Rev. Joseph TARKINGTON

Rev. Joseph TARKINGTON

Male 1800 - 1891  (90 years)

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  • Name Joseph TARKINGTON  [1, 2, 3
    Prefix Rev. 
    Birth 30 Oct 1800  Tyrrell County, North Caolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Birth 30 Oct 1800  Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850  Living in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1860  Living in Washington, Decatur County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1870  Living in Washington, Decatur County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1880  Living in Washington, Decatur County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Death 22 Sep 1891  Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [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.......
    Person ID I56397  Main Tree
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2022 

    Father Jesse TARKINGTON,   b. 21 Feb 1767, Tyrrell County, North Caolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1854, Stanford, Monroe, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary TARKINGTON,   b. 21 Dec 1773, Tyrrell County, North Caolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Apr 1859, Stanford, Monroe, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 28 Aug 1792  [2
    Fact Jesse and Mary were 1st cousins Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F24364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria SLAWSON,   b. 22 Jan 1806, Orange County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1889, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. John Stevenson TARKINGTON,   b. 24 Jun 1832, Centerville, Wayne, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1923, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Birth]
     2. Mary Melissa TARKINGTON,   b. 26 Feb 1834, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Aug 1923, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Birth]
     3. Martha Ann TARKINGTON,   b. 17 Feb 1836, Harrison County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1930, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)  [Birth]
     4. Dr. Joseph Asbury TARKINGTON,   b. 25 Nov 1837, Switzerland County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 May 1902, Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
     5. William Simeon Reeves TARKINGTON,   b. 05 Nov 1841, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1904, Marion County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Birth]
     6. Ellen Maria TARKINGTON,   b. 18 Dec 1843, Centerville, Wayne Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 May 1861, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)  [Birth]
     7. Matthew Simpson TARKINGTON,   b. 16 Jul 1848, Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Aug 1911, Tulare, Tulare Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F24336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Sep 1891 - Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Rev. Joseph T. Tarkington and Maria Slauson Headstone
    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

  • Sources 
    1. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    2. [S03873] "Autobiography Rev Joseph Tarkington", by. T.A. Goodwin.

    3. [S4496] Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.

    4. [S3196] 1850 Census Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana.

    5. [S3259] 1860 Census Washington, Decatur County, Indiana .

    6. [S3278] 1870 Census Washington, Decatur County, Indiana.

    7. [S3255] 1880 Census Washington, Decatur County, Indiana.

    8. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.