 Birth | September 19, 1849 29 21 |
 Marriage | W H Wilkins — View this family unknown |
 Census | September 3, 1850 (Age 11 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Ann Sissell February 1852 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Sissell September 1854 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell 1856 (Age 6 years) |
| Census | 1856 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lou Ida Sissell September 9, 1859 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Zachariah Sissell September 7, 1862 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | George A Sissell March 12, 1865 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 |
| Death of a father | Hamlin Findley Sissell October 24, 1865 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 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 17 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 |
 Death | August 6, 1912 (Age 62 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Moriah Cemetery |