Jay Nighswonger
1887 - 1953 (66 years)-
Name Jay Nighswonger Born 9 Nov 1887 Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1920 Conway Township, Sumner County, Kansas Census 1930 Conway Township, Sumner County, Kansas Died 24 Dec 1953 Oswego, Labette County, Kansas [2, 3] Buried Harrington Cemetery, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas [2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20331727/jay-w-nighswonger
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Person ID I1427 McKeown Last Modified 5 Mar 2023
Father William Peter Nighswonger, b. 2 Jun 1856, Marshall County, Illinois , d. 10 Jan 1918 (Age 61 years) Mother Anna Cloadine Parker, b. 1 Mar 1861, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 22 Jan 1952, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Age 90 years) Married 14 Sep 1881 [3] Family ID F594 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nannie Jane Paisley, b. 4 May 1891, Johnson County, Kansas , d. 27 Aug 1918, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Age 27 years) Children + 1. Annabelle Nighswonger, b. 19 May 1912, Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas , d. 16 Jan 1989 (Age 76 years)2. Dale Ernest Nighswonger, b. 2 Oct 1914, Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas , d. 12 Apr 1995, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas (Age 80 years)3. Robert Lee Nighswonger, b. 15 Jul 1917, Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas , d. 11 Jul 2020, Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas (Age 102 years)Last Modified 29 Nov 2021 Family ID F597 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sibyl Drury, b. 23 Apr 1897, Kansas , d. 14 May 1988 (Age 91 years) Married 15 Aug 1929 Lamer, Prowers County, Colorado Last Modified 29 Nov 2021 Family ID F612 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 9 Nov 1887 - Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas 
Census - 1920 - Conway Township, Sumner County, Kansas 
Married - 15 Aug 1929 - Lamer, Prowers County, Colorado Census - 1930 - Conway Township, Sumner County, Kansas 
Died - 24 Dec 1953 - Oswego, Labette County, Kansas 
Buried - - Harrington Cemetery, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - J.W. Nighswonger
Special to the Sun
Oswego – A heart attack suffered while he was doing his evening chores proved fatal to J.W. Nighswonger, Oswego farmer. He died about 6 p.m. Tuesday at his home 1 1/2 miles southwest of Oswego.
Mr. and Mrs. Nighswonger had just returned home a short time earlier from a week’s visit in Viola. He had driven through the snow and complained of being quite tired after the trip.
He was born Nov. 9, 1887 at Viola and had lived there all of his life until he came to Oswego in 1946.
He was married to Nannie Paisley on July 19, 1911 at Kenneth, Kas. She died in August 1918. On Aug. 15, 1929, he was married to Sibyl Drury at Lamar, Colo. She survives. Other survivors include three children, Mrs. Annabelle Libby of Wichita, Dale of Wellington and Robert to Clearwater; five brothers, Perry of Viola, Paul of Howard, Fred of Clearwater, Myron of Hastings, Neb., and Laurence of Wichita; three sisters, Mrs. Ora Teichner, Clarkston, Wash, Mrs. Gladys Kinney of Arkansas City and Mrs. Joy Vaughn of Pueblo, Colo. Nine grandchildren also survive.
He was a member of the Oswego Baptist Church and was chairman of the board. Services will be at the church at 2 p.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Albert Atkinson. The bogy will be taken Saturday to Viola for burial.
The Parsons Sun. Wednesday, 23 December 1951
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