Joseph
Searcy
Born about in Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Son of Unknown Searcy
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Mary Ann (Whitehouse) Searcy
— married
2 Feb 1858 in Anderson, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 47
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Feb 2014
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Biography
Joseph Searcy was a farmer. He had brown eyes. He owned his home on Loveridge Road in Anderson County, Kentucky. Family tradition says that he was a tinker by trade and did a little bit of inventing. Is was said to have invented the telephone before Alexander Graham Bell, but was unable to do anything with it.
He married Mary Ann Whitehouse Connard Burgin on February 2, 1858. They were married by Henry Sparrow. Their witnesses were Thomas Whitehouse, Arethy Sparrow, and Jo Milburn.
Sources
Audra Terrell Davis
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4QV-C3V : accessed 23 January 2017), Joseph Searcy and Mary Ann Whitehouse, 02 Feb 1858; citing , Anderson, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 1,550,673.
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