Joseph Wightman (1773-1843)
       FATHER -- Deacon Valentine Wightman

       SON -- Charles Billings Wightman


Joseph Wightman was the youngest son of Deacon Valentine Wightman (who was the son of Daniel Wightman, son of Rev. Valentine Wightman). Joseph was married to Amy Sholes (1776-1861). Grandfather Joseph Wightman moved with the rest of his family to Kirtland, Ohio. He died there 21 September 1843, at age 69. Grandmother Amy Sholes Wightman died in Kirtland in December 1861, at age 85. They are buried there, near the old Kirtland temple.

Wightman graves near Kirtland temple
      From  "THE WIGHTMAN HERITAGE" (1990) and "THE WIGHTMAN ANCESTRY" (1994)  by Wade C. Wightman.