The family of this Joseph and Elizabeth is nearly identical to that ofJ oseph and Elizabeth Watkins Arthur so have been intermixed andconfused b y many. However, by comparing the two in the 1860 censuson concurrent p ages, they have been sorted out and narrowed to thefamilies as posted o n this web site.
Residences & events:
9/30/1850 Dist 40, Greene Co, IN. At census time Joseph Arthur livedn ext door to his parents. Joseph was a 27 year old farmer, born KY,but h ad no property recorded so probably helped his father. InJoseph's fam ily were wife Elisabeth, 24, born TN, children William,5, Nehemiah, 7 , Eliza, 5, Aron, 3, John, 2, and James, 1, all born inIN.
6/22/1860 Beech Creek Twp, PO Solsberry, Greene Co, IN. The censustak er must have been confused with all the matching Arthur names.
That year Joseph Arthur, 37, born KY, had a very large family thatincl uded Elizabeth 35, also born in KY, children: William P, 17,Nehemiah, 1 6, Eliza J, 14, Aaron, 13, John R, 12, James, 11, Nancy,9, Sarah M, 7, M artha J, 3, and Elizabeth, 2. Joseph was a farmer,his property totale d $500/200, William was a farm laborer. Next doorwas the family of br other James L brother, followed by John and AnnaWatkins Arthur, follow ed by his brother Joseph and Elizabeth WatkinsArthur.
