Martha Elizabeth SissellAge: 85 years1854–1940
- Name
- Martha Elizabeth Sissell
- Given names
- Martha Elizabeth
- Surname
- Sissell
- Married name
- Martha Elizabeth Davis
 Birth | September 1854 34 26 |
 Birth of a sister | Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell 1856 (Age 16 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Lou Ida Sissell September 9, 1859 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 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 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Zachariah Sissell September 7, 1862 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | George A Sissell March 12, 1865 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 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 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 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 12 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 14 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 | Daniel Wesley Davis — View this family February 17, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | July 15, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Bertha E Davis February 9, 1871 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | July 6, 1880 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Paul Swan Davis August 26, 1886 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Florence Marguerite “Flossie” Casad August 27, 1889 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 |
| Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Carl Emil Honore — Bertha E Davis — View this family 1907 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mildred Sissell August 6, 1912 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Bertha E Davis April 11, 1915 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 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 62 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 63 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/ |
| Census | February 11, 1920 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson November 22, 1921 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Garrett Sissell August 3, 1925 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a husband | Daniel Wesley Davis April 12, 1927 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 25, 1930 (Age 75 years) |
 Death | May 7, 1940 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Farmington Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Hamlin Findley Sissell Birth: August 27, 1820 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 24, 1865 — Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
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 elder brother |
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 elder sister |
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 elder sister |
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 herself |
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 younger sister |
Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell Birth: 1856 35 28 — Monroe, Iowa, United States Death: 1947 |
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4 years younger sister |
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 younger brother |
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 younger brother |
George A Sissell Birth: March 12, 1865 44 37 — Iowa, United States Death: |
| Family with Daniel Wesley Davis |
| husband |
Daniel Wesley Davis Birth: 1849 — Marion, Iowa, United States Death: April 12, 1927 — Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States |
| herself |
Martha Elizabeth Sissell Birth: September 1854 34 26 — Iowa, United States Death: May 7, 1940 — Belleville, Republic, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 17, 1870 — Iowa, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Bertha E Davis Birth: February 9, 1871 22 16 — Iowa, United States Death: April 11, 1915 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
| son |
Theodore Davis Death: |
| son |
Curtis Davis Death: |
| daughter |
Dessie Davis Death: |
| son |
Paul Swan Davis Birth: August 26, 1886 37 31 — Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States Death: January 12, 1946 — Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States |
| Daniel Wesley Davis + Tessie Margaret Phipps |
| husband |
Daniel Wesley Davis Birth: 1849 — Marion, Iowa, United States Death: April 12, 1927 — Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Tessie Margaret Phipps Birth: 1882 — Monroe, Iowa, United States Death: 1913 |
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Marriage: November 6, 1905 — Albia, Monroe, Iowa, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Hamlin Sissell - Household
Marysville, Marion, Iowa
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Webster Davis - Household
Liberty Twp, Marion, Iowa, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Webster Davis - Household
Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Martha Elizabeth Sissell - Household
Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Paul Swan Davis - Household
Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Martha Elizabeth Sissell - Household
Cuba, Republic, Kansas
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