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Sisson
Family Cemetery, School
House Lane, Floyd Co., VA From Mary’s notes: “From Simpson, Va on road 653, Shawsville Pike, turn left on Diamond Knob Road and
travel about one mile. Turn left on School
House Lane (Washington School used to be in this vicinity.) You will be on a
very narrow road and will come up on a "No Trespassing" sign. Stop
a little beyond this sign and the Cemetery will be up the hill on your left.
You will have to back out till you find a place to turn around.” N 3703.172 W 08013.226 Last
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Original
Source: Documented by Mary Conner
Williams and revisited by Genevieve Starkey and Judy Blackwell (no date
noted)
Mary
Frances Conner with this note on it’s history :
Sisson
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Find A Grave Name: Sisson Cemetery, Simpsons, Floyd Co., VA |
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Annotations – added May 2021 by Barb Camery
Reininger
Annotations in Red – correction to original
text by Barb Camery Reininger + indicates on same
tombstone
&
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Sisson
Cemetery
This Floyd County Cemetery was established near Simpsons,
circa 1865 by members of the Ludlow B. and
Catherine Grisso Sisson family. A
large number of the first burials in the cemetery were marked with flat
fieldstones
showing no identification. Commercial markers were used in
the later years and some of the native stones were
replaced with the modern cut stones. From Simpsons, Va. On
road 653 Shawsville Pike, turn left on Diamond Knob
Road and travel about one mile. Turn left on School House
Lane (Washington School used to be in this vicinity.)
You will be on a very narrow road and will come up on a
"No Trespassing" sign. Stop a little beyond this sign and
the Cemetery will be up the hill on your left. You will have
to back out till you find a place to turn around. Words in
Parentheses have been added for clarification.
Some of the unidentified burials that are known to be:
Ludlow B(ranham) Sisson, b Feb. 3,
1797 in Rockbridge Co., d March 12, 1886 (son of Stanley Sisson and
Catrin/Catherine Kirkwood. Stanley
was born in Orange County, Va.)
Catherine Grisso Sisson, b 1796, d
after 1870 ( wife of Ludlow, daughter of Mathais Grisso, an immigrant from Italy,
who married Elizabeth Greenlee of Lancaster, Pa.)
John H Sisson, b. April 25, 1818, d 1891 ( son of Ludlow
& Catherine)
Hannah Wilson Sisson, b 1817 d 1895, ( wife of John H
Sisson)
David Sloan Sisson, b November 25, 1833, d November 23, 1915
( son of Ludlow & Catherine, his grave was marked
with a Confederate marker in 1996 after it was identified by
his grandson, Raymond T Sisson. David was the
husband of Sarah Magdalene Coon Sisson, b. Jan. 2, 1841 d
Feb. 18, 1937. She was buried in Wheatland Cemetery
in Botetourt County, Va. Due to inclement weather at the
time of her death.)
Edna Ann Coon b abt. 1843 d. bef
1929
Thomas Sisson b 1873 d 1889 (s/o David & Magdalene)
The Following are Marked Graves with commercial stones:
James Madison Sisson, born October 4, 1831 , died November
23, 1900 (s/o Ludlow & Catherine; a Civil War
Veteran, his marker was replaced with a Confederate marker
in 1995)
Eliza(beth) J(ane)
Coon Sisson, b. March 7, 1834, d. September 13, 1884 (w/o James)
(Nancy) Catherine Coon, b. Nov. 7, 1837, d. Dec. 5, 1897
Luemma Hester Sisson b. April 15,
1886 d. Feb. 22, 1884 (d/o James & Eliza)
Ballard Madison Sisson, b. April 15, 1886, d. October 21,
1895 (s/o James & Eliza and twin to Luemma)
Andrew William Boone b. September 3, 1830 (in Franklin
County), d. September 4, 1886 (in Floyd Co. s/o Jacob
Boone & Rachel Kessler of Franklin County.)
Margaret Clementine (Mason) Boone, b. Jan. 25, 1851, (in
Roanoke County) d. August 17, 1894 (in Floyd County,
2nd wife of Andrew, daughter of Samuel Mason and Lydia Garst, half sister to the above
four Coon sisters.)
George C(lifton) McNeil, b. Jan.
12, 1892, d. May 17, 1894 (s/o James Ireson McNeil & Margaret Clementine
Mason
Boone - 2nd marriage for both)
Eliza Jane, Magdaline, Edna Ann
and Catherine Coon were daughters of Samuel Coon & Lydia Garst.
