Sacramento County
Biographies
BENJAMIN L. SISSON
Of
that sturdy Empire State ancestry which has contributed so richly to the
citizenship not only of the Pacific coast country but of the entire old and new
west, Benjamin L. Sisson, cashier and secretary of the American Fish Company of
In
the public school at Oakdale Benjamin L. Sisson gained a primary education, to
which he has added by observation and extensive reading until he is one of the
well informed men of the circle in which he moves. After leaving the grammar
school he became a clerk in a general merchandise store in the town of his
birth. So ably and so faithfully did he devote himself to the interests of his
employers that he was gradually advanced from position to position until he was
made cashier. That responsible place he resigned in
1905 to come to
By
marriage, Mr. Sisson united his fortunes with those of Miss Ella May Bach of
Knight's Ferry, Stanislaus county. Their marriage was
celebrated May 8, 1900, and they have an interesting little daughter, Marjorie,
born October 30, 1909. Mr. Sisson is an Odd Fellow, high in the councils of his
Order. Mrs. Sisson is identified with the Order of the Eastern Star and with
the Native Daughters. Her father, who was a prominent farmer and stockman, was
both a Mason and an Odd Fellow.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 876-877. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.