Life History

Notes

• In the 1910 census the age of Joseph is given as 1 year old.  The census was in May that year, so if the age is correct, he had his first birthday sometime before May 1910.  This means he was born no later than the month of July 1909.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Craighead County, Arkansas, 9 May, Nettleton Township, District 27, page 7A, Hse/Fam #118
  Bisswanger, Joseph Son M W 1  AR Germany MS
  
  In 1920, he is listed as Joie and his age is 10 for the January census.  If, again, this age is technically correct, he has not yet had his 10th birthday.  So his 11th birthday, 10 years after he was 1 year old, will be some time in January or later.  But from the 1910 census we know his birthday will occur before 1 May.  Thus I am reporting his birthday as between January and May 1909.  This also matches his age reported as 21 in the 1930 census.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 14 January, Oklahoma  City, District 144, page 18A, Hse #104, Fam #254
  Bisswanger, Joie Son M W 10  AR Bavaria MS
  
  Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
  Lois Scruggs
  Age 18, Birth 1911
  Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
  Spouse's Name Joseph Bisswanger
  Spouse's Age 21
  Spouse's Residence Saint Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas
  Marriage 26 Jan 1929 Arkansas County
  Marriage License Date 26 Jan 1929
  
  From the 1930 census, I found his middle initial is J.  In 1930 he and Lois had one child Marilee, 10 months old and thus born about May 1929.  They are living with Lois' parents William M and Kate V Scruggs.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 22 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #123, Fam #129
  Scruggs, William M   Head  Owns Farm  M W 58  First Married at age 16 AR TN TN Farmer
  Scruggs, Kate V  Wife  F W 58 First Married at age 16 AR GA AL
  Bisswanger, Lois Dau F W 18 First Married at age 16 AR AR AR
  Bisswanger, Marilee Granddaughter FW 10mos AR US AR
  Bisswanger, Joseph J Son-in-law W 21 First Married at age 20 US Germany AR
  
  1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 6B, Oak Flat School and Church Rd, Hse #97, Owns $500
  Scruggs, Bud Head M W 68 Widow Grade 6 b Arkansas same place in 1935 Farmer
  Scruggs, Kate Wife F W 68 Grade 5 b Arkansas place house in 1935 Housekeeper
  Bisswanger, Lois Dau F W 27 Single Grade 6 b Arkansas same place in 1935 Housekeeper
  Bisswanger, Joe Son-in-law M W 31 Single b Arkansas same place in 1935 Fisherman
  Bisswanger, Merry Lee Niece F W 10 Grade 5 b Arkansas same place in 1935
  
  Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
  Joe Bisswanger
  Age 43, (Birth Date not recorded, abt 1909) Arkansas, USA
  Usual Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Farmer
  Father Leonard Bisswanger
  Mother Helen Hackleton
  No informant named
  Death 14 September 1952 Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, stay of 9 days
  Cause of Death Acute Monocytic Leukemia
  Removal 14 September 1952 for preparation for Burial in DeWitt, Arkansas, by Essex Funeral Home, DeWitt
  Filed 15 September 1952
  
  Joe J Bisswanger
  Birth 1909
  Death 1952
  Gravestone Inscription -  "Thy Will Be Done"
  Burial Chute Cemetery, De Witt [should be St Charles], Arkansas County, Arkansas
  Created by Lin Canamore Quigley May 02, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #69223545, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=53450&GRid=69223545&
  
  Note the burial location given here.  Chute Cemetery is not at DeWitt, but just south of St Charles about 15 miles east of DeWitt on the White River.

Sources

• 1. Essex Funeral Home Registry
  • Location: http://www.argenweb.net/arkansas/essex_funeral_home_records.htm;
  • BOOK VIII -- April 1950 - December 1953, p 186
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #69223545, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=53450&GRid=69223545&
• 3. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
• 4. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 6B, Oak Flat School and Church Rd, Hse #97, Owns $500
• 5. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 6. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 22 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #123, Fam #129
• 7. 1920 Federal Census, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  • 14 January, Oklahoma  City, District 144, page 18A, Hse #104, Fam #254
• 8. 1910 Federal Census, Craighead County, Arkansas
  • 9 May, Nettleton Township, District 27, page 7A, Hse/Fam #118
• 9. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 10. Obituaries from Legacy