Joplin, Missouri (Re: Benjamin Joplin
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In reply to:
Benjamin Joplin
2/08/00
was named in honor of Harris G Joplin. Harris was a Methodist minister and was sent to that area to set up a church. He settled next to a creek which he named Joplin Creek. Joplin, the town, was named after that creek.
Mark & Amey Joplin(g) had 11 children (as listed in his will dated 14 April 1814). Amey had a son named William Gilliam from previous
to Mark & Amey's marriage also named in Mark's will. Amey & Mark's issue:
Elihu (married Sally HORN 1803 Jun 21 Wake County, NC),
Charity (married Augustine MANGUM),
Robert (married Mary JOYNER 1835 Jan 2Wake County, NC),
Sallie (married Arthur LOWREY),
Lucy,
Frank,
Mark (married Melonie MAXWELL 1818 Nov 21 Wilson County, TN)
John (married Katherine HOLLOWAY),
Amey,
Harrison (married Holly Duke SIMS 1834 Jan 23 Greene County, Mo then Mary Frances WHIPPLE after 1842), &
Polly (married ?? DAVIS).
Mark Sr lived from 1768-1815 in Wake C, NC.
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Mark Joplin of Wake Co. NC
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