Hissam's first assignment was on the run between Wheeling and Garrett, Indiana, but two years later he was transferred to the Pittsburgh and Kenova Railway post office, and was on this run until he resigned May 21, 1907."

"For a number of years Mr. Hissam had owned a farm of a hundred and forty acres at Dry Run in Tyler County. This came within the area of oil prospecting, and after oil was developed on the farm Mr. Hissam sold the property in 1907, though retaining his oil royalties. A number of wells were drilled there and one is still producing. In 1907 Mr. Hissam bought another farm of two hundred and fifty acres on Middle Island Creek, six miles south of Sistersville, and he still owns and operates this property. In connection with farming he was for about two years rather extensively engaged in the lumber business, buying tracts of standing timber in Tyler County and having it cut, logged and sawed. He was in this business from 1917 until the fall of 1919."

"In 1910 Mr. Hissam was elected commissioner of the County Court, and filled that office six years with credit. August 29, 1919, he was appointed postmaster of Sistersville, his name standing first on the list of the classified civil service. In 1905 the Town Council of Sistergville appointed him assessor, an office he filled one year, and at the same time was deputy county assessor."

"Mr. Hissam is a democrat, is an elder in the Christian Church of Sistersville, a member of Sistersville Lodge No. 333, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Kiwanis Club and the Sistersville Country Club. He owns a modern home on Cemetery Road. During the war he was a participant in every drive, being a member of the committee for the first Liberty Loan drive in Union District, and district chairman of all the other loan campaigns. He was chairman of the Little Buffalo School District for the Y. M. C. A. drive, was captain of a team for the Red Cross campaigns, was a member of the Tyler County Council of Defense, and a Four Minute speaker. He and Mrs. Hissam used their car almost constantly in some of the many phases of patriotic endeavor during this period."

"March 28, 1889, at Sistersville, Mr. Hissam married Miss Eunice M. Calhoun, daughter of John C. and Jane (Dark) Calhoun. Her father, now deceased, was a steamboat engineer for many years. Her mother lives with Mr. and Mrs. Hissam. Mr. and Mrs. Hissam have an interesting family of eight children. The oldest, Paul B., was a soldier boy, and his record is given a paragraph by itself. Grace is the wife of Ira W. Moore, an oil field worker in Tyler County; Bernice is the wife of Garnett H. Hadley, an oil field worker living near Sistersville. Eugenie is the wife of Neil E. Riggs, a glass worker at Sistersville. Ellen is a student in the Sistersville High School, while the younger children are Benjamin L., born March 1, 1908; George R., born June 9, 1911, and Sam, born June 12, 1915."

His children were,
(25) Clare Hissam (1891)
(25) Paul B. Hissam (1894)
(25) Grace M. Hissam (1898)
(25) Bernice L. Hissam (1900)
(25) Gene Eugenie Hissam (1902)
(25) Ellen Hissam (1905)
(25) Benjamin Lewis Hissam (1908)
(25) George Robert Hissam (1911)
(25) Samuel Joseph Hissam (1915)

Clare Hissam, the daughter of Samuel and Emma [sic, the handwriting is obscure, more like Eucina] Hissam, was born on 12 December 1891, in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census of Lincoln townhip, Tyler county as Clare Hissam, 8 [December 1891]. She was not in subsequent census' and apparently had died young.

Paul B. Hissam [or Hissom], the son of Sam Hissam, a Druggist and Teacher, and his wife Eunice May Calhoun, of Dry Run, was born on 4 June 1894 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia.

In the 1900 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county as Paul B. Hissam, 5 [June 1894]. In the 1910 census of Union township, Tyler county as Paul B. Hissam, a 15 year old farm laborer, living at home with his parents.

Paul registered for the draft in Sistersville, Tyler county on 5 June 1917, at the age of 23. He was a single oil worker employed by the Hissam Garbyt [?] M---head [garbled]. I assume this involved working on the wellheads on his father's land. He was of medium height and build, with brown eyes and hair.

He enlisted in January 1917, before America entered the war with Germany [is it possible to register for the draft after you've enlisted?]. He was first sent to Fort Leavenworth, then to Camp Jackson and Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina, then to Camp Upton on Long Island, and in July 1918, embarked for overseas, going to France by way of England. He served in the Field Signal Corps, Second Army Corps, brigaded with the British on the San Quentin and Cambrai sectors. He remained there until the armistice was signed, and was returned home in April 1919. He was mustered out as a Corporal at Camp Dix, New Jersey.

In the 1920 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Paul B. Hissam, a 25 year old farmer. Living with him were his sisters, Grace M., 21, and Bernice L., 19.

He moved to Falcon, Kentucky where he was an assistant foreman for the Petroleum Exploration Company [of Sistersville, West Virginia]. Falcon is in Magoffin county, in eastern Kentucky, just west of the border with West Virginia. It is in the Eastern Coal Field region of the state. Coal mining remains the main industry, but "oil springs" had been discovered in the county as early as 1854. By the way, Magoffin county was the birthplace of Larry Flynt, the publisher of Hustler magazine, not something the communit is proud of.

Paul married Ruth L. She was born on 19 October 1910.

In the 1930 census . . .

A 1975 newspaper article indicated that he had a son, and that they were living in Lexington.

Paul died on 12 August 1977, at the age of 83, in Barbourville, Knox county, Kentucky. Barbourville is south of Falcon, close to the border with Tennessee, on the upper Cumberland river. It is in the Eastern Coal Field region of the state in the heart of the Blue Gem coal field. Ruth died on 17 March 1993. Both were buried at the Barbourville cemetary, in Kentucky.

"Paul B. Hissam, who was born June 4, 1894, enlisted in January, 1917, before America entered the war with Germany. He was first sent to Fort Leavenworth, then to Camp Jackson and Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina, then to Camp Tipton on Long Island, and in July, 1918, embarked for overseas, going to France by way of England. He was in the Field Signal Corps with the Second Army Corps, and was brigaded with the British on the San Quentin and Cambrai sectors. He remained there until the armistice was signed, and was returned home in April, 1919, and mustered out with the rank of corporal at Camp Dix, New Jersey. He now lives at Falcon, Kentucky, being assistant foreman for the Petroleum Exploration Company."

- from the "History of West Virginia"

Known as Sam Joe. The Barbourville High School class of 1962 includes a Samuel Joseph Hissam. I assume he was born in 1944 and was a son of Paul's, though born fairly late in Paul's life. Named for his grandfather. There is also currently a Samuel J. Hissam who is the Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 278, chartered by the Lynch Station Ruritan Club, in the Piedmont district [Lynch Station is in Virginia so this is confusing]. A 1975 newspaper article links him with Paul Hissam, his elder brother, says he has a daughter, and gives his address as Virginia.

Grace Hissem, the daughter of Samuel Hissem, a postal clerk, and his wife Eunice, was born on 14 September 1898 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census of Lincoln townhip, Tyler county as Grace Hissam, 1 [September 1898]. In the 1910 census of Union township, Tyler county as Grace M. Hissam, 11. In the 1920 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Grace M. Hissam, 21. She was living with her brother, Paul B., 25, and sister, Bernice L., 19. She married Ira W. Moore, an oil field worker in Tyler county.

Bernice Hissam, the daughter of Sam Hissam [Samuel Hissom], Mail Agent [P.O.R.R. Clerk], and his wife Eunice M. [Unis M. Calhoun], was born on 3 [4] December 1900 in Percley creek, Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Union township, Tyler county as Bernice Hissam, 9. In the 1920 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Bernice L. Hissam, 19. She was living with her brother, Paul B., 25, and sister, Grace M. Hissam, 21. She married Garnett H. Hadley, an oil field worker in Sisterville. She later married Clifton Parr. Of Bens Run, West Virginia. She died on 21 September 1990.

Known as Gene. Gene Eugenie Hissam, the daugheter of Sam Hissam, a 37 year old R.R. Mail Clerk, and Eunice M. Calhoun, a 32 year old housewife, on 8 December 1902 in Dry Run, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Union township, Tyler county Eugenie Hissam, 7. The wife of Neil E. Riggs, a glass worker at Sisterville. She died on 22 June 1988, at the age of 85, in the Sistersville General Hostipal.

"June 25, 1988
GENE HISSAM RIGGS

Gene Hissam Riggs, 85, of 102 Wiley Ave., Sistersville, died Wednesday, June 22, in Sistersville General Hospital.

She was born in Tyler County, daughter of the late Sam and Eunice Calhoun Hissam. She was a member of the Baptist Church and was a retired salesperson. She was a member of the Martha Washington Chapter of Eastern Star No. 22, the White Shrine of Marietta and the Sistersville Emblem Club.

She is survived by one son, Glenn Terrill Riggs of Paden City; one daugher, Pauline Ward of Sistersville, two granddaughters; three brothers, George Hissam of Alvy, Ben Hissam of Kissimmee, Fla and Sam Hissam of Wyoming, Mich., and one sister, Bernice Parr of Bens Run.

She was preceded in death by her husband Neil Riggs in 1983 and one daughter, Jerry Hayes.

Services will be Saturday, 10am at the Eckels Funeral Home, Sistersville, Rev. Garold Hopkins officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Sistersville."

Ellen Hissam, the daughter of Sam and Eunice M. Hissam, was born on 27 May 1905 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Union township, Tyler county as Ellen Hissam, 4. Ellen died young and was buried in the Greenwood cemetary. Her tombstone shows the dates 1906-1924.

Benjamin Lewis Hissam, the son of Sam Hissam, 46, and Eunice May Calhoun, 36, was born on 1 March 1908 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Union township, Tyler county as Louis B. Hissam, 2. I can not find him in the 1920/1930 census. I have a reference to a Benjamin Hissem who was a teacher of piano and composition around 1965. Ben L. Hissam died on 24 April 1999 in Kissimmee, Osceola county, Florida.

George Robert Hissam, the son of Sam and Eunice M. Hissam, was born on 12 June 1911 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia.

In the 1920 census . . .

In the 1930 census as George R. Hissam, 18, living at home with his parents. Of Alvy, West Virginia. He died on 13 June 1990. He was buried in the Beechwood cemetary in Tyler county. His tombstone showed dates of 12 June 1911 to 13 June 1990, and the note, "TEC 4 U.S. Army WW II." George's obituary:

"Oracle" - June 20, 1990

GEORGE R. HISSAM
Died June 13, 1990

George R. Hissam, 79, of Alma, died June 13 at the Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling.

He was born in Addonis, W.Va., a son of the late Sam and Eunice Hissam. He ws a retired maintenance supervisor at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Big Run Methodist Church, Alma.

He is survived by his wife, Freda Nichols Hissam; one sister, Bernice Parr of Ben's Run; and two brothers, Ben Hissam of Kissimimee, Fla., and Sam Hissam of Wyoming, Mich.

Services were Friday at the Furbee Funeral Home, Alma, with the Rev. Louise Baker officiating. Burial was in the Beechwood Cemetery, Alma."

Sam J. Hissam, the son of Sam and Eunice Hissam, was born on 9 June 1915 in Sistersville, Tyler couunty, West Virginia. In the 1930 census as Sam J. Hissam, 14. He died in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 14 November 1994 while living in Wyoming, Kent county, Michigan.

She was born on 10 April 1868 in Tyler, West Virginia. In the 1880 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county she, and the younger children, were listed first, with William's new wife, Francis, while the older children were listed below. I think that would normally indicate that she was the eldest child of Francis and William, but her age, 13, would have made her several years illegitimate. I think she was actually the sister of Francis Maulson Hissam rather than her daughter. Other sources agree that she was actually a Malson [Maulson], but list her as Francis' daughter nonetheless. I'm told that she "is also found as a servant in another 1880 census in the Union District of Tyler Co., as is her [twin] sister Caroline found in the Union District as a servant."

Adaline Malson married William A. [Anderson] Mikes on 30 January 1886 in Tyler county, West Virginia. She died on 18 July 1919 and was buried in the Little cemetary.

F. B. Hissem, the daughter of William Hissem, farmer, and his wife, F., was born on 8 February 1875. Aged 5 at the time of the 1880 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county.

She married George Alexander Wilson on 22 August 1894 in Shiloh, Tyler County, West Virginia. She died in Tyler county.

Bessie B. Hissam, the daughter of Frank Wright, miller, and Flora B. Hissam, was born on 2 December 1891 in Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia.

Thomas Hissem, the son of William Hissem, farmer, and his wife Francis, was born on 18 August 1878 in Coal Run, Tyler county, West Virginia. He was 2 years old at the time of the 1880 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county.

Thomas L. [not sure if this is an L or simply a flourish] Hissam married Martha Henthorn on 3 October 1896 in Friendly, Wetzel county, West Virginia. She was born in March 1872 in Ohio.

In the 1900 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Thomas Hissam, a 20 year old day laborer. Living with him were his wife, Martha, 29 [March 1872], and children, Willie, 3 [July 1896], and Rosa M., 1 [May 1899]. Martha had 4 children, of which 3 were still living. Where's the third? The 1910 census, below, indicates that this was Martha's second child.

In the 1910 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county as Thomas Hissam, a 31 year old railroad laborer. Living with him were his wife, Martha, 37, and children, William, 13, Rosa M., 11, Ella G., 7, Cora M., 6, and Laurence V., 4.

Martha died sometime between 1910 and 1918. Thomas Hissam registered for the draft on 12 September 1918, at the age of 39, in Chestnut Grove, Sistersville district, Tyler county, West Virginia. He was a laborer for E Hirston & Company in Sistersville. He listed his nearest relative as Miss Rosa May Hissam of Chestnut Grove. This would be his daughter. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

In the 1920 census of Sistersville, Tyler county as Thomas Hissom, a 40 year old laborer in a Green House. He was widowed. Living with him was his son, Lawrence V., 13.

In the 1930 census of Sistersville as Thomas Hissom, a 52 year old laborer at odd jobs. A widower. Living with him was his son, Lawrennce, a 22 year old laborer at odd jobs.

Thomas Hissam registered for the draft again in 1942. He was born on 25 August 1879 in Wetzel county, West Virginia and lived at 245 North Wells, Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia at the time of his death. He was 63 years old, working from home for a Frank Minnamyer. What kind of work he did was not shown. He listed his nearest relative as Lawrence Hissam, of Wheeling, West Virginia.

Thomas Hissam, born on 25 August 1879 in Paden City, West Virginia, the son of William Hissam and Francis Maulson, died on 11 July 1955 of nephrosclerosis at the Camden Clark hospital in Wood county, West Virginia. He was a 75 year old widower who had lived at 655 1/2 7th street, Parkersburg, West Virginia. He was buried in the Cedar Grove cemetery. Lawrence Hissam provided the information in the death certificate.

His children were,
(25) William Hissam (1896)
(25) Rosa May Hissam (1899)
(25) Ella G. Hissam (1903)
(25) Cora M. Hissam (1904)
(25) Lawrence Victor Hissam (1906)

Willie Hissam, the son of Thomas and Martha Hissam, was born on 4 July 1896 in Tyler county, West Virginia. Willie's father was a farmer.

In the 1900 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as William Hissam, 3, born in July 1896, living with his parents, Thomas and Martha Hissam. In the 1910 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county as William Hissam, 13, living with his parents, Thomas and Martha Hissam.

I haven't found any more information about William.

Rosa M. [May] Hissam, the daughter of Thomas Hissam, a laborer, and his wife Martha, was born on 29 May 1899 in Everett, Tyler county, West Virginia.

In the 1900 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Rosa M. Hissam, 1, born in May 1899. In the 1910 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county as Rosa M. Hissam, 11.

Rosa May Hissom [sic], 19, of Sistersville, West Virginia, married Walter Tuel, 19, of Fly, Monroe county, Ohio, on 11 September 1918 in Sistersville, West Virginia. Thomas Hissam wrote in the margin of the marriage certificate,

"I hereby authorize you to issue License to my daughter to marry Walter Tuel."

Rosa May Tuel, a 34 year old housewife who lived in Fly, Ohio, died of pulmonary tuberculosis on 26 June 1933 in Monroe county, Jackson county, Ohio. She was the daughter of Thomas Hissam and Mattie Henthorn, and wife of Walter Tuel. She had been under treatment for the disease since 1929. She was buried in Woodsfield, Ohio.

In the 1910 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county as Ella G. Hissam, 7.

In the 1910 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county as Cora M. Hissam, 6.

Cora Marie Hissam, 15 [!], married Walter Blade, 26, on 6 August 1919 in Wetzel county, West Virginia. Walter was born in Sweden. The Reverend Jesse G. Baugh officiated. Mrs. Walter Tuel, Cora's big sister, was one of the witnesses.

Lawrence Victor Hissam, the son of Thomas and M. Hissam, was born on 23 May 1906 in Sistersville, West Virginia.

In the 1910 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county as Laurence V. Hissam, 4. In the 1920 census of Sistersville, Tyler county as Lawrence V. Hissom, 13. In the 1930 census of Sistersville as Lawrennce Hissom, a 22 year old laborer at odd jobs.

Lawrence Hissam, 23, the son of Thomas Hissam and Mattie Henthorn, married Mary Belle Humell, 21, the daughter of Jack Humel and Belle Nolan, on 14 September 1931 in St. Marys, Tyler county, West Virginia. The Reverend Carl B. Johnson officiated.

In the 1940 census of Wheeling, West Virginia as Lawrence Hissam, 33. He resided at 2135 Main street. Residing with him were his wife, Mary, 25, and son, Jack, 4.

Lawrence served in World War II as an F1 in the U.S. Navy - from his death certificate and tombstone. An F1, or more usally F1c, was a fireman first class. A fireman worked in the engine room. A first class is a senior Petty Officer, one rank befow Chief Petty Officer.

Lawrence V. Hissam of Wheeling, Ohio, the son of Thomas Hissam and Martha Henthorn, died of stomach cancer on 1 September 1962 at the Ohio Valley General Hospital. He was a 56 year old widower, a laborer at a Tile company. He was buried in the Arlington Memorial Gardens cemetery in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

His son was,
(26) Jack Lee Hissam (1935)

Jack Lee Hissam was born on 11 August 1935 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He married Elizabeth Rose Smith in 1958. He died of coronary disease on 15 November 1999 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He was buried in Martins Ferry, Belmont, Ohio.

