Joseph Egolf is the son of Susan Shriner and Adam Egolf. He was born in Oct 1836/1840 in Thorncreek Township, Whitley, Indiana. He died 19/20 Oct 1920 at age 64 in Columbia Township, Whitley, Indiana. He is buried at Greenhill Cemetery, Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana.

On 16 Jun 1861, he married Sevilla Cramer in Whitley County, Indiana. She was born 5 May 1841/1843 in Springfield, Clark, Ohio. She died in 1920 at age 77/79 in Columbia Township, Whitley, Indiana. She is buried at Greenhill Cemetery, Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana.

Children of Joseph Egolf and Sevilla Cramer:

1. Arthur J. Egolf was born in Jun 1867 in Whitley County, Indiana.
2. Charles W. Egolf was born in 1882 in Whitley County, Indiana. He died 11 Aug 1884 at age 2 in Whitley County, Indiana. He is buried at Egolf Cemetery, Whitley County, Indiana.

Sources

Joseph: Birth (1836) from the 1900 census (Columbia City, Whitley, IN. p. 51).
Birth (1840), Death and Burial from the records of Greenhill Cemetery, Whitley County, Indiana.
Marriage from Marriage Records Whitley County, Indiana 1838-1860.

Sevilla: Birth (1841) from the 1900 census (Columbia City, Whitley, IN. p. 51).
Birth (1843), Death and Burial from the records of Greenhill Cemetery, Whitley County, Indiana.

Arthur: Birth from the 1900 census (Columbia City, Whitley, IN. p. 51).

Charles: Death and Burial from the records of Egolf Cemetery Records, Thorncreek, Whitley, Indiana.

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Joseph: 1850 census. Whitley County, Indiana. Page 454.
• Joseph: 1860 census. Whitley County, Indiana.
• 1880 census. Columbia City, Whitley, IN. p. 441.
• 1900 census. Columbia City, Whitley, IN. p. 51.
• 1910 census. Columbia City, Whitley, IN. p. 4.
• 1920 census. Columbia City, Whitley, IN. p. 1.