childrenRalph W. Kissick · Frank P. Kissick · Guy E. Kissick · Edwyne R. Kissick · Norman J. Kissick · Mary Irene Kissick
Their story
What the record says
Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa.
Civil War soldier (Iowa), stalwart Republican writer/historian at Oskaloosa.
Preparing history of the 33rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
Married at Oskaloosa in November 1868 to Mary J. Pettitt.
First vote cast for Abraham Lincoln in 1864 while a soldier at Little Rock.
Commissioned an officer by the President that year 'when but twenty years of age' (birth year ~1844 estimated).
Member of Phil Kearney Post No. 40, G.A.R., Oskaloosa.
Post commander 1882.
Sought seat on Iowa board of control in 1900.
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