• 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 in 1795-1799 to Samuel Ayers in Lexington KY
  

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

• He was a partner in 1802 with ? Hunter in Nashville TN as ELLISTON & HUNTER

• Nashville TN, 1813-1817: served as Mayor.

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