His son may be Richard or Richmond.

Rosy Hissam, the daughter of William Hissam, a farmer, and his wife Frances, was born on 12 June 1882 in Lincoln township, Tyler county. However, in the 1900 census of Lincoln township, Tyler county, West Virginia shows her as born in June 1880.

Rosa Hissam, 16, the daughter of William Hissam, married Jack [Jackson] Bond, 21, on 3 July 1897 in Tyler county, West Virginia. Living with them in 1900 was her mother, Frances Hissam.

Pearley Hissem, the son of Wm. Hissem, a farmer, and his wife Frances, was born on 8 November 1886 in Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia.

In the 1900 census . . .

Pearley Hissam, 23, born in Tyler county, West Virginia, married Iva M. Heldreth, 16, born in Calhoun county, West Virginia, on 2 February 1910 in Roane county, West Virginia. Both were of Walton, in Roane county. The information in the marriage certificate was provied by M.D. Heldreth, apparently Iva's father. Iva Mae was born on 16 August 1895 [she was only 15 when Charles was born!].

In the 1910 census of Lee, Calhoun county, West Virginia as PEarley [yes, the second letter appears to be capitalized] Hissam, 23, a Purifier in the Oil industry. Living with him was his wife, Iva. M.. 14. Both were born in West Virginia, as were their parents.

Pearley Hissam, a 30 year old tool dresser for the Carter Oil Company, of Bigheart, Osage county, Oklahoma, born on 8 November 1886 in West Virginia, registered for the draft in 1917. He had a wife and two children. He was of medium height and build, with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census . . .

In the 1930 census of Drumright, Creek county, Oklahoma as Perly Hissam, a 43 year old oil field driller. Living with him was his wife, Iva, 34, to whom he had been married for 20 years. Also living with them were their children, Frederick, a 19 year old welder in welding school, born in West Virginia, and Carl, 17, born in Oklahoma. His father was born in the Irish Free State [?]. His mother was born in Oklahoma.

In the 1940 census of Drumright City, Creek county, Oklahoma as Pearley E. Hissam, a 53 year old brick mason at an Oil Company. Living with him was his wife, Iva Mae, 42.

Perley Hissam died in 1957 and was buried in the Drumright North cemetery, Drumwright, Creek county, Oklahoma. Iva Mae Hissam died on 18 May 1976 in Odessa, Texas.

Perley's children were,
(25) Charles Frederick Hissam (1910)
(25) Carl Hissam (c1912)

Charles Frederick Hissam, the son of Perley E. Hissam, of Tyler county, West Virginia, and Iva Mae Heldreth, of Triplett, West Virginia, was bon on 25 December 1910 in Spencer, Rhone [Roane] county, West Virginia - from a Delayed Certificate of Birth of 8 April 1942 signed by Charles Frederick Hissam. This claim was supported by affadavits from his mother, Iva Mae Hissam, and a birth record apparently held by Donna Marie Hissam, by Dr. Hardy Cook of Longview, Texas. Roane county is southwest of Tyler county.

In the 1940 census of Mount Vernon, Jefferson county, Illinois as Fred C. Hissam, 29. Living with him were his wife, Thelma, 26, and children, Donna Marie, 4, and Wilma Joe, 2.

The son of P.E. and Thelma [or Iva?] Hissam, died on 15 June 1957 in Odessa, Ector county, Texas. This is oil country.

Donna Marie Hissam, the daughter of Charles Frederick Hissam and Thelma Mae Williams, was born on 17 June 1935. Donna first married Ronald Wayne Land. Second she married William Warren Pedersen. She died on 15 July 2013.

Mrs. Donna Marie Pedersen, age 78 of Blooming Grove passed away at Hill Regional Hospital on Monday, July 15, 2013. She was born on June 17, 1935 in Gladewater, Texas to Charles F. and Thelma Mae Hissam.

Donna was a loving mother, grandmother and sister. She lived in Odessa for many years. She attended Howard Payne University and Odessa College. She worked for many years as a Laboratory Technician at Odessa Medical Center. She was a long time member of Asbury Methodist Church in Odessa, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her parents. Donna is survived by her daughter, Lisa Fox of Austin, Texas; three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Wilma Dixon and husband, Robert of Blooming Grove, Texas.

She married Robert Dixon of Blooming Grove, Texas.

In the 1940 census as Carl Hissam, 27, of Oklahoma. At the time he was living at 521 South Pearl, Salem, Marion county, Illinois. Living with him was Zula Hissam, 27. Zula M. (Vaught) Hissam was born on 4 September 1910 and died on 28 February 1978. She was buried in the Rose Hill cemetery in Chickasha, Grady county, Oklahoma. She was buried next to her sister.

Also as Hisam, Hyssam or Heysham. Thomas J. Hissam, the son of Thomas and his first wife, Isabell, was born between 1827 and 1830 in Tyler county, West Virginia or Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Note in his application for a pension, below, he was clearly noted to be a "half-brother" of Samuel Hissam, who was the son of Thomas and his second wife, Rachel.

In the 1850 census . . . Thomas was not living with his father, Thomas.

Thomas J. Hisam was, in September 1853, a witness to the will of his cousin, Thomas Hissem. Just two weeks later Thomas J. Hisam and Abner Martin were called on to prove the will.

"I Thomas Hissem of David of Tyler county, Virginia being sick and feeble in body, but of sound mind and [garbled] memory . . . And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son David Hissem and my friend Abner Martin my executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills or testaments by me heretofore made. In testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal this 14th day of September 1853.

Signed in presents of
us as the last will
and testament of Thomas
Hissem of David

Tom Sexsmith
Thomas J. Hisam
Abner Martin"

Thomas married Wilhemina McCann on 11 August 1856.

"Thomas Heysham and Mina [Wilhemina] McCann were united in marriage in Tyler Co., VA on the 11th day of August, 1856, by B. Higgins, a Methodist minister" - per D. Hickman, Clerk, Tyler county, West Virginia

In the 1860 census of Russell Mills, Tyler county, Virginia as Thomas J. Hissam, a 33 year old miller [1827], of Pennsylvania. Living with him were his wfie, Wilhelminia, 22, and children, Theodore R., 2, and Joseph A., 3 months, all of Virginia.

Thomas served in the Civil War, a Private in Company "E" of the 10th West Virginia Infantry Volunteers. He served there with his cousin, Jesse, and half-brother, Samuel. He initially mustered at Buckhannon, in Upshur county, on 12 April 1862.

"Enrolled: February 20, 1862, at Tyler Co., to serve 3 years. Mustered in: as Corporal on April 12, 1862, at Clarksburg, WV into: Company E, 10th Infantry Regiment of WV Volunteers - commanded by: Captain L.M. Marsh."

"Pvt. Thomas J. Hissam, Tyler County, 33 [1829]. Mustered at Buckhannon April 12, 1862. Mustered out May 2, 1865.
Pvt. Jesse Hissam, Tyler County, 25 [1837]. Mustered April 12, 1862. Detailed to Quartermaster Department. Mustered out May 2, 1865.
Pvt. Samuel Hissam, Tyler County, 23 [1839]. Mustered at Camp Hartsuff Oct. 4, 1862. Detailed to division hospital."

Thomas was mustered out with his Regiment on 2 May 1865. He had been inducted with the rank of Corporal [a consequence of his age at the start of the war?] and discharged with the rank of Private. You'll read why below.

For most of the rest of his life Thomas worked as a miller and a farmer. He moved to Ritchie county, West Virginia in 1866, soon after being mustered out of the Army.

On 18 September 1869 Thomas J. Hissam, of Wood county, West Virginia, farmer, filed for an Invalid Pension, #148,212, based on his Civil War service. What follows is perhaps more than Thomas J. would like us to know about him (read also Samuel's problems below to gain a perspective on a poor family trait, gold bricking). This may also explain how Thomas ended up in the Poor House.

Thomas J. Hissem's Civil War Record:

Enrolled: February 20, 1862, at Tyler Co., to serve 3 years. Mustered in: as Corporal on April 12, 1862, at Clarksburg, WV into: Company E, 10th Infantry Regiment of WV Volunteers - commanded by: Captain L.M. Marsh. Company was first recruited by Dr. T.M. Harris of Glenville, WV; and after it's organization in May , 1862, until June, 1864, it's service was mostly in West Virginia/Virginia. Henry B. Pitzer - Sergeant of company.

After traveling from the valley of VA - to Deep Bottom, VA, being in Winchester, VA Aug. 17; Battle of Opequan, Winchester, Sept. 19; Fisher's Hill Sept. 22; Cedar Creek Oct. 13; Battle of Cedar Creek Oct. 19; followed by duty in Shenandoah Valley until December. Moved to Washington DC, Dec. 19-20, thence to Bermuda Hundred Dec. 20-23. Duty in the trenches north of James River until March 1865. Appomattox Campaign from March 28-April 9, 1865.

While setting up camp for winter quarters in Deep Bottom Landing (north side of James River), VA, about December 6, 1864, Thomas, assisted by Hezakiah Garrison/Garritson, "was in the act of throwing a wet tent cloth over a ridge pole (8 ft. high) around noon; and in surging, straining and stretching myself, ruptured my stomach" resulting in a ventral hernia producing a rupture of the lower, center stomach ("making a hole large enough to insert his finger"). Lt. David Patterson (who had known him 20 years prior to enlistment - raised in same Tyler Co. neighborhood) was called immediately following injury and he was first examined (within 15 minutes) by Dr. J.R. Blair, Surgeon, (pronouncing the injury a "tumor"). Per Lt. D. Patterson: "he was whiny, but he was a good enough soldier. I never knew him to act dishonest". Per Noah Booker (camp mate): "The only thing I knew is sometimes he'd complain of the duty being too heavy ___ of doing more than his share, or something. So far as I knew him, I couldn't say anything about his honesty". Per Pharoah Booker - "Did not know him prior to enlistment. Have no recollection that he was complainer of anything special, he was generally complaining that he was not able for duty. He was old and ____ and very few of the boys ever had anything to say to him and he was always complaining and attending sick call so as to get excused from duty". The following morning he was admitted to the Field A.C. Hospital for one night before Richmond, Jan. 24, 1865 ("with tumor") and transferred Jan. 26, 1865, to Hospital at Point of Rocks, VA for 6 weeks before returning to his command. "Now unable to lift or perform manual labor so as to earn a living". Per Dr. E.D. Safford: "He states his is unable to conduct the ordinary operation of his farm, particularly in hot weather". Noted by various physicians as from 1/4 to 3/4 incapacitated (maybe/not permanent or incurable) for obtaining his subsistence by manual labor. Subsequently examined by: Dr. Hunt of Tyler Co., Dr. J.R. Loury? of Ritchie Co., and Dr. Martin of Cairo. Following injury, did some cooking and was not compelled to do manual labor. Was allowed to ride in ambulance or wagon and not made to walk. Per Samuel Hissam (b. 1839 - lived 4 miles from Long Reach, Tyler Co. in 1885) - a "half-brother" who drove the medical wagon for Dr. Blair and was placed in charge of wagon team as teamster. Attached to Battery "B", Dec. 27, 1863.

Appoints: Barna Powell of Parkersburg, WV as his attorneys - per verbal contract: to pay attorneys $25 if pension was received; nothing if not. Per various depositions: many knew of no injury received while in service. Post Master wrote July 1885, "Not wishing to do any one the least injury or prevent them getting all they should have in way of pensions, but in candor I must say that Thomas J. Hissem is of rather a low type of manhood, being lazy, trifling. And though I know nothing positive as to truthfulness, I should not like to vouch for it. Respectfully, D.M. Sharpnack, P.M.".

Treated by Dr. Joseph Hurt (family physician) of Tyler Co. for a fever, while at home on furlough in the summer of 1863.

Station of company Dec. 31, 1864 - Bermuda Hundred. Regiment was stationed at Camp Russell, VA - Dec. 10, 1864.

Discharged: mustered out with his company May 2, 1865, in Richmond, VA - no evidence of disability. Sent to Wheeling, WV for pay. Then came down Ohio River, along with Allen Riggs and Jesse Tuttle preeviously lived near Jesse Tuttle (company musician) in Tyler Co. - knew him for abt. 30 years), to Matamoras, Ohio; then getting off boat, came across country home - or - per Thomas Weekly: got off boat at Sisterville, Tyler Co.

Treated by Dr. J.R. Long/Loury for congestion of lungs around 1878-9.

Treated by Dr. E.D.J. B...., physician at Poor House of Wood Co., from July 19 - 23, 1885, for phlegmorous (mucus) Erysipelas (St. Anthony's Fire: a severe infectious disease in which the skin becomes swollen and inflamed - caused by a streptococcal organism); of which disease he died. "It first appeared in the mouth, near a carious molar tooth, and soon developed in face and head with deep ulceration at angle of maxillar (upper jaw) inferious. The symptom was accompanied with burning sensation, fever, nausea, etc."

In the 1870 census of the Harrisonville West post office, Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Thomas J. Hisam, a 51 year old farmer [1819], born in Virginia. Living with him were his wife, Williamina M., 40, and children, Theodore, 13, Joseph A., 11, Thomas J. Jr., 7, Phillip S., 4, and Emma J., 2.

In the 1880 census . . .

Thomas Hisam, 65, died of erysipeles [a bacterial skin infection] on 25 July 1885 in the Poor House in Davisville, Wood county, West Virginia. The Poor House, or in some cases a Poor Farm, represented the institutional charity of the county. It was the duty of the Poor House overseer to see that the poor were supplied with necessary food and clothing and that they received proper medical attention. Able-bodied paupers were hired out to responsible citizens for their board and keep, in exchange for the work they were able to do. School-age children were required to attend school. Management of the Poor Houses was often haphazard and reports of maltreatment were occasionally confirmed.

In the 1890 Veterans Schedules of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virgina as Willow [garbled, but this undoubtedly refers to Williamina] M. Hyssam, widow of Thomas J. Hyssam, Private, Company E, 10th Regiment, WV, Inf, Enlisted: 20 Feb 1862, Discharged: 2 May 1865, Length of Service: 3 years, 2 months, and 12 days.

See Ancestors of Jean Moore for more.

His children were,
(24) Theodore R. Hissam (1858)
(24) Joseph Abner Hissam (1860)
(24) Thomas S. Hissam (1863)
(24) Phillip S. Hissam (1866)
(24) Emma J. Hissam (1868)
(24) John Wesley Hissam (1875)
(24) Calvin W. Hissam (1883)

Theodore R. Hissem [sic], the son of Thomas Hissem, a sawyer, and Wilemina Hissem, was born on 3 March 1858 in Tyler county, West Virginia.

In the 1860 census of Russells Mills, Tyler county, Virginia as Theodore R. Hisam, 2, living with his parents, Thomas J. and Wilhelmina. In the 1870 census of the Harrisonville West post office, Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Theodore Hisam, 13, living with his parents, Thomas J. and Willow M.

In the 1880 census . . .

Joseph Abner Hissam was born on 29 April 1860 in Tyler county - from his death certificate. In the 1860 census of Russells Mills, Tyler county, Virginia as Joseph A. Hissam, 3 months. In the 1870 census of the Harrisonville West post office, Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Joseph A. Hisam, 11.

In the 1880 census . . .

Joseph was the first member of this family to change the spelling from Hissam to Hissem, per his granddaughter, Leslie. He worked for the oil companies all of his life.

Joseph A. Hissem married Clara V. Lamasters on 23 June 1886 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. She was born in 1865. They had one child, born out of wedlock seemingly, then she apparently died because next, on 4 June 1893 at the age of 32, Joseph married Clara M. [Myrtle] Marshall in [Pike township] Ritchie county, West Virginia. She was 18, born on 23 January 1875 in Ritchie county. All the children listed below are with his second wife.

At the time of his son John Benton's birth in 1895, he lived in Goose Creek.

In the 1900 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Joseph A. Hissem, a 39 year old plumber (gas}. Living with him were his wife, Clara, 35 [January 1865], and children, Clarence, 6 [March 1894], John, 4 [October 1895], and Clyde, 2 [January 1898].

In the 1910 census of Grant township as Joseph A. Hissem, a 50 year old rig carpenter in the oil fields. It is clearly indicated that this was his second marriage. Living with him were his wife, Clara, 35, and children, Clarence, a 16 year old laborer with the B&O Lestion [Section?], John, 14, Clyde, 12, Raymond, 8, and Walter, 3.

In the 1920 census of of Grant township as Joseph Hissem, a 59 year old stillman at the oil refinery. Living with him were his wife, Clara, 44, and son, Walter S., 13.

In the 1930 census of Paw Paw, Marion county, West Virginia as as Joseph Hissem, a 69 year old proprietor of a road house. Living with him were his wife, Clara M., 55, and his son, Walter S., a 22 year old laborer at odd jobs.

Joseph Abner Hissem, the son of Thomas Hissem and the husband of Clara, died on 27 March 1947 in Rivesville, Marion county, West Virginia. He was 86 years 10 months and 27 days old, a gas worker - from the West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973. Clara died in 1975. Joseph's tombstone, below

Joseph's children with Clara V. Lamaster was,
(25) Thomas Hissem (1886)

Joseph's children with Clara M. Marshall were,
(25) Clarence M. Hissem (1894)
(25) John Benton Hissem (1895)
(25) Clyde Willis Hissem (1897)
(25) Raymond Harold Hissem (1900)
(25) Walter Scott Hissem (1907)

Thomas Hissem, the son of Joseph and Clara Hissem, was born in Ritchie county, West Virginia - per his marriage certificate.

