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Joseph Grant Sisler
    Birth: 13 Mar 1865 - Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
    Death: 28 Mar 1903 - Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
    Marriage: 04 Feb 1888 - Oakland, Maryland
Lottie Almeda Newmeyer Other Spouses:
    Birth: 07 Sep 1871 - Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
    Death: 29 Aug 1942 - Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
---------------------------------------- Children ----------------------------------------
   George William Sisler
    Born 01 Jan 1889 - Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
     Died 24 Apr 1890 - Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
   Jesse Earl Sisler
    Born 18 Feb 1891 - Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
     Died 23 Feb 1903 - Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
  Sylvia Ann Sisler
    Born 22 Oct 1892 - Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
     Died 30 Mar 1996 - Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
   Burt Sisler
    Born 23 Aug 1894 - Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
     Died 19 Dec 1894 - Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
  Joseph Grant Sisler
    Born 17 Aug 1895 - Dawson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
     Died 19 Nov 1979 - Huntsville, Alabama
  John Edward Sisler
    Born 15 Sep 1898 - Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
     Died 10 Jun 1979 - Greensburg, Pennsylvania
  Stanley Ira Sisler
    Born 12 Jul 1900 - Vanderbilt, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
     Died 16 Mar 1980 - San Diego, San Diego County, California
  Samuel Porter Sisler
    Born 08 May 1902 - Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
     Died 05 Mar 1993 - Baltimore County, Maryland
Artifacts:

Notes:
Research Notes -- David G Brewer 
1900 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Dunbar TWP, 14 June 1900

  265 266
  Sisler, Joseph G.  Head W M Mar 1865 35 M 12     Penn Penn Penn Day Laborer
    Lottie A.        Wife W F Sep 1871 28 M 12 7 4 Penn Penn Penn
    Jesse E.         Son  W M Feb 1891  9 S        Penn Penn Penn At School
    Silvia A.        Dau  W F Oct 1892  7 S        Penn Penn Penn
    Joseph G.        Son  W M Aug 1895  4 S        Penn Penn Penn
    John E.          Son  W M Sep 1898  1 S        Penn Penn Penn
  Hoop, Emma         SLaw W F Jul 1867 32 M  3 6 2 Penn Penn Penn
    Henry            BLaw W M May 1855 45 M  3     WVa  Germ Germ Baker
  Addis, Kath. C.    Niec W F Nov 1885 14 S        Penn Penn Penn At School

1910 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fairchance Borough

  97 98
  Miller, Ewing Mac  Head M W 41 M2 4      Penn Penn Penn Laborer
   Lottie A.         Wife F W 38 M2 4 10 6 Penn Penn Penn
   Carrie E.         Dau  F W 18 S         Penn Penn Penn
  Sesler, Sylvia A.  SDau F W 17 S         Penn Penn Penn
   Joseph G.         SSon M W 13 S         Penn Penn Penn
  Miller, Elinor V.  Dau  F W 11 S         Penn Penn Penn
  Sesler, John E.    SSon M W 11 S         Penn Penn Penn
   Stanley I.        SSon M W  9 S         Penn Penn Penn
   Samuel A.         SSon M W  7 S         Penn Penn Penn
  Miller, Matilda E. Dau  F W  3 S         Penn Penn Penn

1920 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fairchance Borough - 21 Jan 1920

  217 225 Deforest Ave.
  Miller, Ewing M.     Head M W 50 M Penn Penn Penn Coal Miner
  ---, Lottie A.       Wife F W 48 M Penn Penn Penn
  ---, Evalyn M.       Dau  F W 13 S Penn Penn Penn
  ---, Donald M.       Son  M W  9 S Penn Penn Penn
  Sisler, Sylvia A.    SDau F W 21 S Penn Penn Penn
  ---, John E.         SSon M W 21 S Penn Penn Penn
  ---, Porter S.       SSon M W 17 S Penn Penn Penn

From Jim Emme: Re Stanley Ira Sisler and brothers:

WWI reg for Stanly Sisler: b. 12 July 1900, res Fairchance
SSDI: Stanley Sisler b. 12 July 1900, d Mar 1980 in San Diego, SD, Ca.
Calif Death Index: Stanley Ira Sisler, b 12 July 1901, d 16 Mar 1980 in San Diego

WWI Registration of John Edward Sisler, b 15 Sep 1898, a clerk B&O RR Co
SSDI: John Siler, b 15 Sep 1890, d June 1979 in Greensburg. Westmoreland, PA

WWI Registration for Joseph Grant Sisler II, 
  res So Union, FC, PA, Mary Frances Sisler at same address, b Aug 17 1895 in Vanderbilt, PA
SSDI: Joseph Sisler, b 17 Aug 1895, d Nov 1979 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, civil: PA

1930 PA FC So Union

  /338/340 Hatfield Road
  Sisler, Joseph Grant head 33 marr age 22 PAx3 Contractor, Roofing-Heating   Veteran
  M. Frances           Wife 30          18    “
  Betty Louise         Dau   8                “
  Joseph Grant Jr.     Son   7                “
  Sylvia Doris         Dau   5                “

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From http://www.pagenweb.org/~fayette-obits/obits/d13.htm

Sylvia Ann Sisler COFFMAN (1893-1996)

Sylvia Ann Sisler Coffman, 103, wife of the late Harold Dale Coffman of Uniontown,died Saturday,
March 30, 1996, in Blue Ridge Haven West in Camp Hill, Pa. She was born Oct. 22, 1893, in Vanderbilt,
Pa., the daughter of the late Joseph Grant Sisler and Lottie Almeda Newmyer Sisler Miller.

