Joseph lived in Aurora, Erie County, NY in 1840. He died before 1880 because Lucy was listed as widowed when she died in Apr 1880. Following bio provided by Jerald Sherwood:
Joseph was born between 1798 and 1801 probably in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York. After war was declared with England in 1812, Joseph's father left his young family to join Dutton's New York militia. He died the winter of 1813, leaving Joseph's mother to provide for six young children. She moved her family to Aurora, Niagara County, New York where her brother was a Baptist minister. In 1821 she bought 130 acres in Aurora from the Holland Land Company. The 1820 Census shows that Joseph was living in Aurora as the head of a family consisting of three females, probably his mother and sisters. Joseph married about 1829. He may have remained for a time in Aurora but by 1839 his family was living in Cattaraugus County, NY where his son Charles was born. The family then moved on to Allegheny County NY where two of his children were born, John in 1842 and Amanda in 1846. By the time the 1850 Census was taken Joseph and his family were living in Genesee, Potter County, Pennsylvania. He was a farm laborer and appears to have gone wherever work was available. They next appear in Willing, Allegany County New York's 1855 Census, where they had been living for just three months. Willing was formed in 1851 from the town of Independence. Willing and Genesee were just across the border from each other and Joseph probably went back and forth as the crops were harvested. Not long after the outbreak of the civil war, Joseph's 19 year old son John joined a regiment of New York volunteers. He was captured in May 1862 and died that December in Virginia. Before his death, John was sending money home to his parents and Joseph and Lucy finally scraped enough money together to buy some land. They owned a 5 1/2 acre lot in Willing, which they leased in 1865 to the Rose Lake Oil and Mining Company for 99 years. For some reason Lucy's name alone appears on the deed to another parcel of land they bought in Willing in 1866. Joseph's name, as well as Lucy's, appears on the deed when they sold the lot in 1870 and 1871. By this time Joseph was in poor health and Lucy applied for and received a mother's pension due to the death of their son John in the civil war. Joseph's doctor, Orville Barney, gave a deposition on 12 May 1871 in support of Lucy's pension application. He states, in part: "that he resides in Shongo, Allegany County and has for the past five years .. that he is well acquainted with Joseph Amidon ... having resided within one mile of them for the past five years and do now ... that Joseph is a man of 70 years, as deponent believes and not able to labor much from the following reasons to wit: old age, broken down no particular disease and deponent further says that said Amidon is a poor man, not having any property with which to support himself and wife and always has been during my acquaintance with him." Joseph probably died sometime in the mid 1870s, although no record of his death has been found.
Taken from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=amadon&id=I88
Reported by JoAnn Sherwood
Joseph was born between 1798 and 1801 probably in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York. After war was declared with England in 1812, Joseph's father left his young family to join Dutton's New York militia. He died the winter of 1813, leaving Joseph's mother to provide for six young children. She moved her family to Aurora, Niagara County, New York where her brother was a Baptist minister. In 1821 she bought 130 acres in Aurora from the Holland Land Company. The 1820 Census shows that Joseph was living in Aurora as the head of a family consisting of three females, probably his mother and sisters. Joseph married about 1829. He may have remained for a time in Aurora but by 1839 his family was living in Cattaraugus County, NY where his son Charles was born. The family then moved on to Allegheny County NY where two of his children were born, John in 1842 and Amanda in 1846. By the time the 1850 Census was taken Joseph and his family were living in Genesee, Potter County, Pennsylvania. He was a farm laborer and appears to have gone wherever work was available. They next appear in Willing, Allegany County New York's 1855 Census, where they had been living for just three months. Willing was formed in 1851 from the town of Independence. Willing and Genesee were just across the border from each other and Joseph probably went back and forth as the crops were harvested. Not long after the outbreak of the civil war, Joseph's 19 year old son John joined a regiment of New York volunteers. He was captured in May 1862 and died that December in Virginia. Before his death, John was sending money home to his parents and Joseph and Lucy finally scraped enough money together to buy some land. They owned a 5 1/2 acre lot in Willing, which they leased in 1865 to the Rose Lake Oil and Mining Company for 99 years. For some reason Lucy's name alone appears on the deed to another parcel of land they bought in Willing in 1866. Joseph's name, as well as Lucy's, appears on the deed when they sold the lot in 1870 and 1871. By this time Joseph was in poor health and Lucy applied for and received a mother's pension due to the death of their son John in the civil war. Joseph's doctor, Orville Barney, gave a deposition on 12 May 1871 in support of Lucy's pension application. He states, in part: "that he resides in Shongo, Allegany County and has for the past five years .. that he is well acquainted with Joseph Amidon ... having resided within one mile of them for the past five years and do now ... that Joseph is a man of 70 years, as deponent believes and not able to labor much from the following reasons to wit: old age, broken down no particular disease and deponent further says that said Amidon is a poor man, not having any property with which to support himself and wife and always has been during my acquaintance with him." Joseph probably died sometime in the mid 1870s, although no record of his death has been found.
