Joel Harvey Middleton (1803 - 1895)

Born 15 Dec 1803 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Ann (Fulton) Middleton — married 26 Feb 1851 in Marion County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 29 Jun 1895 at age 91 in Iuka, Marion, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Joel Harvey Middleton was born on December 15, 1804, in Tennessee. He married Elizabeth M Ford; probably sister of Soloman Ford who traveled by wagon around 1830/31 with them to Luka, Marrion Ill from Tennessee , also along was Billy Middleton age 60 and George Ford who was cousin to Soloman Ford then 19. Elizabeth died in 1840 (possibly during childbirth) after having at least 3 children Pleasant S Middleton 1824–187 Mary Jane Middleton Eddings 1828–1915 Joel Holland Middleton 1840–1908

also along was Billy Middleton and he remarried to Ruth Ann Fulton on February 26, 1851. Residence in 1870 Luka Ill age 65 Farmer wife Ruth 49 others Thomas Fulton 13 son of Ruth Ann?, John 10 also Fulton?, George Middleton 27 (son) ? Caroline 27 daughter in law? Grandchildren Eugene 3 Margaret 1 He died on June 29, 1895, in Iuka, Illinois, at the impressive age of 90, and was buried there.

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Parents William Harrison Middleton 1775–1852 Sarah Jenkins Harris Middleton 1779–1843 Spouses Elizabeth M. Ford Middleton 1803–1849 (m. 1826) Ruth A Fulton Middleton 1821–1897 (m. 1851) Siblings Thomas Landman Middleton 1800–1876 Lydia A. Pugh Middleton Cheeley 1802–1869 Martha Barham Middleton Ford 1810–1893 Jane Baxter Middleton Ford 1812–1894 Ruth Wade Middleton Holstlaw 1819–1915 Lucy Ann Middleton Holstlaw 1823–1855 Dicey Emoline Middleton moore 1825–1844

some of Children Pleasant S Middleton 1824–1875 Mary Jane Middleton Eddings 1828–1915 Joel Holland Middleton 1840–1908

Research Notes

U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 Census Place District 11, Marion, Illinois, USA Elizabeth F Middleton Marital Status Widowed Estimated Birth Year abt 1804 Death Date Sep 1849 Cause of Death Bilious Fever

Pricilla Maxey Middleton wife of brother John B Middleton is on the next line died of typhoid 1850

see 1850 non census 1860 and 1870 census neighbors and family George and Caroline and John R and wife Lucinda probably also his sons. Holtsclaws also lived nearby maybe inlaws/spouse of Ruth and Lucy?

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94998029/joel-h-middleton

• 1830; Census Place: Warren, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 181; Page: 311; Family History Library Film: 0024539

• Year: 1840; Census Place: Marion, Illinois; Page: 168

• Year: 1850; Census Place: District 11, Marion, Illinois; Roll: M432_119; Page: 10A; Image: 546

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 2 Range 3, Marion, Illinois; Roll: M653_207; Page: 658; Family History Library Film: 803207

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Maguire, Marion, Illinois; Roll: M593_253; Page: 67A; Family History Library Film: 545752

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Stephenson, Marion, Illinois; Roll: 234; Page: 86C; Enumeration District: 115

• Family Data Collection - Individual Records

• Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940, Spouse Ruth Ann Fulton, Film Number 001010515

• Illinois, Public Land Purchase Records

• Illinois, State Census Collection, 1855 & 1865

• U.S. General Land Office Records

• U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1860

LOTTIE WHAM, from Centralia, Illinois, who corresponded with DELILAH PIERCE BUCKLES in 1962 and was a member of the Middleton family, had this to say about Joel and his wives:

"Yes, RUTH FULTON CLARK was the second wife of JOEL H. MIDDLETON. She had a daughter, REBECCA CLARK that was the second wife of DANIEL J. MIDDLETON, son of JOHN B. MIDDLETON and nephew of JOEL H. MIDDLETON and grandfather of LOREN MIDDLETON. The first wife of JOEL H. MIDDLETON was ELIZABETH FORD. They were married in Tennessee. She bore his 12 children. But Elizabeth was not the mother of PLEASANT MIDDLETON. I did not know that until about 10 years ago as I was getting interested in getting together some family history. I asked the youngest daughter of the youngest son of JOEL H. MIDDLETON for the names of her grandfather's children. The woman I asked for the names was LYDA MIDDLETON ST. CLAIR, two years younger than I was at that time. Her father, JOSEPHUS MIDDLETON, was the youngest of JOEL H.'s family.

“Lyda told me that Uncle Pleas was born out of wedlock, and his mother died soon after his birth. She named JOEL H. MIDDLETON as the father and he raised Uncle Pleas as his own, which I do not doubt that he was. Now do not feel badly if you have never heard this before. There have been other children born out of wedlock in the Middleton relation and most of them are very fine men and women. There is often something very fine about them that it seems our Maker has given them to compensate for their parent's mistake.

“I asked Lyda where ELIZABETH MIDDLETON, wife of Joel H. is buried. She said in a cemetery northeast of Iuka. She must have died before Old Bethel Cemetery was laid out as Joel H. is buried in Old Bethel Cemetery. JOEL H. MIDDLETON'S real estate was valued at $16,000 in 1860. His youngest granddaughter told me that when he

married MRS. RUTH CLARK he owned 800 acres of land in Marion Co. Lyda said a lot of his substance went for Doctor's bills as Aunt Ruth had very poor health.

From LOTTIE WHAM:

“Here is a note about JOEL H. MIDDLETON that I find interesting. Soon after he arrived in Marion County he opened a blacksmith shop, the first in Stevenson Township; made plows and shod horses. Many of the knives and forks used on the table here at that early date were fashioned on his anvil. He used to go seventy-five miles for cornmeal, making the trip by night to avoid exposing his team to the swarms of horseflies that infested the country. When I was a girl one of his daughters, Emmiline, told me about riding horseback to Salem when she was a young woman. She would ride slowly until she came to the creek bottoms, then ride as fast as the horse could go to get out of the horseflies.

I must give you a list of the children of JOEL H. MIDDLETON: PLEASANT, JOHN B., HENRY, JOEL H., JR., THOMAS, JOSEPHUS, were the sons. The daughters were DICA, who married GEORGE MOORE; Rachel married SYLVESTER MOORE; EMMILENE, married HILL FULTON; JANE, married JAMES EDDINGS.

HENRY, JOEL H. and RACHEL MOORE and husband all went to Texas to live before I can remember. Uncle Henry came back at two different times while his father lived and stayed several months.”