James Dew (J.D.) Joseph born on December 15, 1864.  Married Mary M. Neiman on March 2, 1892.  J.D. was born in Joseph's Mills, Tyler County, West Virginia.  He moved to Kansas around 1885.  He taught school and farmed.  He served in the Kansas State Senate in 1913 and 1915.  He also served as the controlling officer in The Bank of Whitewater, Kansas.

Information taken from Genealogy of James Dew (J.D.) Joseph and Mary M. Joseph, Whitewater, Kansas, August 1, 1947.