Brief Life History of Henry B.
When Henry B. Sisson was born on 11 January 1834, in New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Henry Bliven Sisson, was 35 and his mother, Lucinda Shailer, was 34. He married Eleanor F. Shailer on 18 October 1861, in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1910 and Middlesex, Connecticut, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 15 May 1921, in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Deep River, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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- Henry Sesson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Henry, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- H. B. Sisson, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English female personal name Sis(se), Cisse, a pet form of Cecily (see Sisley ) + -son.
variant of Syson, a habitational name from Syston (Leicestershire), from a short form of an Old English personal name such as Sigehǣth or Sigefrith + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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