Source: Hudson Post 25 Apr. 1890 Elder Joseph Pixley died April 19, of pneumonia, He died in Hudson. Born in Scipio County, New York, July 13, 1812, one of a family of 18 children. He married Miss Amelia Hale, of Goodrich, District London, Ontario, August 9, 1835. In 1837 he moved to Michigan, settling near Canandaigua for 6 years and then to Hillsdale County. He and his wife helped form the First Baptist Church there. After some years, they moved to near Hudson. He joined the Wesleyan Methodist and was ordained by them. His wife died in February, 1889. He was the father of 12 children, 9 living, He died April 10, chill followed by pneumonia, Alvin Pixley, of Iowa is a son.