Descendants said Joseph and Catherine had 6 children but only 4reached a dulthood.
Residences & events:
1840 Colerain, Ross Co, OH. The census that year recorded living inJ oseph's house: 1 male aged 5-10, Joseph at 30-40, 1 female at 5-10,an d 1 also 30-40.
From OH Land Records:
Name: Joseph Harker
Land Office: CHILLICOTHE
Document Number: 11529
Total Acres: 40
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 25 Jun 1841
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 SESW OHIO RIVER SURVEY No 10 N 20 W 34
9/6/1850 Harrison Twp, Ross Co, OH. In that census Joseph was a 40ye ar old, a shoemaker with property worth $250. Living with himwere: Ca therine, 49, Wm H, 10, Wyoma, 1, and Peter, 4.
1860 That year at census time son William was living with Uncle EliVa ngundy but where was the rest of the family?
7/25/1870 Colerain Twp, PO Kingston, Ross Co, OH. According to thatc ensus Joseph Harker was 58, Catharine, 49. In their family wereWyoma, 2 7, Peter, 23, and Angeline S Pipper, 16. Joseph was born inVA, the re st of the family in OH. He "works on farm" with propertyworth $400/27 5; Wyoma "helps mother" while Peter "helps father."Three doors down wa s Catherine's brother Jonathan Vangundy.
6/15/1880 Same palce. At census time Joseph Harker was 70 years old,w ife Catherine was 79. Children in the house were Wyoming, 37, andPete r, 32, plus his two daughters Elgie F, 4, and Ida D, 5. Josephwas a s hoemaker, Peter was in farming.
6/15/1900 Still there. The census taker found widower Joseph Harker,9 0, probably still in the family home, but with divorced daughterWyona H arker, 57, as head of the house. Also counted there wasgranddaughter G racie M Harker, 8. None of them had an occupationunless Wyona's "hom e & housekeeper"job was for an outside family. SonPeter lived in the s ame county.
In 1880 he was born in VA, in 1900 in MD. Which was it?
