6/22/1870 Jackson Twp, PO Circleville, Pickaway Co, OH. At censustim e Jonathan Wissler was 36, a farmer with $2000 in personalproperty onl y, no real estate. Wife Elizabeth was 33 and in thefamily were Martha , 14, helps mother; Henry, 12, farm laborer, JohnM,10, and Ruben P, 6, a s well as Jonathan's aged parents, Henry, 76,preacher, Mary, 67, and s ister Elizabeth, 21, dressmaker.
Bef 1871 IA when daughter Fanny was born.
7/12/1880 Webster, Madison Co, IA. Before the next census Jonathan,h is parents, and several OH relatives had relocated to the west."Johnat han," 45, was still farming, Elizabeth, 43, was keeping housefor Henry L , 22, William, 20, Reuben P, 16, Fanny C, 9, and Mary E,3. Next door w as Emanuel Welty with Jonathan's parents next to him.
According to those who photographed his gravestone, he was born in1844 .