Joel Monroe

Joel Monroe (1793–1877) was the man who gave Monroeville, Pennsylvania its name.

Joel Monroe
Born1793
Virginia
DiedApril, 1877 (aged 84)
Burial placeNew Castle, Pennsylvania
Known forFirst postmaster of Monroeville, PA
Spouse(s)Margaret Bing Monroe (m. 1815, died 1864)
ChildrenSarah, Nancy, Rebecca, Margaret, James, Mary Ann, Joel, Priscilla and Lavenia

Biography

Monroe owned a farm that stretched from the Old Stone Church to the present-day Municipal Building, and it went northward into Garden City. The Tusk family owned the farm that stood on a tract measuring 122 acres (0.49 km2) and 63 perches (parts of an acre), according to an 1828 deed. Monroe purchased this farmland in 1829[1]

By selling off small lots, he encouraged development along the Northern Turnpike.[2]

In 1850, the farming community was highly developed, yet the mall was picked up in Turtle Creek. Monroe went on to become Monroeville's first postmaster,[3] a position he held from 1851 to 1855.[2] In 1855, he bought a farm in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He went on to pass the farm to his daughter Rebecca Monroe Duff, who owned it along with her husband.

Marriage and children
Margaret Bing Monroe, wife of Joel Monroe from 1815 until her death in 1864

Joel Monroe married Margaret Bing of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1815.[1] The couple had nine children: Sarah, Nancy, Rebecca, Margaret J., James M., Mary Ann, Joel, Priscilla and Lavenia.[4][5]

Death and afterward

His wife perished in an 1864 house fire, and Joel passed away thirteen years later.[2] He is buried next to his wife at the Greenwood Cemetery in New Castle.

References
  1. Dudiak, Zandy (2009). Remembering Monroeville: From Frontier to Boomtown. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 9781625842527.
  2. Chandler, Louis A. (September 2012). "A History of Patton Township (Monroeville and Pitcairn ) Pennsylvania" (PDF). Monroeville, PA. pp. 21–22.
  3. Table of Post Offices in the United States. Washington: W. & J. C. Green. 1851. p. 173.
  4. Chandler, Louis (July 2016). "Early Families of Patton Township (Monroeville and Pitcairn) Pennsylvania, Fifth Edition" (PDF). Monroeville Historical Society. pp. 64–65.
  5. "Held Unique Family Reunion; Seven Children, Whose Combined Age Is 509 Years, Gather For Celebration". The Pittsburg Post. May 8, 1902. p. 14.
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