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1800 - 1891 (90 years)
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Name |
Joseph TARKINGTON [1, 2, 3] |
Prefix |
Rev. |
Birth |
30 Oct 1800 |
Tyrrell County, North Caolina [2] |
Gender |
Male |
Birth |
30 Oct 1800 |
Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA |
Census |
1850 |
Living in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana [4] |
Census |
1860 |
Living in Washington, Decatur County, Indiana [5] |
Census |
1870 |
Living in Washington, Decatur County, Indiana [6] |
Census |
1880 |
Living in Washington, Decatur County, Indiana [7] |
Death |
22 Sep 1891 |
Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA [2] |
Burial |
South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana [8] |
Notes |
- "Autobiography Rev. Joseph Tarkington:
My great-grandfather was one of two boys, who, by tradition in the family, came with their father from England about A.D. 1700, and settled on or near Albemarle Sound, in Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
One of the two boys, while hunting strayed cows, was stolen by the Indians, and never heard of afterwards.
The remaining boy, my great-grandfather, married, and had three sons, William, Joshua, and Zebulon, born about A.D. 1730 in said county,
My grandfather on my father's side, said Joshua, had six sons, Richard, Joseph, Isaac, John, William, and Jesse (my father), and one daughter, Elizabeth.
My grandfather on my mother's side, said Zebulon, had two sons, Joseph and Joshua, and seven daughters, Priscilla, Keziah, Mary (my mother), Nancy Esther, Deborah, and Elizabeth, called Milley.
My Uncle John married his cousin, my Aunt Priscilla; and my father married his cousin, said Mary.
In A.D. 1798, my father and his brother, Uncle John, with their families, also my mother's mother and her children, moved from North Carolina to West Tennessee, near father's. Uncle Joshua, mothers brother, married in Tennessee.... He was a famous fiddler, and his younger sisters loved to dance to his music.
Mother's sisters were all handsome, springtly, and graceful, and made a merry family. When a lad, many a time have I seen Aunts Esther and Debby, who were slender, lithe, and gay, dance before the large glass by the half hour...
I remember when Millie married peter Swanson. Millie and Debby used to play tricks on the Swanson brothers (Dick and Peter), when they saw them coming, by hiding or running to a neighbor's but they boys finally caught the deer.
We heard that old Mrs. Swanson--who was a great, heavy woman---did not want her boys to marry those gay Tarkington girls, for fear they would be danced out of everything.
General Zollicoffer, killed at Mill springs, married a daughter of Debby and Dick Swanson. Millie and Esther married before the shaking of the earth, Debby after.
Aft. Rev. John Pope began to preach at our house, father would not allow any more balls, as they used to hae there, and the girls were quite displeased at his determination.
My mother's brother Joseph, running, stepped on a cane stub, and died of lockjaw.......
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Person ID |
I56397 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
25 Aug 2022 |
Father |
Jesse TARKINGTON, b. 21 Feb 1767, Tyrrell County, North Caolina d. 20 Oct 1854, Stanford, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 87 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Mary TARKINGTON, b. 21 Dec 1773, Tyrrell County, North Caolina d. 02 Apr 1859, Stanford, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 85 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
28 Aug 1792 [2] |
Fact |
Jesse and Mary were 1st cousins [2] |
Family ID |
F24364 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Maria SLAWSON, b. 22 Jan 1806, Orange County, New York d. 16 Dec 1889, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana (Age 83 years) |
Marriage |
21 Sep 1831 [1, 2] |
Fact |
Married by Rev. Allen Wiley, at the home of Simeon Slauson, nine miles orth of Vevay, Indiana [2] |
Children |
| 1. John Stevenson TARKINGTON, b. 24 Jun 1832, Centerville, Wayne, Indiana, USA d. 30 Jan 1923, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana (Age 90 years) [Birth] |
| 2. Mary Melissa TARKINGTON, b. 26 Feb 1834, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana d. 08 Aug 1923, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana (Age 89 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Martha Ann TARKINGTON, b. 17 Feb 1836, Harrison County, Indiana d. 25 Apr 1930, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana (Age 94 years) [Birth] |
| 4. Dr. Joseph Asbury TARKINGTON, b. 25 Nov 1837, Switzerland County, Indiana d. 01 May 1902, Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana (Age 64 years) [Birth] |
| 5. William Simeon Reeves TARKINGTON, b. 05 Nov 1841, Indiana d. 20 Jul 1904, Marion County, Indiana (Age 62 years) [Birth] |
| 6. Ellen Maria TARKINGTON, b. 18 Dec 1843, Centerville, Wayne Co., Indiana d. 02 May 1861, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana (Age 17 years) [Birth] |
| 7. Matthew Simpson TARKINGTON, b. 16 Jul 1848, Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana d. 06 Aug 1911, Tulare, Tulare Co., California (Age 63 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F24336 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
25 Aug 2022 |
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Event Map |
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| Death - 22 Sep 1891 - Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA |
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Headstones |
| Rev. Joseph T. Tarkington and Maria Slauson Headstone Rev. Joseph t. Tarkinginton and his wife Maria, daughter of Simeon Slauson and Martha Wood, are buried in the South Park Cemetery in Greensburg, Decatur co., Indiana.
Created by: Mary Ann Tarkington Johnson
Photo added by: Michele Nelson |
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Sources |
- [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.
- [S03873] "Autobiography Rev Joseph Tarkington", by. T.A. Goodwin.
- [S4496] Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
- [S3196] 1850 Census Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana.
- [S3259] 1860 Census Washington, Decatur County, Indiana .
- [S3278] 1870 Census Washington, Decatur County, Indiana.
- [S3255] 1880 Census Washington, Decatur County, Indiana.
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
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