Edrington, Joseph

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Title: Edrington, Joseph
Alias: Eddington, Joseph
Edgerton, Joseph
Gender: Male
Biography: Joseph Edrington was born in Virginia in about 1812. It is not clear if he was born Free or once enslaved and obtained his freedom. He was living in Rising Sun (Ind.) as early as 1837, when his first marriage was solomnized . He was a member of the Methodist Church in Rising Sun and was licensed to preach in 1844.; Laura Smith Haviland was directed to Joseph Edrington and Samuel Barkshire by the Anti-slavery "Vigilant Committee" in Cincinnati. It was believed that both men and their families woul be helpful in her attempt to plan an escape of Boone County freedom seekers. In her 1881 memoirs, she recounts visiting Edrington's "Eating House" in Rising Sun.; Joseph had several children with his first wife, who died before 1846. He appeared on the 1850 census with his second wife, Mary, but neitherwere found in the "Negro Register," recorded in 1854-1857. nor the 1860 census.
Birth date: circa 1812
Place of birth: Virginia
Life event(s): Marriage 1: 9 Oct 1837, Randolph Twp. (Ind.); Marriage 2: 4 April 1846: Rising Sun (Ind.)
Spouse(s): Edrington, Catherine; Ross, Mary Ann
Child(ren): Edrington, Harriet; Edrington, David; Edrington, Gustavus
Occupation(s): Methodist Preacher
Proprietor of Eating House
Participant in: 1849--Boone Co., Jane Stephens and Family Escape Attempt
Resided in: Rising Sun (Ind.)
Bibliographic citation(s): Methodist Conference, Rising Sun; Fourth Quarter minutes, 1844
Source(s): Rising Sun, Religious Records, 1843-1866; A Woman's Life-Work: Labors and experiences of Laura S. Haviland.; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Indiana, Index to Select Marriages, 1780-1992

Item sets: AA--Free People of Color--Miscellaneous