Joseph Thomas "Joe" Minter

1866 - 1912  (46 years)

• Name	Joseph Thomas "Joe" Minter
  Nickname	Joe
  Birth	1866	Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E674A04F49C24A5BB2DE411ECFF612490811
  Death	1912	Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Burial	Pine Forest Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [2]
  Notes	From findagrave.com, Jan 2015: Joseph Thomas "Joe" Minter built and operated cotton gins in Pine Forest and Weaver, Texas. His wife was Josephine Joanna (Turner) Minter. The Turners lived around Pine Forest and Greenwood, Texas. Son of John Thomas Minter (b.1837-d.1866), and father of Olvis Jackson Minter (b.1903-d.1970). Joe and Joanna had six children, four girls, two boys. Note: The dates on Joe's side of the gravestone are incorrect. TJM 1900 United States Federal Census: in Justice Precinct 2, Hopkins, Texas (all MINTER, all born Texas), Jos T (head, born Jan 1866, 34, ginner & farmer), J A (wife, born Oct 1868), Birdie (daughter, born May 1886, 14, farm laborer), Foncy (daughter, born Jul 1888, 11, farm laborer), Tona (daughter, born Nov 1890, 9), Johnie (son, born Jun 1895, 4) and Rosa (daughter, born Jun 1900, 0 months). 1910 United States Federal Census: in Justice Precinct 2, Hopkins, Texas (all MINTER, all born Texas), Joe T (head, 45, married 25 years, gin man, cotton gin), Joanna (wife, 41, married at 25, 6 children all living), Foncie (daughter, 21), Jonnie (son, 14), Rosa (daughter, 10) and Olvis (son, 6). Also Samuel GINGLES (travelling man, 36, single, born Arkansas, travelling salesman, nursery co).
  Person ID	I1633	America
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	John Thomas Minter,   b. 1837, Buena Vista, Marion County, Georgia, USA d. 1866, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Mary CRAFT,   b. 3 May 1842, Mississippi, USA d. 1 Feb 1920, Como, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1857	Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josephine A. "Josie" TURNER,   b. 1868, USA d. 1912, Texas, USA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1885	Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Birdie Mae Minter,   b. 25 May 1886, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 12 Apr 1916, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 29 years)   2. Florence Gertrude "Foncie" Minter,   b. 1888, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 22 Dec 1978, Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 90 years)   3. Tommie Lillian Minter,   b. 22 Nov 1890, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 29 Jan 1974, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 83 years)   4. John Robert Minter,   b. 19 Jun 1896, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 30 Dec 1957, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 61 years)   5. Rose Mary Minter,   b. 1 Jun 1900, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 17 Dec 1949, Memorial Hospital, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 49 years)   6. Olvis Jackson Minter,   b. 12 May 1903, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA d. 29 Oct 1970, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1866 - Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA Death - 1912 - Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA Burial - - Pine Forest Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Clifton Minter's tree, March 2012. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S231] "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," index, FamilySearch , March 2015.