Lysander Joslin Family - Index to Posts

Lysander and Lydia (Robison) Joslin are my 3rd Great Grandparents.

An Index Post is how I keep track of all of the blog posts that have been written on a family line. It helps keep me organized and allows visitors to easily find information on that family. This post will be updated as new blog posts are written on the family. Please contact me at kinexxions@gmail.com if you are researching this family or have additional information on them.

For information on Lysander's parents, siblings, and ancestors, please see Joslin Family - Index to Posts

See Robison Family - Index to Posts for information on Lydia's possible parents and siblings.

Lysander and Lydia were married in 1843 in Whitley County, Indiana and were the parents of 15 children, five of whom died young.

• Joslin Family :: Summary of Evidence May 16, 2009 [Documentation providing evidence that Lysander Joslin is the son of James and Abigail (Goodrich) Joslin and that James is the son of Jonas and Ruth (Dyer) Joslin.]
• Lysander Joslin :: 1843 Marriage to Lydia Robison  April 15, 2009 [Marriage Record]
• Lysander and Lydia Robison Joslin November 06, 2007 [Biography and Photos]
• Children of Lysander and Lydia Robison Joslin November 06, 2007
• Why did he do this? October 1, 2007 [At age 16 Lysander buys land from his father.]
• Who, What, When, Where, Why? January 31, 2008 [A Dinner with the Ancestors]
• Letter from Lysander - January 2, 1890 January 02, 2008 [sent to Malissa Joslin Brubaker Bower]
• Letter from Lydia - September 15th 1894 January 04, 2008 [sent to Malissa Joslin Brubaker Bower]
• Letter from Lydia - October 1895 January 05, 2008 [sent to Malissa Joslin Brubaker Bower]
• Still on the Road... November 27, 2007 [Joslin Reunion in Springfield, Missouri]
• Lyndon Cemetery December 02, 2007 [burial site of Lysander & Lydia Robison Joslin, includes photos]
• I'm not in Kansas anymore! November 30, 2007 [Summary of research trip to Kansas]
• The Joslin Sisters Photograph January 13, 2008 [Photograph of Roxie Arminta Joslin Parkison, Anna Eliza Joslin Klingaman, Malissa Joslin Brubaker Bower, and Mandella "Della" Joslin Quillen.]
• The Case of the $12 Box Coat July 22, 2008 [Lysander gets sued for nonpayment]
• Records from the Joslin Family Bible July 28, 2008 [images and transcription of the Lysander Joslin Bible records by Andy Joslin in 1895]
• James Joslin :: 1841 Sale of Land to Lysander April 7, 2009 [James and Abigail sell a portion of their land to 16 year old Lysander. Includes image of the land record.]
• James & Lysander Joslin :: 1844 Tax Duplicate April 8, 2009 [Whitley County Tax List. Includes images of entry for James and Lysander.]
• Lysander Joslin :: 1843 Marriage to Lydia Robison April 15, 2009 [Images of marriage record as well as the original marriage return.]
• Joslin Family :: 1850 Whitley County Federal Census April 18, 2009 [Includes cropped images of the 1850 census for James and Lysander as well as transcription of the census records.]
• Joslin Family :: 1860 Federal Census April 22, 2009 [Includes cropped images of the 1860 census for Abigail and Lysander as well as transcription of the census records.]

Children of Lysander and Lydia (Robison) Joslin:

1. Anna Eliza Joslin and William Klingaman

• The Joslin Sisters Photograph January 13, 2008 [Photograph of Roxie Arminta Joslin Parkison, Anna Eliza Joslin Klingaman, Malissa Joslin Brubaker Bower, and Mandella "Della" Joslin Quillen.]
• Greetings from... Iowa May 05, 2011 [A visit to McDowell Cemetery in Jefferson County, Iowa where Anna Eliza, William and several of their children are buried.

2. Mary Jane Joslin

• Mary, Elcy, Esther, Lillian, and Elmer July 29, 2008 [gravesites in Adams Cemetery - Mary Jane was born July 20, 1846 and died March 20, 1850 in Whitley County, Indiana]

3. Elcy Ellen Joslin

• Mary, Elcy, Esther, Lillian, and Elmer July 29, 2008 [gravesites in Adams Cemetery - Elsy Ellen was born August 5, 1847 and died March 9, 1850 in Whitley County, Indiana]

4. Malissa Joslin and William Brubaker (my 2nd great-grandparents)

• see Brubaker Family - Index to Posts

5. Luther Marion Joslin and Phoebe Dorcas Elliott

6. Roxie Arminta Joslin and Jacob Henry Parkison Parkison

• Baxter Springs November 27, 2007 [burial site of Jacob and Roxie Joslin Parkison]
• The Joslin Sisters Photograph January 13, 2008 [Photograph of Roxie Arminta Joslin Parkison, Anna Eliza Joslin Klingaman, Malissa Joslin Brubaker Bower, and Mandella "Della" Joslin Quillen.]

7. John Lafayette Joslin was born November 30, 1855 in Whitley County, Indiana. He reportedly died in California, date unknown.

