Martin Luther and Rachel Hissem
From the family files at the Campbell County Historical
Society
Martin Luther Hissem was born May 3, 1845 in Russell Mills, Tyler
County, Virginia to Levi and Elisabeth (Morgan) Hissem. Levi was born April 30,
1816 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, to Jesse Hissem born about 1790 in Maryland.
Jesse died in Meigs County Ohio in 1872. Jesse' father was Martin Hissem,
who came to America from Holland and served in the Revolutionary War.
Martin Luther married Rachel Galloway who was born October 11, 1844, daughter of Jacob T and Martha Galloway. Levi and his son Martin Luther left Tyler County and moved to Campbell County in 1870. Levi Hissem died in California Ky. March 22, 1891, and his wife Elizabeth H Hissem died in California, Ky. April 17, 1901. Levi and Elizabeth farmed and operated a store in California where all the children worked.
Children of Jesse Hissem and Mother
1. Levi Hissem-30 Apr 1816 in Westmoreland Penn; m-Elizabeth Morgan; d-22 Mar 1891
Children of Levi Hissem and Elizabeth Morgan
1. Louisa J Hissem-1842 in Russells Mills,
Tyler, Virginia
2. Martin Luther Hissem-3 May 1845 in Russells Mills
3. Silas M Hissem-1850 in Russells Mills
4.
William Jackson Hissem-born March 12, 1863
Tyler Co Va. (now West Virginia)
Children of Martin Luther Hissem and
Rachel Galloway
2. Wilmot T Hissem-born November 2, 1866
in Russells Mills, Tyler Co West Virginia; d-8 Aug 1900
3. Nettie Hissem-born January 19, 1868 in Tyler Co.
4. Mary Hissem-born
July 27, 1871 in California, Ky. m-Lacy M DeMoss March 29, 1894
Captain Martin
Luther Hissem's own account of his steamboat career.
William Jackson Hissem attended a business school in Cincinnati. He ran and was elected a state senator, a Campbell County Judge, and assistant Post Master in Newport. William and his wife Nettie M Pickens were married in 1887. They left Campbell County in 1908 to serve as representatives of an eastern publishing house in the state of California. They then moved to Kansas City where Nettie died March 19, 1928. William died there Aug 11, 1952.