Joseph Lines was born in 1795 in Chester county, Penn, but was reared in Nittany Valley, Centre County, were his father lived for a number of years, dying there when Joseph was about seventeen years of age....As early as 1827 Joseph Lines brought his family to Brady Township, Clearfield county, locating within a mile of Luthersburg, where he purchased 150 acres of timber land and developed a farm. He first built a log house and barn, but these where afterward replaced by more modern frame structures, and all of the improvements upon the place were of a substantial character. There he died in March 1870, at the age of seventy-five years, and his wife who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Peoples passed away 2 years later.
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Joseph Lines, the father of Jesse Lines, was born in 1795 [1797 in some sources] in Chester County, Pennsylvania, but was reared in Nittany Valley, Centre County, where Joseph's father, Nathaniel Lines (1757-1814), and Joseph's mother Sara (married in 1792) lived for a number of years; Nathaniel Lines died there when Joseph was about seventeen years of age.

Joseph Lines lived in New Mexico, Pennsylvania. The town may be in the region of Winfield in Union County today. Joseph's father Nathaniel had four sons. Joseph was the second in order of birth.
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In the 1860 census, Joseph and wife Elizabeth were living with a son Eli (Elias?, age 23), Samuel Peoples (age 52) (brother of Elizabeth) and Esther Laborde House Maid (age 19). [The compiler of this database recalls seeing at least one headstone for two Laborde family members in June 2016]. The 1860 census indicated Joseph and Elizabeth owned real estate valued at $3500. Their home neighbored that of son Thomas. Joseph's brother Isaac also lived close.
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The original creator of this memorial indicated Joseph's birth place as Wales.

For more about Joseph and his extended family, including the sources for the biographical information, see the website www.ClearfieldDescendants.com