The Sessoms surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,044 people carried this name — #8,206 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,802 in 2000.

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In print

Sessoms in American newspapers,
1913–1924.

Newspaper page from The Washington Tribune carrying the name Sessoms
The Washington Tribune 1923-03-03
Newspaper page from The Washington Tribune carrying the name Sessoms
The Washington Tribune 1924-01-05
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Sessoms
El Paso Herald 1913-11-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,582 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sessoms,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles A. Sessoms d. 2012 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sessoms,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States206 records

206 records of the Sessoms name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Vander F. Sessoms

    Born 1921 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg; apprentice electrician. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Cross Creek Cemetery, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Howard Arnold Sessoms

    Born 1940; from Tarboro, North Carolina. U.S. Army, aircraft armament repairman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Fred Sessoms

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1990; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 206 records for Sessoms in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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