Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Sisk. Father of Travis W. Sisk, Mary E. Sisk, James M. Sisk, Sarah E. Sisk, Martha A. Sisk, William M. Sisk, and Charles B. Sisk. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Employed Tavis Sisk as a farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as private from October 18, 1861 to May 16, 1865. Captured at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, on February 16, 1862.