In the 1900 census of Walker township, Wood county, West Virginia as Thomas Hissem, 14 [January 1886]. He was listed as a grandson of Barbara Lamaster, a 60 year old widow [December 1839], who was the head of the household. I suspect that Thomas and his step-mother had a falling-out and it was thought wisest to have Thomas' grandmother raise the boy until he could go out on his own. Barbara was probably the widow of Elias Lemasters, in the 1880 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census Barbara had a daughter, Mary E. Maslow, a 22 year old married woman [February 1878], with 1 living child, Lucy M. Maslow, 1 [December 1898]. Barbara's son, George E., was also living in the house with his two children, Joseph and Blanche. He was, perhaps, a surrogate father for Thomas. These two children of Barbara's match with the 1880 census. However, I don't find Clara in that earlier census. Note that Thomas was born 6 months before his parents were married.

Thomas Hissem, 22 [1883] , the son of Joseph and Clara Hissem, married Vella May Robinson, 21, the daughter of Thomas and Lora Robinson, on 2 October 1905 in Harrison county, West Virginia.

In the 1910 census of Clay township, Harrison county, West Virginia as Thomas Hissam, a 25 year old coal miner. He was of West Virginia, as were his parents. Living with him was his wife, Vella, 24, and sons Russel R., 3, and Boyd B., 8/12. Thomas and Vella had been married for 4 years.

Thomas Hissem registered for the draft on 12 September 1918. He was born on 6 January 1885 [sic], probably in West Virginia. He was 33 years old at the time of the draft, a motorman working for the Mahoning Valley Street Railway company. His nearest relative was his wife, Mrs. Belle May Hissem. He was living at 1212 Rigby street, Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio. He was described as of medium height and slender build, with brown eyes and hair.

In the 1920 census of Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio as Thomas Hissem, a 34 year old motor man in a street car. Living with him was his wife, Lella, 29, and children, Russell, 13, and William, 7. All were born in West Virginia. Are Vella, of 1910, Belle of 1918, and Lella, of 1920, the same woman; one who lies about her age?

In the 1930 census . . .

I have a tombstone for a Thomas Hissem who was born in 1887 and died in 1958. He was buried in the Arlington Memorial Gardens cemetery in Mount Healthy [?], Hamilton county, Ohio.

Thomas' children were,
(26) Russell R. Hissem (1906)
(26) Boyd B. Hissem (1909)
(26) William L. Hissem (1912)

Russell Robinson Hissem, the son of Thomas Hissem [shown as Hissum] and Vella Robinson, was born on 5 November 1906 in Gypsy, Harrison county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Clay township, Harrison county, West Virginia as Russel R. Hissam, 3. In the 1920 census of Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio as Russell Hissem, 13, born in West Virginia.

In the 1930 census . . .

Russell Hissem died on 27 December 1989 in Richmond, Chesterfield county, Virginia.

Boyd B. Hissam, the son of Thomas Hissam [shown as Hissum] and Vella Robinson, was born on 2 September 1910 in Gypsy, Harrison county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Clay township, Harrison county, West Virginia as Boyd B. Hissam, 8/12. He apparently died young.

Boyd B. Hissum, 13 months old, died of spinal meningitis on 26 October 1909 [must be 1911].

William L. Hissem was born in West Virginia on 12 October 1912. In the 1920 census of Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio as William Hissem, 7, born in West Virginia.

In the 1930 census . . .

While living in Mahoning county, Ohio he enlisted in the Army as a Private on 4 November 1943 at Cleveland. He had two years of High School and was classified as a ship fitter or boring mill operator. He was married. He died on 21 July 1994 at the age of 81 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward county, Florida.

Clarence Hissem, the son of Joseph A. Hissem, a laborer, and his wife Clara, was born on 19 March 1894 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Clarence Hissem, 6 [March 1894]. In the 1910 census of Grant township as Clarence Hissem, a 16 year old laborer with the B&O Lestion [Section?]. This apparently has something to do with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, of Monopoly fame.

He registered for the draft as Clarence M. Hissem on 6 May 1917 in Ritchie county, West Virginia, at the age of 23. He was single and living in Cairo at the time, working for the Goodyear Tire company in Akron as a rubber worker. He was tall, with a medium build, with brown eyes and hair. He served in the Army during World War I, but there is no record of where.

After the war he moved to Florida. In 1919 he married Doris Odel [last name unknown]. Clarence was 25 and Doris 19. Doris was born on 27 January 1900 in Indiana. In the 1920 censu of Miami, Dade county, Florida as Clarence Hissam, a 25 year old government mail clerk. Living with him was his wife, Doris, 20.

In the 1930 census of Miami, Dade county, Florida as Clarence Hissem, a 36 year old superintendent of the post office, residing on 37th Avenue. Living with him were his wife, Doris, 30, and his daughter, Helen, 9. Helen was born in Florida. Clarence owned his own home, which was valued at $3,000. He also owned a radio. He did not attend college. He was a veteran of World War 1.

"After thirty seven years Postal Service, Clarence M. Hissem, Supt. of Riverside Station is retiring to devote his time to beautiful flower gardens. Mr. Hissem was appointed a Supervisor thirty three years ago, holding positions of Supt. Allapattah Br. [Fl], Coral Gables Br. [Fl] and Riverside Sta. [Ga]" - from "The Postal Supervisor" of 1956

Doris died on 26 December 1981 in Volusia county, Florida at the age of 81. Clarence died on 18 September 1986 in Miami, Florida [or in Volusia county?], at the age of 92. His daughter was,
(26) Helen Hissem (1921)

She was born in Florida in about 1921.

John Hissam, the son of J.A. and Clara Hissam, of Goose Creek, was born on 3 October 1895 in Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as John Hissem, 4 [October 1895]. In the 1910 census of Grant township as John Hissem, 14, still living at home.

I don't know where else the following can fit. Apparently John, only 18, married a Sylvia and had a single child, otherwise unknown, in Hancock county, West Virginia.

"7-18-13 Hissam, ____ Chester John Hissam Chester Sylvia Hissam J.L. Pyle Physician" - from West Virginia Vital Research Records

John B. Hissem, 21, married Goldie E. Cantwell, 17, both of Cairo, on 28 April 1917 in Cairo, Ritchie county. The Reverand Ellis M. Rittenhouse officiated.

John Benton Hissem, 22, registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Ritchie county. He was married and had a child, a boy [that was quick!]. He was described as tall, with a medium build, brown eyes and dark hair. He was a laborer working for the Warner Gouinilar [garbled] Asphalt company of Cairo, West Virginia.

In the 1920 census . . .

In the 1930 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as John Hissem, a 34 year old 'feeder' in the Silk mills. Living with him were his wife, Goldie, 30, and children, Wilford, 12, Wayne, 11, Charles, 9, Inez, 8, Robert, 7, Joseph, 4 11/12, and Ival [?], 1 2/12.

John Benton Hissem again registered for the draft in 1942. He was working for the American Viscose Corporation of Parkersburg, West Virginia.

John Hissem, who was born on 3 October 1895, died on 14 September 1967 in Petroleum, Ritchie county, West Virginia and was buried in the Elfritz cemetery.

Goldie died in 1979. Her obituary from 3 May 1979:

Mrs. Goldie Hissem

Mrs. Goldie Hissem, 79, of Rt. 1, Cairo, died last Wednesday morning in St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg.

Mrs. Hissem was born in Cairo, a daughter of the late William H. and Clara Dotson Cantwell. She was a member of the Goose Creek Baptist Church.

Surviving are four sons, Wilfred L. Hissem of New Cumberland, Charles B. Hissem of Glendora, N.J., Robert E. and Joseph H. Hissem, both of Youngstown, O.; four daughters, Inez Hayes of Cairo, Mary Lou Swisher of Cairo, Ival Wagoner of New Cumberland; a brother, Dale Cantwell of Rt. 1, Cairo; a sister, Bessie Parks of Rt. 1, Cairo; 25 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John B. Hissem; one son and six brothers.

Or Wilfred. Known as Buck. Wilford L. Hissem was born on 15 May 1917, that is, the month after his parents were married.

In the 1920 census . . .

In the 1930 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Wilford Hissem, 12.

Wilfred L. Hissem, who was born in 1917 in West Virginia, enlisted in the Army as a Private on 13 November 1941 at Huntington, West Virginia. He had one year of High School and was classified as a tractor or truck driver. He was single.

He married Betty Rose Wagoner. Betty, the daughter of Perry Francis Wagoner and Lenora O. Davis, was born on 21 June 1926 in Ritchie county.

Wilford L. Hissem died on 10 November 1979 and was buried in the New Cumberland cemetary, in Hancock county, West Virginia. Betty died on 20 March 2001 and was buried in the New Cumberland cemetary.

He was born on 20 June 1918.

In the 1920 census . . .

In the 1930 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Wayne Hissem, 11.

Wayne N. Hissem, of Ritchie county, West Virginia, enlisted in the Army as a Private on 17 June 1941 in Clarksburg West, Virginia. He had a grammar school education. He was single.

He married Lorrain E. Phillips of Harrisville, West Virginia. She was born on 2 October 1928, near Cairo, in Ritchie County. She owned and operated the former Lighthouse Restaurant in Cairo and was a graduate of Cairo High School. She was a member of the Goose Creek Baptist Church and served many years as the Sunday School superintendent. Wayne died on 4 September 1977 in Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. Lorraine, then living in Goose Creek, Cairo, died on 30 October 2002, in Parkersburg, at the age of 74.

I think he may have been known as Nelson Wayne Hissem.

Their children were,
(27) Gary Benton Hissem (1951)
(27) James D. Hissem
(27) Wayne Hissem Jr. (1949)
(27) William Harvey Hissem
(27) Rebecca Hissem
(27) Pamela Hissem

I also have a Chris Hissem, who is a grandson of Wayne and Lorraine, and a Ryan Hissem, also a grandson of Wayne and Lorraine who died young. I don't know which of the children, below, they belong to.

He married Doris L. From his obituary:

"Lt. Gary B. Hissem, 45, of South Summit street, Harrisville, West Virginia, died Thursday, 3 October 1996 in Petroleum, West Virginia. He was born in Harrisville, Ritchie County. Married to Wanda L. Mitchell. He was a lieutenant with the Ritchie County Sheriff's Department, had served in various capacities in law enforcement for the past 20 years, and was cited for meritorious and faithful service on numerous occasions. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was a member of the WV Deputy Sheriff's Association and the Goose Creek Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife, Wanda L. Mitchell Hissem; a son, Gary B. Hissem, Jr., of Harrisville; a stepdaughter, Angel D. Ross of Harrisville; three brothers, Jim Hissem of Salem, WV, Wayne Hissem of San Diego, CA, and William Hissem of Cairo, WV; two sisters, Becky Carder of Cairo, and Pamela Forshey of Waverly, WV; and several nieces and nephews."

Of Salem, West Virginia. There is a Dr. James Hissem, DDS in Salem. He married JoAnne Lambert. Both appear to be WVU graduates, Jim with a DDS in 1975 and JoAnne with a BS in 1973. They raise Tennessee walking horses and miniature horses. From the website of West Virginia University School of Dentristry Faculty and Staff:

"Jimmie D. Hissem, DDS
Salem, WV

Hello, I am Jimmie Hissem and I graduated West Virginia University School of Dentistry in 1975.

My office address is Route 1 Box 75-2, PO Box 71, Salem, WV 26426 and the office phone number is (304) 782-3393. There are 5 operatories, a lab, sterilization area, and employee lounge. The operatories have standard units and x-ray equipment and a computerized office. There is 1 hygienist, 1 office personnel and 2 assistants. They are trained on site with 20 years experience. We work a 4 day week, practice sit down dentistry to a point and provide basic restorative care. We cannot accept left handed students.

Salem has a rural population of approximately 2000. We serve Harrison, Doddridge, Tyler and Ritchie Counties and surrounding areas.

My personal philosophy is to be ethical, present all options. The patient makes decisions of treatment based on their financial resources.

To reach our office take I-79 South, right onto US 50W(Clarksburg) 10 miles; take Salem Road Exit (left turn), office is 100 years off exit in medical complex on right. The distance from Morgantown is 60 miles and should take 1 hour. My e-mail address is jhissem@verizon.net."

I place James here only because he attended West Virginia Universtiy, like Jim above. "HISSOM, JAMES PRESTON. "World and Being in Wordsworth's Prelude."" An unpublished doctoral dissertation, West Virginia Univeristy, 1984.

He was born on 11 January 1949. Of Ramona, San Diego county, California. He is married to Jacky [Estes?]. Wayne was a GMG3 in the US Navy onboard DD-945 in 1969-1970. 760 789 3042. He died on 1 January 2012. His obituary,

Wayne Nelson Hissem Jr., 62, of Ramoma, CA, died at home on January 1, 2012, after a one-year battle with lung cancer. Wayne was born in Harrisville, West Virginia, on January 11, 1949, to Wayne Nelson Hissem Sr. and Evelyn Lorraine Phillips Hissem. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and served 24 years, retiring as a Chief Gunner's Mate. After military retirement, Wayne worked for 17 years as an inspector for the San Diego Country Estates Association.

In addition to his parents, Wayne was preceded in death by two brothers, Gary B. Hissem and William H. Hissem, and his son, Ryan Hissem. Survivors include his wife, Jacquelynn Joy Hissem of Ramona; son, Scott Wayne Hissem of Sacramento; brother, James D. Hissem of Salem, WV; two sisters, Becky L. Carder of Cairo, WV, and Pamela S. Forshey of Waverly, WV; and several nieces and nephews."

His children are,
(28) Ryan Hissem (c1977)
(28) Scott Wayne Hissem (1979)

He died before 2012.

There is a Scott Wayne Hissem who was born in San Diego, California on 6 October 1979. His mother was an Estes. I believe he wrote the following at Ancestry.com.

Scott Hissem: "i have family in west virginia with the name hissem. they reside in cairo in ritchie county, my grandfathers name is nelson wayne hissem. i hope this helps...i can not find any info for my family, we may be related, do you have info???"

Of Cairo, West Virginia. He was born on 27 November 1951. His obituary,

"William Harvey Hissem

William H. Hissem, 59, of Cairo, died July 27, 2011, at Louis A. Johnson Medical Center, Clarksburg.

He was born Nov. 27, 1951 in Harrisville, the son of the late Wayne Nelson and Evelyn Lorraine Phillips Hissem. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. He worked as transportation director for the Ritchie County Integrated Family Services and was a member of Goose Creek Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Janice E. Rollins Hissem; brothers, Dr. J.D. Hissem of Salem and Wayne Nelson Hissem of Ramona, Calif.; sisters, Becky L. Carder of Cairo and Pamela S. Forshey of Waverly; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Gary B. Hissem.

Memorial services will be held 4 p.m. Saturday at Raiguel Funeral Home, Cairo with Rev. Doug Guinn officiating. Friends may visit with the family from 3-4 p.m." - from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel of 29 July 2011

Of Cairo. She married a Carter.

Of Waverly, West Virginia. She married a Forshey.

Charles Bernard Hissem was born on 15 February 1920. In the 1930 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Charles, 9.

In the 1940 census . . .

Charles was a veteran, an MM1 in the Navy, serving from 18 April 1946 to 10 April 1961. An MM is a Machinists Mate. They operate and maintain steam turbines and reduction gears used for ship propulsion and auxiliary machinery such as turbogenerators, pumps and oil purifiers. They also maintain auxiliary machinery outside of main machinery spaces, such as electrohydraulic steering engines and elevators, refrigeration plants, air conditioning systems and desalinization plants.

Charles married Henrietta Pearl Hess.

His last known address was Route 2, Box 127 Grafton, West Virginia. He died on 25 December 1990 and was buried in the West Virginia National cemetary, Grafton, Taylor county, Plot 2, 0, 609. Henrietta died on 22 September 2017. Her obituary,

"Henrietta Pearl Hissem, 96, of Cairo, W. Va., passed away, Sept. 22, 2017, at her residence.

She was born June 3, 1921, in Wexford County, a daughter of the late Grant Darwin Hess and Henrietta Dee Thompson Hess.

She is survived by three sons, Charles B. Hissem, Jr. (Eve) of Glassboro, N.J., Grant John Hissem of Cairo, W. Va. and Daniel Herbert Hissem of Runnemede, N.J.; one sister, Mary Louise Straubel of Honor; seven grandsons; two great granddaughters; sister in law, Genevieve Hess of Plant City, Fla.; companion, Wayne Biss, along with many other nieces and nephews.

She was a proud veteran of the United States navy during World War II. She retired from the Defense Supply Agency at Philadelphia, Pa., as a Procurement Agent. She was Lutheran by faith and attended Goose Creek Baptist Church, Cairo, W. Va. She was a member of the VFW 5108 of Marietta, Ohio, where she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary and the VFW Motorcycle Club. She was a graduate of Manistee High School with the class of 1939.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Bernar Hissem in 1990; sister, Mabel Stoops in 1985; brother, Willem Hess in 1998; sister, Rose Marie Hanks in 2005 and brother, Perry Hess in 2013."

Their children,
(27) Charles B. Hissem, Jr. (c1950) (Eve) of Glassboro, N.J.
(27) Grant John Hissem (c1953) of Cairo, W. Va., born on 29 November 1953. "Mar 13, 1975 - Ruoff-Hissem. Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Susan Eileen Ruoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Ruoff of Cherry Hill, to Mr. Grant John Hissem. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Hissem of Glendora. The wedding will take place in October."
- (28) Joshua Charles Hissem (1989), born 10 March 1989
(27) Daniel Herbert Hissem (c1955) of Runnemede, N.J. His wife may be Marianne R. Delacourt or Patricia Fiore. He may have sons,
- (28) Zachary Nicholas Hissem (1989)
- (28) Kevin J. Hissem (1991), born 23 September 1991

In the 1930 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Inez Hissem, 8. An Inez L. Hissem, 47, married Fort B. Means, 52, on 11 April 1969 in McLennan county, Texas.

A Robert E. Hissem was born on 12 June 1923. In the 1930 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Robert Hissem, 7. He married Ruth A. on 7 July 1951. Ruth was born on 18 February 1920. Robert died on 18 February 1990 and was buried in the Cairo IOOF cemetery. Ruth died on 25 November 2004.

