Joseph Minton

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Joe L Minton
Age: 30
Birth Date: Nov 1869
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Civil District 4, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Bertie Minton
Marriage Year: 1890
Years Married: 10
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Members:
Name Age
Joe L Minton 30
Bertie Minton 27
Festus Minton 9
Myrtle Minton 5
Blanch Minton 1

1910 Census
Name: Joseph Minton
Age in 1910: 40
Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 4, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Street: West Valley Road
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Bethira A Minton
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: County Court Clerk
Industry: Office
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 19
Out of Work: N
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Minton 40
Bethira A Minton 37
Walter F Minton 18
Myrtle V Minton 15
Blanch Minton 11
Ina R Minton 5
Dortha B Minton 2 months

1920 Census
Name: Joe S Minton [Joe L Minton]
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Dunlap, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Street: Valley Road North
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Bertia Minton
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Clerk
Industry: County Court
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Joe S Minton 50
Bertia Minton 45
Ina Ruth Minton 14
Pauline Minton 9
Nellie Minton 6

1930 Census
Name: Joe Minton
Birth Year: abt 1871
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Dunlap, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Street address: Cherry Street
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: $7
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 57
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Circuit Court Clerk
Industry: County
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Joe Minton 59
Saloma Minton 28
Geraldine Taylor 5 [stepdaughter]
Maba Zona Taylor 4 [stepson]

1940 Census
Name: Joe Minton
Respondent: Yes
Age: 69
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Dunlap, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Residence in 1935: Rural, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Lawyer; County Court Clerk
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $500
Highest Grade Completed: College, 1st year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: $1000
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Joe Minton 69
[Note: his marital status may be incorrect. His death certificate in 1945 says he was divorced.]

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=157034315&ref=acom

Died:
Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Name: Joe Minton
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1870
Birth Place: Sequathie, Tennessee
Age: 74
Marital Status: Divorced
Death Date: 27 Mar 1945
Death Place: Dunlap, Sequatchie, Tennessee
Father's name: Jack Minton
Father's Birth Place: Sequathie, Tennessee
Mother's name: Mary Hixson
Mother's Birth Place: Sequathie, Tennessee
Certificate Number: 8194

Joseph married Bethiah Ann (Bertie) TATE 28 Sep 1890, Sequatchie Co. TN; divorced Bef 1928. Bethiah (daughter of Dock Mayburn TATE and Adelaide Deering) was born 1872, Jackson Co. TN; died 06 Aug 1957, Bartow Co. GA; was buried , Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Cartersville, Bartow Co. GA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
Name: Bethrie Ann Tate [Bethiah]
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 28 Sep 1890
Marriage Place: Sequatchie, Tennessee
Spouse: Joseph Minton

1. Walter Festus Minton was born 22 Jan 1895, Sequatchie Co. TN; died 27 Jul 1947, Sequatchie Co. TN; was buried , Old Union Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie Co. TN.
2. Myrtle Virginia Minton was born 22 Jul 1894, Sequatchie Co. TN; died 22 Jan 1918, Sequatchie Co. TN; was buried , Old Union Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie Co. TN.
3. Mary Blanche Minton was born 01 Jun 1898, Sequatchie Co. TN; died 25 May 1987, Sequatchie Co. TN; was buried , Rankin Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie Co. TN.
4. Ina Ruth Minton was born 13 Apr 1905, Sequatchie Co. TN; died 23 Aug 1986, Bartow Co. GA.
5. Dorothy Pauline Minton was born 1910, Sequatchie Co. TN; died 15 Jan 1996, DeKalb Co. GA.
6. Nellie Jo Minton was born 11 Jan 1914, Sequatchie Co. TN; died 06 Oct 1994, Bartow Co. GA; was buried , Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Cartersville, Bartow Co. GA.

Joseph married Saloma Taylor 23 Dec 1928, Sequatchie Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
Name: Joe Minton
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1928
Marriage Place: Sequatchie, Tennessee
Spouse: Saloma Taylor