Joseph P. Williams 1 2 3 4
- Born: 1832, Ohio 1 4
- Marriage (1): Rebecca J. Ernsbarger about 1859 1 2
- Died: After 1 June 1880
 Noted events in his life were:
• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on June 1860. 4
Page 47, Household 345
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
Joseph Williams..27..OH
(Living with wife and daughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on 1 August 1870. 1
Page 68, Roll 401, Dwelling 525, Family 546
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
Joseph Williams...Head..38..OH..Farmer & Carpenter
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Rose Creek Township, Republic County, KS on June 1880. 2
Page 45D, Roll 0394
Rose Creek Township, Republic County, Kansas
P. J. Williams...Self..50..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)
NOTE - If his birth date was in 1832, then his age should have been 47 or 48 instead of 50.
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Joseph married Rebecca J. Ernsbarger, daughter of John Ernsbarger and Adah Archer, about 1859.1 2 (Rebecca J. Ernsbarger was born on 18 May 1839 in Ohio,1 2 4 5 6 7 died in 1915 in , Jones County, IA 3 7 and was buried in 1915 in Fairview, IA 3 7.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on June 1860. 4
Page 47, Household 345
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
Joseph Williams..27..OH
Rebecca J. Williams..21..OH
Ida B. Williams..0..IA
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on 1 August 1870. 8
Page 68, Roll 401, Dwelling 525, Family 546
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa
Joseph Williams...Head..38..OH..Farmer & Carpenter
Rebecca J. Williams...Wife..31..OH..Keeping House
Ida Belle Williams...Dau..10..IA
Ada A. Williams...Dau..8..IA
John A. Williams...Son..7..IA
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Rose Creek Township, Republic County, KS on June 1880. 2
Page 45D, Roll 0394
Rose Creek Township, Republic County, Kansas
P. J. Williams...Self..50..OH..Farmer
J. Rebecca Williams...Wife..40..OH..Keeping House
B. Ida Williams...Dau..20..IA
A. Ada Williams...Dau..18..IA
A. John Williams...Son..16..IA..Farmer
M. Jenna Williams...Dau..7..KS
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Marriage Notes:
Both Joseph and Rebbeca Williams more or less disappear after the 1880 census. Apparently they moved their family to Kansas from Jones County, Iowa in about 1872 and their daughter, Jenna, was born in Kansas in 1873.
None of the children can be found in a census after 1880 with the exception of their son, John, who shows up back in Jones County, Iowa where he was married in 1887 and appears in the 1895 Iowa State Census. He was buried there in 1920.
Rebecca apparently died in Jones County, Iowa in 1915 so it would appear that she moved back to Iowa perhaps living her final years with her married son John. I'm not sure if the husband, Joseph, ever returned to Iowa; perhaps he died in Kansas or perhaps they divorced with Rebecca returning to Iowa.
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