Rev Joel Asberry Thomas ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1880 census, Joel was a farmer in Murphrees Valley, Blount County, Alabama. A servant, Richard Dorset, 21, was part of the household. At the time of the 1900 census, he was a farmer in Hardwick, Blount County, Alabama. He owned his farm free of mortgage. His son Joseph was a farm laborer. At the time of the 1910 and 1920 census, Joel was a general farmer in Hardwick. His son Jordan's family was next to him.

Joel married Rebecca Eliza Murphree, daughter of Rev Asa Roosevelt Murphree and Sarah Clowdus, on 13 Dec 1866 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States.¹ (Rebecca Eliza Murphree was born on 10 Oct 1847 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States,^{4 7} died on 5 Apr 1928 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States ⁷ and was buried in Antioch Methodist Cemetery, Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama, United States ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage, 15 Dec 1867. ¹