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Cemeteries of Madison County, Vol. II, page 185
SISCO CEMETERY
LOCATION: Section 15-2-2E - Center of section. Covered with vinca minor. Off a dirt field-road east off Hurricane Road in Hurricane Valley.
SISCO - Robert E. Sisco - 1894 - 1947
(Note: Robert E. Sisco's wife, Ruby, is still living in 1976 and resides at Gurley with her brother. They have one son, R. E. Sisco Jr. also living in Gurley, Ala., a daughter in New Jersey, a daughter in Pennsylvania and a daughter in Texas.)
SISCO - James C. - 1928 - 1929
SISCO - Infant of T. M. & M. E. Sisco. Jan. 7, 1911 (Note: This was a hand lettered stone and was extremely difficult to read.)
SISCO - Martha M. Jenkins - Feb. 25, 1851 - April 5, 1917 ) M. B. Sisco -m- Mattie M. Jenkins
) Sept. 30, 1869. (MB-5)
SISCO - Benjamin Marion - Feb. 15, 1850 - Dec. 19, 1931 )
Note: Benjamin Sisco (Sr.) -m- Milly Powers Dec. 13, 1836 (MB-4). Presumably, Milly died and the three youngest children went to live with their grandparents, William and Ann Power. The older children remained with their father as reflected in the census of Oct. 31, 1850:
Oct. 31, 1850 Census
Power, William 70 S. C. - $500
Ann 64 N. C.
Elizabeth 30 S. C.
Parthena 28 S. C.
Harriet 25 Ala.
Malinda 23 Ga.
William 19 ?
Green 6 ?
Sisco, Elizabeth 6 Ala.
William 4
Benjamin 4/12 " This is the Benjamin Marion buried above.
Sisco, Benjamin 38 Ala., Farmer
Nathaniel 11
Fleming 9 "
NOTE: There are several people buried here in unmarked graves. Mr. Louis K. Sisco said there were two Powers buried here and also Willie Ida Crumbley and William Crumbley.
DOUGLASS - George Jude Douglass - May 7, 1807 - April 6, 1886. He rests from his labor and his works do follow him. (Note: See page 186 for 1850 census on George Douglass.)
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