Individual Details
Joel HIMES
(2 Jul 1853 - 30 May 1931)
Events
| Birth | 2 Jul 1853 | Jefferson County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Birth | 1854 | Coolspring, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Confirmation | 8 May 1869 | Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Marriage | 15 Jul 1875 | Elizabeth REITZ | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Spring Creek Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1900 | Bell Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 30 May 1931 | Jefferson County Home, Pine Creek Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania |  | | |
| Burial | 2 Jun 1931 | Grube Cemetery, Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Bell Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | lost his legs in a mining accident - Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth REITZ (1856 - 1912) |
| Child | Mary E. HIMES (1879 - ) |
| Child | Kathryn Arminta HIMES (1882 - ) |
| Child | John HIMES ( - ) |
| Child | Charles HIMES ( - ) |
| Child | Harry HIMES ( - ) |
| Father | David HIMES (1805 - 1876) |
| Mother | Salome SHOFFNER (1808 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Jonathan S. HIMES (1830 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Henry HIMES (1831 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Christena HIMES (1832 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Priscilla HIMES (1835 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Sarah HIMES (1837 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Catherine HIMES (1840 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Mary HIMES (1843 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Rosanna HIMES (1845 - 1893) |
| Sibling | William HIMES (1847 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Anna B. HIMES (1849 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Ellen B. HIMES (1850 - 1860) |
Notes
Death
There is an obituary (date and newspaper not given) for Joel Himes at the Punxsutawney Historical Society, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. "Mr. Himes was a son of Mr. and Mrs. David Himes and was born in Coolspring... He was a member of the Reformed Church... Surviving are the following sons and daughters, his wife preceeding him in death: John, of Knoxdale; Charles, of Youngstown; Harry, of Savannah, Ga; Mrs. Emma Smouse of Detroit; Mrs. Warren Hooper, of Youngstown; Mrs. Albert Manners, and Mrs. James Hobba, of this places (sic)."Endnotes
1. Joseph Himes, death certificate 52907 (30 May 1931), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.
2. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), II:202.
3. Cornelius E. Koppenheffer, translator, "Berkhaus" Bethlehem Lutheran Church Records (typescript, summer of 1969, Clarion County Historical Society, Clarion, Pennsylvania), page 82, Joel Himes confirmed 8 May 1869.
4. Jefferson County Historical and Genealogical Society, Jefferson County Pennsylvania History 1982 (Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Co. , 1982), 232.
5. Brookville Republican, (Brookville, Pennsylvania), no date, Newspaper clipping from Himes file; Jefferson County History Center, Brookville, Pennsylvania. Marriage notice for Joel Himes and Elizabeth Reitz.
6. 1880 U.S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Spring Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) 139, page 472C (stamped), page 11 (penned), dwelling 91, family 92, Joel Himes; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2012); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1125.
7. 1900 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Bell Township, enumeration district (ED) 55, page 1B, dwelling 11, family 11, Joel Himes; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2012); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1416.
8. 1910 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knox Township, enumeration district (ED) 74, page 11B, dwelling 195, family 203, Joel Himes; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2012); from National Archives microfilm T624, roll 1351.
9. 1920 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, 104 Belmont Avenue, Ward 2, Punxsutawney, enumeration district (ED) 158, page 11B, dwelling 220, family 241, Joel Himes; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2012); from National Archives microfilm T625, roll 1575.
10. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), II:202.
11. Joseph Himes, death certificate 52907 (30 May 1931), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.
12. "Jefferson County Newspaper Articales," database, Jefferson County Genealogy Project (http://www.pa-roots.org : accessed 17 March 2013), Joel Himes; citing Himes file at the Punxsutawney Historical and Genealogical Sociey.
13. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), II:202.
14. Joseph Himes, death certificate 52907 (30 May 1931), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.
15. Jefferson County Historical and Genealogical Society, Jefferson County Pennsylvania History 1982 (Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Co. , 1982), page 232.