Joseph Henry Hissem was named for his grandfather. Joseph H. Hissem was born on 20 October 1925 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1930 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Joseph Hissem, 4 11/12.

Joseph Henry Hissem, 28, of Cairo, West Virginia, the son of John Hissem and Goldie Cantwell, married Doris Fay Wagoner, 19, the daughter of Perry Wagoner and Lenora Davis, on 5 September 1953 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. Captain Burl D. Wyatt, of the Salvation Army, officiated. Doris was born on 23 February 1934 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. Note that Doris' elder sister, Betty, married Joseph's elder brother, Wilford, above.

Joseph H. Hissem died on 23 December 1982 in Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio. Their children were,
(27) Peggy Hissem (1954), she was born in 1954 and died on 6 September, 1961 in Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio
(27) David A. Hissem (1957)
(27) Mark Edward Hissem (1962)
(27) Judy A. Hissem (c1964), she married a Gonzalez
(27) Diane L. Hissem (1966), of Youngstown and North Lima, Ohio, now lives in Fort Myers, Florida

David was born on 18 August 1957. He resides in Walbridge, Wood county, Ohio; this is southeast of Toledo.

Mark Edward Hissem was born on 28 March 1962 in Ohio. He lived in Youngstown, Rocky River, and Stahlstown, Ohio. He married Georgine Stupar. He now lives in Fort Myers, Florida.

His children were,
-(28) Kevin T. Hissem, married Courtney, has two children, a newly designated Captain in the US Army, Executive Officer of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry, based at Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia
-(28) Kyle J. Hissem, 6'6" 185# kickboxer or cage fighter, age 24, out of Ohio. That's what they call a "long drink of water." Of Lena lane, Cleveland, Ohio. Related to Kevin T. Hissem and Mark Edward Hissem.
-(28) Dolores F. Hissem, she married a Feliciano, of Lakewood, Ohio

Ival L. Hissem was born on 20 June 1928. In the 1930 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Ival [?] Hissem, 1 2/12. She married John F. Wagoner. She died on 5 February 1989 and was buried in the New Cumberland cemetary, New Cumberland, West Virginia. John followed her on 8 April 1989.

Clyde W. Hissem was born on 6 Janaury 1897 in Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Clyde Hissem, 2 [January 1898]. In the 1910 census of Grant township as Clyde Hissem, 12.

In the 1920 census as Clyde W. [H in Ancestry.com] Hissem, he was a 22 year old Marine, living at the Marine Barracks Quantico, in Dumfries, Prince William county, Virginia. This is just south of the Washington D.C. complex.

He married Helen "Ellen" Irene Cunningham on 13 July 1921. She was born on 24 August 1901.

Clyde became a state police trooper.

"Department of Public Safety
. . .
C. W. Hissom, Private, salary prt month . . . 27.50" - from "Audit Report, Audit of the Finances of the State of West Virginia" 1921

"C. W. Hissem, Private, salary 12 months . . . 1,188.33" - from "Public Documents of West Virginia" of 1922

In 1930 census of Keyser township, Mineral county, West Virginia as Clyde Hissem, a 31 year old state policeman. Living with him were his wife, Ellen, 28, and children, Allen, 7, Betty, 1 2/12, and Margaret, 2/12.

Clyde remained a state trooper until at least 1935.

Clyde W. Hissem - Trooper - Charleston. "The investigation was conducted by Sergeant WC Huff and Trooper CW Hissem, in company with Mr. JJ Massey, assistant Fire Marshal. They arrived at the scene of the fire about an hour and a half after it had been discovered." - from "Report of the Deparment of Public Safety (West Virginia State Police)" of 1932

"The two were placed in jail by Trooper C W Hissom, who said that several . . ." - from "The Charleston Daily Mail" of 6 November 1933

"C. W. Hissom, a member of the Department of Public Safety, was permitted to testify for the state that he went to the Longenette home in company with two other . . ." - from the State v. Corbin, W. Va 1936 / Casetext

Clyde Willis Hissem, far left side, in his State Patrol Uniform

In 1935 Clyde became a member of the US Alcohol Tax Unit of the U.S. Treasury Department.

"Clarksburg Liquor Agent Is Appointed
C. W. Hissem, of Clarksburg, was appointed Thursday an investigator ' for the federal alcohol tax unit and was assigned to . . ." - from "The Charleston Daily Mail" of 20 December 1934

The images are not of Clyde, but are revenuers of the hills.

In the post-war period he was kept busy finding and destroying German and Japanese firearms brought into the state by ex-soldiers. Ellen died on 15 June 1972 in Huntington, Cabell county, West Virginia. Clyde died on 25 June 1974 in Huntington. Their children were,
(26) Lieutenant Colonel Alan Howard Hissem (1922)
(26) Betty Hissem (1929)
(26) Margaret J. Hissem (1930)

Alan was born on 6 July 1922 in Huntington, Randolph county, West Virginia. He was 7 years old at the time of the 1930 census.

At the outbreak of World War II Alan was 19 years old and would serve, eventually, as a Navigator in an Air Force bomber. Looking at the records of another Navigator of the same age from this period, even if Alan had gone to sign up right after the war began, he might have spent many months in school before being called up. The military, though desperate for men, were not ready to receive them, especially in those fields requiring extensive technical training, like aviation. See Navigating Through World War II for one Navigator's story of the war years.

Alan would have received basic military training, probably at a local college, and aviation ground school, then been sent to one of the many new training fields that were being built across the southern tier of the nation for his aerial instruction.

Private Alan H. Hissem, Army Reserve, enlisted [I believe this was a re-enlistment] on 6 January 1943 at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center in Texas. He was born in West Virginia in 1922 and was listed as a resident of King William county, Virginia. The latter is near Richmond. He had one year of college and was single, without dependents.

He was trained as a Navigator on the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Force (USAAF).

Alan arrived in England on 12 February 1944 and was assigned to the 339th Bomber Squadron (Heavy), in the 96th Bomb Group, stationed at Snetterton Heath, Norfolk. The 96th was part of the 45th Combat Wing of the "mighty" 8th Air Force. The 8th was under the command of the great Jimmy Doolitte. It was the 8th's mission to bring the war to the German heartland through long-range precision daylight aerial bombardment. They did this in the face of a barrage of intense anti-aircraft artillery and fierce enemy fighter aircraft attack. They targeted weapons manufacturing facitlities, military concentrations, industrial sites, power stations and transportation centers using the "famed" Norden bombsight. Through its use they were supposed to achieve great accuracy, but the poor technology of the day meant that civilian populations living near manufacturing centers suffered greatly. They flew their missions in daylight, despite the greater risks, to make the best use of the Norden sight. The British, in contrast, flew their missions at night and their accuracy was even poorer.

The 96th flew 300 missions from Snetterton Heath between December 1943 and December 1945, and had one of the 8th Air Force's highest loss rates. They were the lead group on many missions including the great Schweinfurt raid of 14 October 1943. They flew both the B-17F and, later, the better protected B-17G. See Eighth Air Force Historical Society for a color drawing of how the 96th's aircraft were painted, and a history of the Group.

Upon arriving at Snetterton Heath in 1944 Alan would have been assigned to a crew and an aircraft. While he could have been integrated into an established B-17 crew that had lost a member, it appears this was a totally new crew, with no previous combat experience. Conceivably this could have been a crew that had trained together in the United States, but I don't know this.

The crew were Pilot: Russel G. Hanish, Co-pilot: John Knott, Navigator: Alan Hissem, Bombardier: Steve O'Lear, Waist gunner: Ken Glen, Waist gunner: Chas Hall, Tail gunner: Bob Conliffe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Hatzfeld, Radio Operator: George Miller, and Ball turret gunner: John Kropick.

In those days aircrew usually flew the same aircraft on every mission and these aircraft were serviced by a dedicated groundcrew of maintenance men. Alan's aircraft was serial number (S/N) 42-30369, a B-17F. It was assigned to the 339 squadron at Snetterton field on 1 July 1943. From a posting on the "384th BG - Grafton Underwood" forum at ArmyAirForces.com/forum by "Dakota" from Lincoln, England,

"The "Mighty Eigth [sic] War Manual" by Roger A Freeman shows a nose picture of a B17F S/No. 42-30369 named "Daisy June IV" with "Bomb Boogie" painted below the name. It also has 15 bomb cheverons painted on the nose as well. This aircraft belonged with the 339BS/96BG . . . The details of this aircraft are shown in "The B.17 Flying Fortress Story" by Roger A Freeman under its serial number."

Alan's crew would have taken a few non-combat flights in "Daisy June IV," getting to know the aircraft, each other, local flight rules, and the English weather. The latter could be a shock to crews trained in the American desert southwest. One bombardier wrote, "Again we neared the English coast to find it closed in, and again we had to let down through that damned soup for which England is famous."

By March 1944 Alan would have been ready to start flying combat missions. Note that it was in this month that P-51 "Mustangs," the greatest American fighter plane of the war, first escorted B-17's all the way to their target in Berlin. No previous fighter had the fuel to go so far. With this added proctection American losses would decline dramatically. Herman Goering, the German Air Marshall, later said that when he saw "Mustangs" over Berlin, "he knew the jig was up."

The strategic mission emphasis in February and March of 1944 was the Luftwaffe and the German aircraft manufacturing industry. The 8th Air Force launched massive raids against plants and airfields in such places as Leipzig, Augsburg, Regensburg, Schweinfurt, and Stuttgart. American losses were heavy, but the Luftwaffe's strength never recovered from these massive blows.

To get a feel for what it must have been like to be on a bomber mission, I'll quote from one of the participants, Charles Hudson, a bombadier:

- "Ahead there were Fortresses as far as the naked eye could reach, in all we must have had a thousand bombers up that day, and as many fighters."
- "Finally we were at twenty-six thousand feet, and the extreme cold was almost unbearable. The thermometer registered minus fifty-three degrees and we were all suffering immensely."
- "All the way down the run the flak was popping around our ship, and I was only too happy to cage my gyro at bombs away, and turn the controls back to the pilot."
- "There were a few stragglers, and now and then they would get an attack, but the only one I saw that got hit, was a B-24 that was straggling from the Wing ahead of us. Two F.W.'s made a pass at him, and within a few seconds he was in flames, and went crashing into the ground with a terrific explosion."

On 16 March 1944 the 96th was sent to attack a large airfield north of Augsburg, Germany. This was probably the Messerschmitt works. Augsburg was their headquarters. Both the rocket-powered Me163 and jet-powered Me262 were designed and intially built there. It was the second combat mission for the crew of "Daisy June IV." While they made it to the target and dropped their bombs, the aircraft had already been hit, and one engine was out. On the way out of the target, just south of Stuttgart, they were attacked by rocket firing German fighters [these were probably twin-engined Me110's or Me210's]. Like lions hunting on the savanna, the weak were always the first to be targeted. "Daisy June IV" went down about 40 miles from the French border. They may have been trying to make it to the Swiss border.

B-17F 42-30369 was reported missing in action over Augsburg on 16 March 1944 with Pilot: Russel G. Hanish, Co-pilot: John Knott, Navigator: Alan Hissem, Bombardier: Steve O'Lear, Waist gunner: Ken Glen, Waist gunner: Chas Hall, Tail gunner: Bob Conliffe. All of these became prisoners of war. The other three crew members, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Hatzfeld, Radio Operator: George Miller, and Ball turret gunner: John Kropick were killed in action.

It was not really so strange that Alan's crew was lost so soon after their arrival in England. It is, rather, typical. The highest fatality rate in warfare occurs during the first few missions. The learning curve is steep and if an airman could survive those first encounters they had a good chance of making it through to the end. Their aircraft was the only one lost by the 96th Bomb Group on that day.
From the March 1944 "USAAF Missing Air Crew Report (MACR)",

MACR - 3421, Date - 440316, Aircraft Type - B-17, AAF S/N - 42-30369, Group - 96, Sqdn - 339, Pilot - Hanish.

"I try to help an eye-witness of a B-17 crash to find out if anybody of the crew is still alive. The aircraft crashed on 16.03.44 near a small village named "Dittishausen" in the South of Germany (Black Forest). 7 men of the crew survived. I think it was of the 96.BG, probable the 42-30369, on the way back of Augsburg."

Alan was captured by the Germans and became a prisoner of war for the remainder of the war. The Charleston Daily News of 7 June 1944 carried the news of his internment.

On 16 March 1944 Alan was reported as MIA in Germany by the Air Force, two months after going overseas. On 5 May 1944 the German government reported that he was a Prisoner of War at POW Camp #3787 Stalag Luft, short for Stammlager Luft, or Permanent Camp for Airmen.

By the way, the play and movie, "Stalag 17," was based on a true incident. The Germans asked for officers to help them run Stalag 17, a Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO), i.e. Sergeants, Compound in Krembs. An officer from Stalag 3 volunteered with the idea of helping the NCO's organizing escapes. That plan failed because he discussed his ideas with an American NCO who turned out to be a German undercover agent.

Alan married Jane Wells Jarrell, on 28 July 1947. She was also born on 3 August 1923 in Huntington, Cabell county, West Virginia.

After the war Alan attended the Aeronautical University in Chicago earning an Aeronautical Engineering Degree. After this he was assigned to the 3535th Bombardment Training Wing, at Mather Air Force Base, California to continue his career. His career assignments:

He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. Just a year later he died, on 22 August 1975 in Newport News, Virginia. I had previously found a reference on the internet to a Major Hissem visiting a Norad site, now I know who that was.

Jane next married Lieutenant Colonel Paul Edward Gerhart. Jane Jarrell Hissem Gerhart died on 8 November 2008 in Hampton, South Carolina. Her obituary:

November 12, 2008 Jane Jarrell Hissem Gerhart, 85, died Saturday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2008, of lung cancer. Born Aug. 3, 1923, in Huntington, W.Va., the daughter of Boyd and Ella (Taylor) Jarrell. As an Air Force wife and homemaker, Jane lived all over the world before moving to Newport News in 1969. She was an active volunteer for the American Red Cross in numerous Armed Forces hospitals for over 40 years, last serving at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton. Jane was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Boyd Jarrell; first husband, Lt. Col. Alan H. Hissem; son, Alan Timothy Hissem, all of Huntington, W.Va.; and second husband, Lt. Col. Paul Gerhart of Newport News.

His children were,
(27) Alan Timothy Hissem (1948)
(27) Leslie Ann Hissem (1951)
(27) Alan Howard Hissem Jr. (c1950)

He was born on 26 March 1948 in Huntington, West Virginia. He died on 20 August 1950.

Leslie was born on 27 August 1951. Leslie Ann Hissem married Kevin Wayne Youngs. Living in Catonsville, Baltimore county, Maryland; later in Arlington, Virgina and Fort Myers, Florida.

A website mentions Alan as an alumni of the H.H. Arnold High School of Wiesbaden, Germany in 1963 - perhaps they meant Junior High. This was while his father was assigned to USAFE. I also have an Alan Hissem who attended Debigh High School in Newport News, Virginia from 1970 to 1974. So Alan was born while his father was stationed at the nearby Langley Air Force Base.

Alan married Penelope "Penny" Greene Johnson.

In 2006 a reunion newsletter said that, "Alan is working on building up his own business Moonlight by Design in the Hampton, VA area. He specializes in special effects outdoor lighting. If you need his services his information is: Moonlight by Design, moonlightbydesign@cox.net, 757-224-3862. Penny and Alan are planning to travel more in 2006, spend more time together and hopefully Penny will be able to retire within the next year. A trip to Vegas in March could be the start to a great year if they get the "elbow action" right!"

Betty was born on 22 September 1928 in Morgantown, West Virginia. In 1930 census of Keyser township, Mineral county, West Virginia as Betty Hissem, 1 2/12.

Betty Lee Hissem (S), 21, the daughter of Clyde W. Hissem and Helen Irene Cunningham, first married Donzel Uel Kelley (S), 27, the son of Donzel Kelley and Florence Reed, on 30 June 1949 in Clarksburg, Harrison county, West Virginia. The Reverend H. U. Thompson officiated.

Betty Lee Hissem (D), 24, who was born on 22 September 1928, in Morgantown, Monongalia county, West Virginia, the daughter of Clyde W. Hissem and Helen Irene Cunningham, married Jack Lonnie Morris, 24, who was born on 8 March 1928, in Huntington, Cabell county, West Virginia, the son of Clark Lonnie Morrie and Virgie Donaldson, on 31 December 1952 in Harrison county, West Virginia. The D meant divorced. The Reverend Tally Hanna officiated.

Betty died on 20 April 2010, at the age of 81. Her obituary:

BETTY L. HISSEM MORRIS, 81, of Huntington, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010, in Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston, W.Va. Funeral services will be conducted 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24, 2010, at Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, by the Rev. W. Keith Creasy. Burial will be in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington. Betty was born Sept. 22, 1928, in Morgantown, W.Va., a daughter of the late Clyde W. and Helen Cunningham Hissem. She was a member of the former Beverly Hills Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack L. Morris, and one brother, Alan Hissem. Survivors include two daughters, Karen Grove of Charleston and Sharon Berezo and husband John of Milton; three grandsons, David Scott Grove and wife Shawna, Shawn Michael Grove and wife Ann and Tom Napier; one granddaughter, Ashley Napier Jones and husband Caleb; one great-grandson, Stephen Thomas Jones; and one sister, Peggy Hissem Theis of Huntington. The family would like to express a special thank-you to the staff of Chateau Grove Assisted Living for mother's care during her stay.

Or Peggy. Margaret Jean Hissem, the daughter of Clyde Willis Hissem and Helen Irene Cunningham, was born on 24 January 1930 in Keyser, Mineral county, West Virginia. In the 1930 census of Keyser township, Mineral county, West Virginia as Margaret Hissem, 2/12.

Margaret Jean Hissem, 18, born on 24 January 1930 in Keyser, Mineral county, West Virginia. the daughter of Clyde Willis Hissem and Helen Irene Cunningham, married Walter Dale Moore, 22, born on 8 January 1926 in Clarksburg, Harrison county, West Virginia, the son of Arthru Kester Moore and Bessie Layfield, on 26 July 1948 in Harrison county, West Virginia. Margaret's parents gave their consent for her marrige. The Reverend Gordon G. Kibler officiated.

