Joseph Flint, Jr. 1817-1898
Categories: 1840's Settlers, Dodge Center, Minnesota, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 54, No 22, p 351, May 30, 1898.
In Dodge Centre, Minn., May 22, 1898, of consumption, Joseph Flint, aged 81 years, 3 months and 28 days.
The deceased was born at Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N. Y. For many years he lived with his people in Scio, Allegany County, N. Y. He moved to Wisconsin in 1844, and to Minnesota in 1865. His first marriage was to Miss Aseneth Coon, by whom he had two children, Charles Flint, of Hammond, La., and Mrs. Cordelia Elston, of Nebraska, the latter of whom was able to be present at his funeral, and a few days before his death. His wife having died, he was again married in 1868 to Miss Alta Finch, who has been a faithful companion all of these years, and given him kind care during his long illness. Bro. Flint made a profession of religion at the age of seventeen years and was baptized into the Seventh-day Baptist church. He was a close student of the Bible, and gifted in Bible interpretation and public testimony of his faith, and devotedly attached to his church. Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, H. D. Clarke.

Residence: 1844 Wisconsin
Residence: 1865 Minnesota
Census: 1880 Dodge Center, Dodge Co., New York: age 63, farmer

admitted 1834 - Alfred, New York.
dismissed to Scio, NY