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George W Sisk

Born about 1846 in Pope County, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Son of Vachel Clark Sisk and Mary L (Timmons) Robinson

Brother of Sarah Louisa (Sisk) Robinson, Lucinda C. (Sisk) Hanna, William Riley Robinson [half] and John T. Robinson [half]

Husband of Mary E (Lemmons) Sisk — married 1 Nov 1866 in Yell County, Arkansas

Descendants

Father of Margaret Sisk and Joseph Samuel Sisk

Died before 1880 before about age 34 in Arkansas, United States

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Biography

George Sisk served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: February 1, 1865
Mustered out: Unknown
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company I, 1st Regiment Arkansas Infantry

1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (Union), US Civil War

George W. Sisk was born about 1846 in Arkansas. His father, a blacksmith, died when he was a young boy and his mother remarried a local man when George was seven years old.

On February 1 1865 at Ft. Smith Arkansas, the 18-year-old Private George W. Sisk enlisted in the Union Army in Company I, Arkansas 1st Infantry Regiment. Military records provide this description of George: farmer, ht 5' 7", eyes gray, hair light, complexion fair, born in Pope Co, AR. [1]

November 1, 1866 he married Mary E. Lemmons in Yell or Johnson County Arkansas,

He and his wife passed away before 1880, leaving two young orphaned children to be raised by his mother, Mary (Timmons) Sisk.

Sources

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67D-Z56 : 12 April 2016), George W Sisk in household of V C Sisk, Pope county, Pope, Arkansas, United States; citing family 476, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC4-LSZ : 12 April 2016), Margaretta Sysk in household of George W Sysk, in Mountain Township, Johnson County, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 4, family 25, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,556.
Index to Compiled Military Service Records 1st Arkansas Union Infantry- Arkansas Research and National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), Ancestry.com.
Arkansas Military Website [2]
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N9MG-XPG : 4 November 2017), George W Sisk and Mary E Lemmons, 01 Nov 1866; citing , Yell, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,026,492.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:

~6.25% Peggy McReynolds : AncestryDNA
~6.25% Jon McReynolds : Autosomal DNA Test
~1.56% Rich Cannon : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZK5401925 [compare], yourDNAportal RICb04ea762, Ancestry member rwcgunnison
~0.78% Kelly (McCulley) Knight : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A245268 [compare], Ancestry member bestrecipe
~0.78% Martin Riley : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A129830 [compare], Ancestry member macmadman
~0.78% Mark Cannon : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GW5271953 [compare], yourDNAportal MARea9a34ed, Ancestry member mark_andrew_c
~0.78% John Brooks : AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal JOH727f5173