HALSTEAD, Joshua Bascom^[1]

1849 - 1912  (62 years)

• Name	HALSTEAD, Joshua Bascom
  Birth	30 Oct 1849	Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	see migration of his parents, page 5 of "350 Years of Halsteads..."; "Outline Guide..." gives middle name as "Bessum"and "b.1848"...this is NOT reflected in family records; nor does this agree with Arthur Wardwell's letter where he cites the middle name also as "Bascom".
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA   [6]
  Joshua Holsted 11 M OH
  Occupation	Abt 1865	La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  	carriage maker, horseshoer, ironworker [blacksmith?]
  Occupation	Abt 1865	La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  	carriage maker, horseshoer, ironworker [blacksmith?]
  Census	25 Jul 1870	Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  Census	25 Jul 1870	Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA   [7, 8]
  "I found Joshua Bascom Halstead in the 1870 census. They are in Montgomery Twp, Marion Co., Ohio with the post office listed as LaRue (Betsy’s & David are there also). The census is dated July 25, 1870. Joshua and his wife are listed in a household of their own." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` cited by "Bible and Family Records..." as living in the same town as his father" May 1871 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Census	1 Jun 1880	La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1880	La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  Joshua Halsted Alcernia La Rue, Marion, OH abt 1850 Ohio Self Alcernia Halsted Joshua La Rue, Marion, OH abt 1853 Ohio Wife Murtal B. Halsted Joshua, Alcernia La Rue, Marion, OH abt 1871 Ohio Daughter Maud A. Halsted Joshua, Alcernia La Rue, Marion, OH abt 1873 Ohio Daughter Carey E. Halsted Joshua, Alcernia La Rue, Marion, OH abt 1876 Ohio Daughter Cloy E. Halsted Joshua, Alcernia La Rue, Marion, OH abt 1879 Ohio Daughter Artimissa Halsted Marion, Marion, OH abt 1813 Vermont Mother
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Marseilles, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Marseilles, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA   [6]
  Ohio, Wyandot Co., Marseilles Township Name Birth Age Halstead, Joshua Oct. 1849 50 blacksmith , Mary A. Jan. 1854 46 mother of 10, still living 8 , Flossie Dec. 1884 15 , Harry Nov. 1888/9 11 , Fern Jan. 1893 6 , Herbert Dec. 1894 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Census	15 Apr 1910	La Rue, Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  Census	15 Apr 1910	La Rue, Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  Montgomerhy Twp., La Rue (aka Larue), Marion County, Ohio
  _UID	2F1342511A0B86499F904C94382F241477A1
  _UID	2F1342511A0B86499F904C94382F241477A1
  Death	11 Jan 1912	Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA   [2, 3, 4, 9]
  Person ID	I39205	HalstedMaster
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	HALSTEAD, Reverend David Demaree,   b. 24 Feb 1811, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA d. 3 Dec 1887, West Ft Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	HILLYER, Betsy Melissa,   b. 12 Jun 1813, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Aug 1902 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1832	Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Notes	David Demaree Halstead, b. Old Paltz, NY moved w/parents by wagon train to Johnson Township, Trumball Co, OH in 1816; in this same wagon train Betsy Melissa Hillyer and her parents also moved west.David D. and Betsy m. 1832 and remained Johnson Township until they relocated to Marion Co in 1836, then Greensburg, OH in 1840, and to Ft. Dodge, IA in 1872, where they remained. [2, 10]
  Family ID	F13277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HARRAH, Mary Alsernia,   b. 29 Jan 1852, Marseilles, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA d. 13 Jun 1928, Lucas County, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)  [1]
  Marriage	24 Oct 1870	La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA   [2, 3, 7, 11]
  	He was a carriage maker, horse-shoer, Iron-worker at LaRue,Ohio. May have occurred in "Lasno, Ohio" ? - see 1st source. In a Dec 1999 e-mail Dwight Halstead cites: "m. 24 Oct 1869 to M. Alserina Harrah b. abt 1848; had 5 children: Myrtle, Maude, Herry Warden, Carrie, and Cloetilda Halstead." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fr Debby Halstead:"Gary- J.B.Halstead wasn't 21 when he married M.A.Harrah, the lis. was obtained by D.D. Halstead (father). He was 6 days away from becoming 21." [b.30 Oct 1849 plus 20 yrs and 359 days equals 24 Oct 1870] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARION COUNTY, OHIO - MARRIAGES - VOLUME 7 (G-H) (1867-Feb 1874) The age of consent for a male was 21 and a female 18 Extracted by Allen L. Potts - November 27, 1998 Name Name MARRIAGE DATE OFFICIATOR Halstead, J. B. Harrah, Miss M. A. 10/24/1869 Rev. A. D. Matthews not 21 consent of father (D. D. Halstead) - Lic. obtained by D. D. Halstead http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Marion/Marriages/marr7gh.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Children	1. HALSTEAD, Myrtle Bell,   b. 4 Nov 1870, Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 17 Jul 1899, Marseilles, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA (Age 28 years)   2. HALSTEAD, Maude B,   b. 17 Oct 1872, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 13 Jun 1920, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio, USA (Age 47 years)   3. HALSTEAD, Flora Velona,   b. 17 Feb 1875, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 18 Feb 1875, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA (Age 0 years)   4. HALSTEAD, Carrie E,   b. 1877, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 14 Mar 1958, Lima, Allen County, Ohio, USA (Age 81 years)   5. HALSTEAD, Chloetilda E,   b. 25 Aug 1879, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 1 Apr 1917, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA (Age 37 years)   6. HALSTEAD, Gypsy Dell,   b. 22 Nov 1881, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 31 Aug 1961, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA (Age 79 years)   7. HALSTEAD, Flossie Clair,   b. 18 Dec 1885, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 22 Feb 1925, Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio, USA (Age 39 years)   8. HALSTEAD, Harry Worden,   b. 23 Oct 1888, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 1 Jan 1930, Lucas County, Ohio, USA (Age 41 years)   9. HALSTEAD, Fern Cecile,   b. 29 Jan 1893, Ohio, USA d. 29 Apr 1927, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA (Age 34 years)   10. HALSTEAD, Herbert J,   b. 2 Dec 1894, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 12 Jun 1978, Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F13369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S17614] File (merged): J:\JH-Family-History\Family-Historian7-Projects\Isaac-Halstead-1763\Isaac-Halstead-1763.fh_data\Isaac-Halstead-1763.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged). Record originated in... [S17615] "350 Years of Halsteads In America". [S17625] Arthur S. Wardwell letter dtd 23 May 1936. [S17629] Statement of Martha Charlotte (Halstead)Stevenson. [S17786] "Halstead - An Outline Guide To The Descendants of. [S17785] Census rolls. [S17640] e-mail. [S17657] "Bible & Family Records Trumball Co, Ohio". [S17628] "The Family Halstead -..." by Gary A. Halstead. [S17614] File (merged): J:\JH-Family-History\Family-Historian7-Projects\Isaac-Halstead-1763\Isaac-Halstead-1763.fh_data\Isaac-Halstead-1763.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged). [S17650] "Hester Halstead Pier Ms 2000".