Joseph Allen Sholar was born on July 7, 1857 in Trigg County, Kentucky, the fourth of eight children of Thomas J. Sholar and Martha Jane Rogers Sholar. Thomas and Martha were both natives of Trigg County with Thomas being a son of Allen and Jemima Bridges Sholar. Thomas was a farmer and lived in the Roaring Spring community of Trigg County.
Joe’s siblings were Starkie Thomas Sholar, born in 1851 and married Virginia “Jennie” Darnell; Elmanda Ellen Sholar, born in 1853 and married James Monroe Harrell; John Peyton Sholar, born in 1855 and married Lucy Ann Wyatt; David Pinkney Sholar, born in 1860; William Ricks Sholar, born in 1862 and married Sedalia Josephine Futrell; Ishmael Worth Sholar, born in 1864 and married Sarah A. “Sallie” Newton; and George Patterson Sholar, born in 1868 and married Sarah Caroline Futrell.
Joe grew up on the family farm in Roaring Spring where he worked as a farm laborer as a youth. When he was a young man, he opened a business in the Linton community. After several years he moved to Cadiz where he opened a grocery store. During the 1890’s he also operated a whiskey business in Cadiz. In the late 1890s he left Cadiz and returned to Roaring Spring where he settled on the family farm where he had been born and once again became a farmer. Joe was known as a quiet and unassuming person and was a well-respected citizen of his community.
Joe was married three times. His first wife was Alice Eugenia Shelton who he married on December 18, 1878 when she was 18 years old and Joe was 21. Alice was born on June 21, 1860 in Trigg County, the daughter of Stephen Henry and Elizabeth McKinney Shelton, both Trigg County natives. Alice died on September 9, 1879 at the age of 19. She and Joe had been married only a little over eight months at the time of her death. She was buried in the McKinney Cemetery in Trigg County.
Joe married his second wife, Nora Armstrong, on May 25, 1892. Nora was 20 years old and Joe was 35 at the time. She was born on October 24, 1871 in Trigg County. Her parents were William Thomas and Mary Jane Thomas Armstrong, both natives of Trigg County. Nora was a granddaughter of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Nora died on August 7, 1893 of typhoid fever at the age of 21 after she and Joe had only been married a little more than a year. Nora was buried in the Starkie Thomas Cemetery in Trigg County.
On July 29, 1920, when Joe was 63 years old, he married his third wife, Nora Josephine “Josie” Scott. Josie was born on January 31, 1876 and was 44 years old at the time of the marriage. Josie was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Josephine Rogers Scott, both natives of Trigg County. Josie outlived her husband by 33 years and died on May 24, 1966 at the age of 90 in Cadiz. She was buried in the Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Herndon, Kentucky.
Joe and his three wives did not have any children.
Joe died on October 24, 1933 of tuberculosis at the age of 76 at his home on the farm in Roaring Spring. He was buried in the Sholar Cemetery located on his farm. Josie Sholar was also listed on his tombstone although she was buried in the church cemetery in Herndon.
Joseph Allen Sholar tombstone
Alice Shelton Sholar tombstone
Nora Amrstrong Sholar tombstone
Josie Scott Sholar tombstone
LINEAGE: (Joseph Allen Sholar was the son of Thomas J. and Martha Jane Rogers Sholar. Thomas was the seventh child of Allen and Jemima Bridges Sholar. Jemima was the first child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
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