Born in Lincolnshire, England, Joseph George Pask came with his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth, to the United States in about 1844. By the 1850 census, the family had settled in the town of Milford, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. They were also in that same place in 1860, where Joseph's father was established as the postmaster of Milford.
On April 13, 1862, when 24, Joseph enlisted in the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, Company D. The Third Cavalry spent most of its time traveling in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and some of the Indian territories, trying to defeat any Confederate forces in those areas. They scouted and served on guard duty, and fought in what was described as "guerilla warfare." In March of 1865, when some companies in the regiment mustered out, Joseph transferred to the reorganized Company I until mustering out in May, 1865.
After the war, he married Sarah E. Reed and at some point before the 1870 census, they settled in Washington Township, Defiance County. At that time, Joseph was farming and owned real estate valued at $5000. (Soldiers from Wisconsin were offered land in Kansas for serving in the war, so it would be interesting to know if Joseph did get land there and then sold it to buy land in Ohio.)
By 1880, Joseph was still farming in Washington Township at the age of 43. He and Sarah had four children: Rosa, 14 - Anna, 7 - Ella, 5 - and Chester, 10 months. A child named Walter, age 1, listed in the 1870 census, was not named here. He could be deceased or the child, Chester, may have been called Walter in the earlier census.
Joseph told the enumerator of the 1890 Veterans' Census that he had disabilities due to the war - rheumatism and a disease of the eye. Despite any health issues, Joseph Pask lived a long life. Before 1920, he and Sarah moved to Hillsdale County, Michigan. Sarah died in 1920, and after that, Joseph moved in with their son, Raymond, who was a farmer. Joseph died on June 18, 1930, in Osseo, Michigan.
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| Joseph George Pask - 1838-1930 *With permission from the Pask One Name Study website | - see below |
An obituary appeared in the Bryan Press on June 26, 1930, on page 8:
"JOSEPH G. PASK
Joseph G. Pask died at his home near Osseo, Mich., June 18, two days after his 92nd birthday. He was born in Lincolnshire, England and came with his parents to America when he was a lad of six years. The family settled in Richland county, afterwards coming to Defiance county, where he lived south of the Chickasaw for many years and where his four children, three daughters and one son were born.
Several years ago, he moved to his Michigan home where he died.
He was widely known in this vicinity and highly respected. His sister, Mrs. J. A. Field, of Bryan, is the only surviving member of his father's family, but his children are all living.
Mr. Pask served through the Civil war, enlisting in 1862 at Madison, Wis., and serving until the end of the war.
Mrs. Field feels very grateful to the friends and neighbors at his Michigan home and also of his former home around Farmer for their many kindnesses during his death and burial. Funeral services were held at his late home, Friday afternoon at one o'clock and the interment was in the Farmer cemetery, where his parents and wife are buried."
*For more information on Joseph Pask and his ancestral line, please enjoy the Pask One-Name Study at this website: http://pask.org.uk/Pask-p/p198.htm#i4944
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