Joseph Musslewhite (abt. 1815 - 1882)

Born about 1815 in Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Delilah (Caudill) Musselwhite — married 1837 in Perry County, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1882 at about age 67 in Perry County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Joseph Musselwhite was born in 1815, in Virginia. His parents were Worley Musselwhite and Tamara Allen. He married Della Caudill in 1837, in Perry County, Kentucky. Joseph Musselwhite passed away 3 Aug 1882, in Perry County, Kentucky.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Marriage

Name: Joseph Musselwhite

Gender: Male

Birth Place: VA

Birth Year: 1815

Spouse Name: Della Caudill

Spouse Birth Place: GA

Spouse Birth Year: 1829

Number Pages: 1^[6][7]

Originally from Virginia per the 1850 Census of Letcher County, KY (However one daughter's death certificate shows he's from Georgia)

1840 Census shows him in Perry, Kentucky

See his wife's biography notes

There's a very vivid description of him and his life story given by Squire Jesse Day in Harry Caudill's book Slender Is The Thread

(original bio note: Joseph was born after 1785)

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZX8-VGW
2. ↑ "Slender Is The Thread": Tales from a Country Law Office ~ Harry Caudill; May 26, 1992
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/31308946/person/12547102202/facts
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/73675874/person/38284946487/facts
5. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Musselwhite/6000000012282345170
6. ↑ Source number: 992.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DSP
7. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/877583:7836?tid=&pid=&queryId=6e9d9c9b4d945f31e32eaccd9a77c9f7&_phsrc=lmU11334&_phstart=successSource

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTP-MB7 : 4 October 2021), Joseph Musselwhite, Perry, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 255, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• 1840; Census Place: Perry, Kentucky; Roll: 122; Page: 255; Family History Library Film: 0007831

• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1294133:8057

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65D-QFH : 19 December 2020), Joseph Musselwhite, Letcher, Letcher, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1850; Census Place: District 2, Letcher, Kentucky; Roll: 209; Page: 129a

• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/19457054:8054

• 1860; Census Place: District, Letcher, Kentucky; Roll: M653_381; Page: 667; Family History Library Film: 803381

• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/39237731:7667

• "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZR2-F1JC : 28 October 2021), Joe Musselwhite in entry for Worley Musselwhite, 1896.