Joel Monroe


Joel Monroe was the man who gave Monroeville, Pennsylvania its name.

Biography

Monroe owned a farm that stretched from the Old Stone Church to the present-day Municipal Building, and it went northward into Garden City. The Tusk family owned the farm that stood on a tract measuring and 63 perches, according to an 1828 deed. Monroe purchased this farmland in 1829
By selling off small lots, he encouraged development along the Northern Turnpike.
In 1850, the farming community was highly developed, yet the mall was picked up in Turtle Creek. Monroe went on to become Monroeville's first postmaster, a position he held from 1851 to 1855. In 1855, he bought a farm in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He went on to pass the farm to his daughter Rebecca Monroe Duff, who owned it along with her husband.

Marriage and children

Joel Monroe married Margaret Bing of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1815. The couple had nine children: Sarah, Nancy, Rebecca, Margaret J., James M., Mary Ann, Joel, Priscilla and Lavenia.

Death and afterward

His wife perished in an 1864 house fire, and Joel passed away thirteen years later. He is buried next to his wife at the Greenwood Cemetery in New Castle.

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