Joseph Kitchen (1821)

Ancestors

Biography

From the History of Luzerne Co.,

JOSEPH KITCHEN, farmer, P.O. Irish Lane, was born in Columbia county, Pa., near Rohrsburgh, June 19, 1821. He is a son of Joseph and Susannah (Cavanee) Kitchen, both of whom were born in Columbia county, the former in 1783. Joseph was the son of Wheeler Kitchen, a native of New Jersey, who removed to Columbia county at an early age, where he died in 1835, at a ripe age. The Kitchens are well-to-do farmers and prominent men. Joseph Kitchen died in Columbia county in February 1822, his wife died in 1835. Their family consisted of ten children, who grew to maturity, two of whom are now (1892) living. Joseph Jr., is the youngest. He was reared and educated in Mount Pleasant township, Columbia county. He has always devoted himself to agricultrial pursuits. He removed to this county in 1839, locating in Ross township, where he rented farms for a few years. In 1851, he bought his present farm of 115 acres, which he made out of the wilderness. He now has a model farm, fine outbuildings and a house with modern improvements. In 1842, he married Miss Nancy, daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Long, to whom were born three children, who are living: Wheeler, Elias and Susannah. The latter married John Kalor. Mr. Kitchen is a practical farmer, and a worthy man who attends strictly to his own business. Joseph was born in 1821.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNW-H9D : 16 July 2017), Joseph Kitchen, Ross, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 81, sheet 53C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,148.