Joseph Dugdell, farmer, sec. 22; P.O. Milton; was born in Yorkshire, England, Dec. 25, 1810; was married Jan. 28, 1832, to Miss Elizabeth Farra, also a native of Yorkshire, Eng., where she was born Oct. 11, 1810. He emigrated to America in 1843 and spent one winter in Morgan county, thence he went to Scott county, and in 1847 to this county, settling in this tp., where he has since made it his home. He moved to his present place in 1852, upon which was a log cabin, and which has long since given place to his present commodious residence. Mr. D. has a farm of 280 acres, valued at $40 per acre. He is the father of 4 children; Charles, Joseph, Jr., Wm. T., and Hanna E., all of whom are married, and grandchildren surround him in his declining years

Source: History of Pike County by Charles M. Chapman 1880