On 11 Sep 1892 when Joseph Elbert was 21, he married Riller Rodeller Ridgeway, daughter of James Ridgeway, in Lafayette Co. FL. Born on 22 Oct 1875 in Lafayette Co. FL. Riller Rodeller died in Lafayette Co. FL, on 6 May 1942; she was 66.
They had the following children:
i.
James George (1893-1901)
v.
Veatis Faister (1901-1917)
vii.
Elzie Clufton (1905-)
viii.
General Washington (1908-)
ix.
Sleety Corerine (1911-1976)
x.
Dorothie E. Gertrude (1914-1995)
xi.
Dovie Ardella (1917-) (Private)