She then married John Theis.

Margaret died on 21 June 2013. Her obituary,

"Peggy Theis, age 83, joined that great cloud of faithful witnesses on Friday, June 21, 2013. The grace, trust, and calm spirit with which she faced her last illness has been a beautiful demonstration of the peace of God that surpasses understanding. Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde Hissem and Helen Cunningham Hissem; brother, Alan Hissem; sister, Betty Morris; and husbands, Walter D. Moore and John Theis. Peggy delighted in special times with her family. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law who lovingly cared for her in recent months, Cindy and Howard Jones of Birmingham, Alabama; her daughter and son-in-law Sandy and Robert Kilgore of Pritchard, West Virginia; six grandchildren whom she adored . . ."

Raymond was born on 21 July 1900 [1901?] in Cairo, West Virginina.

In the 1910 census of Grant township as Raymond Hissem, 8.

Raymond Harold Hissem registered for the draft on 12 September 1918. He was 18 years old at the time, a pipe line worker for the Warner I[garbled] company. His nearest relative was Clara Hissem, his mother, of Cairo, West Virginia. He was described as of medium height and slender build, with brown eyes and Da[garbled] hair.

Raymond died on 19 October 1918. This was during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the last great battle of the war. It took place from 26 September to 11 November 1918 and involved 1.2 million American soldiers, as well as Allied troops. It resulted in Germany suing for peace.

Walter Scott Hissem, the son of Joseph A. Hissem and Clara Myrtle Marshall, was born on 27 January 1907 in Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. He had a "Delayed Certificate of Birth" which was signed by Walter on 9 July 1942. It was supported by an affadavit from his mother dated 4 January 1942 and something called a "Family Birth Record: by Original Record of Birth," which I suspect was the family bible. I believe this had something to do with documents required to support his enlisting for the war.

In the 1910 census of Grant township as Walter Hissem, 3. In the 1920 census of of Grant township as Walter S. Hissem, 13. In the 1930 census of Paw Paw, Marion county, West Virginia as Walter S. Hissem, a 22 year old laborer at odd jobs, still living with his parents.

Walter's West Virginia Employment Service record, I believe this was part of the Social Security administration, was dated 20 October 1933.

Walter Scott Hissem, 36, who was born on 27 January 1907, in Ritchie county, the son of Joseph A. and Clara M. Hissem, married Reva Matheny Thrash, 39, who was born on 20 August 1902, in Grays Flats, West Virginia, the daughter of Calvin and Clara Matheny, on 22 February 1942, in Rivesville, Marion county, West Virginia. There was a superimposed "W" above Reva's Thrash surname. I believe this means she was a widow. The Reverend H. K. Ash officiated. Reva was born on 20 August 1902.

Like his delayed birth certificate, I suspect this wedding was tied to his enlisting for the war.

Walter S. Hissem, of West Virginia, enlisted in the Army as a Private on 15 September 1943 in Ohio at Fort Hayes Columbus. He had a grammar school education and was classified as a tractor or truck driver. He was married.

Walter's tombstone indicated that he was a "PFC 447 QM TRK, CO, QMC," that is, a Private First Class, of the 447th Quarter Master Amphibian Truck Company, Quarter Master Corps, U.S. Army. This unit took part in the invasion of Saipan during the Second World War as a component of the Army's XXIV Corps Artillery. While the assault on Saipan was a U.S. Marine operation, they were supported by a number of Army units, including the 447th. They used the Dukw vehicle, a 2 1/2 ton amphibious truck. As you might imagine, it was nicknamed the "Duck," left.

Walter Scott Hissem died on 29 February 1972. Reva died on 23 April 1986. They were both buried in the Culpeper National Cemetery, Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia. Their children were,
(26) Amy Clara Hissem

He was born in 1863. I haven't found his birth certificate, but things were probably pretty unsettled during the war years. Note that Thomas' father's regiment was back in West Virginia from duty in the Shenandoah Valley in May 1863. That's not quite enough time for propriety so I'll have to assume that Thomas Sr. got a furlough in March. In the 1870 census of the Harrisonville West post office, Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Thos J. [that could be an 'S' I suppose] Hisam, 7.

In the 1880 census . . .

Thomas S. Hissem, 23, of Tyler county, married Mary A. Cunningham, 20, of Harrisonville, West Virginia, on 10 June 1886 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. The Reverend J.W. Hess officiated. Thomas and Mary divorced in 1890. This divorce was noted on the marriage licence of Thomas and Nancy Trader, below.

Thos S. Hissem, divorced, 28, the son of T.J. and Willemina M. Hissem, married Nancy E. Trader, 24, the daughter of James and Mollie Trader, on 14 March 1891 in Wirt county, West Virginia.

In the 1900 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Thomas S. Hissem, a 36 year old day laborer. Living with him were his wife, Nancy E. [?], 34 [July 1865], and son, Thomas V., 13 [May 1887]. His brother, Calvin, 16, was also living with him. An older brother, Joseph, lived in Grant township as well.

In the 1910 census of Grant township as Thomas Hissem, a 47 year old field man for the Gas company. Living with him were his wife, Nancy, 43, and son, Thomas V., a 22 year old laborer in the oil fields.

Thomas died on 6 June 1911 in Ritchie county, West Virginia, at the age of 47. Thomas was buried in the Cairo IOOF cemetery, in Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. His son, Thomas V. Hissem, was also buried there.

In the 1920 census of Grant, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Nancy E. Hissem, a 54 year old widow. Living with her was her son, Thomas Venton, 32.

In the 1930 census . . .

In the 1940 census of Murphy, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Nellie E. Hissom, 74. She was living with her son, Thomas V. Hissom, 53, and his family.

Nancy E. Hissem, the widow of Thomas and daughter of James Trader, who was born on 29 July 1865 in Ritchie county, died of tuberculosis at the age of 80, in Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia on 12 December 1945. The information in the death certificate was provided by T. V. Hissem of Parkersburg, West Virginia. She was buried on 14 December 1945 in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Cairo.

The child of Thomas and Mary was,
(25) Thomas Vinton Hissem (1887)

Or Venton or Vincent. Thomas V. Hissem was born on 16 May 1887. In the 1900 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Thomas V. Hissem, 13 [May 1887]. In the 1910 census of Grant township as Thomas V. Hissem, a 22 year old laborer in the oil fields, living at home with his parents.

Thomas V. Hissem, 26, of Ritchie county, married Jamie [or Janie] Hayes, 21, of Ritchie county, on 7 February 1914 in Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia.

Thomas Vinton Hissem registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Ritchie, West virginia. He was 30 years old at the time, a pumper for the South Pew Oil company. He requested a deferment because he was the sole support of his mother and his wife. He was described as tall with a medium build, with brown eyes and dark hair.

Thomas divorced Jamie Hayes.

In the 1920 census of Grant, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Thomas Venton Hissem, a 32 year old laborer for a pipe line company. He was a divorced man and living with his mother, Nancy E. Hissem, a 54 year old widow.

Thomas moved to Ohio at some point, probably after 1922, and his Social Security card was issued there.

Thomas married Cora Bell Bradley. He had three sons and one daughter.

In the 1930 census . . .

In the 1940 census of Murphy, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Thomas V. Hissom, 53. Living with him were his wife, Corra, 44, children, Thomas V., 18, George F., 4, and his mother, Nellie [Nancy?] E. Hissom, 74.

I have a Cora Bell Hissem who was born on 20 October 1895 in Ceredo, West Virginia. She died of a coronary on 24 August 1954 in Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. She was 58 years old. She was buried in the Creel cemetery in Davisville, Wood county, West Virginia. Her husband's name was T.V. Hissem. Those recording her death did not know the names of her parents.

Thomas V. Hissem died on 20 February 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was buried in the Cairo IOOF cemetery in Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. His father was buried there as well.

His children were,
(26) Thomas V. Hissem Jr. (1922)
(26) George Francis Hissem (1935)

Thomas V. Hissem Jr. was born on 29 March 1922 in West Virginia. I believe he was the son of Thomas V. Hissem, above.

In the 1920 census of Grant, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Thomas Venton Hissem. He was living with his mother, Nancy E.

In the 1930 census . . .

In the 1940 census of Murphy, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Thomas V. Hissom Jr., 18. He was living with his parents, Thomas V., 53, and Corra, 44, brother, George F., 4, and grandmother, Nellie E. Hissom, 74.

Thomas V. Hissem Jr., who was born in 1922 in West Virginia, enlisted in the Army as a Private on 4 November 1942 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He had a grammar school education and was classified as an automobile serviceman. He was single. He served in the Army.

Thomas Venton Hissem, 24, born on 29 March 1922, in Ritchie county, the son of Thomas and Cora [?] Hissem, married Maxine Gay Nutter, 20, born on 3 December 1925, in Webster county, West Virginia, the daughter of John Nutter (Dec'ed) and Aggie Dickerson. Signed by Thomas V. Hissem Jr. The Reverend J.W. Vance officiated. Married when?

He got his Social Security card in West Virginia.

At some point he married "Johnnie L."

Thomas V. Hissem died on 13 May 1985 in Warren township, Trumbull county, Ohio at the age of 63. He was noted, however as a resident of Lorain county, Ohio. He was married at the time of his death. He was buried in the Resthaven Memory Gardens cemetery in Avon, Lorain county, Ohio.

George, the son of Vincent Hissem and Cora Bell Bradley, was born on 28 September 1935 in Elizabeth, Wirt county, West Virginia. The only Wirt county Hissem's, however spelled, are in the Thomas of Thomas family.

In the 1940 census of Murphy, Ritchie county, West Virginia as George F. Hissom, 4. He was living with his parents, Thomas V., 53, and Corra, 44, brother, Thomas V. Jr., 18, and grandmother, Nellie E. Hissom, 74.

He married Marie Alice Richards in 1953 in Wirt county, West Virginia. Marie appears to have been the sister of Ivan M. Richards, born 2 May 1926, who married Blonda Ada Meadows, the daughter of Hoy Meadows and Nola Dell Richards, on 14 August 1948. George and Marie apparently never had any children. Of Madison and Chardon, Ohio.

He had a trucking company on River road, in Madison, Ohio.

"George F. Hissem, age 80 was born on September 28, 1935 in Elizabeth, West Virginia and passed away on March 22, 2016. He was the beloved husband for 62 years of Marie (nee Richards); cherished son of the late Vincent and Cora Bell (nee Bradley); preceded in death by two brothers and one sister; dear uncle and great-uncle of many. U.S. Army Veteran George was a resident of Chardon for 2 years, formerly of Madison. He graduated from High School in West Virginia and lived in Ohio for 61 years. George was the owner/operator of a trucking company. He loved hunting deer and bears. George enjoyed camping, nature and traveling, especially to Carolina and West Virginia. He will be remembered by his family and friends as kind, outgoing, friendly and compassionate. George had a great sense of humor and was a fun loving guy. He will be greatly missed."

He was born in 1866. In the 1870 census of the Harrisonville West post office, Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Phillip S. Hisam, 4.

In the 1880 census . . .

She was born on 8 November 1868 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1870 census of the Harrisonville West post office, Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Emma J. Hisam, 2.

In the 1880 census . . .

John Wesley Hissem, the son of Thomas J. Hissem, a 57 year old farmer of Tyler county, and Wilheminia McCann, a 33 year old housewife of Tyler county, was born on 23 October 1875 in Petroleum, Ritchie county, West Virginia. It was Wilhelmina's 7th child. He was their 7th child. It looks like this birth certificate was a recreation, sworn to by J.W.. Hissem. In the 1880 census . . .

J.W. Hissam, 22, married Mary A. F. Hewitt, 19, on 21 August 1897 in Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. She was the daughter of John William Hewitt and Salina Drusilla Cornell, born on 30 March 1878 in Goose Creek, Ritchie county, West Virginia.

In the 1900 census . . .

In the 1910 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Wesley J. Hissem, a 24 year old working for the B&O railroad. Living with him were his wife, Frona, 33, and children, Maybel, 11, Grace, 9, Mary, 7, Catherine, 5, Bertha, 3, and Charles, 1 2/12.

John Wesley Hissem of Donohue, Ritchie county, West Virginia registered for the draft on 12 September 1918, at the age of 43. He was a mason's helper, working for the B&O railroad company. His wife was Mary F. Hissem. He was of medium height with a slender build, and had gray eyes and brown hair.

In the 1920 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as John W. Hissem, a 44 year old stone mason working with the railroad. Living with him were his wife, Mary, 42, and children, Mary, 17, Catherine, 15, Bertha, 13, Charles, 10, Hazel, 6, Claude, 4, and John, 10/12.

Sometime in the 1920's John was involved with some improprieties involving theft of railroad supplies and equipment, but he was never charged. He does appear to have been discharged. Also at this time he and Frona filed for divorce, but this was never finalized.

In the 1930 census of Union township, Marshall county, West Virginia as John W. Hissem, a 54 year old laborer at odd jobs, living with his son-in-law, Walter W. Quigley, and wife, Mary L.

In the 1930 census of Parkersburg City, Wood county, West Virginia as Frona Hissem. Living with her were her children Hazel and John W. Why were John and Frona living separately?

In the 1930 census of Parkersburg City, Wood county, West Virginia was John's youngest son, Carl, only 9 years old, living in another household [I can't currently get into the census to see].

I don't know where the rest of the children were at this time.

John, having just arrived for a visit with his daughter Katherine, died of a cerebral hemmorhage on 22 August 1944 in Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan. Frona died on 2 December 1971 in Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia. Their chidren were,
(25) Maybel Hissem (1899)
(25) Grace Hissem (1900)
(25) Mary L. Hissem (1902)
(25) Katherine Lagustine Hissem (1904)
(25) Bertha Hissem (1906)
(25) Charles Hissem (1909)
(25) Hazel Mildred Hissem (1913)
(25) Claude C. Hissem (1915)
(25) John Wesley Hissem (1919)
(25) Carl Dennis Hissem (1921)

Wilma Mabel Hissem, the daughter of John Wesley Hissem and Mary Safronia Hewitt, was born on 15 March 1899 in Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Maybel Hissem, 11.

Willow Mabel Hissem, 19, married Frank DeMoss, 26, on 17 March 1918 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. John L. Wolfe officiated. Was Frank any relation to the husband of Martin Luther Hissem's daughter, Mary? Mabel died on 24 August 1991 Her obituary:

"Ritchie Gazette" 29 August 1991 pg 6

Mabel DeMoss

Mabel DeMoss, 92, of St. Marys, WV, died Saturday, Aug. 24, 1991, at Care Haven of Pleasants. She was born at Cairo, Ritchie County, WV, a daughter of the late John Wesley and Frona Hewitt Hissem. Surviving are two sons, Earl DeMoss and Frank DeMoss, both of St. Marys; three brothers, Claude Hissem and John Hissem, both of Ellenboro, WV, and Carl Hissem of Appomatox, VA; two sisters, Hazel Battiste of Tucson, Az, and Katherine Hissem of Michigan; eight grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her husband, Frank C. DeMoss, Sr., a daughter, Alice Pethel, a brother, a sister and three grandchildren. Services were held at Ruttencutter Funeral Home, St. Marys, with the Rev. R. Dan Simmons officiating. Burial was in the Cairo Masonic Cemetery.

Earl Clyde Demoss, the son of a Demoss father and Hissem mother, was born on 1 February 1919 in Cornwallis, Ritchie county, West Virginia. He married Helen Nagly, who died in 2001. He died on 24 May 2003 in the Marietta Memorial Hospital in Ohio at the age of 84. He was a widower, with 8 years of education who had served in the Navy. He was buried in Saint Marys, Pleasants county, West Virginia.

Gracie Hissem, the daughter of J.W. Hissem, a laborer, and his wife Wilhama [?], was born on 17 August 1900 in Petroleum, Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Grace Hissem, 9. She married Howard Moore in 1919.

Mary Hissem, the daughter J.W. Hissem, a miner, and his wife Frona Hewitt, 24, was born on 09 May 1902 in Gypsy, Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Mary Hissem, 7. In the 1920 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Mary, 17, living with her parents, John W. Hissem, 44, and Mary, 42.

Mary J. Hissem, 18, married Walter W. [William] Quigley, 24, of Ohio, a widower, on 13 August 1920 in Rithie county. M.F. Hissem, Mary's mother, provided the information in the license.

Her father, John W. Hissem, was living with her in 1930. She died on 26 July 1953 in Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia.

Or Catherine. Katherine Lagustine Hissem, the daughter of John Wesly Hissem, 29, of the B&O Rail Road, and Mary S. Hewitt, 27, was born on 27 July 1904 in Petroleum, Ritchie county, West Virginia. Their fourth child. John was working on the B&O Railroad. In the 1910 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Catherine Hissem, 5. In the 1920 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Catherine, 15, living with her parents, John W. Hissem, 44, and Mary, 42.

Catherine L. Hissem, 20, born in Ritchie county, married Eugene W. [Warren] Moore, 21, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, on 26 April 1925 in Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia. H.M. Riddle officiated. John was the son of Jonathan "Lake" Moore Jr. and Katherine Elizabeth Walls. John W. Hissem gave his consent to the marriage. They were divorced soon after their only child, Jean, was born in 1927, in Cairo, West Virginia.

In the 1930 census of South Branch township, Crawford county, Michigan as Katherine L. Moore, a housekeeper in the home of Mansel Cone. Living with her was her daughter, Jean K. Moore.

She next married Raymond L. Millington, who adopted Katherine's daughter. Katherine and Raymond lived in Inkster, Michigan.

Katherine moved into a nursing home in Detroit, Michigan several years after her second husband's death. She died 3 January 1995 in Berkley, Oakland county, Michigan.

Bertha Hissem, the daughter of J.W. and Frona Hissem, was born on 26 September 1906 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Bertha Hisssem, 3. In the 1920 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Bertha, 13, living with her parents, John W. Hissem, 44, and Mary, 42.

