• Born: 15 Dec 1779, , Culpepper, VA
• Marriage (1): Louisa Mullen on 20 Aug 1800 in Nashville TN
• Died: 10 Nov 1856, Nashville TN

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Samuel Ayers, in 1795-1799, in Lexington KY.

• He worked in 1799-1820 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Nashville TN ⁴⁰

• Partnership: ? Hunter, in 1802, in Nashville TN. As ELLISTON & HUNTER

• General: 1813-1817, in Nashville TN. Served as Mayor.

Joseph married Louisa Mullen on 20 Aug 1800 in Nashville TN. (Louisa Mullen was born in 1781 and died in 1816.)