8. Esther Joslin

• Mary, Elcy, Esther, Lillian, and Elmer July 29, 2008 [gravesites in Adams Cemetery - Esther was born September 3, 1857 and died November 5, 1858 in Whitley County, Indiana]

9. Minerva Fatima Joslin and William John Knight

• William and Minerva (Joslin) Knight January 7, 2010 [Family information and gravesite photos]
• Bert and Nellie (Knight) Sutton January 8, 2010 [Obituaries and gravesite photos]
• The Harmon Sutton Family January 9, 2010 [Obituaries and gravesite photos]

10. Andrew Hanable Joslin and Elmina Himes

11. Lillian Arvilla Joslin

• Mary, Elcy, Esther, Lillian, and Elmer July 29, 2008 [gravesites in Adams Cemetery - Lillian was born April 20, 1862 and died September 20, 1863 in Whitley County, Indiana]

12. Ida Blanch Joslin Dressler Lewis

• Ida Joslin Dressler Lewis (1863-1937) January 09, 2008 [Biography & Photos]
• Letters from Ida January 12, 2008 [The last in a series of four posts, which are linked to in this post. The letters are from Ida Joslin Dressler Lewis to Malissa Joslin Brubaker Bower.]
• A Gift From a Stranger :: Dressler Family Photograph September 16, 2008 [photograph and the story of how I got it]

13. Della Joslin and James Downey Quillen

• The Joslin Sisters Photograph January 13, 2008 [Photograph of Roxie Arminta Joslin Parkison, Anna Eliza Joslin Klingaman, Malissa Joslin Brubaker Bower, and Mandella "Della" Joslin Quillen.]
• Robert Quillen - An Independent Spirit July 1, 2008 [biography]
• Tombstone Tuesday :: JD and Della Quillen April 7, 2009 [Photos of their gravesite in Greeneville, South Carolina along with a brief biography.]
• Tombstone Tuesday :: Robert Quillen and His Wives April 21, 2009 [Photos of the final resting place of Robert, his first wife Donnie Cox, and his second wife Marcelle Babb.]

14. Elmer Joslin

• Mary, Elcy, Esther, Lillian, and Elmer July 29, 2008 [gravesites in Adams Cemetery - Elmer was born June 4, 1868 and died June 30, 1868 in Jefferson County, Iowa. His gravesite has not been found.]

15. Elmus Robison Joslin and Catherine "Kattie" Kelly. Elmus was a twin to Elmer.


Originally Posted on March 3, 2008 :: Last Updated on May 10, 2011

Post date adjusted December 29, 2012 so that when a search for the surname is done on the blog this post will appear first the search list.

Greetings from... Iowa

Tuesday, May 3rd - - Continuing west after my brief stop at the Round Barn near Colchester, Illinois I crossed the mighty Mississippi River into Keokuk, Iowa. It's a pretty little city with some beautiful houses on the bluff overlooking the river. My route briefly took me on into Missouri then north to Fairfield, the county seat of Jefferson County, Iowa.

Shortly after her marriage to William Klingaman in Whitley County, Indiana on October 12, 1865 Anna Eliza Joslin moved to Jefferson County, Iowa where they settled north of Fairfield in Black Hawk Township. Anna Eliza was the daughter of my 3rd great-grandparents, Lysander and Lydia (Robison) Joslin. In October 1866, Lysander sold his land in Whitley County, Indiana and removed to Black Hawk Township settling near his daughter Anna Eliza. Another daughter, Mandella, was born in December 1866 in Indiana so the family probably didn't go to Iowa until the spring of 1867.

On June 4, 1868 Lydia Joslin gave birth to the last of her 15 children. They were twins named Elmer and Elmus. Elmer died on June 30th and is presumably buried somewhere in Black Hawk Township although he is not listed on the cemetery transcriptions. In August of that same year, Lysander reclaimed his land in Whitley County, Indiana due to mortgage foreclosure on the man who had purchased it in 1866. Lysander moved his family back to Indiana – except for Anna Eliza who remained in Iowa with her husband. There they lived for the remainder of their lives, raising their family of three sons (Charles Sherman, Olen Valerus, and Frank Ellsworth) on their farm in Black Hawk Township.

At the Public Library I obtained obituary notices for some of their children and grandchildren but none for Anna Eliza or her husband William Klingaman. Oddly enough, an obituary for Anna Eliza was published in the Columbia City Commercial in Whitley County, Indiana announcing her death on July 28, 1885 at the age of 40 years, 9 months and 20 days after a long and painful illness with Brights disease.

If you have people in Jefferson County, Iowa your first stop should be the library in Fairfield. It is a wonderful resource with a tremendous amount of information gathered over the years by several volunteers. Their cemetery books include maps and directions to each of the cemeteries so I was easily able to locate McDowell Cemetery where Anna Eliza, her husband, and several children are buried.

McDowell Cemetery sits atop a hill on Mahogony Road at the junction of 115th street.

A small cemetery, it was easy to spot the large brown marker designating the Klingaman family plot. I'll have more on this family in later posts – someday!

On my way to the cemetery, I spotted this old barn and couldn't resist the impulse to take pictures. The photos have been manipulated a little to warm up the hues of the barn. Reality was actually a little garish what with the bright green grass, blue sky, and white clouds. The colors didn't look real, so now they have a bit of that “old-timey” feel to them!

The night was spent at a pretty little campground in Jefferson County Park just south of Fairfield. There were several trails meandering through the forest and meadows of the area. I got brave and ventured down one. It was a good walk on a fairly smooth path part of which was gravel and other parts were grass. It did have a few large hills with steep ups and downs but the legs held up just fine. I'm soooo glad they are feeling better!