Joseph was born on 21 June 1833 in
Alabama. He was the son of
Edward Stevens Farish and
Sarah Goode. He married
Mary Emily Savage on 6 October 1854. Farish family records indicate a marriage date of 2 November 1854..the Savage family records indicate the marriage date as 6 October 1854. According to Marriage and Death Notices from The Lutheran Observer, 1831-1861 issue December 8, 1854. page 121, they were married by the Rev. F.T. Warner on November 2nd.. Joseph died on 25 October 1911 in
Winston County,, Mississippi, at age 78. His body was interred in
Noxapater,, Winston county,, Mississippi, in Methodist Church.