Eleanor “Ellen” ClausonAge: 93 years1827–1921
- Name
- Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson
- Given names
- Eleanor "Ellen"
- Surname
- Clauson
- Married name
- Eleanor "Ellen" Sissell
 Birth | December 27, 1827 22 18 |
 Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Clauson July 19, 1831 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 4 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 7 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
 Marriage | Hamlin Findley Sissell — View this family 1842 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Joseph Garrett Sissell February 22, 1847 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 18 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mildred Sissell September 19, 1849 (Age 21 years) |
 Census | September 3, 1850 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mary Ann Sissell February 1852 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susan Jemimah Whatley about 1853 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Martha Elizabeth Sissell September 1854 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell 1856 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | 1856 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Lou Ida Sissell September 9, 1859 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 29 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 15, 1860 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | William Zachariah Sissell September 7, 1862 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | George A Sissell March 12, 1865 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 33 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William A Hendrix about 1865 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a husband | Hamlin Findley Sissell October 24, 1865 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lewis Thompson Hendrix — Mary Ann Sissell — View this family November 9, 1867 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 39 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 39 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Charles Hendrix about 1869 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 41 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Marriage of a child | Daniel Wesley Davis — Martha Elizabeth Sissell — View this family February 17, 1870 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | July 16, 1870 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Emma Grace Hendrix January 20, 1871 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Bertha E Davis February 9, 1871 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Garrett Sissell — Mary Etta Clark — View this family November 27, 1871 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Albert Egbert Sissell September 27, 1873 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Jessie Jane Hendrix July 20, 1874 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William H Jordan — Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell — View this family April 25, 1875 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Esta E Sissell November 25, 1875 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Armantha Jordan October 29, 1876 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Myrtle A Sissell September 1877 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 50 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Addia Hendrix about 1879 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William J Kennedy — Lou Ida Sissell — View this family February 27, 1879 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Edgar Leroy Kennedy November 9, 1879 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Nina Gertrude Sissell February 8, 1880 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | Harry Addison Kennedy October 8, 1881 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Pearl Mae Sissell January 9, 1883 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | Nora Hendrix about 1883 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Zachariah Sissell — Annette “Nettie” Harris — View this family 1884 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | Ethel Ann Sissell March 10, 1885 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | Fred Sissell April 13, 1885 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #18 | Rena Viola Hendrix October 1885 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #19 | Paul Swan Davis August 26, 1886 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #20 | George Clark Sissell August 4, 1887 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | John Reuel Sissell May 14, 1889 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #22 | Alice Etta Sissell October 13, 1889 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #23 | Alvin Elmer “Pete” Sissell October 1889 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #24 | Hellen Kennedy January 1890 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #25 | Kenneth Ray Sissell September 1890 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #26 | Edna Sissell November 1891 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #27 | William S Kennedy June 1892 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #28 | Gladys Inez Sissell September 8, 1897 (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Stephen McCabe — Mary Ann Sissell — View this family 1897 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 70 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a grandson #29 | William Earl Sissell February 2, 1903 (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Andrew Jackson Elder — Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell — View this family November 18, 1903 (Age 75 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mildred Sissell August 6, 1912 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Bertha E Davis April 11, 1915 (Age 87 years) |
| Census | 1915 (Age 87 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Clauson July 8, 1916 (Age 88 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 88 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 89 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 90 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a granddaughter | Myrtle A Sissell February 15, 1919 (Age 91 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Albert Egbert Sissell after 1920 (Age 92 years) |
 Death | November 22, 1921 (Age 93 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Belleville Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Clauson Birth: about 1805 — Illinois, United States Death: |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: about 1809 39 27 — Georgia, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson Birth: December 27, 1827 22 18 — Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States Death: November 22, 1921 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Clauson Birth: July 19, 1831 26 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 8, 1916 — District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Hamlin Findley Sissell |
| husband |
Hamlin Findley Sissell Birth: August 27, 1820 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 24, 1865 — Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States |
| herself |
Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson Birth: December 27, 1827 22 18 — Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States Death: November 22, 1921 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: 1842 — Tennessee, United States |
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5 years son |
Joseph Garrett Sissell Birth: February 22, 1847 26 19 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 3, 1925 — Rooks, Kansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mildred Sissell Birth: September 19, 1849 29 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 6, 1912 — Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Ann Sissell Birth: February 1852 31 24 — Iowa, United States Death: December 1942 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Martha Elizabeth Sissell Birth: September 1854 34 26 — Iowa, United States Death: May 7, 1940 — Belleville, Republic, Kansas, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell Birth: 1856 35 28 — Monroe, Iowa, United States Death: 1947 |
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4 years daughter |
Lou Ida Sissell Birth: September 9, 1859 39 31 — Iowa, United States Death: June 14, 1945 — Republic, Kansas, United States |
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3 years son |
William Zachariah Sissell Birth: September 7, 1862 42 34 — Iowa, United States Death: March 31, 1956 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States |
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3 years son |
George A Sissell Birth: March 12, 1865 44 37 — Iowa, United States Death: |
Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson has 22 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (22)
Parents James R Hooks + Jemima Shemwell
Parents John P Shemwell + Mahalia Adeline Dodd
Parents Henry George Clay Cherry + Maletha Shemwell
Parents William Alexander Shemwell + Mary Demarious Gray
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Hamlin Sissell - Household
Marion, Iowa, United States
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Hamlin Sissell - Household
Marysville, Marion, Iowa
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson - Household
Liberty, Marion, Iowa
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Thompson Hendrix - Household
Greenfield, Rooks, Kansas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Lou Ida Sissell - Household
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| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - Lou Ida Sissell - Household
Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States
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