The friends and relatives of Rev. John W. CISNEY were shocked last Sunday when it was announced that he had died suddenly at his home in Bloomfield. He had resided here for several years, at different times, and he had also resided at various places in Greene County. He was a good man and one of the best known citizens in this part of the county. He leaves a widow and a number of children, and a host of relatives and friends. He was a minister of the Church of God for many years, but in recent years he has devoted a great deal of his time to farming and fruit culture. Mr. Cisney was seventy-five years old and he was a private soldier in the Civil War, having served in COMPANY I, FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. The funeral was held at the family home in the south part of Bloomfield last Monday forenoon. The burial services were under the auspices of the Bloomfield Lodge of Odd Fellows. Interment in Grand View Cemetery.
At this point we enter a brief record concerning another of the representative farmers of Greene county. Interest is attached to the resume of his career from the fact that he is a pioneer of the section where he now lives, having maintained his residence in this county for a combined period of nearly half a century, which fact implies that he located here as one of the advance guard of progress and material advancement. John W. Cisney was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, November 19, 1841, the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Gibbons) Cisney. His grandfather Gibbons was a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio, working as a farmer, a blacksmith and later as a manufacturer of wagons. He was a poor boy and was "bound out." Later, borrowing money from his parents, he entered eighty acres of land, riding on horseback fifty miles to pay the money back; but his mother reloaned the money to him and he forthwith entered another eighty, and finally became well fixed financially, having had some of the sterling traits of his Pennsylvania ancestors, who were of Dutch descent, being known as people of thrift. Both grandfather Gibbons and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They were the parents of five children. The former died in Iowa, where he was on a visit. The subject's father, Stephen Cisney, was born September 11, 1811, and remained in Ohio until 1855, where he attended the common schools, which were of a very primitive sort in his day. Having learned the tinner's trade, he followed this while he remained in his native state. Coming to Indiana in 1855 he settled on one hundred and sixty acres of partly improved land in Greene county, for which he paid one thousand dollars. He cleared and improved this farm and lived there in comfort the rest of his life, dying in August, 1867, at the age of fifty-six years, leaving a widow and six children, the mother dying in 1877, at sixty years of age. Both she and her husband were known to be active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. John W. Cisney, our subject, attended the public schools in Ohio until he was fourteen years old, when he was brought to Indiana by his parents, with whom he remained until reaching his majority, when he rented a farm and continued this manner of work for thirteen years, when he went to Illinois, remaining one year, after which he returned to Greene county and bought forty acres of good farming land, which was later joined by a twenty-acre field which he purchased of a neighbor. In time he sold this farm and bought another consisting of seventy-five acres. Then his wife inherited seventy-three acres adjoining it, all of which was sold and another farm purchased. In fact, the subject traded in farm lands for several years before he located on the farm where he now lives, having made a trip to Nebraska and bought an eighty-acre farm, which he managed for three years, when he went to Kansas, bought a farm and there remained for three years. Returning to Greene county in 1904, he purchased the farm of two hundred and twenty acres where he now resides. Mr. Cisney was united in marriage to Nancy Ann Larue, August 1, 1863, who was born in Greene county, of French extraction. Two children were born to this union, one now living, Joseph D., who was born November 7, 1864, who is in Tennessee engaged in the lumber business. His first wife died in 1879 and the subject was again married October 30, 1880, to Margaret L. Crites, daughter of William and Mary Crites, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. One of the brothers of the wife of the subject was a soldier in the Union army from Indiana. Three children have been born to the subject and his second wife, namely: Zelma L., the wife of widely and favorably known for his industry and uprightness at all times. and the wife of Lee Harris, of this county; she also has one child, Rex. Ruby Pearl, the youngest child, is living at home. The subject enlisted in Company I, Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, feeling that it was his duty to sacrifice the pleasures of home and his business to save his country, serving three months, and he came near losing the sight of one of his eyes from disease contracted while in line of duty. It has always troubled him and he is now practically blind in it, but he does not regret his service to his country. His brother George was also a soldier in Company A, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, who served three years and was with Sherman on his march to the sea and in many battles. Another brother, Joseph, was a private in Company I, Fifty-ninth Indiana Regiment, who served three years and two months, when he was wounded before Vicksburg May 22, 1863, after which he was never able to do soldier duty and was assigned to the invalid corps, never fully recovering from the wound. He was in fifteen battles and always acquitted himself with honor. He died in 1896. The subject is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. For fourteen years he has preached, from time to time, having been licensed to the ministry in the Church of God, in which he has always taken an active part. He has also been Sunday school superintendent. His wife is also a member of the same church, as are also his children except the oldest, who is a Methodist. Politically, Mr. Cisney is a Republican. He is widely and favorably known for his industry and uprightness at all times.
