Fosselman, Joseph B.

Born: 1830-03-04 Perry County, Pennsylvania

Died: 1895-04-18 Springfield, Illinois

Joseph B. Fosselman relocated to Springfield, Illinois in 1850. He worked as a druggist for ten years, then as a wholesale grocer for thirteen years. In October 1852, he married Julia J. Plank, with whom he had at least two children. By 1860, he was doing quite well, owning a personal estate valued at $10,000 and real estate valued at another $10,000.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 572; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 6 October 1852, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Springfield, Sangamon County, IL, 146; Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, Sangamon County, 18 April 1895, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.