William Townsend SISSEL
Mother: Sarah Raised vegetables for vegetable markets in Kansas City, Mo.
Marriages: (1) William Townsend SISSEL, 1879 (div.) (2) Martin L. BAKER, 28 Oct 1903 Melissa Oceola BROOKS and William Townsend SISSEL had 6 children. 3 died in infancy.
William H. Sissel never married.
Wife: Della TODT Personal knowledge of his son, Leo Sissel
Obituary - "Muscatine Journal" pg. 10, col. 2 Correspondance with Mrs. Kenneth Fuhlman, dau-i-law, 1965
He married Melissa Oceola J. Brooks 1879 at Wilton Junction, Muscatine, Iowa . Melissa Oceola J. Brooks was born at Clermont, Ohio 29 May 1860 daughter of Canady Brooks and Adeline Mc Clure .
They were the parents of 3
children:
William H. Sissel
born 22 Apr 1880.
Ernest Sissel
born 15 May 1890.
Ida May Sissel
born 18 Nov 1892.
William Townsend Sissel died Bef 1934 at West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa .
Melissa Oceola J. Brooks died 26 May 1934 at Nichols, Muscatine, Iowa .