At this point we enter a brief record concerning another of the representative farmers of Greene county. Interest is attached to the resume of his career from the fact that he is a pioneer of the section where he now lives, having maintained his residence in this county for a combined period of nearly half a century, which fact implies that he located here as one of the advance guard of progress and material advancement. John W. Cisney was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, November 19, 1841, the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Gibbons) Cisney. His grandfather Gibbons was a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio, working as a farmer, a blacksmith and later as a manufacturer of wagons. He was a poor boy and was "bound out." Later, borrowing money from his parents, he entered eighty acres of land, riding on horseback fifty miles to pay the money back; but his mother reloaned the money to him and he forthwith entered another eighty, and finally became well fixed financially, having had some of the sterling traits of his Pennsylvania ancestors, who were of Dutch descent, being known as people of thrift. Both grandfather Gibbons and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They were the parents of five children. The former died in Iowa, where he was on a visit. The subject's father, Stephen Cisney, was born September 11, 1811, and remained in Ohio until 1855, where he attended the common schools, which were of a very primitive sort in his day. Having learned the tinner's trade, he followed this while he remained in his native state. Coming to Indiana in 1855 he settled on one hundred and sixty acres of partly improved land in Greene county, for which he paid one thousand dollars. He cleared and improved this farm and lived there in comfort the rest of his life, dying in August, 1867, at the age of fifty-six years, leaving a widow and six children, the mother dying in 1877, at sixty years of age. Both she and her husband were known to be active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. John W. Cisney, our subject, attended the public schools in Ohio until he was fourteen years old, when he was brought to Indiana by his parents, with whom he remained until reaching his majority, when he rented a farm and continued this manner of work for thirteen years, when he went to Illinois, remaining one year, after which he returned to Greene county and bought forty acres of good farming land, which was later joined by a twenty-acre field which he purchased of a neighbor. In time he sold this farm and bought another consisting of seventy-five acres. Then his wife inherited seventy-three acres adjoining it, all of which was sold and another farm purchased. In fact, the subject traded in farm lands for several years before he located on the farm where he now lives, having made a trip to Nebraska and bought an eighty-acre farm, which he managed for three years, when he went to Kansas, bought a farm and there remained for three years. Returning to Greene county in 1904, he purchased the farm of two hundred and twenty acres where he now resides. Mr. Cisney was united in marriage to Nancy Ann Larue, August 1, 1863, who was born in Greene county, of French extraction. Two children were born to this union, one now living, Joseph D., who was born November 7, 1864, who is in Tennessee engaged in the lumber business. His first wife died in 1879 and the subject was again married October 30, 1880, to Margaret L. Crites, daughter of William and Mary Crites, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. One of the brothers of the wife of the subject was a soldier in the Union army from Indiana. Three children have been born to the subject and his second wife, namely: Zelma L., the wife of widely and favorably known for his industry and uprightness at all times. and the wife of Lee Harris, of this county; she also has one child, Rex. Ruby Pearl, the youngest child, is living at home. The subject enlisted in Company I, Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, feeling that it was his duty to sacrifice the pleasures of home and his business to save his country, serving three months, and he came near losing the sight of one of his eyes from disease contracted while in line of duty. It has always troubled him and he is now practically blind in it, but he does not regret his service to his country. His brother George was also a soldier in Company A, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, who served three years and was with Sherman on his march to the sea and in many battles. Another brother, Joseph, was a private in Company I, Fifty-ninth Indiana Regiment, who served three years and two months, when he was wounded before Vicksburg May 22, 1863, after which he was never able to do soldier duty and was assigned to the invalid corps, never fully recovering from the wound. He was in fifteen battles and always acquitted himself with honor. He died in 1896. The subject is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. For fourteen years he has preached, from time to time, having been licensed to the ministry in the Church of God, in which he has always taken an active part. He has also been Sunday school superintendent. His wife is also a member of the same church, as are also his children except the oldest, who is a Methodist. Politically, Mr. Cisney is a Republican. He is widely and favorably known for his industry and uprightness at all times.