This List recorded by Sebert L
Sisson who was instrumental in getting this old cemetery fenced along with much
of the tree felling and brush cutting. Clyde Sisson and one
of his sons from Shawsville do the Maintenance.
Additional information provided by Mary Frances Conner
Williams, May, 2000, great-granddaughter of Andrew &
Clementine Boone.
Submitted by Mary Williams.
Sisson Cemetery
This Floyd County Cemetery was established near Simpsons,
circa 1865 by members of the Ludlow B. and
Catherine Grisso Sisson family. A
large number of the first burials in the cemetery were marked with flat
fieldstones
showing no identification. Commercial markers were used in
the later years and some of the native stones were
replaced with the modern cut stones. From Simpsons, Va. On
road 653 Shawsville Pike, turn left on Diamond Knob
Road and travel about one mile. Turn left on School House
Lane (Washington School used to be in this vicinity.)
You will be on a very narrow road and will come up on a
"No Trespassing" sign. Stop a little beyond this sign and
the Cemetery will be up the hill on your left. You will have
to back out till you find a place to turn around. Words in
Parentheses have been added for clarification.
Some of the unidentified burials that are known to
be:
Ludlow B(ranham) Sisson, b Feb. 3,
1797 in Rockbridge Co., d March 12, 1886 (son of Stanley Sisson and Catrin/Catherine Kirkwood. Stanley was born in Orange
County, Va.)
Catherine Grisso Sisson, b 1796, d
after 1870 ( wife of Ludlow, daughter of Mathais Grisso, an immigrant from Italy, who married Elizabeth
Greenlee of Lancaster, Pa.)
John H Sisson, b. April 25, 1818, d 1891 ( son of Ludlow
& Catherine)
Hannah Wilson Sisson, b 1817 d 1895, (wife of John H Sisson)
David Sloan Sisson, b November 25, 1833, d November 23, 1915
(son of Ludlow & Catherine, his grave was marked with a Confederate marker
in 1996 after it was identified by his grandson, Raymond T Sisson. David was
the husband of Sarah Magdalene Coon
Sisson, b. Jan. 2, 1841 d Feb. 18, 1937. She was buried in Wheatland Cemetery
in Botetourt County, Va. Due to inclement weather at the
time of her death.)
Edna Ann Coon b abt. 1843 d. bef
1929
Thomas Sisson b 1873 d 1889 (s/o David & Magdalene)
The Following are Marked Graves with
commercial stones:
James Madison Sisson, born October 4, 1831 , died November
23, 1900 (s/o Ludlow & Catherine; a Civil War Veteran, his marker was
replaced with a Confederate marker in 1995)
Eliza(beth) J(ane)
Coon Sisson, b. March 7, 1834, d. September 13, 1884 (w/o James)
(Nancy) Catherine Coon, b. Nov. 7, 1837, d. Dec. 5, 1897
Luemma Hester Sisson b. April 15,
1886 d. Feb. 22, 1884 (d/o James & Eliza)
Ballard Madison Sisson, b. April 15, 1886, d. October 21,
1895 (s/o James & Eliza and twin to Luemma)
Andrew William Boone b. September 3, 1830 (in Franklin
County), d. September 4, 1886 (in Floyd Co. s/o Jacob Boone & Rachel
Kessler of Franklin County.)
Margaret Clementine (Mason) Boone, b. Jan. 25, 1851, (in
Roanoke County) d. August 17, 1894 (in Floyd County,
2nd wife of Andrew, daughter of Samuel Mason and Lydia Garst, half-sister to the above four Coon sisters.)
George C(lifton) McNeil, b. Jan.
12, 1892, d. May 17, 1894 (s/o James Ireson McNeil & Margaret Clementine
Mason Boone - 2nd marriage for both)
Eliza Jane, Magdaline, Edna Ann
and Catherine Coon were daughters of Samuel Coon & Lydia Garst.
This List recorded by Sebert L
Sisson who was instrumental in getting this old cemetery fenced along with much
of the tree felling and brush cutting. Clyde Sisson and one of his sons from
Shawsville do the Maintenance.
Additional information provided by Mary Frances Conner
Williams, May, 2000, great-granddaughter of Andrew & Clementine Boone.
Submitted by Mary Williams.