She married a Benjamin. She died in May 1986 in Davisville, Wood county, West Virginia.

Charles Everett Hissem, the son of J.W. and Mary F. Hissem, was born on 8 March 1909 in Petroleum, West Virginia.

In the 1910 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Charles Hissem, 1 2/12. In the 1920 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Charles, 10, living with his parents, John W. Hissem, 44, and Mary, 42.

In the 1930 census . . .

Charles E. Hissem, who was born in 1909 in West Virginia, enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a Private on 9 November 1945 in California at March Field Riverside. He enlisted for the Hawaiian Department. He had a grammar school education and was classified as a miner [coal?]. He was single. He had apparently been in the National Guard before joining.

According to another family researcher:

"John was best man at Charles' wedding. Charles was a real nut who was always playing practical jokes.

John seems to think Charles was killed in Germany...he was small in stature but had a "big mouth." John said they refused to open the casket for the funeral. Obit said he had died at a "friend's" home.

Charles had been originally in the cavalry, but when it became armor, he transferred. He spent a large amount of his time in the Army in Panama."

Charles Everett Hissem, 36, married Estaleen Belle Plumm, 18, on 22 December 1945 in St. Marys, West Virginia. B.M. Mitchell officiated.

Charles E. Hissem died on 11 August 1949 in Germany. I believe he was a Staff Sergeant in the 85th Air Base Group [or Depot Wing] at the time. This was at Erding Air Force Base in southeastern Germany. Their mission was to provide depot-level maintenance to Air Force and NATO fighters.

He was buried in Nine Mile cemetery, Saint Marys, Pleasants county, West Virginia.

Hazel Mildren Hissem, the daughter of John Wesley Hissem, 38, of the B&O Rail Road, and his wife Mary S. Hewitt, 36, was born on 19 June 1913 in Donahue, Ritchie county, West Virginia. She was Mary's 6th child. In the 1920 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Hazel, 6, living with her parents, John W. Hissem, 44, and Mary, 42.

Hazel married (1) Benny Danforth in about September 1932 in Guysville, Ohio; (2) Howard MacClellan Frazee in September 1940 in Bowling Green, Ohio; (3) Benjamin Baily Battiste on 27 July 1962 in Phoenix, Maricopa county, Arizona. She was living in Tucson, Arizona in 1991 at the time of her sister, Mabel's, death.

Per Rick Hissem:

Hazel provided me with much of the family info. She has had an interesting life at times. She was married to a gangster (Benny Danforth), later owned/operated "The Hillcrest Inn" in Wolverine, MI. Her lodge allowed her to make many aquaintances, including several governors, and TV personalities. She had kept a guest book there, and someone stole it.

Hazel only finished 6th grade. After they moved to Parkersburg, she settled in a school she liked, and then they "redistricted". She didn't like the new school so she quit, and helped raise John and Carl. She began working as a waitress, then cook, and left home to be on her own at 14.

She provided me with a lot of info on growing up in Silver Run. They lived very close to the No. 20 tunnel, and there was an army camp at the top of the hill during WWI. Her mother did laundry for the soldiers, and wound up having lice infestation from their clothing. They lived in the old McTag house-built by the original Scottish settlers in that part of the country (ca. 1820s). Most of the younger children were born in the house, and it burned down shortly after the family moved to Parkersburg."

"Hazel M. Frazee Battiste of Tucson, passed away October 8, 2010 at the age of 97. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews, as well as many friends. Hazel was born in West Virginia on June 19, 1913 to John and Frona Hissem. While still a very young 14 year old, she left home and began her work life as a waitress and later became a bartender. After many years of learning the hospitality business, she purchased and operated the Hillcrest Inn Hotel in Wolverine, Michigan. She was assisted by her husband, Mac who preceded her in death in 1961. Hazel was a member of the First Brethren Church, Tucson, Arizona. She was a life member of the Old Pueblo Lapidary Club of Tucson and a charter member of the Sonora Desert Museum. She was also a Life Member and Past Worthy Matron of the Order of Eastern Star, Primrose Chapter 183, Indian River, Michigan. Hazel was a plain spoken but a colorful woman remembered by most everyone she met. She knew what she wanted, went after it, and got it. As a testament to her strong and independent nature, she remained in her home until earlier this year when her health began to fail her."

Claude Calvin Hissem, the son of John W. and Mary J. Hissem, was born on 11 May 1915 on Silver Run, Donahue, near Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia. In the 1920 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Claude, 4, living with his parents, John W. Hissem, 44, and Mary [Frona Hewitt Hissem], 42.

In the 1930 census . . .

Claude married Olive Eleanor Hall in January 1938.

He served in the Navy for 6 years and then was a civilian contract employee of the U. S. Air Force for 25 years.

"Claude always is trying to help those down on their luck. Donated home to church. Worked as test engineer at Wright Field, was exempt from wartime service due to importance of work. Worked on jet propulsion, including SR-71 engines. Retired at 25 years Civil Service." - per Rick Hissem

1983: A "Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hissem have returned from a visit with their son, Bud Hissem and family of El Monte, California." - from the Pennsboro News of Pennsboro, West Virginia, dated 15 September 1983. Note that (25) Frank Edgar Hissem (1892) worked at a company located in El Monte. The relationship here is not close however.

Claude was living in Ellenboro, West Virginia in 1991 at the time of his sister, Mabel's, death. Claude's obituary:

"Claude C. Hissem
May 11, 1915 - January 25, 2009

Claude C. Hissem, 93, of Ellenboro, WV, departed this life on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, at Marietta, OH.

Mr. Hissem was born on May 11, 1915, on Silver Run near Cairo, WV, a son of the late John Wesley and Mary Frona Hewitt Hissem. He was a 6 year veteran of the U. S. Navy and had held employment as civilian contract employee of the U. S. Air Force for 25 years. He was a member of the First Apostolic Church of Harrisville, WV.

He is survived by a daughter, Jean Hufford, Ellenboro, WV; son, Harry "Bud" Hissem, Paris, IL; foster children, Sarah B. Weekley, Parkersburg, WV, Anna L. Gregg, Pike, WV, and Lawrence McDonald, New Philadelphia, OH; sister, Hazel Battiste, Tucson, AZ; eleven grandchildren; and several great grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Hissem was preceded in death by his wife, Olive Eleanor Hall Hissem; brothers, Carl, Charles, and John Hissem; and sisters, Mabel DeMoss, Mary Quigley, Grace Moore, Katherine "Kitty" Millington, and Bertha Benjamin.

Funeral Services will be 11 AM, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, from the First Apostolic Church, Harrisville, WV, with the Rev. Alan Adams and Rev. Kenneth Perine officiating. Friends may call from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at the Raiguel Funeral Home, Harrisville, WV, and from 10 to 11 AM on Wednesday at the church."

Born in 1939 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. Lived El Monte & Montrose, California and later of Paris, Illinois. Attended Beavercreek High School He married Teri Sue Wright, since deceased, on 14 August 1964 in Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana.

His children were,
(27) Jay Wesley Hissem (c1965)
(27) Jeffery Allen Hissem (1969)

He married Roxanne Halsey on 17 May 1986 in Clark county, Nevada. He married Michelle Mary Pustelniak on 9 July 1994 in Clark county, Nevada. His children were,
(28) Joey Hissem
(28) Austin Hissem
(28) Ethan Hissem
(28) Skyy Hissem

Jeffery was born on 21 March 1969 in Los Angeles, California. He married Amber Vice. He died on 31 July 2020.

"Jeffery Allen Hissem, age 51 of Paris, Illinois, passed away at 2:47 a.m. Friday, July 31, 2020 at Horizon Health Emergency Room. He was a self-employed mechanic.

He was born March 21, 1969 in Rio Hondo, California, the son of Harry "Bud" Hissem and Teri Sue (Wright) Hissem. He married Amber (Vice) May 18, 2019 in Paris, Illinois and she survives.

Other survivors include his father Bud Hissem of Paris, his children; Allison Hissem of Paris, Tyge Hissem of Paris, Regan White of West Virginia, Aaron Gates of Paris, D.J. Cown, Jr. of Paris, Kayla Cheesman of Bowling Green, Indiana, Tea Lynn Evard Cline of Marshall, Clayton Leroy Crouch of Marshall, and Ian Levi Crouch of Marshall, one brother Jay W. Hissem, grandchildren; Avery Hissem of Chicago, Gracelee Johnson of Paris, Dalilah Hissem of Paris, Ryot Axel Hissem of Paris, McKynlee Donnar of Bowling Green, Indiana, and two grandchildren expected, nieces and nephews; Joey Hissem of Brownsburg, Indiana, Austin Hissem of Kansas, Illinois, Ethan Hissem of Paris, Skyy Hissem of Paris, Morgan Blunk of Terre Haute, Christopher Blunk of Terre Haute, and Katie Johnson of St. Joe, Illinois. He was preceded in death by his mother, Teri Sue Hissem.

Jeff enjoyed working in the garage with his grandbabies and riding motorcycles. He also enjoyed being around his dogs, Emma and Eva. He was more than a son to his father Bud, he was his favorite pal."

Of Ellenboro, West Virginia.

John was born on 3 March 1919 in Cairo, West Virginia,, the son of John and Mary Hissem. In the 1920 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as John, 10/12, living with his parents, John W. Hissem, 44, and Mary, 42.

In the 1930 census of . . .

The Pearl Harbor Muster Reports list John W. Hissem as assigned to the USS PENNSYLVANIA BB-38 from as early as 30 September 1940. He would have been about 21 years old, which means he had probably been in the service for several years previous. He served with his brother, Carl D., below.

USS PENNSYLVANIA Sister ship of the USS ARIZONA, she was launched on 16 March 1915 and commissioned on 12 June 1916. In 1931 the PENNSYLVANIA joined the Pacific Fleet, being based at San Pedro, California. She spent her time at-sea engaged in battle practice and Fleet manuevers off California and in the Hawaiian waters. She received an overhaul in the Puget Sound, Washington, Naval Shipyard at the end of 1940 and, on 7 January 1941, sailed for Pearl Harbor. This was part of President Roosevelt's plan to intimidate the Japanese by forward basing the fleet in Hawaii. At the time of the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941, the PENNSYLVANIA was in drydock at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. While damaged in the attack, the battleship was able to sail to San Francisco for repairs, arriving there on 29 December. On 30 March 1942, the repairs completed, she headed back into the Pacific, conducting extensive training operations along the coast of California and off Hawaii. It was not until 1943 that USS PENNSYLVANIA engaged in hostile operations, taking part in the battle to retake the Aleutian Islands of Attu and Kiska. Later that year she took part in the assault of Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. She was thereafter engaged across the Pacific. "In January 1945, Pennsylvania took part in the Lingayen Gulf invasion. She returned to San Francisco in March for another overhaul. Freshly returned to the combat zone in August, she was seriously damaged by a Japanese aerial torpedo off Okinawa on 12 August 1945, the last major Navy ship to be hit during the Second World War." The battleship ended her days as a target. "The USS PENNSYLVANIA was used in "Operation Crossroads" as a target ship for Atomic Bomb testing. Following the first Atomic explosion at Bikini Island on July 1, 1946 and then a second explosion on July 25, 1946, the USS Pennsylvania did not sink. Almost two years later, February 10, 1948, the USS Pennsylvania was towed to the Island of Kwajalein in the South Pacific and a small crew went aboard and opened the "Sea Valves" and removed the Evaporator cover plates and sent the "Grand Old Gal" to the bottom of the sea." - Ken Munro

I have a "J. Hissem" who was in the 4th Division onboard the USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38), a Pacific Fleet ship, in 1945. He's in the first row, number 8 from the left, of the photograph below - he doesn't look happy. Carl wasn't in this photo, I imagine, because he had transferred to another ship, the destroyer PURVIS.

Fourth Division

John left the service holding the rank of Chief Petty Officer, the highest enlisted rank at that time.

John Wesley Hissem, 28, born on 3 March 1919 in Cairo, West Virginia, the son of John and Mary Hissem, married Frances Katherine Buskirk, 26, born on 15 April 1921 in Wood county, West Virginia, the daughter of William and Hattie Buskirk, on 30 April 1947. T.B. Turley officiated.

Frances died in February 1984. John then marry Winola Ruth "Winnie" Stickel.

John was living in Ellenboro, West Virginia in 1991 at the time of his sister, Mabel's, death. He died on 14 August 2008 in Marietta, Washington county, Ohio. John's obituary:

"John Wesley Hissem, 89, of Ellenboro, W.Va., departed this life on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, at Marietta.

Mr. Hissem was born on March 3, 1919, at Silver Run near Cairo, W.Va., a son of the late John W. Sr. and Mary Frona Hewitt Hissem. He was retired from the U.S. Navy as a Chief Petty Officer and was the last surviving Ritchie County native of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor which initiated war with Japan. He was a member of the Pennsboro Apostolic Church.

He is survived by daughters, Cindy (Forrest) Rice of Reidsville, N.C., and Vickie Hissem of Parkersburg; stepchildren, Rodney (Donna) Perine with whom John made his home, of Ellenboro and John "Scotty" Perine of Vienna; brother, Claude C. Hissem of Ellenboro; sister, Hazel M. Battiste of Tucson, Ariz.; grandchild, Crystal Rice; stepgrandchildren, Missy Williams, Shawn and Brett Jones, David, Matthew and Vanessa Perine; and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Hissem was preceded in death by brothers, Charles and Carl Hissem; and sisters, Mabel DeMoss, Mary Quigley, Grace Moore, Katherine Millington and Bertha Benjamin."

John's children were,
(26) Lucinda "Cindy" Lea Hissem Rice (c1950), of Winston Salem, North Carolina. Her husband was Forrest Rice, who died on 8 November 2016.
(26) Victoria Ann Hissem (1953), born 16 November 1953, died 10 July 2019. "Victoria Ann Hissem, 65, of Marietta passed on to be with her Lord and Savior on July 10, 2019 at the Arbors of Marietta, where she resided for the last 10 years. Victoria was born on November 16, 1953 in Bellefontaine, OH and was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Frances Buskirk Hissem. Victoria is survived by her sister, Lucinda Rice of Winston Salem, NC; niece Crystal (Stephanie) Bauer-Rice and other family, Ethel Bauman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her niece Hattie Rice."

Carl was born on 24 May 1921 - from the Social Security Death Index & his marriage certificate. He was issued his SS card in California, so I expect that was as part of joining the Navy.

In the 1930 census of Parkersburg City, Wood county, West Virginia as Carl Hissem, age 10, living with . . . ?

The Pearl Harbor Muster Reports lists Carl Dennis Hissem as assigned to the USS PENNSYLVANIA BB-38 from as early as 30 September 1940. "Carl D Hissem. United States Navy USS Pennsylvania Seaman 2nd Class." - from Pearl Harbor Survivors Project website. He served with his brother, John W., above.

While his brother, John, stayed aboard PENNSYLVANIA when she returned to California for repairs, Carl stayed in Hawaii. In muster reports of May/June 1942 he was assigned to the Naval Shipyard and the 14th Naval District. I don't know in which ships he served between 1942 and 1945.

Carl Dennis Hissem, 22, of Ritchie county, the son of John W. Hissem [dec'd] and Mary F. Hissem, married Bernice Marie Cantwell, 21, of Ritchie county, the daughter of Harry and Evelyn Cantwell, on 04 October 1943 in Parkersburg, Wood county, West Virginia. Hugh F. Ash officiated. Bernice was born on 2 September 1922.

Carl Hissem of Appomatox, Virginia was listed as a member of the crew of the USS HUGH PURVIS, DD 709 on a ship reunion webste. PURVIS was a SUMNER-Class destroyer launched in March 1945, at the tail-end of the war.

USS HUGH PURVIS The PURVIS, named for a Medal of Honor winner of the 19th century, was launched in Kearny, New Jersey in December 1944, and commissioned in March 1945. Following shake-down training in the Caribbean, she transitted the Panama Canal to take part in training exercises in Hawaiian waters. She did not see combat in World War II, returned to Casco Bay, Maine in April 1946.

Carl married Jeannette Elise Mowen on 18 May 1946 in Annapolis, Maryland. She died on 8 October 1985 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

He married Doris Glora Decker in February 1987 in Appomatox, Virginia. Carl Hissem was living in Appomatox, Virginia in 1991 at the time of his sister, Mabel's, death.

Carl died on 22 April 1992 in Appomatox, Virginia.

Calvin was born on 9 July 1883.

In the 1900 census of Grant township, Ritchie county, West Virginia as Calvin W. Hissem, a 16 year old [July 1883] student. He was living with his brother, Thomas S. [sic] Hissem [December 1863]. Note that Calvin's father had died in 1885.

From the records of the State of West Virginia, Ritchie Co. Court Clerk's Office May 22, 1902:

"On motion of Calvin W. Hissem in writing, D.M. Sharpnack is appointed guardian of Calvin W. Hissem, age 17 years, minor and heir at law of Willowmina Hissam [his mother], deceased".

Daniel M. Sharpnack was a prominent citizen of Petroleum. He came to the village in 1869 and had been post-master, telegraph operator, real estate agent, & express agent, and was a mechanic of more than ordinary skill. In the 1900 and 1910 census of Petroleum, Grant township there was a Daniel M. Sharpnack, 54/64, resepectively, an agent for the B&O railraod, and his wife, Ella M., but there was no sign of Calvin in either document. Daniel had three children of his own, but they had left his house by 1900. I suspect Calvin lived with Daniel for only a few years.

Calvin died on 14 July 1914 in Everson, Marion county, West Virginia, at the age of 31. He did not marry.

A farmer, he was born about 1829 in Tyler county, West Virginia. He married Deborah Ellen Slocum on 24 February 1859 in Ritchie county, West Virginia. She had been born about 1828 in Harrison county, Virginia. She had first married Thomas J. Nutter circa 1848 and had several children with him. Nutter was born in 1822 and died in December 1852. Thomas Nutter was shot and killed by a deputy Sheriff by the name of Lowther. It is said he was shot in the back after he had been bound or handcuffed. They all agree to the fact he was shot and killed by the deputy. No reason given.

