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--- surname:marshall:1798_richard:richard_01_sarah:1823_joshua:joshua_01_narcissus:1848_joseph:start [2025/05/27 21:00] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ==== Early Life ====
-Joseph's early life was no doubt impacted by the loss of his father [[surname:marshall:1798_richard:richard_01_sarah:1823_joshua|Joshua]], who died in July of 1859, the month in which Joseph would become 11 years old. The 1860 Federal Census for Union Township, Scioto County, OH, shows Joseph (age 11, listed as Josephus) living with his mother Narcissus (age 33), his sisters Lucinda (age 13) and Sarah Ann (age 7, listed as Ann), and his cousin Zachariah Miles (age 13, listed as a laborer). Narcissus is shown as owning real estate valued at $400 and personal property valued at $150. The parents of Narcissus, Daniel and Margaret Throckmorton, live nearby. They are shown as owning no real estate and having personal property valued at $100. The household of Daniel and Margaret includes their daughter Margaret (age 17), and grandchildren David (age 4) and Phoebe (age 2) who had lost their mother (Narcissus' younger sister Mary) in March of 1859.
+Joseph's early life was no doubt impacted by the loss of his father [[surname:marshall:1798_richard:richard_01_sarah:1823_joshua:start|Joshua]], who died in July of 1859, the month in which Joseph would become 11 years old. The 1860 Federal Census for Union Township, Scioto County, OH, shows Joseph (age 11, listed as Josephus) living with his mother Narcissus (age 33), his sisters Lucinda (age 13) and Sarah Ann (age 7, listed as Ann), and his cousin Zachariah Miles (age 13, listed as a laborer). Narcissus is shown as owning real estate valued at $400 and personal property valued at $150. The parents of Narcissus, Daniel and Margaret Throckmorton, live nearby. They are shown as owning no real estate and having personal property valued at $100. The household of Daniel and Margaret includes their daughter Margaret (age 17), and grandchildren David (age 4) and Phoebe (age 2) who had lost their mother (Narcissus' younger sister Mary) in March of 1859.
 This census record suggests a family struggling. Even with the assistance of 13-year old Zachariah Miles (son of Elizabeth Jane, who was the sister of Joshua Marshall), it is not obvious that the resources shown in the 1860 census record were sufficient to support the households of Narcissus or her parents. Solomon F. Altman, the father of David and Phoebe, does not appear in the 1860 census record for Union Township, though he may have been living and working nearby (e.g. in Portsmouth). In November of 1860 Solomon Altman and Narcissus married. While this marriage may have been motivated more by practical considerations than by love, it likely gave hope for stability and security. On December 20, 1860, however, approximately one month after Narcissus and Solomon joined together, South Carolina seceded from the United States, as did 10 other states in the following months. The Civil War followed.
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 ==== Civil War Period ====
-In October of 1861, Solomon Altman enlisted in the Ohio Voluntary Infantry. After organization and training in Portsmouth, the regiment began moving south to Kentucky and beyond in February of 1862. At this point, Joseph (age 13) may still have been living and working on his father's farm along with his cousin Zachariah Miles (age 15), perhaps with help from his sisters Lucinda (age 15) and Sarah Ann (age 9) and mother. However, the family also included young children: cousins David (age 6) and Phoebe (age 4), and infant step-brother Zachariah (age 6 mos.). Joseph's family may have gotten some help neighbors and relations, but the Civil War entailed much hardship and distress for families as well as brutal violence and decimating disease for combatants.
+In October of 1861, Joseph's stepfather, Solomon Altman, enlisted in the Ohio Voluntary Infantry. After organization and training in Portsmouth, the regiment began moving south to Kentucky and beyond in February of 1862. At this point, Joseph (age 13) may still have been living and working on his father's farm along with his cousin Zachariah Miles (age 15), perhaps with help from his sisters Lucinda (age 15) and Sarah Ann (age 9) and mother. However, the family also included young children: cousins David (age 6) and Phoebe (age 4), and infant step-brother Zachariah (age 6 mos.). Joseph's family may have gotten some help neighbors and relations, but the Civil War entailed much hardship and distress for families as well as brutal violence and decimating disease for combatants.
-In July of 1862, property from the estate of Joseph's father Joshua was offered for sale in a public auction arranged by the estate administrator Foster Throckmorton (brother of Joseph's mother Narcissus). This may have a blow to young Joseph, who might have expected in his younger years to grow up working on his father farm and later owning land of his own through inheritance or parental assistance. Instead, Joseph's teen years were probably clouded by uncertainty and anxiety about the weeks and months ahead as well as the more distant future. The 1860s were hard times.
+In July of 1862, property from the estate of Joseph's father Joshua was offered for sale in a public auction arranged by the estate administrator Foster Throckmorton (brother of Joseph's mother Narcissus). This may have been a blow to young Joseph, who might have expected in his younger years to grow up working on his father farm and later owning land of his own through inheritance or parental assistance. Instead, Joseph's teen years were probably clouded by uncertainty and anxiety about the weeks and months ahead as well as the more distant future. The 1860s were hard times.
 ==== Marriage, Work and Family ====
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