Person:John Nightser (1)

1870 Census Union Grove, Whiteside Co., Illinois
Nightser, Rebecca 54 F W Keeping house 3500 975 PA
Nightser, Henrietta 25 F W at home OH
Nightser, William M. 22 M W at home OH
Nightser, John M. 18 M W at home OH

In this 1880 record John and Lena have his mother Rebecca Mattox Jackson living with them. Next household is Rebecca's sister-in-law Harriet Nightser Jackson. Both Rebecca and Harriet's husband, Nathaniel Jackson are in the business of weaving carpet, apparently a family occupation. Note that in the 1850 census, John's father was a shoemaker and apparently his son had some connection with that occupation.

1880 Census Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois
Nightser, John W M 28 married "house maker and deals in Boots & Shoes" OH NJ PA
Nightser, Loena W F 27 wife married keeping house VT VT VT (Lena)
Nightser, Pearlie W F 4 dau IL OH VT
Nightser, Rebecca W F 63 mother widow weaves carpet PA NJ NJ

Name: John Mitchell Nightser
Event Date: 01 Feb 1928
Event Place: Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1851
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Name: Jeptha Nightser
Father's Birthplace: Menden, New Jersey
Mother's Name: Rebecca Mattox
Mother's Birthplace: Waynesburg, Pa.
Occupation: Retired
Spouse's Name: Lena Nightser
Burial Date: 03 Feb 1928
Burial Place: Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois
Cemetery: Informant's Name: Digital Folder Number: 4008217 Image Number: 256 GS Film number: 1614308 Reference ID: cn 7133

1. ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Union Grove, Whiteside Co., Illinois.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947.

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3.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois.