Joel Joshua Halbert and Family Papers (Z/2129)

Biography:

Joel Joshua Halbert

Eugene Halbert (1857-1901), the son of J. J. Halbert, married Arkansas native Lou Terrell (1859-1901) in Mississippi around 1882. The Halberts were living in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi, by 1900. Eugene Halbert was employed as a railway-express agent. The Halberts had several children, including Marie (1883-1977), Fannie (1885-1927), Eugenia (1888-1965), William Judson (1892-1945), and Joel Joshua. Marie Halbert later married Thomas Edgar Granberry (1871-1931).