The friends and relatives of Rev. John W. CISNEY were shocked last Sunday when it was announced that he had died suddenly at his home in Bloomfield. He had resided here for several years, at different times, and he had also resided at various places in Greene County. He was a good man and one of the best known citizens in this part of the county. He leaves a widow and a number of children, and a host of relatives and friends. He was a minister of the Church of God for many years, but in recent years he has devoted a great deal of his time to farming and fruit culture. Mr. Cisney was seventy-five years old and he was a private soldier in the Civil War, having served in COMPANY I, FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. The funeral was held at the family home in the south part of Bloomfield last Monday forenoon. The burial services were under the auspices of the Bloomfield Lodge of Odd Fellows. Interment in Grand View Cemetery.
At this point we enter a brief record concerning another of the representative farmers of Greene county. Interest is attached to the resume of his career from the fact that he is a pioneer of the section where he now lives, having maintained his residence in this county for a combined period of nearly half a century, which fact implies that he located here as one of the advance guard of progress and material advancement. John W. Cisney was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, November 19, 1841, the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Gibbons) Cisney. His grandfather Gibbons was a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio, working as a farmer, a blacksmith and later as a manufacturer of wagons. He was a poor boy and was "bound out." Later, borrowing money from his parents, he entered eighty acres of land, riding on horseback fifty miles to pay the money back; but his mother reloaned the money to him and he forthwith entered another eighty, and finally became well fixed financially, having had some of the sterling traits of his Pennsylvania ancestors, who were of Dutch descent, being known as people of thrift. Both grandfather Gibbons and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They were the parents of five children. The former died in Iowa, where he was on a visit. The subject's father, Stephen Cisney, was born September 11, 1811, and remained in Ohio until 1855, where he attended the common schools, which were of a very primitive sort in his day. Having learned the tinner's trade, he followed this while he remained in his native state. Coming to Indiana in 1855 he settled on one hundred and sixty acres of partly improved land in Greene county, for which he paid one thousand dollars. He cleared and improved this farm and lived there in comfort the rest of his life, dying in August, 1867, at the age of fifty-six years, leaving a widow and six children, the mother dying in 1877, at sixty years of age. Both she and her husband were known to be active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. John W. Cisney, our subject, attended the public schools in Ohio until he was fourteen years old, when he was brought to Indiana by his parents, with whom he remained until reaching his majority, when he rented a farm and continued this manner of work for thirteen years, when he went to Illinois, remaining one year, after which he returned to Greene county and bought forty acres of good farming land, which was later joined by a twenty-acre field which he purchased of a neighbor. In time he sold this farm and bought another consisting of seventy-five acres. Then his wife inherited seventy-three acres adjoining it, all of which was sold and another farm purchased. In fact, the subject traded in farm lands for several years before he located on the farm where he now lives, having made a trip to Nebraska and bought an eighty-acre farm, which he managed for three years, when he went to Kansas, bought a farm and there remained for three years. Returning to Greene county in 1904, he purchased the farm of two hundred and twenty acres where he now resides. Mr. Cisney was united in marriage to Nancy Ann Larue, August 1, 1863, who was born in Greene county, of French extraction. Two children were born to this union, one now living, Joseph D., who was born November 7, 1864, who is in Tennessee engaged in the lumber business. His first wife died in 1879 and the subject was again married October 30, 1880, to Margaret L. Crites, daughter of William and Mary Crites, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. One of the brothers of the wife of the subject was a soldier in the Union army from Indiana. Three children have been born to the subject and his second wife, namely: Zelma L., the wife of widely and favorably known for his industry and uprightness at all times. and the wife of Lee Harris, of this county; she also has one child, Rex. Ruby Pearl, the youngest child, is living at home. The subject enlisted in Company I, Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, feeling that it was his duty to sacrifice the pleasures of home and his business to save his country, serving three months, and he came near losing the sight of one of his eyes from disease contracted while in line of duty. It has always troubled him and he is now practically blind in it, but he does not regret his service to his country. His brother George was also a soldier in Company A, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, who served three years and was with Sherman on his march to the sea and in many battles. Another brother, Joseph, was a private in Company I, Fifty-ninth Indiana Regiment, who served three years and two months, when he was wounded before Vicksburg May 22, 1863, after which he was never able to do soldier duty and was assigned to the invalid corps, never fully recovering from the wound. He was in fifteen battles and always acquitted himself with honor. He died in 1896. The subject is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. For fourteen years he has preached, from time to time, having been licensed to the ministry in the Church of God, in which he has always taken an active part. He has also been Sunday school superintendent. His wife is also a member of the same church, as are also his children except the oldest, who is a Methodist. Politically, Mr. Cisney is a Republican. He is widely and favorably known for his industry and uprightness at all times.
