Sisson, Benjamin Franklin, 1811 - 1885

Benjamin Franklin Sisson (April 20, 1811-September 8, 1885), the son of Gilbert Sisson and Desire Main of North Stonington, Connecticut, was a cabinet and furniture maker.  In 1842, Sisson removed to Binghamton, New York, where he started a successful dry goods store.  He served as Binghamton's village trustee in 1855 and its president in 1856.  He died there in 1885. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, 569. William S. Lawyer, ed., Binghamton Its Settlement, Growth, and Development and the Factors in its History, 1800-1900 (Century Memorial Publishing Company, 1900), 825-826.