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Hij is getrouwd met Harriet Eliza Hovey.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 19 april 1832 te Albany, Knox County, NY, hij was toen 19 jaar oud.
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1. Joseph commenced work as a cabin boy on the steamboat "Ontario" on Lake Ontario in 1825. At that time, five steamboats did the entire business on the Hudson, West and North Rivers, there were no railroads. At the foot of Jay street, North River, was the repair and laying-up place for steamers. In 1831, Joseph was appointed by Robert L. Stevens as Master of the steamer "John Jay", and in 1839 as General Agent and Manager of the Stevens family's Hoboken real estate and ferries. In 1840, with associates, he commenced as owner of the steamer "Napoleon", and commanded her during an unprecedented opposition between New York and Albany, the strife being so bitter that a daring attempt was made on the 13th of June by the steamer "De Witt Clinton" to sink the "Napoleon" with 400 passengers in the Hudson River off Barclay street, New York. This was prevented by Joseph firing on the pilot three shots until he caused his boat's engines to be stopped. From 1840 until 1861 Joseph kept up a continuous opposition, always ready to break down high rates of fare, and was regarded as a champion for the people's rights and a terror to the monopolists. When the War of the Revolution (Civil War) broke out, Joseph furnished the Government, as transports, the steamers "Hero", "North America", and "Edwin Lewis", most of these continuing in service until 1865. ; In 1866 he was the principal proprietor of the New York and Troy Steamboat Company, and ran between Troy, Albany and New York. In 1869 he was induced by the people of Venezuela (under a special act to sail under the American flag) to place steamers to navigate their inland waters. ; During the Revolution in 1871, three of the vessels were seized, officers imprisoned and the steamers retained until released by the United States warship "Shawmut". The Venezuelan Government compromised his claims for $145,000. He represented Hudson County in the New Jersey Legislature in 1852. Jersey City owes part of its success to Joseph. He was one of its first Aldermen, and always took an active interest in its prosperity.