At this point we enter a brief record concerning another of the representative farmers of Greene county. Interest is attached to the resume of his career from the fact that he is a pioneer of the section where he now lives, having maintained his residence in this county for a combined period of nearly half a century, which fact implies that he located here as one of the advance guard of progress and material advancement. John W. Cisney was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, November 19, 1841, the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Gibbons) Cisney. His grandfather Gibbons was a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio, working as a farmer, a blacksmith and later as a manufacturer of wagons. He was a poor boy and was "bound out." Later, borrowing money from his parents, he entered eighty acres of land, riding on horseback fifty miles to pay the money back; but his mother reloaned the money to him and he forthwith entered another eighty, and finally became well fixed financially, having had some of the sterling traits of his Pennsylvania ancestors, who were of Dutch descent, being known as people of thrift. Both grandfather Gibbons and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They were the parents of five children. The former died in Iowa, where he was on a visit. The subject's father, Stephen Cisney, was born September 11, 1811, and remained in Ohio until 1855, where he attended the common schools, which were of a very primitive sort in his day. Having learned the tinner's trade, he followed this while he remained in his native state. Coming to Indiana in 1855 he settled on one hundred and sixty acres of partly improved land in Greene county, for which he paid one thousand dollars. He cleared and improved this farm and lived there in comfort the rest of his life, dying in August, 1867, at the age of fifty-six years, leaving a widow and six children, the mother dying in 1877, at sixty years of age. Both she and her husband were known to be active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. John W. Cisney, our subject, attended the public schools in Ohio until he was fourteen years old, when he was brought to Indiana by his parents, with whom he remained until reaching his majority, when he rented a farm and continued this manner of work for thirteen years, when he went to Illinois, remaining one year, after which he returned to Greene county and bought forty acres of good farming land, which was later joined by a twenty-acre field which he purchased of a neighbor. In time he sold this farm and bought another consisting of seventy-five acres. Then his wife inherited seventy-three acres adjoining it, all of which was sold and another farm purchased. In fact, the subject traded in farm lands for several years before he located on the farm where he now lives, having made a trip to Nebraska and bought an eighty-acre farm, which he managed for three years, when he went to Kansas, bought a farm and there remained for three years. Returning to Greene county in 1904, he purchased the farm of two hundred and twenty acres where he now resides. Mr. Cisney was united in marriage to Nancy Ann Larue, August 1, 1863, who was born in Greene county, of French extraction. Two children were born to this union, one now living, Joseph D., who was born November 7, 1864, who is in Tennessee engaged in the lumber business. His first wife died in 1879 and the subject was again married October 30, 1880, to Margaret L. Crites, daughter of William and Mary Crites, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. One of the brothers of the wife of the subject was a soldier in the Union army from Indiana. Three children have been born to the subject and his second wife, namely: Zelma L., the wife of widely and favorably known for his industry and uprightness at all times. and the wife of Lee Harris, of this county; she also has one child, Rex. Ruby Pearl, the youngest child, is living at home. The subject enlisted in Company I, Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, feeling that it was his duty to sacrifice the pleasures of home and his business to save his country, serving three months, and he came near losing the sight of one of his eyes from disease contracted while in line of duty. It has always troubled him and he is now practically blind in it, but he does not regret his service to his country. His brother George was also a soldier in Company A, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, who served three years and was with Sherman on his march to the sea and in many battles. Another brother, Joseph, was a private in Company I, Fifty-ninth Indiana Regiment, who served three years and two months, when he was wounded before Vicksburg May 22, 1863, after which he was never able to do soldier duty and was assigned to the invalid corps, never fully recovering from the wound. He was in fifteen battles and always acquitted himself with honor. He died in 1896. The subject is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. For fourteen years he has preached, from time to time, having been licensed to the ministry in the Church of God, in which he has always taken an active part. He has also been Sunday school superintendent. His wife is also a member of the same church, as are also his children except the oldest, who is a Methodist. Politically, Mr. Cisney is a Republican. He is widely and favorably known for his industry and uprightness at all times.
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