Joseph Howdeshell Sr. 1769-1845 (Updated)
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Name: Joseph HOWDESHELL Sr.
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Birth: abt 1769 New Jersey, per son David's declarationon 1880 census of Lincoln County, MO
Military Service: 1800 was with St. Clair at his defeat.
Immigration: 1811 Joseph and Mary migrated to Missouri, the area of Auburn.
Military Service: 1812 Served in the War of 1812
Will: 20 May 1841 Will written and recorded Lincoln County, MO Probate Records; Will Record 1 Page 157
Will: 3 Dec 1845 Will probated, son David Howdeshell served as Administrator(I have a copy on file, TMM)
Death: bef 3 Dec 1845 Lincoln County, Missouri
Burial: Howdeshell Cemetery, Auburn, Lincoln, Missouri
Father: Jacob HOWDESHELL Sr. (1736-1813)
Mother: Elizabeth HAMBLER (~1740->1820)
Spouses:
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1: Mary ADAMS
Birth: abt 1772 Kentucky
Death: 22 Nov 1845 Lincoln County, Missouri
Burial: Howdeshell Cemetery, Auburn, Lincoln, Missouri
Marriage: 25 Nov 1793 Lincoln County, Kentucky
Children: William (~1794-~1847)
John (1796-1878)
Henry (~1799-~1865)
Hiram (~1802-)
Joseph Richard (~1805-~1873)
Elizabeth (1807-<1845)
David (1809-1882)
Mary "Polly" (~1813-)
Notes for Joseph HOWDESHELL Sr.
In 1793 Jacob Howdeshell signed a marriage bond , in the sum of 50 pounds (English money), made out to the Governor of Kentucky, which was co-signed by his son Joseph Howdeshell, Sr.The bond declared Joseph Howdeshell's intention of marrying Mary Adams.The marriage bond is on record in Lincoln County, KY (Stafford being the county seat).
John Howdeshell, son of Joseph Howdeshell and Mary Adams, made a declaration on a census record that he was born in Lincoln County, KY in 1796 and that his parents, with their families, migrated to this area (what was then St. Charles County, MO) in the year of 1811.He further stated, that the first four years after arrival here was spent in a fort where they took refuge from the depredations of the Indians; the War of 1812, at the time, being in progress.Also, he said, his father was with St. Clair at his defeat, earlier in the 1800's.Therefore, with John Howdeshell's experience with St. Clair, in which his forces were greatly outnumbered by those of the Indians, in which they sustained defeat, together with his experiences in the skirmishes with the Indians here, during the War of 1812, he had to know considerable about Indian warfare.
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The war of 1812 called men to serve and Joseph went.He left his family at the Auburn Fort (Fort Stout).After the war of 1812,Joseph and Mary settled near whereSoul's Chapel was later built.(I've seen it spelled Soule's Chapel on early church records and suspect it could have been named that after the early Bishop Soule).Howdeshell Cemetery is near there.....LFBG
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The US Rangers who fought the Indians during the War of 1812 to the north of the Missouri River and east of the Mississippi River were disbanded in 1819.......
Joseph Howdeshell Sr. is named in the 'History Of Lincoln County, MO' (pub. 1888) as coming forth from the forts in 1815 or 1816 to return to lands originally settled upon, or to settle upon new lands, following the War of 1812.
Joseph Sr., John, William, and Henry Howdeshell are named as pioneer tax payers of 1821.
The "Chain Lane" is yet known by that name today, which extended from the Joseph Howdeshell Sr. home to the "Chain of Rocks" on the Cuivre River.
The lands acquired by Joseph Howdeshell Sr., later became referred to as "The Howdeshell Homestead", extended along the north line of what is now Hwy B of Lincoln County, from the east line of the present Frank Teasley farm, to a location west of US Hwy 61 on Hwy E.
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