Joseph was raised in the Old Order German Baptist Brethren atmosphere, after 1881 he served the Hickory Grove congregation for many years, a Deacon of the Wolf Creek Church, 1852, he became a minister by 1858 and an Elder by 1880.
Buried in the Old German Baptist Brethren church's Hickory Grove Cemetery in southern Miami County.
Joseph & his wife Elizabeth Betsy Frantz raised three orphan children, Catharine Neher 1849-1872, Melissa Baird 1859-1932 who married Joseph's nephew Silas J. Arnold & John S. Baird 1862-1935.
Joseph was raised in the Old Order German Baptist Brethren atmosphere, after 1881 he served the Hickory Grove congregation for many years, a Deacon of the Wolf Creek Church, 1852, he became a minister by 1858 and an Elder by 1880.
Buried in the Old German Baptist Brethren church's Hickory Grove Cemetery in southern Miami County.
Joseph & his wife Elizabeth Betsy Frantz raised three orphan children, Catharine Neher 1849-1872, Melissa Baird 1859-1932 who married Joseph's nephew Silas J. Arnold & John S. Baird 1862-1935.
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