FamilySearch ID: K2HM-77H
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Joshua Niswanger

Birth	6 January 1844	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #50527939. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Niswanger, ID K2HM-77H.
Death	28 November 1915	Axtell, McLennan, Texas, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #50527939.
Burial			Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #50527939.

Father	William Henry Niswanger
Mother	Mary Martin

Marriages Label

• Jenett Kirkwood

Married

28 February 1869

Pottawatamie County, Iowa, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
Iowa County Clerks, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (Iowa: County Courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for Joshua Niswanger and Jenett Kirkwood (28 February 1869); citing Pottawattamie County, Iowa, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” FHL microfilm 1018501.

Children:
Florence Melzenia Niswanger

• Frances Anna Swadley

Married

1 June 1874

Newton County, Missouri, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
Newton County (Missouri) Recorder of Deeds, Marriage records, 1865-1916; marriage index, 1879-1921 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for Joshua Niswanger and Anna Swadley (1 June 1874); citing Newton County, Missouri, Recorder of Deeds, “Marriage records, 1865-1916; marriage index, 1879-1921,” p. 133, FHL microfilm 929788.

          Children:
               William H Niswanger
               Steve David Niswanger
               Samuel Lafayette Niswanger
               Walter Drake Niswanger

Residences Label

• 1844	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850	Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860	Elmonte Twp, Los Angeles, California, United States
• 1880	Galloway Twp, Christian, Missouri, United States
• 1900	San Jacinto County, Texas, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1850 Population Census	The District No 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	Elmonte Township, Los Angeles, California	Extract	Image
• 1880 Population Census	Galloway Township, Christian, Missouri	Extract	Image
• 1900 Population Census	5th Precinct, San Jacinto, Texas	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Company Unknown (1851)		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	1851
Arrival	1851

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

Joshua Niswanger

Crossing the Plains