MY BRANCHES OF THE WHOLE TREE:Information about JOSEPH BENTON WHEAT
JOSEPH BENTON WHEAT (b. 04 Sep 1842, d. 22 Apr 1926)
Notes for JOSEPH BENTON WHEAT:OCCUPATION: DID SOME FARMING, SOLD CATTLE AND HOURSES (THAT IS WHERE HE GOT HIS NICKNAME--CATTLE JOE WHEAT- OCCUPATION LISTED CENSUS OF 1880 WAS LISTED AS CATTLE DEALER
OCCUPATION: HE SOLD HORSES AND KEPT HORSES FOR THE PONY EXPRESS WHERE IT RAN THROUGH THAT PART OF KANSAS.YOU CAN STILL SEE THE WAGON RUTS OF THE TRAILS FOR THE STAGES AND WAGONS HEADING WEST IN SOME AREAS OF LYON COUNTY.
OCCUPATION: HE SUPPOSIDLY SOLD HORSES AND KEPT HORSES FOR THE JESSE JAMES GANG ACCORDING TO FAMILY LEGEND AND STORIES THAT HE TOLD..
CENSUS: LISTED INAGNES CITY TOWNSHIP 1880 LYON CO., KANSAS
DISTRICT 104 EMMUMERATION JUNE 5, 1880
BIOGRAPHY: ACCORDING TO THE 1880 FEBERAL CENSUS HIS MOTHER AND DAD WERE BOTH FROM KENTUCKY
**********************************************************************************************************
OBITUARY
JOSEPH WHEAT WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1842, AND DIED AT COAHOMA, TEX, APRIL 25, 1926 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS, 6 MONTHS, AND 21 DAYS.AT THE AGE OF 19 HE WAS MARRIED TO MILLIE HUNTER.TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN.ONE BOY DIED IN INFANCY.THE OTHER, WILLIAM WHEAT, STILL SURVIVES HIM.HIS WIFE WAS CALLED HOME WHEN WILL WAS A SMALL BOY.
IN 1873 HE WAS MARRIED TO LAURA B HALL.TO THIS UNION 6 CHILDREN WERE BORN.ONE LITTLE BOY, WALTER, DIED AT THE AGE OF 2 YEARS.THE CHILDREN WHO SURVICE ARE: LAFE WHEAT OF READING KANSAS; BENT WHEAT OF COHOAMA, TX; MRS MARY MORRIS OF LA MESA, TX, JAKE WHEAT OF BUSHONG, KS AND HARRY WHEAT OF BUSHONG, KANSAS.
IN 1912 HE MOVED TO TEXAS WHERE HE RESIDED WITH HIS SON UNTIL HIS DEATH.HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS LOSS 6 CHILDREN, 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.HE WAS A KIND AND LOVING FATHER.
HIS BODY WAS BROUGHT FROM TEXAS TO ALLEN AND FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD IN THE M.E. CHURCH.THE BODY WAS LAID TO REST IN THE BUSHONG CEMETERY.(NOW CALLED ALLEN CEMETERY)
__________________
CARD OF THANKS
WE WISH TO THANK THOSE WHO ASSISTED US DURING THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF OUR FATHER.ALSO THE SINGERS AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.
J.B. WHEAT, COAHOMA, TEXAS
MARY MORRIS, LAMESA, TEXAS
C L WHEAT AND FAMILY, READING, KANSAS
JAKE WHEAT AND FAMILY BUSHONG, KANSAS
HARRY WHEAT BUSHONG, KANSAS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IN 1860 JOSEPH WAS IN YOUNG AMERICA TOWNSHIP, EDGAR, ILLINOIS
OCTOBER 5, 1860 THE POST OFFICE WAS BLOOMFIELD.HE IS 17 YEARS OLD AND
HE IS LISTED AS A FARM LABORER IN THE HOUSE OF THOMAS J HUNTER.
IT IS CURIOUS BECAUSE THOMAS J HUNTERIS JUST 22 YEARS BORN ILFARMER
ALSO IN HOME IS LUCRETIC HUNTER AGE 20 BORN KY
ELIZA E HUNTER AGE 8 BORN IL
AMANDA M HUNTER AGE 14 BORN IN IL.
NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE LISTED AS MARRIED. THOMAS, ELIZA AND AMANDA (MILLIE) MUST BE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
JOSEPH AND AMANDA (MILLIE) HUNTER MARRIED INABT 1862 WHEN JOSEPH WAS 19 YEARS OLD. THEY HAD ONE SON WHO WAS NAMED WILLIAM BUT MILLIE DIED EARLY BECAUSE BY 1873 WAS MARRIED TO LAURA B AND STARTING THEIR OWN FAMILY IN OSSAGE CO. KS.
********************************************************************************************************.
1870 KANSAS CENSUS FOR OSSAGE CO. BURLINGAME TWP
JOSEPH IS A STOCK DEALER AND A WIDOWER. HE 3,500 IN PROPERTY AND
1,500 PERSONAL MONEYS
MILLIE HAS DIED
WILLIAM IS AGE 7BORN IN IL AND WAS IN SCHOOL
HENRY HUGHES AGE 34, HOTEL CLERK BORN IN INDIANA WAS LIVING WITH THEM
********************************************************************************************************
IN 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS, LYON CO, AGNES CITY, DIST 104
JOSEPH WHEAT W M 39 CATTLE DEALER KY, KY KY
LAURAW F30 KEEPING HOUSE MO, PA, KY
WILLIAM AW M 17 LABORER IL, KY, MO
CHARLES LW M 6MO, KY, MO
JOSEPH BW M 4KS, KY, MO
HARRY HW M IKS, KY, MO
************************************************************************************************MAY 20, 1910 FEDERAL CENSUS
CHANGES:LAUA HAS DIED BECAUSE JOSEPH IS A WIDOWER
JOSEPH IS 68 YEARS OLD
BENTON J IS 34 AND NOT MARRIED , LIVE STOCK
MARY N WHEAT IS 22 AND NOT MARRIED. TEACHER
AND
PATRICK WHEAT AGE 72, KY, KY, MO IS LIVING THERESINGLE AND CANNOT READ OR WRITE(A BROTHER)
**************************************************************************************************
MARCH 1 1895 KANSAS STATE CENSUS FOR LYON CO, IVY,TOWNSHIP
JOSEPH IS 53
L.B (LAURA B)IS 47
HARRY IS 16
JACOB IS 10
MARY IS 7
***********************************************************************************************
MARCH 1, 1905 KANSAS STATE CENSUS FOR LYON COUNTY, IVY
JOSEPH IS 63
L.B. IS 56
PH IS 67 (THAT WOULD BE PATRICK H. HIS BROTHER)
WILLIAM IS 42
J.B IS 29
JACOB IS 20
AND MARY IS 17
More About JOSEPH BENTON WHEAT:
Burial: Apr 1926, ALLEN CEMETARY, ALLEN, LYON CO, KANSAS.
Record Change: 19 May 2002
More About JOSEPH BENTON WHEAT and AMANA M. (MILLIE) HUNTER:
Marriage: Abt. 1862, YOUNG AMERICA TWP, ENGER CO, IL?.
More About JOSEPH BENTON WHEAT and LAURA B. HALL:
Marriage: 15 Jan 1873, PROBABLY KS.
Children of JOSEPH BENTON WHEAT and AMANA M. (MILLIE) HUNTER are:
- UNKNOWNN WHEAT.
- WILLIAM A WHEAT, b. Abt. 1863, ILLINOIS.
Children of JOSEPH BENTON WHEAT and LAURA B. HALL are:
- +JOSEPH B (BENT) WHEAT, b. Abt. 1873, KANSES.
- +CHARLES LAFAYETTE(LAFE) WHEAT, b. 28 Oct 1873, INDEPENDENCE, MO, d. 12 Oct 1940, REDDING, KANSAS.
- +HARRY H WHEAT, b. Abt. 1879, KANSAS.
- WALTER WHEAT, b., DIED ABT 2 YRS OLD.
- +MARY WHEAT, b. Abt. 1888, KS,d., PROBABLY LAMESA, TX.
- +JACOB (JAKE) WHEAT, b. Dec 1884, KS,d., KS.