Life History

Notes

• Helen's name is spelled variously.  On her death certificate she isHelen Hackelton Bisswager.  Bisswanger is misspelled, and it appearsHackelton should be Hackleton.  The name is spelled Hackleton by somedescendants.  On her license for marriage to Louis Kummell her name isspelled Hackledon.
  
  In 1880, Helen was a 3-year-old, living in a household with herwidowed mother and two other widows.  The configuration appears to bea mother, Pauline Shipley, with two daughters, Mary Collins and MattieHackleton.  Mattie's two children are Joe and Helen. They are listedas a separate household, but the relationships are not familial butoccupational.  Pauline, though in the position of the head of aseparate household, is reported as a servant, not Head.  Her work isHousekeeper.
  
  The Head of the previous household (whose name is unreadable) is aMerchant.  Perhaps Helen's mother, grandmother and aunt are workingfor this family in household #111.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Prairie County, Arkansas, 17 June, HazenTownship, District 247, page 15, Hse/Hse #112
  Shipley, Pauline  W F 50 Servant Widow House Keeper TN UnstatedUnstated [born abt 1830]
  Collins, Mary  W F 34 Servant Widow Servant Unstated Unstated Unstated[born abt 1858]
  Hackleton, Mattie  W F 31 Servant Widow Servant Unstated UnstatedUnstated
  Hackleton, Joe W M 7 Son AR Unstated Unstated
  Hackleton, Helen W F 3 Dau AR Unstated Unstated
  
  Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957
  Page 311
  Groom: Louis Kummell
  Groom's Age: 23
  Groom's Estimated Birth Year 1872
  Groom's Residence: Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas
  Bride: Helen Hackledon
  Bride's Age: 19
  Bride's Estimated Birth Year 1876
  Bride's Residence: Hazen, Prairie, Arkansas
  Marriage 10 Sep 1895 Lonoke County, Arkansas
  Marriage License Date: 10 Sep 1895
  
  The marriage probably took place in Carlisle.  That was Louis'residence, and that is where we find them living at the of the 1900census.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas, 18 June, CarlisleTownship, District 76, Page 8A, House/Family #162
  Kummell, Lewis  Head W M Jan 1873  27 Married 5 years Illinois BelgiumEngland Laborer Rents
  Kummell, Helen  Wife W F Sept 1877  22 Married 5 years  2 children/2living Ark Tenn Tenn
  Kummell, Grace V  Dau W F June 1896  3 Single AR IL TN
  Kummell, Millie L  Dau W F Jan 1888  [misentry for 1898, note she isonly 2 yrs old] 2 Single AR IL TN
  
  By 1910, Helen has remarried.  I assume Louis died in the meantime.Divorce was unusual in those days, though not unheard of.  I havefound no death information for him, nor for Helen.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Craighead County, Arkansas, 9 May, NettletonTownship, District 27, page 7A, Hse/Fam #118
  Bisswanger, Lenord (Leonard) Head M W 37  2nd marriage, Married 6yrsGermany Germany Germany  immigrated 1898 Resident Alien  Farmer
  Bisswanger, Helen Wife  F W 32  2nd marriage, Married 6yrs  AR MS MS
  Bisswanger, Margret F W 4  AR Germany MS
  Bisswanger, Alfonso Son M W 2  AR Germany MS
  Bisswanger, Joseph Son M W 1  AR Germany MS
  Kummel, Gace (Grace?) Dau [step-daughter] F W 13 AR IL MS
  Kummel, Miltret Dau [step-daughter] F W 11 AR IL MS
  Kummel, Blanche Dau [step-daughter] F W 8 AR IL MS
  
  Death Certificate of Helen Hackleton Bisswanger
  Helen Hackelton Bisswager [sic]
  White Female, Married
  Occupation: At Home
  Address:  338 S Front St, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
  Death 25 Mar 1926, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
  Cause of death "presumed to be acute indigestion"
  Age: 50, Est Birth Date 1876, Birthplace: Ar
  Burial 29 Mar 1926 Elmwood Cemetery
  Informant Mrs E B Lawrence, 338 S Front St, Memphis
  
  I have not been able to find any listing for Helen, under whateverspelling of her names, in the Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis.  She is notin the list for Elmwood on Find-a-Grave.com and no information on herburial comes up anywhere else.  Her granddaughter Ann Burkleycontacted me 4 Novemebr 2011 indicating that upon a visit to thecemetery, she learned that Helen's grave is unmarked, but the cemeteryhas a record of her burial.

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Craighead County, Arkansas
  • 9 May, Nettleton Township, District 27, page 7A, Hse/Fam #118
• 2. Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas
  • 18 June, Carlisle Township, District 76, Page 8A, House/Family #162
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Prairie County, Arkansas
  • 17 June, Hazen Township, District 247, page 15, Hse/Hse #112
• 5. Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957
  • Page 311
• 6. Death Certificate of Helen Hackleton Bisswanger
• 7. Ancestry Trees
  • Burkley-Kummell,
• 8. Bisswanger Genealogy
  • Name: Name:http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/i/s/Jerry-Bisswanger/index.html;;
• 9. 1920 Federal Census, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  • 14 January, Oklahoma  City, District 144, page 18A, Hse #104, Fam #254
• 10. RootsWeb Discussion Lists
  • Dot Kirk, Bisswanger List,
• 11. Ann Burkley, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 4 September 2010
• 12. North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
• 13. 1930 Federal Census, Polk County, Florida
  • 7 April, Lakeland, District 29, page 1B, 1025 Nelson Ave, Hse #22, Fam
• 14. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 29 April, Prairie Township, District 7, page 9A, No Road, On White
• 15. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 16. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 22 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd,
• 17. 1920 Federal Census, Monroe County, Arkansas
  • 5 January, Cache Township, District 8, page 2B, Hse/Fam #20
• 18. 1920 Federal Census, Prairie County, Arkansas
  • 9 January, DesArc Town, District 112, page 10A, Hse #157, Fam #202
• 19. 1930 Federal Census, Leake County, Mississippi
  • 11 April, District 1, page 7B, Hse #132, Fam #134