In the 1860 census of Ritchie county, West Virginia he was listed as Joab Hissam, a 26 year old farmer. He had personal property worth $188. Living with him were his wife, Debie [Debre?] E., 30, and step-children, Columbia A. Nutter, 10, Clarinda M. Nutter, 8, and Debie E. Nutter, 7.

Joab died on 21 May 1869 in Ritchie county at the age of 40.

In the 1870 census of Grant township, Ritchie county was D. [Debra] E. and Andrew C. Hissam, aged 8. Debra's daughters Clarinda and Debra were also living with her. D.E., 51, and Andrew Hissem, 18, are also in the 1880 census for Ritchie county. Andrew was listed as a stepson of H. Pratt, Debra's third husband.

Deborah died in 1905. Their son was,
(24) Andrew "Bud" Hissem (1862)

Bud was born in 1862. In the 1870 census of Grant township, Ritchie county as Andrew C. Hissam, aged 8. Andrew Hissem, 18, was also in the 1880 census for Grant township, Ritchie county, living at home with his mother, D.E., and his step-father, H. Pratt. Andrew never married.

Levi Hissam, the son of Thomas Hissam and Rachael Swartwood, was born on 11 June 1833 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Levi Hissam, 17, living at home with his parents, Thomas and Rachel.

Levi Hissam married Ruthaminda [Ruth Arminda?] Way, of Ohio. I have a Ruth Way who was living in Perry township, Monroe county, Ohio at the time of the 1850 census. This was just across the Ohio river from Tyler county, West Virginia. She was born in about 1838, in Ohio, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Way, of Virginia.

In the 1860 census of Sisterville, Tyler county, West Virginia, as Levi Hisam, a 27 year old farmer. He was a neighbor of his mother, Rachel, and of Abner Hissam [1812/1818], his elder half-brother. He appears to have had no real property and personal property of only about $143. Ruthaminda was 21 at the time and his son, Thomas D. Hisam, was one year old.

In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Ellsworth township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Levi Hisam, a 37 year old farmer, born in Virginia, with real property worth $1000 and personal property worth $150. Living with him are his wife, Minda, 31, Thomas, 12, Jane, 9, Sarah 6, and Ozias, 1.

Ruth R. Hissam, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah H. Way, died of unknown causes on 14 September 1873 in Tyler county, at the age of 37.

In the 1880 census of Union district, Tyler county as Levi Hisam, a farmer aged 46, a widower. Listed with him were his children, Sarah E., 16, and Ozias W., 10. His parents are shown as born in West Virginia. His son Thomas was on the next farm, working for a neighbor as a field hand.

At some point Levi moved to Ohio, perhaps in company with his sons, Thomas and Ozias, who apparently went there in the late 1880's. In the 1900 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio as Levi Hissam, a 68 year old [June 1833]. He was living with his son, Osias, 31, and his family.

By 1910 Levi Hisam was living in the household of his son, O. W. Hisam, in Jefferson county, Ohio. He was 78 years old. He probably died soon after, but I have not found his tombstone.

Levi Hisam, the son of Thomas Hisam, of Pennsylvania, and Rachael Swartwood, of unknown, born on 11 June 1832, died of arterio schlerosis on 25 August 1918, at the age of 86, in Salem township, Jefferson county, Ohio. O. W. Hisam [Ozias], of Broadacre, Ohio was the informant. Levi was buried on 27 August 1918 in the Friends cemetery in Richmond, Ohio. I think this is now known as the Quaker cemetery, though I don't see Levi listed in findagrave.com.

His children were,
(24) Thomas W. Hissam (1858)
(24) Cherry Jane Hissam (1861)
(24) Sarah E. Hissam (1864)
(24) Ozias W. Hissam (1868)

Thomas W. Hissam, the son of Levi Hissam and Ruth R. Way, was born in July 1858, or 3 July 1859 per his death certicate. In the 1860 census of Sisterville, Tyler county, West Virginia, as Thomas D. [sic] Hisam, 1. In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Ellsworth township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Thomas Hisam, 12. In the 1880 census of Tyler county as Thomas Hisam, a 21 year old farm hand working on the farm of David M. Dancer. This farm was 'next door' to the farm of Levi Hisam, his father.

Thomas W. Hissem, 29, married Mary Bell Virden, 27, on 10 November 1887 - from Marriage Records, Tyler county, West Virginia.

At some point Thomas moved to Ohio, perhaps in company with his father, Levi, and brother, Ozias, who were in Jefferson county Ohio.

Mary died between 1888 and 1900.

In the 1900 census of Steubenville precinct, Jefferson county, Ohio as Thomas Hissam, a 41 year old day laborer [July 1858]. He was a widower. Living with him were his daughter, Nellie, 12 [January 1888], and nephew, Darwin Gibson, 7.

Thomas W. Hisam, 43, a widower, the son of Livi Hisam and Arminda Way, of Creswell, Jefferson county, Ohio, married Aggie E. Crocker, 38, a widower, the daughter of Jospeh Fenney and Eliza McC [that's all the marriage certificate has], on 16 November 1901 in Steuvenville, Jefferson county, Ohio. Aggie was born in Edmonds, Washington county, Maine in 1863. Thomas was born in Little Mills, Tyler county, West Virginia.

In the 1910 census of Steubenville precinct, Jefferson county, Ohio as Thomas Hisam, a 52 year old millwright in a paper mill. Living with him was his second wife, Aggie, 46, of Maine. It was also her second marriage. She had a surviving child from her first marriage, but they were not living with Thomas at that time. Thomas and Aggie had been married for 9 years. Also living with him was his daughter, Mellie [sic], 22. She had been married for 6 years, but was now divorced. She had no children. There were also two young boarders, Richard Little, 7, and Frances Rochelle, 2, both of Ohio. They were clearly not directly related to anyone else in the house.

In the 1920 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county Ohio as Thomas Hisam, a 61 year old teamster working at a sawmill. His brother, Ozias, below, was also living in Wayne township. Living with him was his wife, Aggie, 57.

Aggie E. Hisam, the wife of Thomas Hisam of Broadacre, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 30 January 1930 in Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio. She was 66 years old. Aggie had been born on 22 December 1863, in Maine. She was buried in the Quaker cemetery on 2 February 1930. Her parents names were listed as unknown.

In the 1930 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio as Thomas Hisam [Hinn in familysearch.org], a 71 year old farmer. He was a widower.

Thomas W. Hisam, the son of Levi Hisam and Ruth Way, died on 1 January 1934 in Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan. He was 75 years old and widowed. He moved to Detroit to be near his daughter, Nellie Black.

His children were,
(25) Nellie L. Hissam (1888)

Nellie was born on 6 January 1888, near Wheeling, West Virginia. In the 1900 census of Steubenville precinct, Jefferson county, Ohio as Nellie Hissam, 12 [January 1888].

Nellie first married unknown.

In the 1910 census of Steubenville precinct, Jefferson county, Ohio as Nellie Hisam, 22. She had been married for 6 years, but was now divorced. She had no children.

Nellie L. Hissam (1888), 23, of Wheeling, West Virginia, married Benjamin W. Schleider, 38 [1873], of Crogham, Lewis county, Kentucky, the son of Augustus E. Schleider and Barbara Reeffouorgh, on 14 February 1911 in Steubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio.

Nellie Schlieder, 27, the daughter of Thomas Hisan and Mary Virdan, married Ferdinand Arthur Kraft, 28, the son of Christopher Kraft and Marie Thurling, on 9 November 1915 in Lucas county, Ohio. Both Nellie and Ferdinand were residing in Detroit, Michigan at the time. She claimed to have been married once before [shouldn't that be twice?]. She was the widow of Benjamin Schlider.

Nellie Kraft, 32, the daughter of Thomas [Hissam] and Mary B. Verden, married Leo Stanton, 28, the son of Joseph Stanton and Tillie Gwezdilla, on 7 June 1920 in Detroit Michigan. Nellie was divorced.

Nellie F. Hisam Stanton, 29, the daughter of Thomas Hissem and Carrie Malson [?], married William W. Black, 24, the son of H.W. Black and Flora Cross, on 8 October 1924 in Monroe, Monroe county, Michigan. Nellie claimed to have been born in Sistersville, West Viriginia in 1895, which is seven years too young. Carrie had been married once before.

In the 1930 census of Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan as William Black, 29, and Nellie F. Black, 33. I was hoping to find Nellie's father, Thomas Hissam, living with them.

I have a Nellie F. Black, 49, the daughter of Thomas Hisam and Carrie Mulson [?], who died on 27 May 1947 in Detroit. Her birth date was given as 6 January 1898, which is exactly 10 years too young for our Nellie. Did she lie about her age? Note that Nellie L. Hissam's father, Thomas, also died in Detroit.

Cherry J. Hissam, the daughter of Levi Hissam, a farmer, and his wife Ruth R., was born on 5 May 1861 in Tyler county, West Virginia. The family was residing a Buffalo [is that Buffalo creek?]. In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Ellsworth township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Jane Hisam, 9. I lose track of her after this.

She was born in 1864. In the 1870 census of the Middlebourne post office, Ellsworth township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Sarah E. Hisam. In the 1880 census of Union district, Tyler county as Levi Sarah E. Hisam, 16.

Sarah E. Hissam, 20, married George E. Williamson, 24, on 4 March 1881 in Tyler county, West Virginia. Note that her younger brother, Ozias, married Margaret Williamson.

Ozias W. Hissem, the son of Levi and Ruth R. Hissem, was born in Tyler county, West Virginia on 29 September 1868. In the 1870 census of Ellsworth township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Ozias Hisam, 1. In the 1880 census of Union district, Tyler county as Ozias W. Hisam, 10.

Ozias W. Hissom, 20, married Maggie E. Williamson, 14 [!], of Ohio, on 23 May 1889 in Tyler county, West Virginia. Joseph M. Williamson officiated - a relative? At some point Ozias moved to Ohio, perhaps in company with his father, Levi, and brother, Thomas, who went there in the late 1880's.

In the 1900 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio as Osias [sic] Hissam, a 31 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Maggie E., 26 [May 1874], and daughter, Susanna B., 1 [March 1899]. Also living with him was his father, Levi, 67, and his mother-in-law, Susanna Williamson, 65.

In the 1910 census of Jefferson county as O. W. Hisam, a 41 year old farmer. Living with him was his wife, Maggie, 36, his daughter, Susanna, 11, his father, Levi, 78, and his mother-in-law, Susanna Williamson, 75.

In the 1920 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio as Ozias Hisam, a 50 year old teamster with his own team. Living with him was his wife, Margaret, 45, and daughter, Susanna, 20.

In the 1930 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio as Ozias Hissam, a 61 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Maggie E., 55, and daughter Susanna E., 21.

In the 1940 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio as Ozias W. Hisam [Hiram in familysearh.org], a 71 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Maggie E., 65, and daughter, Susanna E., 41. Susanna had no occupation.

Margaret E. Hisam, the daughter of Isaac Williamson and Susanna Brown, died on 15 February 1941 in Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio. She was 66 years old; born on 27 May 1874 in Ohio. Margaret was the wife of O.W. Hisam of Broadacre. Ozias died . . .

I believe Ozias had eight children, all of whom, except Susanna, died young,
(25) Birtie Hissam (c1867) of West Virginia, died young
(25) Katie Hissam (c1889) of West Virginia, died young
(25) Henry Hissam (c1892) of West Virginia, died young
(25) Calvin Hissom (c1898) of Ohio, died young
(25) Susanna E. Hissam (1899) of Ohio
(25) Albert Hissam (c1900) of West Virginia, died young
(25) Alston Hissam (c1904) of Ohio, died young
(25) Winsola Hissam (c1906) of West Virginia, died young

Susanna was born on 31 March 1899.

In the 1900 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio as Susanna E. Hissam, 1 [March 1899]. In the 1910 census of Jefferson county as Susanna Hisam, 11. In the 1920 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio as Susanna Hisam, 20. In the 1930 census of Wayne township as Susanna B. Hissam, 31. In the 1940 census of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio as Susanna E. Hisam, 41. Susanna had no occupation.

She died on 15 June 1973. Her last residence was Richmond, Jefferson county, Ohio. Apparently she never married.

She was born in 1835 in West Virginia.

In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Isabella Hissam, 15. In the census of 1860 for Tyler county as Isabel Hissam, 26, living at home with her widowed mother.

Isabel Hissam [Hipans in West Virginia Vital Records], 25, the daughter of Thomas and Rachel Hissam, married Isaac Weekley, 40, the son of Richard and Prudence Weekley, on 11 June 1865 in Tyler county.

Eveline was born in 1837 in West Virginia.

In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Eveline Hissam, 13. In the 1860 census of Tyler county as Eveline Hissam, 24, living at home with her widowed mother. In the 1870 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Eveline Hissam, 28. That's six years too young.

Or Hisam. Samuel was born on 5 May 1838 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Samuel Hissam, 11. In the census of 1860 for Tyler county as Samuel Hissam, 22.

Civil War Service Records indicate that Samuel Hisam enlisted on 1 August 1862 as a Private in Company "E" of the 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army. Also noted in the same Service Records to be known as Samuel Hissam. He served from 1861 to 1865. An early record shows that,

"Pvt. Samuel Hissam, Tyler County, 23. Mustered at Camp Hartsuff Oct. 4, 1862. Detailed to division hospital."

Per Thomas J. Hisam - pension records: Samuel was "Taken with partial blindness so that he could not march after night and had to be led by a comrade. PO address = Wick, Tyler Co. & Friendly, Tyler Co. Following discharge - resided near Littles Mills, Tyler Co."

Samuel's disability began in August 1864 in the Shenandoah Valley it commenced with [garbled] deafness and blindness. Caused by hea [garbled]. Gets all in-laws to vouch for his disability. As of May 1889 - received a pension of $4/mo. See his cousin's similar pension application, above. He was discharged on 1 July 1865.

Samuel Hissam, a 27 year old farmer, the son of Thomas and Rachel Hissam, born in Tyler county, married Hannah Haught, 21, the daughter of Alpheus and Phoebe [Brown] Haught, born in Ohio, on 25 August 1867 in Tyler county. Joseph M. Williamson officiated. Samuel Hissam could not sign his own name, leaving just his mark. Hannah was born on 6 October 1848.

The 1870 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia has a Samuel Hissem, 26, living with his mother, Rachel Hissem, 72. However, his age was too young by about 6 years. Living with them were Jesse, 32, a grandson of Rachel born in Ohio, and Samuel's sister, Eveline, 28, as well as Samuel's family, his wife, Hannah, 23, and son, Okey, 2.

In the 1880 census of Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia as Samuel Hisam, a 42 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Hanah, 32, and children, Okey J. [Jesse?], 12, who was helping on the farm, Sarah J., 9, Rachel E., 7, John L., 4, and Nora M., 2/12. Nora was born in April 1880. Samuel was born in West Virginia, but both of his parents were born in Pennsylavnia.

Samuel Hisam filed for a pension as an invalid of the Civil War on 19 January 1880. His widow received the pension after his death.

In the 1900 census of Union district as Samuel Hisam, a 62 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Hannah W., 57 [October 1848], and children, Rachel E., 27 [August 1872], John L., a 24 year old teacher [April 1876], and Nora M., 20 [April 1880].

The Oak Grove cemetary, of Tyler county, West Virginia has the following tombstones, some of whom seem to fit here:

Hisam
Hisam
Hisam, Samuel, born May 5, 1838, died Aug 8, 1905, notes 67y 3m 3d
Hisam, Hannah, born Oct 4, 1848, died June 9, 1928
Hisam, Rachel E., born Aug 3, 1872, died Feb 22, 1945
Hisam, John L., born 1876, died 1931
Hisam, Oscar S., born Jan 29, 1894, died Apr 25, 1894, notes s/o O.J. & S.
Hisam, Vina, born Aug 25, 1892, Nov 12, 1892, notes d/o O.J. & S.

Samuel Hissam, a farmer, died on 8 August 1905 in Friendly, West Virginia at the age of 67. He was buried on 10 August 1905 in the Tuttle cemetery in Oak Grove. Hannah Hisam died on 9 June 1928, aged 79.

Their children were,
(24) Okey J. Hissam (1868)
(24) Sarah Joann (Jane) Hissam (1870)
(24) Rachel E. Hissam (1872)
(24) John Ladley Hissam (1876)
(24) Nora M. Hissam (1880)

He was born on 1 June 1868. His middle name may be Jesse. Also called Clay. In the 1870 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Okey Hissem, 2. In the 1880 census of Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia as Okey J. Hisam, 12. He was helping on the farm.

Okey J. Hissam, 21, born in Tyler county, married Susannah Hoskins, 21, born in Monroe county, Ohio, on 23 February 1890 in Tyler county, West Virginia. The Reverand Thomas Way officiated.

In the Oak Grove cemetary, Tyler county are the graves of two of their children that died young,

Hisam, Vina, born Aug 25, 1892, died Nov 12, 1892, notes d/o O.J. & S.
Hisam, Oscar S., born Jan 29, 1894, died Apr 25, 1894, notes s/o O.J. & S.

In the 1900 census of Union township as Okey J. Hisam [Key J. Hisam in Ancestry.com], a 31 year old farmer. He was living next-door to his father, Samuel. Living with him were his wife, Susannah, 30 [April 1870], and children, Cora N., 9 [April 1891], Jennie, 7 [August 1892], and Bessie E., 2 [January 1898].

In the 1910 census of Union township as Oakey J. Hisam, a 41 year old farmer. Living with him were his wife, Susana J., 39, and children, Cora N., 19, oddly shown as being a farm laborer, Jennie, 18, Bessie E., 12, and Goldie A., 8. The 1900 census had shown Susanna as born in West Virginia; the 1910 shows her and her parents as born in Ohio.

Okey J. Hissam, a farmer, died of Tuberculosis of Lungs, on 28 June 1912 in Friendly, R.F.D. He was buried in the Oak Grove cemetery.

