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Category: Sisco
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Obed Sisco (1805-1898)
Obed Sisco, my 3rd great grandfather, was apparently a colorful character, as you will see from the letters and newspaper advertisements describing him. At 5’ 7”, Obed was a blue-eyed with a fair complexion and dark hair. He married three times and had at least 9 known children. Little is known of his early years,…
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Welcome to the family, Uncle Bill!
Last week I wrote about finding the parents of my third great grandmother, Mina Wilson, by combing through clusters of autosomal DNA matches. Well, this week I get to add another person to the family tree: Uncle William M. Simpson! But first, some background: Far little is known about our Simpson family prior to my…
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DNA demonstrates parentage of Mina Wilson
Who are the parents of Mina Wilson, wife of Obed Sisco? It wasn’t until I started playing with clusters of DNA that an answer appeared! Like most women of the early 19th Century, Mina didn’t have opportunities to leave much of a paper trail to give us hints about her origins and family roots. In…
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