In addition to her parents and husband she was also preceded in death by brothers George William,
Jessie Earl, Bert, Joseph Grant II, John Edward, Stanley Ira, Samuel Porter, and half-brother, Donald
M. Miller. Also predeceased were her stepsisters, Carrie Edna Miller Humphrey and Eleanor Virginia
Miller Breakiron, halfsister, Evelyn Miller MacBurnie, and stepfather, Ewing M. Miller.

Mrs. Coffman was a stenographer for attorney George Patterson and bookkeeper and stenographer for her
brother, J.G. Sisler, and was also employed at Metzler's Department Store for many years until her
retirement in 1959. She was a member of Third Presbyterian Church in Uniontown and a 50-year member
of Uniontown Chapter No. 263 Order of EasternStar.

She is survived by her son, Thomas Dale Coffman of Baltimore, Md., three grandchildren, Patricia
Coffman Wilson, Mark William Coffman, and Jane Coffman Kosnicki, seven great-grandchildren, and a
number of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

The family will receive friends in the ANDREW D. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, 80 Morgantown St., Uniontown,
Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday, April 3, 1996, until 11 a.m., the hour of
service, with the Rev. James R. Tweardy officiating. Interment will follow. Eastern Star Services
will be held today at 7:30 p.m. conducted by Uniontown Chapter No. 263 OES.

The Morning Herald--The Evening Standard, Uniontown, PA, March, 1996

Contributed by Marilyn Tolentino < SFFoster at aol.com>

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From Mark Coffman, Relative, as compiled by Sylvia Ann Sisler Coffman and Mary Jean Gardner:

JOSEPH GRANT6 SISLER I (WILLIAM HENRY5, GABRIEL FRAN4, GEORGE WASHINGTON3, JOHN2, JON PETER1) was
born 13 Mar 1865 in Fairchance, Fayette Co., PA, 10 PM on a Monday, and died 28 Mar 1903 in
Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA.  He married LOTTIE ALMEDA NEWMYER 04 Feb 1888 in Oakland, MD,
daughter of GEORGE NEWMYER and CATHERINE GAULT.  She was born 07 Sep 1871 in Vanderbilt, Fayette Co.,
PA, and died 29 Aug 1942 in 140 Morgantown St., Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA, at 9:30 AM, on a Saturday
at the home of her daughter, Sylvia A. Coffman.

Notes for JOSEPH GRANT SISLER I:
Met his future wife under a lilac tree.  There is a lilac growing over their graves in Cochran's
Cemetery.

More About JOSEPH GRANT SISLER I:
Burial: Cochran's Cemetery, Dawson, PA
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Military service: Veteran of World War I
Miscellaneous 1: Born while his father was at the war front in the Civil War
Miscellaneous 2: Never saw his father as William Henry never returned
Miscellaneous 3: Raised by his grandfather, Gabriel Fran Sisler
Miscellaneous 4: 28 Mar 1903, Died 9 PM Saturday
Residence: East Francis Avenue

Notes for LOTTIE ALMEDA NEWMYER:
From a note, written by Thomas Coffman, in re a phone conversation with his mother, Sylvia Ann Sisler
Coffman dated 09 May 1980:

Lottie Almeda Newmyer Sisler told Sylvia Ann Sisler Coffman that she a baby girl that was born dead. 
The baby was buried by Joseph Grant Sisler and is brother-in-law, John Buttermore, in Ohiopyle, PA	

More About LOTTIE ALMEDA NEWMYER:
Burial: 31 Aug 1942, Cochran's Cemetery, Dawson, Fayette Co., PA, Lot 29.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Nationality: Was of German-Irish Descent
Relative: Her two husbands were first cousins
Religion: Member Vanderbilt Christian Church and Baptist Church, Fairchance, PA
Undertaker: A. D. Ferguson Funeral Home, Uniontown, PA

More About JOSEPH SISLER and LOTTIE NEWMYER:
Marriage 1: 04 Feb 1888, Oakland, MD
Marriage 2: Eloped
Marriage date: In the presence of Frederick S. Hipkins, Rector of Fr. Mathens Parish, Oakland,
	
Children of JOSEPH SISLER and LOTTIE NEWMYER are:
i. GEORGE WILLIAM7 SISLER, b. 01 Jan 1889, Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., PA, 7 AM; d. 24 Apr 1890,
Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., PA.

More About GEORGE WILLIAM SISLER:
Burial: Cochran's Cemetery, Dawson, PA

ii. JESSE EARL SISLER, b. 18 Feb 1891, Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., PA, between 1 and 2 AM; d. 23 Feb
1903, Connellsville, PA, 5:30 PM on a Monday.

More About JESSE EARL SISLER:
Burial: Cochran's Cemetery, Dawson, PA

iii. SYLVIA ANN SISLER, b. 22 Oct 1892, Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., PA; d. 30 Mar 1996, Blue Ridge Haven
Nursing Home, Camp Hill, Pa..

iv. BURT SISLER, b. 23 Aug 1894, Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., PA; d. 19 Dec 1894, Vanderbilt, Fayette
Co., PA.

More About BURT SISLER:
Burial: Cochran's Cemetery, Dawson, PA
Fact 1: 23 Aug 1894, Born on a Friday
Fact 2: 19 Dec 1894, Died at 7 PM

v. JOSEPH GRANT SISLER II, b. 17 Aug 1895, Dawson, Fayette Co., PA; d. 17 Nov 1979, Huntsville, AL.

vi. JOHN EDWARD SISLER, b. 15 Sep 1898, Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., PA; d. 10 Jun 1979, Westmoreland
Hospital, Greensburg, PA.

vii. STANLEY IRA SISLER, b. 12 Jul 1900, Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., PA; d. 16 Mar 1980, San Diego, CA.

viii. SAMUEL PORTER SISLER, b. 08 May 1902, Connellsville, PA; d. 05 Mar 1993, Baltimore Co., MD.
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