Arthur Sisson, 74, a retired Wabash railroad employee, died of a heart attack at 5 a.m. Thursday in his home, Battle Ground R. 1.
Born at Marion, he lived in the Battle Ground community most of his life. He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren church.
He was married in 1908 to Mary Cruea, who survives with six sons, Doris, Chester, Ollie, Verlin and Alford, at home, and Robert Sisson of Lafayette; four daughters, Mrs. Guy Macak and Mrs. Robert Rohrabaugh of Delphi, Mrs. Ogle Bell of Lafayette and Mrs. Lee Little of Lafayette R. 3, and a half brother, Grover Cain of Lafayette R. 3.
Published Lafayette Journal & Courier September 17, 1959.
Indiana Death Certificate: father: Amos Sisson mother: Mary Hale
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ2B-8ZB : accessed 23 April 2016), Arthur Sisson, 1917-1918; citing Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,653,199.
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