Joel Monroe (1793–1877) was the man who gave

Monroeville, Pennsylvania Monroeville is a Home rule municipality (Pennsylvania), home rule municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It is located about 10 miles east of Pittsburgh. Monroeville is a suburb with mixed residential and commercial developments. As ...

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 (parts of an acre), 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 mail 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

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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.

References

External links

Monroeville Historical Society

How Monroeville Got its Name
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monroe, Joel 1793 births 1877 deaths People from Monroeville, Pennsylvania