Born in Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas J. Thorpe
and Elizabeth (Still) Thorpe
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Ann (Jacks) Thorpe
— married
25 Oct 1859 in Platte County, Missouri, United States
Husband of
Elizabeth (Brown) Thorp
— married
28 Dec 1876 in Platte, Missouri, United States
Descendants 
Father of
James Richard Thorpe, Mary Elizabeth (Thorpe) Cross, Cora Ellen (Thorp) Knoth, Florence (Thorp) Knoth, Charles Thorp, Cassie (Thorp) Renner, Thomas Francis Thorp and Maggie (Thorpe) Johnson
Died
at age 85
in Parkville, Platte, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2018
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Biography
Soon after the death of his first wife, mother of Mary Elizabeth, about 1876, Josiah married again. Tom and Maggie were born of this second marriage of Josiah. Josiah was known as Joseph. 1860 census of Parkville, Missouri lists Josiah, age 22, farm laborer, Mary 19, Nancy, age 1. Came to Topeka to stay with Mary Elizabeth about 1912. Went back to Parkville to live with younger daughter Maggie.
Residence
- 1 Jun 1840 Platte County, Missouri, United States
- 1860 Parkville, Missouri, United States
Military Service
Between 1863 and 1865 in Kansas.
Burial
6 Mar 1923 in Platte County, Missouri, United States
Joseph was born in 1837. He passed away in 1923.
Sources
See also:
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/113068719/person/290110544423/facts
- Ancestry Private Family Tree
- 1840 United States Federal Census
- 1860 United States Federal Census
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38H-HXX : accessed 1 December 2019), Josiah Thorpe in household of James R Thorpe, Pettis Township (south part) Parkville village, Platte, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 15A, family 246, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,882
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Evelyn (Millison) Bradshaw 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A382547 [compare]
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Laurel Bradshaw :
23andMe, GEDmatch M269264 [compare]
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~1.56%
Maudie (Roy) Stolz :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T507478 [compare], FTDNA kit #392982
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~0.39%
Heather Ware :
23andMe
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