"Josephine" daughter of Louisa Boxley
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Josephine
has been a seven year research project for me and the missing link to my GGGG
Grandmothers children. To tell you how exciting this find was for
me... well I'm speechless. My search for Josephine has been intensive,
continuous, mind boggling and yet so rewarding. I have just
recently found a family member that is a descendent of Josephine,
his name is "Kelvin Smith" and he has assisted me in completing this chapter in my
search for finding my lost, but not forgotten ancestors.
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Josephine was born into Slavery in 1847 in New Orleans, LA according to
documented sources. It is not clear when she came to Refugio, TX, but it appears that
she left Refugio sometime after 1880 and moved
to Goliad Texas, where she started her family. It is documented in
a 1884 church program (pictured above) that Josephine was one of the
original founders of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, also pictured above.
(The dates on the photos tell me that Josephine relocated to Goliad
between 1880 and 1884 because according to the 1880 Census she was
living in Refugio as a domestic servant.)
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Grandma "Jo" as she was called was the Mother of 11 children of which 10
were living in 1900. I have been told that her descendents still
attend annual anniversaries at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Goliad,
where she was Co-founder, but I'm not not sure if it is the original
building. I truly feel honored and blessed to have found this connection
because it a branch of my family tree.
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Ora Dec. 21, 2010 |
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