Susannah Hysom, 44, born in Wetzel county, married Luther Hoskins, 35, born in Monroe county, Ohio, in 1918 in Wetzel county, West Virginia. The Reverend B.W. Keith officiated. However, Susannah's marriage license clearly showed her last name as Hoskins in 1890. Were Susannah and Luther cousins? Our Susannah should have been 49 years old and born in Monroe county. Being older than Luther, perhaps Susannah lied about her age.

In the 1920 census of Union township we have Okey and Susannah's daughter, Goldie A. Hissam, 17, living as a step-daughter with Luther M. Hoskins and his wife, Susanna, 49. The latter was, apparently, Goldie's mother. I assume the other daughters had married by this time.

Susana Hoskins, the wife of Luther Hoskins, died on 15 October 1926 at the age of 56. Her parents were Lemiel [Lemuel] Slider and Meryia Crow. Was Susannah married three times? Did Susannah Slider marry a Hoskins, a Hissam and then another Hoskins?

His children were,
(25) Cora N. Hissam (1891)
(25) Jennie Hissam (1892)
(25) Vina Hissam (1892)
(25) Oscar S. Hissam (1894)
(25) Bessie E. Hissam (1898)
(25) Goldie A. Hissam (1902)

Cora N. Hissam, the daughter of Okey J. Hissam, a farmer, and his wife Susan Hoskins, 21, was born on 17 April 1891 in Oak Grove, Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1900 census of Union township as Cora N. Hisam, 9 [April 1891]. In the 1910 census of Union township as Cora N. Hisam, 19, oddly shown as being a farm laborer.

In the 1900 census of Union township as Jennie Hisam, 7 [August 1892]. In the 1910 census of Union township as Jennie Hisam, 18.

The twin of Jennie, above. In the Oak Grove cemetary, Tyler county is her grave, "Hisam, Vina, born Aug 25, 1892, died Nov 12, 1892, notes d/o O.J. & S."

In the Oak Grove cemetary, Tyler county is his grave, "Hisam, Oscar S., born Jan 29, 1894, died Apr 25, 1894, notes s/o O.J. & S."

Bessie E. Hissom, the daughter of O.J. Hissom, a farmer, and his wife Susanna, was born on 17 January 1898 in Everette, West Virginia. In the 1900 census of Union township as Bessie E. Hisam, 2 [January 1898]. In the 1910 census of Union township as Bessie E. Hisam, 12 .

Goldie Hissam, the daughter of O.J. Hissam, a farmer, and his wife Susannah, was born on 7 July 1902 in Everett, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1910 census of Union township as Goldie A. Hisam, 8. In the 1920 census of Union township as Goldie A. Hissam, 17, a step-daughter of Luther M. Hoskins and his wife, Susanna, 49. Remember that Okey's wife had been a Hoskins. I assume the other daughters had married by this time.

Sarah J. Hissem, the daughter of Samuel Hissem, a farmer, and his wife Hannah, was born on 10 November 1870 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1880 census of Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia as Sarah J. Hisam, 9.

Sarah Joana Hisam, 22, married Stephen E. Buchanan, 23, a railroad worker, the son of Lewis [Louis] Sampson Buchanan and Sarah Tuttle, on 4 December 1892. Stephen was born on 28 December 1868 in Tyler county. The Reverend Stephen Way officiated.

Sarah J. [Hisam] Buchannon [sic], the daughter of Samuel Hisam and Hannah Haught, died of cardiac arrest on 18 December 1935 in Friendly, Tyler county, West Virginia at the age of 65. She was buried in the Nount Nebo cemetery in Pleasants county, West Virginia.

I think Stephen, as S.E. Buchanan, went on to marry his sister-in-law, Ila Dee Patterson Hisam, on 10 June 1936. She was the widow of John Ladley Hisam, below.

Stephen fell on a wet kitchen floor, breaking his hip, and subsequently died of a cardiac arrest on 10 August 1961. He was buried in the Mount Nebo cemetery.

Rachel A. Hissam, the duaghter of Saml. Hissam, a farmer, and his wife, Anna [Hannah Haught], was born on 3 August 1872 in Tyler county. In the 1880 census of Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia as Rachel E. Hisam, 7. In the 1900 census of Union district as Rachel E. Hisam, 27 [August 1872].

Rachel Hisam, the daughter of Samuel Hisam and Hannah Haught, born on 3 August 1872, a 72 year old housekeeper, died of chronic myocarditis [damage to the heart muscle] on 22 February 1945. She was buried in the Oak Grove cemetary in Friendly. She never married.

Also as Hisam. His middle name may be Ledley. John L. Hissem, the son of Samuel Hissem, farmer, and his wife Hannah [Haught], was born on 6 April 1876 in Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia. There is a John "Led" Hissam, the son of William Hissam of the David Heysham branch of the family. However, he was born on 29 June 1862 in Monroe county, Ohio.

In the 1880 census of Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia as John L. Hisam, 4. In the 1900 census of Union district as John L. Hisam, a 24 year old teacher [April 1876].

John Ladley Hisam, 29, of Long Reach, Tyler county, West Virginia, married Ilan Dee Patterson, 19, of Little, the daughter of Amos M. Patterson, on 27 January 1906. The Reverend T.J. Nickel officiated. Illa was the daughter of Amos Milton Patterson and Nancy Cerena Wilson. Illa had sisters, Ina, Isa and Ida - do you think her folks had trouble remembering who was who?

In the 1910 census of Union township as John L. Hisam, a 32 year old Public School teacher. Living with him were his wife, I. Dee, 22, and his son, T. Gale [is that T really an L?], 2.

John L. Hisam, of Bens Run, registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Tyler county, West Virginia, at the age of 42. He was a teacher in Bens Runs, employed by the Board of Education of Tyler county. His wife was Ila D. Hisam, of Bens Run. He was described as Tall and slender, with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1920 census of Butler township, Hancock county, West Virginia as John L. Hisam, a 43 year old school teacher. Living with him was his wife, Ila D., 32, and son, Lawrence G., 12.

In the 1930 census of Union township as John L. Hissam, a 53 year old teacher. Living with him were his wife, Ila D., 40, and son, Gale L., 23 with no occupation.

John Ladley Hisam died on 7 March 1931 in Friendly. He was buring in the Oak Grove cemetary in Bens Run, "Hisam, John L., born 1876, died 1931."

On 10 June 1936, a widow, Ila D. Hisam, 47, the daughter of Amos Patterson and Nancy Wilson, married Stephen E. Buchanan, a widower and son of L.S. Buchanan and Sarah Tuttle [according to FindAGrave.com], in Raven Rock, Tyler county, West Virginia. Ila Dee Patterson Hisam Buchanan, born 1887, died on 27 October 1963. She was buried in the Oak Grove cemetery.

John's children were,
(25) Gayle Lawrence Hisam (1907)

Gayle Laurence Hisam, the son of Jno. L. Hisam, a 31 year old teacher of Friendly, West Virginia, and Ila D. [Dee] Patterson, a 20 year old teacher of Wick, West Virginia, was born on 7 November 1907 in Long Reach, Tyler county, West Virginia.

In the 1910 census of Union township as T. Gale Hisam, 2. In the 1920 census of Butler township, Hancock county, West Virginia as Lawrence G. Hisam, 12, the son of John L. Hisam.

In the 1930 census of Union township as Gale L. Hissam, 23, with no occupation.

Gayle Hisam, 28, of Friendly, married Evelyn Mae Wells, 22, on 23 May 1936. The Reverand W. I. Myers officiated. Evelyn was born on 3 June 1916.

Gayle Hisam served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

In 1979 Gayle L. Hisam was living in Friendly, West Virginia.

Lawrence Gayle Hisam died on 6 August 1983 in Sistersville, Tyler county, West Virginia. In the Friendly, West Virginia cemetary is the tombstone of, "Gayle Hisam, 1907-1983, US Navy WWII." His obituary,

"Gayle Hisam, 65, of Friendly, died Saturday evening at the Sistersville Hospital. He was born in Tyler county, Nov. 7, 1907, the son of the late John and Ila Patterson Hisam.

He was a member of the Church of Christ, a World War II veteran and the American Legion Post 67. He was retired from Union Carbide Corporation.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Wells Hisam; three sons, Gene, Larry and Garry, all of Rt. 1, Friendly; and one granddaughter, Pam Hisam.

Services were held Tuesday at the Eckels Funeral Home in Sistersville. Burial was in the Friendly Cemetery, with military graveside memorial services." - from the Oracle of St. Marys, West Virginia, of 11 August 1983

Their children were,
(26) Victor Eugene Hisam (1937)
(26) Gary Lee Hisam (c1941)
(26) Larry Hisam (1951)

Victor E. Hisam was born on 25 March 1937 in Tyler county, West Virginia. A chemical worker at Union Carbide Corporation.

Victor Eugene Hisam, 20, of Friendly, Tyler county, married Gladys Jean Hall, 18, of Pleasants county, on 29 November 1967. The Reverand B.M. Mitchel officiated.

Victor died on 19 April 2011 in Marietta, Washington county, Ohio. His obituary,

"Victor Eugene "Gene" Hisam, 74, of Friendly, passed away April 19, 2011 at Marietta Memorial Hospital.

He was born March 25, 1937, a son of the late Lawrence Gayle Hisam and Evelyn Mae Wells Hisam. He married a Hall.

Gene was a retired chemical worker of 33 years at Union Carbide and was a member of the Chemical Workers Union Local 698. He was a 1956 graduate of Sistersville High School and he was a protestant by faith.

He is survived by his wife, Gladys Hall Hisam of Friendly; daughter, Pam Camerlin of Friendly; brother Gary Lee (Debbie) Hisam of Friendly; grandchildren, Valerie (Von) Ash of Sistersville, Lucretia Camerlin and Dana Camerlin of Friendly; two great grandsons, Chandler Ash and Colton Ash of Sistersville and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Larry Hisam.

Services will be Saturday at 1:00 pm at Myers Funeral Home with Pastor Bill Williamson officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 3-8 at Myers Funeral Home. Interment will be at Friendly Cemetery." - from the Myers Online Obituary

She married a Camerlin.

Of Friendly & Sistersville. His wife was Deborah Kathleen Shepherd.

His children are,
(27) Gavin Mitchell Hisam (1986)
(27) Wyatt Hisam (c1988)

Gavin, the son of Gary Lee Hisam and Deborah Kathleen Shepherd, was born on 10 November 1986. He appears to be a pipe welder, like his brother, Wyatt, below.

"Chasity Renee Jenkins and Gavin Mitchell Hisam were united in marriage on March 23, 2014 at the home of Gary and Debbie Hisam, parents of the groom, in Friendly. Pastor Herman Haught officiated the intimate ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Steve Jenkins and Mary Jane Wade of Wick. She is the granddaughter of Mark and Susan Willey of Friendly, and Wilma Carrol of New Martinsville and Jack Jenkins of Wick.

The groom is the grandson of Gayle and Evelyn Hisam (both deceased) of Friendly and Jerry and the late Peggy Shepherd of New Martinsville, 40-year residents of Sistersville. Chasity's mother served as matron of honor and Wyatt Hisam, brother of the groom, served as best man.

A reception at the wedding site followed.

The bride is a 2008 graduate of Tyler Consolidated High School. The groom is a 2005 graduate of the same.

The groom is currently employed by Jay Bee Oil and Gas of Cairo, W.Va.

The couple now resides in Alma, along with two-year-old Jaide Jenkins." - from the "Tyler Star News"

A pipe welder. He lives in Friendly, West Virginia.

Larry Joe Hisam, the son of Lawrence Gayle Hisam and Evelyn Mae Wells, was born on 4 May 1951 in Friendly, Tyler county, West Virginia.

Larry, a boy scout in Troop 170, was featured in the February 1966 edition of "Boys' Life" for saving the life of a young boy who was choking, by pulling a coin out of the boy's throat.

He died on 1 January 1989 at the age of 37 and was buried in the Friendly cemetery. There is plaque for his tombstone. I'm not aware of any marriage or children.

Nora M. Hissem, the daughter of Samuel Hissem, a farmer, and his wife Hannah, was born on 21 April 1880 in Tyler county, West Virginia. In the 1880 census of Union district, Tyler county, West Virginia as Nora M. Hisam, 2/12. In the 1900 census of Union district as Nora M. Hisam, 20 [April 1880].

Nora Myrtle Hissom [sic], 25, of Tyler county, married Ira Walter Brewer, 23, of Pleasants county, on 7 December 1905 at St. Mary's, Pleasants county, West Virginia. The Reverend J.H. Doan officiated. Ira was born on 4 April 1882 in Pleasants county.

Nora died on 27 July 1952 in Ben's Run, Tyler county, West Virginia. Ira died on 14 February 1969 in Weirton, Hancock county, West Virginia.

She was was born in 1846 in West Virginia. In the 1850 census of Tyler county, West Virginia as Frances Hissam, 4, the daughter of Thomas Hissam, a 65 year old farmer, born in Pennsylvania and Rachel, 53. Thomas and Rachel seem a bit old to be parents.

In the 1860 census of Tyler county, shown as Frances V. Huffman. I expect she was actually a granddaughter of one of Thomas' daughters.

Catherine was born on 14 June 1796 - from the International Genealogical Index. The IGI claims she was born in Virginia, but both Thomas and David were still in Pennsylvania at that time. Which was her father?
- Thomas Hissom, per the 1810 census, had a daughter born sometime between 1794 and 1800.
- David Hissom/Heysham, per the 1800 census, had a daughter born between 1790 and 1800. She was missing from the 1810 cenus, either having died or married.
So, I'd say she's most likely the daughter of Thomas.

Catherine married William McVey in 1819.

"McVay, William (Gr); Hisem, Catherine (Gr); 18 Nov. 1819; (353); 111" - from "Washington County, Ohio Marriages, 1789-1840" by Bernice Graham and Elizabeth S. Cottle

By 1820 William and Catherine had moved to Doniphan county, Kansas where their son Benjamin Franklin McVay [McVey] was born in that year. Their children included Alcy [Elsie] McVey, born in 1824, and Andrew Coleman McVey.

Catherine died on 1 October 1865 in Buchanon county, Missouri and was buried in the Old Sparta Cemetery. William died in 1871.

In Thomas' will of 1854 there was no mention of a son, Jesse, but "To my Grandson Jesse Hissem, I also give the above named sum of one dollar as above stated." However, who could his father have been? I haven't found any grandsons for Thomas named Jesse. Jesse was born in Ohio per the 1880 census; most likely Monroe county. Could his father have been Thomas' son John? The latter was born in 1804, so he would have been old enough to have a son born this early, and he lived in Monroe county, Ohio as late as 1837, when he bought land there. However, John moved to northern Ohio, where he died in 1850. Might Jesse have been left behind, or sent back, to live with his grandparents? Thomas' next son, Abner, did not start having children until about 1842. The next son after that, Elijah, had no children.

A Jesse Hissam [sic] served in the Civil War in the 10th West Virginia "Volunteer" Infantry regiment. Also serving in the same outfit were Thomas J. and Samuel Hissam. They were both sons of Thomas. Could they have been uncles of Jesse?

"Pvt. Thomas J. Hissam, Tyler County, 33 [1829]. Mustered at Buckhannon April 12, 1862. Mustered out May 2, 1865.
Pvt. Jesse Hissam, Tyler County, 25 [1837]. Mustered April 12, 1862. Detailed to Quartermaster Department. Mustered out May 2, 1865.
Pvt. Samuel Hissam, Tyler County, 23 [1839]. Mustered at Camp Hartsuff Oct. 4, 1862. Detailed to division hospital."

I have the following snippet reference which is clearly for the Jesse Hissam of the 10th West Virginia volunteers, but it does not make clear whose son he may have been.

[In the chapter for the 10th West Virginia Regiment of Volunteers]
"Private Jesse Hissam accounted for as wagoner [part of the Quartermaster corps].

Stationed at Winchester, Virginia, March-April 1863.

Stationed at Beverly, [West] Virginia, May-October 1863.

Stationed at Beverly, West Virginia, November-December 1863.
Since last muster our company has been doing duty in and around Beverly, West Virginia with the expedition of going on two raids and part of the company on scout on our first expedition. "
- from the "Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" by Jane Hewett, pg 414

"To Capt. Aug. 8 Darnell, In charge of prisoners for Wheeling, Wheeling, Va. Request Governor Pierpont to grant no commission to Jesse Hissam until letter is . . ." - from "Calendar of the Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Papers"

Jesse was inducted as a Sergeant and discharged as a Private [oops].

In the 1870 census of Union township, Tyler county, West Virginia as Jesse Hissem, a 32 year old farmer, of Ohio. Living with him were his grandmother (though the census doesn't call her as such), Rachel, 72, born in Pennsylvania, and a possible wife, Eveline, 28, as well as Samuel, 26, Hannah, 23, and Okey, 2. The last four were all of Virginia or West Virginia. If Samuel was Rachel's son, then his age is off, being five years too young. The same would be true of Eveline if she were Rachel's daughter. Hannah was Samuel's wife and Okey his son; their ages are correct.

In the 1880 census of Harmon [Harmar], Washington county, Ohio as Jessie Hisam, a 45 year old cooper [1835]. Living with him was his wife, Evoline, 43. I think they had been married 16 years. Jessie had been living in the county for 4 years at the time of the census. He had been born in Ohio, of Pennsylvania parents; she in Virginia, of Pennsylvania parents. He was a cooper, like Levi, Joshua and William of the Levi Hissem of Thomas family. On the other hand, Washington county is just below Monroe county, on the Ohio river, where so many of the Thomas of Thomas line lived.

On 19 July 1890 "Jesse Hisam" filed for a pension as an invalid of the Civil War.

Jesse Hisam, certificate 682734, an Army Invalid, died on 27 June 1909. He had served as a Private and Sergeant in Company E, 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry with Samuel Hisam, whose wife, Hannah, also received a pension. - from Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards.

I'm not aware of any children.

Steve Hissem
San Diego, California