Taken from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=amadon&id=I88
Reported by JoAnn Sherwood
Joseph lived in Aurora, Erie County, NY in 1840. He died before 1880 because Lucy was listed as widowed when she died in Apr 1880. Following bio provided by Jerald Sherwood:
Joseph was born between 1798 and 1801 probably in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York. After war was declared with England in 1812, Joseph's father left his young family to join Dutton's New York militia. He died the winter of 1813, leaving Joseph's mother to provide for six young children. She moved her family to Aurora, Niagara County, New York where her brother was a Baptist minister. In 1821 she bought 130 acres in Aurora from the Holland Land Company. The 1820 Census shows that Joseph was living in Aurora as the head of a family consisting of three females, probably his mother and sisters. Joseph married about 1829. He may have remained for a time in Aurora but by 1839 his family was living in Cattaraugus County, NY where his son Charles was born. The family then moved on to Allegheny County NY where two of his children were born, John in 1842 and Amanda in 1846. By the time the 1850 Census was taken Joseph and his family were living in Genesee, Potter County, Pennsylvania. He was a farm laborer and appears to have gone wherever work was available. They next appear in Willing, Allegany County New York's 1855 Census, where they had been living for just three months. Willing was formed in 1851 from the town of Independence. Willing and Genesee were just across the border from each other and Joseph probably went back and forth as the crops were harvested. Not long after the outbreak of the civil war, Joseph's 19 year old son John joined a regiment of New York volunteers. He was captured in May 1862 and died that December in Virginia. Before his death, John was sending money home to his parents and Joseph and Lucy finally scraped enough money together to buy some land. They owned a 5 1/2 acre lot in Willing, which they leased in 1865 to the Rose Lake Oil and Mining Company for 99 years. For some reason Lucy's name alone appears on the deed to another parcel of land they bought in Willing in 1866. Joseph's name, as well as Lucy's, appears on the deed when they sold the lot in 1870 and 1871. By this time Joseph was in poor health and Lucy applied for and received a mother's pension due to the death of their son John in the civil war. Joseph's doctor, Orville Barney, gave a deposition on 12 May 1871 in support of Lucy's pension application. He states, in part: "that he resides in Shongo, Allegany County and has for the past five years .. that he is well acquainted with Joseph Amidon ... having resided within one mile of them for the past five years and do now ... that Joseph is a man of 70 years, as deponent believes and not able to labor much from the following reasons to wit: old age, broken down no particular disease and deponent further says that said Amidon is a poor man, not having any property with which to support himself and wife and always has been during my acquaintance with him." Joseph probably died sometime in the mid 1870s, although no record of his death has been found.
Taken from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=amadon&id=I88
Reported by JoAnn Sherwood
Joseph was born between 1798 and 1801 probably in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York. After war was declared with England in 1812, Joseph's father left his young family to join Dutton's New York militia. He died the winter of 1813, leaving Joseph's mother to provide for six young children. She moved her family to Aurora, Niagara County, New York where her brother was a Baptist minister. In 1821 she bought 130 acres in Aurora from the Holland Land Company. The 1820 Census shows that Joseph was living in Aurora as the head of a family consisting of three females, probably his mother and sisters. Joseph married about 1829. He may have remained for a time in Aurora but by 1839 his family was living in Cattaraugus County, NY where his son Charles was born. The family then moved on to Allegheny County NY where two of his children were born, John in 1842 and Amanda in 1846. By the time the 1850 Census was taken Joseph and his family were living in Genesee, Potter County, Pennsylvania. He was a farm laborer and appears to have gone wherever work was available. They next appear in Willing, Allegany County New York's 1855 Census, where they had been living for just three months. Willing was formed in 1851 from the town of Independence. Willing and Genesee were just across the border from each other and Joseph probably went back and forth as the crops were harvested. Not long after the outbreak of the civil war, Joseph's 19 year old son John joined a regiment of New York volunteers. He was captured in May 1862 and died that December in Virginia. Before his death, John was sending money home to his parents and Joseph and Lucy finally scraped enough money together to buy some land. They owned a 5 1/2 acre lot in Willing, which they leased in 1865 to the Rose Lake Oil and Mining Company for 99 years. For some reason Lucy's name alone appears on the deed to another parcel of land they bought in Willing in 1866. Joseph's name, as well as Lucy's, appears on the deed when they sold the lot in 1870 and 1871. By this time Joseph was in poor health and Lucy applied for and received a mother's pension due to the death of their son John in the civil war. Joseph's doctor, Orville Barney, gave a deposition on 12 May 1871 in support of Lucy's pension application. He states, in part: "that he resides in Shongo, Allegany County and has for the past five years .. that he is well acquainted with Joseph Amidon ... having resided within one mile of them for the past five years and do now ... that Joseph is a man of 70 years, as deponent believes and not able to labor much from the following reasons to wit: old age, broken down no particular disease and deponent further says that said Amidon is a poor man, not having any property with which to support himself and wife and always has been during my acquaintance with him." Joseph probably died sometime in the mid 1870s, although no record of his death has been found.
Taken from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=amadon&id=I88
Reported by JoAnn Sherwood
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