Individual Details
Joseph 'Benjamin' Massey
(27 Nov 1820 - 11 Apr 1884)
Events
| Birth | 27 Nov 1820 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1840 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 9 Feb 1844 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States - Nancy Elizabeth Jane White Spratt | | ||
| Move | Bet 1844 and 1850 | with J Madison - Mississippi | | ||
| Census (family) | 1850 | Southern Division, Desoto, Mississippi, United States - Nancy Elizabeth Jane White Spratt | | ||
| Census (family) | 1860 | Green Leaf P.O., Desoto, Mississippi, United States - Nancy Elizabeth Jane White Spratt | | ||
| Census (family) | 1870 | Township 3 Range 6, Desoto, Mississippi, United States - Nancy Elizabeth Jane White Spratt | | ||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Tate, Mississippi, United States - Nancy Elizabeth Jane White Spratt | | ||
| Religion | 1884 | presbyterian | |||
| Death | 11 Apr 1884 | Tate, Mississippi, United States | | ||
| Obit | 9 May 1884 | from ancestry family tree, downloaded - Tate, Mississippi, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Nancy Elizabeth Jane White Spratt (1822 - 1890) |
| Child | Mary J Massey (1844 - ) |
| Child | Hetty A. Massey (1846 - ) |
| Child | Sarah E. Massey (1848 - ) |
| Child | Allen Alexander Massey (1850 - 1901) |
| Child | Hen M. Massey (1851 - ) |
| Child | Robert W. Massey (1853 - 1931) |
| Child | Joseph B Massey (1857 - 1910) |
| Child | S.E. Massey (1858 - ) |
| Child | Martin A Massey (1859 - ) |
| Child | Virginia Massey (1856 - ) |
| Father | *poss son Joseph Massey (1773 - 1836) |
| Mother | *likely dau Martha T Hood (1785 - 1826) |
| Sibling | James Madison Massey (1808 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Anna "Betsey" Massey (1811 - 1884) |
| Sibling | William Henry Massey (1813 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Janie Artemesia Massey (1814 - 1891) |
| Sibling | * Allen E "Alonzo" Massey (1817 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Eli R Massey (1823 - 1823) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
Endnotes
1. "," database, The MSGenWeb (http://www.msgw.org/desoto/cem/perry.html: accessed 23 June 2013), Inhabitants of Perry Cemetery - Masseys.
2. 1840 U.S. census, Lancaster Co., SC, population schedule, , SC>Lancaster>Not Stated>19, Alexander Donald [Alexander Dunlap] transcription error; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2013); FHL microfilm 22509, roll 512`.
3. "," database, The MSGenWeb (http://www.msgw.org/desoto/cem/perry.html: accessed 23 June 2013), Inhabitants of Perry Cemetery - Masseys.
4. "Newspaper Article, Manuscript, and Church History Database," database, YCHISTORY.ORG York County Library Digital Collections (wwww.ychistory.org: downloaded 27 August 2014), Our Heritage: The Massey Family of the Waxhaws. The Monroe Enquirer, 11/6/1959.
5. 1850 U.S. census, Desoto Co., MS, population schedule, Southern Division, p. 339B, dwelling 360, family 360, Joseph B. Massey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 27 August 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 371.
6. 1860 U.S. census, Desoto Co., MS, population schedule, Green Leaf P.O., p. 97, dwelling 706, family 706, JB Massey [Joseph Benjamin] household; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 8/27/15); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 581.
7. 1870 U.S. census, DeSoto Co., MS, population schedule, Township 3 Range 6, p. 152A, dwelling 50, family 50, JB Massey [Joseph Benjamin] household; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 8/27/15); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 728.
8. 1880 U.S. census, Tate Co., MS, population schedule, Beat 3, enumeration district (ED) 512, p.253C, dwelling 132 family 133, JB Massey household; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 8/27/15); citing FHL microfilm 1254665, roll 665.
9. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : 7 October 2016), Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC, memorial # 103166561, photo by “t. stephens”, grave maker of James Greer, 11 Sept 1828., joseph jr massey.