Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Wesley Hissem, Sr.    
                Born: ca 1875              in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1930                 in Marshall Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 laborer, odd jobs  2
          Occupation: 1920                 stone mason at railroad  3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mary A. Frona Hewitt   4,5  
       Also known as: Mary Safronia Hewitt 6
             Married: Aug-21-1897          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
                Born: ca 1878              in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Carl Hissem    8  
           F Child 2: Wilma Mabel Hissem      
       Also known as: Mabel Hissem 8
                Born: Mar-15-1899          in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  9,10
                Died: Aug-24-1991           10
             Husband: Frank Cornwall DeMoss  b. Apr-  -1893  d. Jan-15-1958  
             Married: 1918                 in Ritchie Co, WV  9
           F Child 3: Grace Hissem      
             Husband: Living  
           F Child 4: Mary L. Hissem      
                Born: ca 1903               3
              Census: 1930                 in Marshall Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Walter W. Quigley  b. ca 1885  
           F Child 5: Katherine Hissem      
         Census name: Catherine Hissem 
                Born: ca 1905               3
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: ___ Millington  
           F Child 6: Bertha Hissem      
                Born: ca 1907               3
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: ___ Benjamin  
           M Child 7: Charles Hissem      
                Born: ca 1910               3
           F Child 8: Hazel M. Hissem      
                Born: ca 1914               3
             Resided: 2008                 in Tucson, Pima Co, AZ  8
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           M Child 9: Claude C. Hissem      
                Born: ca 1916               3
             Resided: 2008                 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Eleanor P. Hall  
          M Child 10: John Wesley Hissem      
                Born: Mar- 3-1919          at Silver Run (Cairo), Ritchie Co, WV  11,12
                Died: Aug-14-2008          in Marietta, Washington Co, OH  11
              Buried:                      in Fairmont Ridge Cemetery, Co Rd 8 near Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV  11
             Resided:                      in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV  11
             Resided: 1947                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  12
            Military:                      Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy (retired)  11 (see note 1)
                Wife: Frances Katherine Buskirk  b. Apr-15-1921  d. Feb-  -1984  
             Married: Apr-30-1947          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  12
                Wife: Winola Ruth "Winnie" Stickel  b. Aug-27-1935  d. Jun-10-2003  

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(2) 1930 Census. 
(3) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District). 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Obituary of son. 
(6) Birth record of daughter. 
(7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as J. 
W. Hissem, b. Ritchie Co, res. Cairo; and Mary A. F. Hewitt, 19, b. Ritchie Co, res. Cairo.  Married Aug 21 
1897. 
(8) Obituary of brother. 
(9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(11) Obituary. 
(12) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) He was the last surviving Ritchie County native of the Dec 7 1941 attack on
Pearl Harbor.







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