Lacrosse-Walworth-Dodge County WI Archives Biographies.....Sisson, George S. 1804 - 
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GEORGE S. SISSON, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Mindoro. Born in Massachusetts in 
1804, where he lived till 18 years of age, when he removed with his father's 
family to Geauga Co., Ohio. Married in Ohio to Lucia E. Bartholomew; removed 
to Walworth Co., Wis., May, 1846; came to La Crosse County in 1852, and 
settled in Lewis Valley, where he has since lived; wife died Aug. 4, 1871; has 
seven children - Oscar O., Margaret N., Selena S., Olen G., Oree A., Alonzo 
S., and Francis M. Four of the sons of Mr. Sisson were soldiers in the Union 
army during the rebellion. Oscar O. enlisted in 1861, in the 8th W. V. I., 
where he served two years; was then transferred to Company A, 2d United States 
heavy artillery, where he served five years; serving altogether seven years as 
a soldier. Alonzo S. was born in Ohio, 1845; enlisted in the 2d W. V. C.; 
served four years; married Mary Chisholm, daughter of James Chisholm; she was 
born in Beaver Dam, 1850. They have two boys - Frank W. and Charles E. Olen G. 
enlisted in same regiment and company, and served during the last year of the 
war.

Additional Comments:
From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 853.

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