Susanne Sisley (?)Jones,1822-1904,Boston,Milwaukee
Susanne Cisley or Sisley, b. about 1822, married Robert D. Jones, had three children:
1)Julien D.Jones born Boston area 1849-1853,
2)Madeleine D. Jones, b. before 1860 location unknown
3)Robert E. Jones, born 7-6-1861, location unknown.
Julien, living with the family in Milwaukee, working as a painter to help support his family, enlisted in the Army at Nashville, Tenn, and died at the battle of Little Big Horn with Gen. Custer in 1876.
His mother Susanne applied for his pension and was living in Milwaukee at the time, a widow, Robert D. Jones having died "insolvent" in 1867. Susanne returned to Boston area and died there in 1904 according to pension payment records.
In a letter dated 1894, younger son Robert wrote to the pension office trying to locate his mother Susanne, whom he had not seen in three years.He was living in Chicago at that time.
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