130. Joseph Duxbury
(380)(3)
was born on 17 Jan 1834 in Colne, Lancashire, ENGLAND.
(381) He was christened on 16 Feb 1834 in St. Bartholomew Parish Church,
Colne, Lancashire, ENGLAND.(382) He
was naturalised about 1862 in Jackson County, WI.
(383) Filed Declaration of Intent to become a naturalized citizen
9 Apr 1862. He was living between 1904 and 1918 in Alma Center, Jackson County,
WI.(384) At the time of his death, he
and Sarah were living on Cowles Street, Alma Center, WI. He died on 9 Feb 1918
in Alma Center, Jackson County, WI.(385)
Joseph reportedly died of myocarditis (inflammation of middle layer of the
heart muscle) and senility.
He was buried on 11 Feb 1918 in East Lawn Cemetery, Alma Center, Wisconsin.
(386)(387)
Burial was in Section 2, Row 13, Plot No. 7, East Lawn Cemetery, Alma
Center, WI.
Funeral was held at Methodist Episcopal Church. He Photo was photographed in
1888 in Reunion Photo - Reprint (cropped) Milwaukee Journal.
(388) He emigrated from England to Lonsdale, Providence County, RI,
about 1855.(389) No record of ship or
port of entry has been identified. He was a Farmer/Liveryman, in Hixton/Alma
Center Wisconsin.(390) Joseph is reported
as a cotton weaver apprentice in Colne, Lancashire, England in 1851. He is reported
to have been a cotton weaver while living in Rhode Island in 1855. He visited
his brother John in Springvale, Fond du Lac County, WI, in 1855 and again in
Hixton, Jackson County, WI, in 1856. He purchased 80 acres of government land
for which he paid $1.25 per acre near the village of Hixton, WI, in 1856. He
cleared and sold the land the following year. Joseph and Sarah moved to Hixton,
WI (from Rhode Island) in 1862. Joseph's occupation was listed as a farmer.
He and Sarah purchased a farm from Sarah's brother in Hixton, WI (Township 22
North, Range 6 West, Section 24 SW1/4 - 80 acres) in March of 1874. In November
of 1877, they sold the farm in Hixton and acquired a new homestead in North Branch,
Garden Valley, Jackson County, WI
(Township 23 North, Range 5 West, Section 29 NE 1/4 - 160 acres). Joseph and
Sarah moved to Alma Center, WI in 1898. In circa July of 1898, Joseph purchased
the Alma Center Livery business. His son, Louis, attended to business affairs
and Joseph attended to long haul and commercial travelers. In circa September
1899, Joseph sold the livery business, and he and Louis acquired a livery business
in Blair, Trempealeau County, WI. Joseph and Sarah moved to Alma Center, Jackson
County, WI in 1904. Joseph was a landlord for the livery business. He signed
a will. Public Offices held by Joseph were:
Hixton Constable
Garden Valley Treasurer
School Director
Alma Center Justice of the Peace
Joseph authenticated the Hixton Township census of 1885.
He was married to Sarah Ann Ashworth on 5 May 1858 in Christ Church (Episcopal),
Lonsdale, Rhode Island.(391) Pastor
George W. Hathaway officiated. Sarah Ann Ashworth
(3) was born on 31 Jan 1831 in Leeds, Yorkshire,
ENGLAND.(392) She was a Weaver about
1858 in Lonsdale, Rhode Island.(393)
Reportedly worked at the Lonsdale Company Calico Print Works. She died on
18 Feb 1920 in Alma Center, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
(394) Reportedly died of senility (mental infirmity of old age).
She was buried on 20 Feb 1920 in East Lawn Cemetery, Alma Center, Wisconsin.
(395)(396)
Burial was in Section 2, Row 13, Plot No. 8, East Lawn Cemetery, Alma
Center, WI. She Photo was photographed in 1888 in Reunion Photo - Reprint (cropped)
Milwaukee Journal.(397) Joseph Duxbury
and Sarah Ann Ashworth had the following children:
188 i.
James Duxbury(3) was born on 5 Feb
1859 in Lonsdale, Providence County, Rhode Island.
(398) He died on 27 Jul 1859.(399)
+189 ii.
John Thomas Duxbury.
+190 iii.
Herbert Duxbury.
+191 iv.
Ellsworth Duxbury.
+192 v.
Edwin Saxon Duxbury.
+193 vi.
George Duxbury.
+194 vii.
Louis (Lou) E. Duxbury.
195 viii.
Sarah Ann Duxbury(3) was born on
30 Dec 1877 in Garden Valley, Jackson County, WI.
(400) She died on 18 Aug 1879.(401)
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