about 19121,2,3,4 - after 19555
Life History
about 1912 |
Born in Arkansas.1,2,3,4 |
26th Jan 1929 |
Married Joseph J BISSWANGER in Arkansas County, Arkansas.2,1 |
18th May 1929 |
Birth of daughter Marilee L BISSWANGER in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.6,3,2,1,7 |
14th Sep 1952 |
Death of Joseph J BISSWANGER in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.8,9,10 |
after 1955 |
Died in Arkansas.5 |
Notes
- 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 7 February, South Prairie Township, District 16, page 8A-B, Hse #147, Fam #154
Scruggs, William M Head Owns M W 47 AR TN AR Farmer [b abt 1872]
-- page 8B --
Scruggs, Katie V Wife F W 47 AR SC AL [b abt 1872]
Scruggs, Annie M Dau F W 18 AR AR AR [b abt 1901]
Scruggs, Gladys V Dau F W 11 AR AR AR [b abt 1908]
Scruggs, Lois V Dau F W 7 AR AR AR [b abt 1912]
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 same place 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
Some genealogies have confused this Lois Scruggs with another Lois Scruggs from Lincoln County, Arkansas, who married Sam Wiley in Lincoln County. A couple of genealogists have found the death record of this Lois Scruggs Wiley and attached it to Lois Scruggs Bisswanger in their trees. this Lois Scruggs Wiley is a black woman who later moved to Alameda, California.
The California Death Index tells us her mother's maiden name was Woodhouse. But a fact in that death record further proves that is the wrong Lois Scruggs. Her mother's names, reported in the California Death record, was Woodhouse. Lois Scruggs Bisswanger's mother was Katie Jenkins, daughter of Ephraim Jenkins of Arkansas County, Arkansas.
In the 1920 census Dora (Woodhouse) Scruggs is reported as a widow head of household in Lincoln County. Dora came originally from Louisiana, and her children were all born in Arkansas. Her oldest daughter is Lois, who is 7 years old.
I have found no indication that our Lois V Scruggs from Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas, went to California. Her husband Joseph Bisswanger died in Arkansas in 1952. I have not found Lois Scruggs Bisswanger's death information.
Sources
- 1. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 2. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 22 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd, Hse #123, Fam #129
- 3. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 6B, Oak Flat School and Church Rd, Hse #97, Owns $500
- 4. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 7 February, South Prairie Township, District 16, page 8A-B, Hse #147, Fam #154
- 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 6. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
- 7. Obituaries from Legacy
- 8. Essex Funeral Home Registry
- Location: http://www.argenweb.net/arkansas/essex_funeral_home_records.htm;
- BOOK VIII -- April 1950 - December 1953, p 186
- 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- Memorial #69223545, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=53450&GRid=69223545&
- 10. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
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