Brief Life History of Dessie
When Dessie Sills was born on 29 May 1883, in Wabash, Indiana, United States, her father, William Sills, was 46 and her mother, Sarah Grimes, was 31. She married George Henry Salesman on 4 June 1905, in Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Bippus, Warren Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Lagro, Lagro Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 6 May 1952, in South Whitley, Cleveland Township, Whitley, Indiana, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in South Whitley Cemetery, South Whitley, Cleveland Township, Whitley, Indiana, United States.
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- Dessa Salesman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Dessie Sills - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Dessie Sills
- Dessa S Sills, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1893
Historical Boundaries: 1893: Wabash, Indiana, United States
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Sill , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from Sill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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