1852 Birth:765,2113 Estimated from age in 1860 (8 years) and 1880 (28 years) U.S. census enumerations.

1860 U.S. Census:765 Joseph enumerated in the household of his father Chris Musser in Sacramento Fourth Ward, Sacramento County, California as male, age 8, born in California.

1873 Marriage:2155, source cites Adams County Marriage Records Book C, p. 460 (difficult to read). Marriage of Joseph Musser and Anna Bierrie in Adams County, Indiana on 23 March 1873.

1874 Birth of son Leon in Indiana:2113 1880 U.S. census data indicates oldest son Leon was born in Indiana about 1874.

1880 U.S. Census:2113
Indiana, Adams County, Wabash Township
Enumerated 15 June 1880
Joseph Mosser •• white, male, age 28, married, clerk in store, born in California, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio
Anna •• white, female, age 28, wife, married, keeping house, cannot read or write, born in Indiana, father born in Germany, mother born in Ohio
Leon Delmer •• white, male, age 6, son, born in Indiana, father born in California, mother born in Indiana
Alexander A. •• white, male, age 4, son, born in Indiana, father born in California, mother born in Indiana
John C. •• white, male, age 2, son, born in Indiana, father born in California, mother born in Indiana
Research Analysis: Despite the apparent incorrect parental birth location, Joseph Mosser is assumed to be the son of Christian Musser and Mary O’Reilly for the following reasons: 1) California is indicated as birth place; 2) age 28 would indicate a birth in 1852, the year of Joseph Musser’s birth; 3) Alexander and John are names of Joseph Musser’s brothers; 4) oldest brother John Musser is married and living nearby in Allen County, Ohio; and 5) younger brother George Washington Musser is living in Hartford Township, Adams County, Ohio.

Death before 1921:1258 Joseph not listed as a surviving sibling in the obituaries of the death of his brother George Washington Musser on 7 August 1921.