Levi and Elizabeth Hissem
Information come from various sources including the family files at the Campbell County Historical & Genealogical Society in Alexandria Kentucky, newspaper records and death records.
Levi Hissem was born 30 Apr 1816 in Westmoreland Co Pennsylvania, son of Jesse Hissem. He moved to Tyler County Virginia where he met and married Elizabeth Holmes Morgan on 11 Dec 1840. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Griffith Morgan and Susannah Martin. In 1850 Levi and Elizabeth were living with her brother Benjamin Morgan in Tyler Co Virginia working as a miller. In 1860 Levi and Elizabeth were still living in Tyler Co and he was working as a miller.
By 1870 Levi and Elizabeth are living in Carthage in Campbell Co where he is working as a general laborer. Their son is listed as a music teacher. In 1880 Levi and Elizabeth are still living in Carthage and he is listed as a farmer. Levi died 22 Mar 1898 in Carthage and was buried in the Grandview Cemetery. Elizabeth died 26 Apr 1901 in Tyler County West Virginia, and was also buried in Grandview Cemetery.
Elizabeth Holmes Morgan Hissem 1901 Obituary
Children of Levi Hissem and Elizabeth Holmes Morgan
1. Louisa Jane Hissem b-11 Sep 1841 in Shiloh,
Tyler Co Virginia; d-15 June 1904 in Shiloh West Virginia; br-Sistersville,
Tyler, West Virginia; m-Nelson Hill Brown 2 Apr 1861
2. Martin
Luther Hissem b-3 May 1845 in Shiloh Tyler Co Virginia; m-Rachel Galloway;
d-10 May 1939 in Verona New Jersey
3. Silas Morgan Hissem b-June 1850 in Shiloh, Tyler Co Virginia
4.
William Jackson Hissem b-12 Mar 1863 in Shiloh, Tyler Co; m-Nettie Pickens
20 Sep 1887 in Newport; d-after 1930 in Kansas City Kansas
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Children of Louisa Jane Hissem and Nelson Hill Brown
1. Eliza "Lizzie" Belle Brown b-3 April 1862 in
Tyler Co West Virginia; ; Joseph Wesley Moore in 1883 in Tyler;
2. Ida Virginia Brown b-5 June 1864 in Shiloh West Virginia; d-12 Dec 1945 in
Shiloh; br-Long Reach Cemetery in Sistersville West Virginia
3. Marion Rosamond Brown b-3 Aug 1867 in Shiloh; d-1945; br-Long Reach Cemetery
4. Charley Martin Brown b-8 Nov 1870 in Shiloh; d-13 Nov 1958 in Clarksburg,
Harrison, West Virginia; br-15 Nov in Elk View Masonic in Clarksburg
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Children of Martin Luther Hissem and Rachel Galloway (11 Oct 1844-8 Jan 1928)
1. Wilmot Tyler Hissem b-2 Nov 1866 in Russell
Mills Tyler Co West Virginia; d-8 Aug 1900; br-Grandview Cemetery in Carthage;
Wilmot T
Hissem obituary
3. Nettie Hissem b-9 Jan 1868 in Tyler Co; d-Shiloh Virginia before 1870
4. Mary
Hissem b-27 July 1871 in California Ky. m-Lacy M DeMoss 20 Mar 1894; d-23
Aug 1960 in Montclair New Jersey
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Children of William Jackson Hissem and Nettie Pickens (19 Jan 1868-
1. Leva Hissem b-15 June 1888 in California Ky. d-15
Dec 1971 in Washington DC; m-Fred S Wilson
2. Ethel Jean Hissem b-27 Apr 1890 in California Ky. d-Kansas City Kansas; m-Herman Frank Haag
9 July 1910 in Jackson Co Missouri
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Children of Ethel Jean Hissem and Herman Frank Haag
1. Helen E Haag b-1915 in Kansas City Missouri;
2. James Montgomery Haag b-4 Aug 1917 in Kansas City Missouri; d-27 Oct 1994
3. Frank Haag b-1922 in Kansas City Kansas;
4. Margaret Haag b-1925 in Kansas City Kansas