Toliver Sisk
1846–
Tennessee, United States
The Life of Toliver
When Toliver Sisk was born in 1846, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Alexander Sisk, was 50 and his mother, Jane Seay, was 41. He had at least 1 daughter. He lived in Bradley, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1861.
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Family Time Line
Alexander Sisk
1796–1880
Jane Seay
1805–
Blackburn Sisk
1832–
Bartlett Sisk
1837–1863
Nancy E Sisk
1838–1908
Susannah Elizabeth Sisk
1843–
James Sisk
1845–
Toliver Sisk
1846–
Sarah E C Sisk
1849–
Parents & Siblings
1796–1880Male
1805–Female
siblings
(7)
1832–Male
1837–1863Male
1838–1908Female
1843–Female
1845–Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 0
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Age 0
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
Age 32
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
Name Meaning
Irish: of uncertain origin, found in County Cork since the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Toliver A Sisk in household of Alexander Sisle, "United States Census, 1850"
Tolaver Sisk in household of Jane Sisk, "United States Census, 1850"
Toliver Sisk in entry for Lilly Gavin, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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