Nelson JOSEPH {M} = Malinda BROWN {F}

Married 18 February 1878
Divorced 23 October 1889

Nelson JOSEPH:

Born 1843
Buried Magoffin Co, KY at Long Creek off KY 7
Birth: Birth date as May 1846 on 1900 census. Age 7 on 1850 census, living with parents. Age 15 on 1860 census, living with parents.
Census Date: 1880
Census Place: Magoffin Co, KY
Magoffin Co, Ky. 5th Precinct-Meadows. Nelson Joseph, age 30, farmer; Malinda Joseph, wife, 30; Woodson Joseph, son, 16; Susan Whitaker, 22, divorced; Bird Whitaker, 3, son. All persons and their parents born Kentucky.


Malinda BROWN:

Born ABT 1850

Marriage: Nelson Joseph married Malinda Brown on 18 February 1878. Witnesses Thomas G. Holbrook and Jason Brown. B. M. Holbrook, Minister of Gospel.

From the records of the Magoffin Circuit Court: Order book 7, page 607, September 30, 1889. Commonwealth vs. Nelson Joseph and Mary Sizemore. Ordered that this cause be continued and that subpoena issued for John Joseph, Mary Sizemore, Reuben Arnett and Jack Arnett for plaintiff. Order book 8, page 564, October 23, 1889. Nelson Joseph, plaintiff vs. Malinda Joseph, defendant. Judgement. This cause being submitted -- the ----- and the court advised. It is adjudged by the ---- that the plaintiff Nelson Joseph be and he is ---- divorced from the defendant Malinda Joseph and restored to all the rights and privileges of an unmarried man. It is further adjudged by the court that A. T. (?) Patrick attorney for the resident defendant be and he is allowed ($5.00) five dollars for his services to --- by the plaintiff and for which he ---- ----execution and this cause is filed --- ----.