Joseph Felix1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16305, (1840 - 1910)
FatherPeter Felix3
MotherMary Eck3

Key Events:

Birth: 17 Jun 1840, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania4,5,6
Marriage: about 1865, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, Adaline Gann (14 Jul 1841 - 19 Dec 1893)7,8,9
Marriage: Susan Maria Bryington (8 Oct 1860 - 1 Jul 1915)10,11,12
Death: 28 Feb 1910, Clinton Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania3,13
Burial: 3 Mar 1910, Colomsville Cemetery, Limestone Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania14,15
ChartsThe Ganns of Lycoming Co. Pennsylvania

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Joseph Felix was born on 17 Jun 1840 in Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.4,5,6 Joseph appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Limestone Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 23 Aug 1850, in the household of Joseph Eck, his maternal grandfather.16
     Joseph married first Adaline Gann, daughter of John Gann Jr. and Rachel Kauffman, about 1865 in Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.7,8,9
     Joseph and Adaline appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Collomsville, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 29 Jul 1870. Their children Harriet, William and John were listed as living with them, as was Alamanda Shadle, age 11, a domestic servant.2
     Joseph and Adaline appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Clinton Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 7 Jun 1880. Their children Harriet, William, John, Henry, Simon and Adeline were listed as living with them.17
     His wife died on 19 Dec 1893.18,19
     Joseph appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Clinton Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, in the household of Harriet and Jerry M. Herring, his eldest daughter and her husband.20
     Joseph married second Susan Maria Bryington, daughter of James Bryington and Eliza Leteer.10,11,12
     He was a farmer. By 1900 he was an engineer operating portable equipment, and he was a laborer at the time of his death.21,22,23,24
     Joseph died on 28 Feb 1910 in Clinton Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, at age 69.3,13 He was buried on 3 Mar 1910 in Colomsville Cemetery, Limestone Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.14,15

Children:
     Children with Adaline Gann:

  • Harriet E. Felix25,26,27 (21 Jun 1866 - 3 Aug 1929)
  • William Orlando Felix25,17,28 (26 Sep 1867 - 4 Mar 1950)
  • John A. Felix25,17 (abt 1869 - )
  • Mary Jane Felix29 (13 Oct 1870 - 21 Oct 1870)
  • Rachel M. Felix30 (2 Feb 1872 - 3 Jun 1872)
  • Carrie Adeline Felix31 (17 May 1874 - 22 Apr 1878)
  • Henry Felix17 (abt 1876 - )
  • Simon P. Felix17,32 (14 Dec 1876 - 27 Aug 1898)
  • Catherine S. Felix33 (25 Mar 1878 - 30 Mar 1878)
  • Adeline Felix17 (Jan 1880 - )

Children:
     Child with Susan Maria Bryington:

  • Francis Edward Felix34,35,36 (16 Nov 1900 - 17 Aug 1964)

Citations

  1. [S5994] Joseph Eck household, 1850 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Joseph Phelicks.
  2. [S5930] Joseph Felix household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.
  3. [S5931] Joseph Felix, Certificate of Death.
  4. [S5931] Joseph Felix, Certificate of Death, shows date and county.
  5. [S5994] Joseph Eck household, 1850 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 10 and state.
  6. [S5952] Jerry M. Herring household, 1900 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows month, year, age 60, and state.
  7. [S5930] Joseph Felix household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  8. [S5932] Felix household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows married.
  9. [S6069] Will Books, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, 3:347, will of John Gann, shows her name as Adaline Felix.
  10. [S8673] Joseph Felix obituary, unknown newspaper, shows was survived by his widow and a grown family by a former wife.
  11. [S8672] John Larue Felix, personal notes, shows her as his second wife.
  12. [S5931] Joseph Felix, Certificate of Death, shows him as married.
  13. [S8673] Joseph Felix obituary, unknown newspaper, shows died last Monday.
  14. [S5931] Joseph Felix, Certificate of Death, shows date and Collomsville.
  15. [S8673] Joseph Felix obituary, unknown newspaper, shows Thursday, cemetery, and township.
  16. [S5994] Joseph Eck household, 1850 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.
  17. [S5932] Felix household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.
  18. [S8672] John Larue Felix, personal notes, shows date.
  19. [S5952] Jerry M. Herring household, 1900 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows her hsuband as widowed.
  20. [S5952] Jerry M. Herring household, 1900 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.
  21. [S5930] Joseph Felix household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as farmer.
  22. [S5932] Felix household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as farmer.
  23. [S5952] Jerry M. Herring household, 1900 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as engineer portable eq.
  24. [S5931] Joseph Felix, Certificate of Death, shows occupation as labor.
  25. [S5930] Joseph Felix household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  26. [S5952] Jerry M. Herring household, 1900 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, show him as father-in-law and her as wife of the head of household.
  27. [S5953] Harriett E. Herring, Certificate of Death.
  28. [S5954] William Orlando Felix, Certificate of Death.
  29. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 42450933, Mary Jane Felix, includes tombstone photo showing daughter of Joseph and Adaline.
  30. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 42450934, Rachel M Felix, shows on same marker as Carrie E. Felix.
  31. [S5925] Register of St. Johns Reformed Church of Williamsport, pg 299, Baptisms, Carrie Adaline Felix.
  32. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 27670065, Pvt Simon P Felix, includes tombstone photos showing him as son of J. & A. Felix.
  33. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 42450931, Catharine S Felix, shows on same marker as Carrie E. Felix.
  34. [S8676] Francis E Felix obituary, Sunbury Daily Item.
  35. [S8673] Joseph Felix obituary, unknown newspaper, shows was survived by one son and a grown family by a former wife.
  36. [S8672] John Larue Felix, personal notes.