Sebastian F. Kissinger

        Sebastian F. Kissinger was born in 1837 in Germany and died 20 Sep 1931, Fordsville, Ohio County.  As a young man he served with the 17^th Regt, Ky Inf. during the Civil War. 

       Sebastian was married to Roseannah (Rosa Ann) Slaughter (1845-1931).  Their marriage was in Indiana in 1859 and they lived in Evansville before moving to Fordsville. They had eight (or perhaps nine) children: James Henry; William Benjamin; Rosa Belle (Campbell); John A.; Andrew M.; Charles Payton; Frances (Shaw); Eliza M. (Gutherie); and Ida (Kevane).

       Roseannah’s obituary appeared in the Owensboro Messenger 1 Feb 1931:

       Note that Charles Payton Kissinger, son of Sebastian F. Kissinger, was the administrator of the estate of Hattie B. Kissinger, who was killed in an automobile accident in 1936.  See my post about Hattie B. Kissinger dated 22 Nov 2017.